NEW St. George and the Dragon coin with Garter inscription

[paulmerton]

1 hour ago, Chrisplym said:

It looks great but has some curved indentations around the edge of the obverse between 12 and 3 o’clock. Does anyone know what has caused this?

That's caused by the edge lettering. As metal from the blank flows into the voids in the collar, some of it is encouraged to come away from other places. I believe this could be avoided if the coins were struck more times and/or with more pressure.

If you ever see a 10p coin with a cud error on the reverse, there's always a sunken area on the obverse for the same reason - metal flowing into the void where the die has broken causes some of it to come away from the obverse.

Similar effects can be seen on old pennies, threepences, sovereigns etc where a "large" portrait causes a ghostly sunken outline to be visible on the reverse.

[Sc391]

@paulmerton I always love an intelligent response.  

Now I’m waiting for a few full of mindless criticism 

[NGMD]

Another RM Return MOFOs

I was always nervous for the quality of this coin as across platforms they’ve been shocking. 5oz.

I would share pictures but it’s not worth my while. Ok, just one.

Off to a flying start- the hinge on the box was broken.

Obverse- three marks on Charlie’s portrait. Chip missing on the neck.

Reverse- George’s sword has actually been used and scuffed.

The circumference inscription is intermittently frosted. Marks and scuffs around the whole coin. (Not capsule)

Foooook you Royal Mint, you didn’t let me down👍

On my account, still stuck on ‘In Progress’

Returned for a replacement.

[Oldun]

5oz door stopper arrived. Pristine coin on both sides. Lovely presentation to the viewer. Lettering edge marginally off but it’ll do fine as a door stopper for my grandkids’ playroom in the future.

Edited March 24 by Oldun

[GoldDiggerDave]

16 hours ago, Chrisplym said:

I am so pleased that I bought this coin. The design looks so good in hand.

Here are some photos of my 2oz gold. I was lucky enough to have a low COA number of 8.

It looks great but has some curved indentations around the edge of the obverse between 12 and 3 o’clock. Does anyone know what has caused this? Should I return it to be replaced? Thanks for your input.

The "notched rim" on the obverse is identical on every gold I've had in hand  x4.  I'm not worried about it and glad I've got one for my collection.  

[GoldDiggerDave]

16 hours ago, paulmerton said:

Is anyone else getting lots of 500 Internal Server errors when trying to use the forum? I would have asked this in a more appropriate thread, but I can't actually navigate to it!

I was locked out most of the day and just kept getting a white blank screen

Edited March 24 by GoldDiggerDave

[Paul]

22 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

I was locked out most of the day and just kept getting a white blank screen

Are you running windows 95 or 98 ??? 

[GoldDiggerDave]

3 minutes ago, Paul said:

Are you running windows 95 or 98 ??? 

No iPhone latest os and safari on my MBP.   

[Paul]

3 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

No iPhone latest os and safari on my MBP.   

Too dear for me those apple thingy'me'bobs 

[Chrisplym]

3 hours ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

The "notched rim" on the obverse is identical on every gold I've had in hand  x4.  I'm not worried about it and glad I've got one for my collection.  

Hi Dave. In your experience, what grade would my coin achieve with NGC? Thanks.

[paulmerton]

The wibbly edge shouldn't affect the grade, as it's an artefact of the striking process.

[GoldDiggerDave]

46 minutes ago, Chrisplym said:

Hi Dave. In your experience, what grade would my coin achieve with NGC? Thanks.

The million pound question, from a technical point this is how they are made and there’s no post production imperfections then it should not affect grading, however as you know it’s highly subjective.

 

got several gold and silvers in already for folks just have to see how they do.   

[Paul]

24 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

The wibbly edge

Is that the engineers technical term for it ? 

( Asking for a friend )

[Chrisplym]

58 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

The million pound question, from a technical point this is how they are made and there’s no post production imperfections then it should not affect grading, however as you know it’s highly subjective.

 

got several gold and silvers in already for folks just have to see how they do.   

Do your gold ones have the same issue, Dave?

[paulmerton]

On 23/03/2024 at 16:05, paulmerton said:

I wasn't 100% convinced that this was a tiny strikethrough or dent, so I bravely got out my Wera hex key set (the Perth Mint of hexagonal shaped tools) and opened up the capsule. I blew at it with an air blower, and was disappointed that it didn't budge  

But I blew a bit harder in desperation, and it disappeared! So it was indeed just a foreign object on the surface of the coin all along.

Hurrah!

But then I noticed this other problem that I think warrants it being sent back regardless - some finger-like marks around the final letter that I only noticed at this angle (photo is through the capsule).

[Alz111]

On 22/03/2024 at 13:20, GoldDiggerDave said:

 

Nice video mate just a question I’ve got some die grease and I was going to return it now you’ve mentioned die grease how would you remove it thanks 

[westminstrel]

Would die grease - if left on the coin - eventually react and cause tarnishing?

[paulmerton]

6 hours ago, westminstrel said:

Would die grease - if left on the coin - eventually react and cause tarnishing?

Not on gold. But you only have to look at modern silver proof £2 coins to see that grease (often trapped between the inner and outer) can cause an issue on silver. 

[westminstrel]

1 hour ago, paulmerton said:

Not on gold. But you only have to look at modern silver proof £2 coins to see that grease (often trapped between the inner and outer) can cause an issue on silver. 

Oh gosh. So that’s another concern for the silver coins now? 😖😟

[Agaupl]

My 5oz arrived today and what a disappointment. Faces look perfect, stunning coin… but then the side lettering, grease reside as has been seen on many coins.

Oh dear the side lettering. How this made it through QC I have no idea. Lettering starts off fine then veers of course until the REGNI II (rose) are hanging off the coin. Why is this passed as ok? The rose is literally in the coin edge. 🤯… now for a long (&expensive) trip back to Europe. 

 

Edited March 26 by Agaupl

[NGMD]

5 minutes ago, Agaupl said:

My 5oz arrived today and what a disappointment. Faces look perfect, stunning coin… but then the side lettering, grease reside as has been seen on many coins.

Oh dear the side lettering. How this made it through QC I have no idea. Lettering starts off fine then veers of course until the REGNI II (rose) are hanging off the coin. Why is this passed as ok? The rose is literally in the coin edge. 🤯… now for a long trip back to Europe  

 

I feel your pain😢

Who seriously thought this was ok??? It’s not even close.
 

 

[Agaupl]

Oh the irony 😥

[paulmerton]

9 hours ago, Agaupl said:

My 5oz arrived today and what a disappointment. Faces look perfect, stunning coin… but then the side lettering, grease reside as has been seen on many coins.

Oh dear the side lettering. How this made it through QC I have no idea. Lettering starts off fine then veers of course until the REGNI II (rose) are hanging off the coin. Why is this passed as ok? The rose is literally in the coin edge. 🤯… now for a long (&expensive) trip back to Europe. 

 

Oof, yes, that's bad! Makes me wonder whether to just return mine for a refund rather than a replacement to avoid this kind of pain.

[Agaupl]

14 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Oof, yes, that's bad! Makes me wonder whether to just return mine for a refund rather than a replacement to avoid this kind of pain.

I’m just wondering if I’ll get a better replacement! 🤷‍♂️

[westminstrel]

Milky 2oz silver. 

🥺🥺😭😭