Likely mintages for 2022 jubilee sovereigns?

[RDHC]

Not many new threads at the moment, so I thought I might air a question that has been in my mind for some time. I don't have any answers, except that I have a feeling - without any factual basis, I hasten to add - that even for the basic jubilee sovereign, despite all the publicity at the time, the mintage might well be less - considerably less? - than some of those for, say, the Gillick years (o.k. I know that the latter vary considerably). Of course, proof editions may have a finite, stated limit, but what about the bullion coins? Anyone care to make a stab at answering the question (assuming that I have posed it correctly in the first place, which I may well not have done)? 

Happy to be corrected on or at any point or assumption; I merely hope to stimulate some contributions from the better informed, probably because they will have handled, or at least seen the passage of, many of these coins.

In this context, as in others, I lament the fact that we no longer benefit from the contributions of Lawrence Chard. It is regrettable that, apparently, he was offended by what some one or other wrote,  and so he withdrew from the forum.

[Foster88]

You ask a good question and in previous Jubilee years, 2002 and 2012, the mintage was actually higher than the immediate years before or after.

More hype around a Jubilee means more interest, the Royal Mint simply mint more. But the difference with the 2022 Jubilee sovereign in all types, bullion and proof in all denominations and the STOD is that it’s not only the sovereign to mark Britain’s longest reigning monarch but it was also her last and the year she passed just happened to coincide with her Jubilee.

Nobody will know the mintage figures for the 2022 bullion sovereign unless the Royal Mint decides to release them which in time I’m sure they will as they usually do.

Edited November 7, 2023 by Foster88

[James32]

3 hours ago, RDHC said:

Not many new threads at the moment, so I thought I might air a question that has been in my mind for some time. I don't have any answers, except that I have a feeling - without any factual basis, I hasten to add - that even for the basic jubilee sovereign, despite all the publicity at the time, the mintage might well be less - considerably less? - than some of those for, say, the Gillick years (o.k. I know that the latter vary considerably). Of course, proof editions may have a finite, stated limit, but what about the bullion coins? Anyone care to make a stab at answering the question (assuming that I have posed it correctly in the first place, which I may well not have done)? 

Happy to be corrected on or at any point or assumption; I merely hope to stimulate some contributions from the better informed, probably because they will have handled, or at least seen the passage of, many of these coins.

In this context, as in others, I lament the fact that we no longer benefit from the contributions of Lawrence Chard. It is regrettable that, apparently, he was offended by what some one or other wrote,  and so he withdrew from the forum.

I don't think @LawrenceChard withdrew from the forum because of a comment someone made, I'd like to think he has thicker skin than that and always was able to give as good as he got. Maybe I'm wrong though and the daft "free postage" question eventually wore his nerves out.

Onto your main question, whilst nobody can actually answer definitively unless the mint tells us, I personally believe the mintage will have been high and they sold a shedload. There was a lot of hype at the time ( rightfully so ) and bucket loads sold on here which obviously came from dealers initially, they still pop up and sell almost instantly if priced right. 

The memorial bullion sov I believe hasn't sold as well in my opinion, dealers seemed to have a smaller window to stock them ( probably the mint having/trying to release the coronation asap, and overall they seem less sought after in general. 

[RDHC]

Many thanks to those that have replied. Yes, I suppose that 'shedloads' is the closest we shall get to an answer, unless either we could get a helpful large-scale dealer to give us his figures and extrapolate from that, or the Royal Mint decided to do something simple and useful and publish the figures, which it must have at its fingertips. It is much more probable, however, that it will spend its time in dreaming up yet more special issues that the world really does not need and flooding the market with them.

[CaptCaveMan]

To add, it will also be interesting on what the mintages will be for the Memorial and Coronation bullion sovs.

As @James32 points out, "The memorial bullion sov I believe hasn't sold as well in my opinion" but also neither have been minted for a full 12 months so suspect much smaller quantities overall vs. the 2022 Platinum Jubilee?