Royal Mint quality control is evidently non existent!

[BackyardBullion]

This screenshot is taken from a Instagram video the royal mint published about the making of some George Michael coins.

Can you spot the giant frosting break on his forehead and to my eyes the background of the coin is a little hazy.

How can they not even get a promo video right?

 

[Tjhooker]

Completely agree, can't believe they'd want to show this quality off!

[Agaupl]

I think they do it on purpose to normalise the level of quality 

[BackyardBullion]

1 minute ago, Agaupl said:

I think they do it on purpose to normalise the level of quality 

Yep, set the expectation low and you minimize the amount of disappointment 

[dicker]

Not helped by the effigy bearing more resemblance to Simon Cowell (in my humble opinion) than George Michael.  
 

Poor all round.  

[paulmerton]

2 hours ago, BackyardBullion said:

Yep, set the expectation low and you minimize the amount of disappointment 

When I had a meeting with their quality and production people last year to discuss all of my previous disappointments (which to be fair were much more significant than a minor bit of frosting being missing), they arranged to send me a 2023 silver proof definitive set to make up for it...

...and I had to return that as well 🤦‍♂️ Two of the coins had really obvious marks and splatters on them.

Considering the purpose of the gift, I just found it incredible that nobody thought to look at the set before sending it to me. It's exactly what I had been complaining about.

[modofantasma]

Do the Royal Mint actually manufacture all the coins in house or are any outsourced? 

[Coverte]

2 hours ago, BackyardBullion said:

This screenshot is taken from a Instagram video the royal mint published about the making of some George Michael coins.

Can you spot the giant frosting break on his forehead and to my eyes the background of the coin is a little hazy.

How can they not even get a promo video right?

 

George Michael on one side and KC3 on the other, surely another RM future classic ........... 

Yet somehow quite a number have sold, I'm seeing quite a lot of older, similarly obscure subject matter proofs, now being sold of in bundles at bullion prices, maybe these will meet the same fate in future...........

[AndrewSL76]

A few of the coins in the video also have clear edge nicks. Bizarre. It’s ALMOST like they don’t care. 

[SilverDrum]

13 minutes ago, modofantasma said:

Do the Royal Mint actually manufacture all the coins in house or are any outsourced? 

[AppleZippoandMetronome]

I think the RM have pretty consistently proved how little they care about QC over recent years. There are always problems and its annoying having to deal with them.

The only thing I'm still purchasing from them is the Great Engravers coins and even then I find myself questioning whether its worth sticking to that series at this point or not. More people need to remember the power of voting with their wallet and stop supporting a company who seemingly cares so little about the products they send out. There are plenty of other coins out there to spend ones hard earned cash on that don't come with the same annoyances.

[SilverDrum]

5 hours ago, AppleZippoandMetronome said:

I think the RM have pretty consistently proved how little they care about QC over recent years. There are always problems and its annoying having to deal with them.

The only thing I'm still purchasing from them is the Great Engravers coins and even then I find myself questioning whether its worth sticking to that series at this point or not. More people need to remember the power of voting with their wallet and stop supporting a company who seemingly cares so little about the products they send out. There are plenty of other coins out there to spend ones hard earned cash on that don't come with the same annoyances.

They have put me off buying silver coins with all the issues they present. The last few added so much stress to the purchase, returning for a coin that isn't subpar, waiting for deliveries adding extra cost to the process. To have the silver milk spot before arrival, or to see it change whilst in your possession is disheartening. Milk spot problems which seems to be a modern issue, the mint seemingly won't take responsibility for. This is a new problem that they have created, the silver .999 2013 Britannias have not suffered the same fate as the latest 2024 coins.

Sticking to the gold releases, if i can afford. Otherwise i am buying on the secondary market, or after some QC is done via some bloke called Dave.

[paulmerton]

20 hours ago, modofantasma said:

Do the Royal Mint actually manufacture all the coins in house or are any outsourced? 

Pretty sure all of the proofs are struck there, and practically all of the bullion.

Not all of the blanks are made there though. Some are bought in as ready-to-strike blanks from Australia. Maybe that's the real source of the milkspots 🤔

[Silverman2U]

On 02/03/2024 at 10:36, BackyardBullion said:

This screenshot is taken from a Instagram video the royal mint published about the making of some George Michael coins.

Can you spot the giant frosting break on his forehead and to my eyes the background of the coin is a little hazy.

How can they not even get a promo video right?

 

Wow! 😮 In their own video too! Thats insulting. It’s like the  emperor’s new cloths. It’s treating everyone like muppets. 😤 

[timsk]

The latest release in the 007 series arrived yesterday and will be going back after the Easter break . . .

 

Edited March 29 by timsk
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