Prince Philip Retirement Coin

[Sovereign]

was waiting for someone to start a topic about this coin lol

so no 1/4oz gold ?! 

only 3 coins been released! .. the £5 gold sold out already with only 300 minted (£1935) 

hope @Numistacker bought one to review it ?

 

what's your thoughts on this coin ? 

 

[Guest]

was waiting for someone to start a topic about this coin lol
so no 1/4oz gold ?! 
only 3 coins been released! .. the £5 gold sold out already with only 300 minted (£1935) 
hope [mention=378]Numistacker[/mention] bought one to review it [emoji13]
 
what's your thoughts on this coin ? 
 

Financially it's a loser. Maybe all the slitty eye Chinese bought them )) not one for me but he has done a great job and his retirement is well earned.

[shawy2510]

I really wanted it in 1/4oz but when it became available I was like eughhhhhh thats crap.

[arcglide]

NON SIBI SED PATRIAE
(not for himself but for his country)

[Jester]

I think if you want the Silver Proof for your personal collection, it's certainly not an unappealing coin (unlike another coin that shall not be named the RM recently offered).  Would have been cool if they used the younger portrait of QEII to match the young portrait of Philip.  Does the Queen's portrait have to be the most recent or just the Queen?  Mintage of 3000 is respectably low'ish 

[sixgun]

29 minutes ago, Numistacker said:

 

...... but he has done a great job and his retirement is well earned.

 

Not sure Diana would have said the same.

 

[Sovereign]

29 minutes ago, shawy2510 said:

I really wanted it in 1/4oz but when it became available I was like eughhhhhh thats crap.

me 2 would been nice! 

[westminstrel]

I think this is another one of those commemoratives that appeal to nostalgia. It's certainly not a bad coin; in fact I do like the aesthetic. And of course he was a very handsome man in his younger years, and they've done well to use a younger portrait.  

I agree it's definitely not a coin meant for financial investment though, and I'm inclined to assume the £5s have mostly been taken up by dealers.

[Silverstackeruk]

1 hour ago, Numistacker said:

.Maybe all the slitty eye Chinese bought them )) 

 

No need for the racism Numistacker

[Clens92]

2 minutes ago, Silverstackeruk said:

No need for the racism Numistacker

More likely a play on Prince Phillip's own words rather than a conscious slant against the Chinese...

Lighten up, old bean!  

[Jester]

2 minutes ago, Clens92 said:

More likely a play on Prince Phillip's own words rather than a conscious slant against the Chinese...

Lighten up, old bean!  

Spot on

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-philip/8544598/Duke-of-Edinburgh-defends-slitty-eyed-gaffe.html 

I did chuckle reading the article as they highlight a few of the Prince's other noteworthy off-the-cuff comments that you just don't say nowadays...

[Silverstackeruk]

My apologies....didn't realise the old **** said that...hope he dies this year now..old ****..

One thing that bothers me more then anything is racism..

[Kman]

41 minutes ago, Silverstackeruk said:

My apologies....didn't realise the old **** said that...hope he dies this year now..old ****..

One thing that bothers me more then anything is racism..

It was 25 years ago and he is from a totally different generation, I think it's a bit unfair to judge him by today's standards

 

[Scuzzle]

I can't bring myself to buy any of these Phillip, Dianna, Charles etc. coins, it's bad enough something like 3/4 of all the silver coins out there all have Lizzies head on the back of them.  

[Silverstackeruk]

Once a racist always a racist..once a paedofile always a paedofile..that's what he is....

[Augustus1]

daily mail seems to think they are a future money making classic ! with the "public imagination on coin collecting has seen somewhat of a boom. "

dean.m

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-4767560/Royal-Mint-launch-new-Prince-Philip-5-coin.html

[Kman]

It's a nice portrait 

Maybe if they could have put a younger portrait of Liz to go with it, it would have been nice

They're also doing coins for their platinum wedding - https://m.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2825472

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy conjoined with His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh with the inscription “ELIZABETH II D G REG F D · PHILIP PRINCEPS ·” and the denomination “1000 POUNDS”, and for the reverse a depiction of Our arms and those of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh above the inscription “70 YEARS OF MARRIAGE · 2017 ·”. The coin shall have a grained edge.’

[westminstrel]

I just saw that article over at the Gazette and was going to come here and share 

[kimchi]

An evil man imo who 'groomed' Liz (who I have a lot of stories about, from when she was older) when she was a young pubescent girl.

To be expected I guess (?) when your uncle and controller (Mountbatten) is a murderous paedophile psychopath who introduced Jimmy Savile to the 'royal' family, as first a friend of Philip and then a mentor to Charlie.

Not too bad a coin but I think I'll pass on this one!

[Guest]

Not sure Diana would have said the same.
 

Diana was a little flaky as I recall...

[Guest]

No need for the racism Numistacker

It's a very famous outburst by our prince in his heyday.. not my racism I assure you [emoji851]

[sixgun]

4 minutes ago, Numistacker said:

 

Diana was a little flaky as I recall...

 

even so that is no reason to kill her.

[Gav]

More likely a play on Prince Phillip's own words rather than a conscious slant against the Chinese...
Lighten up, old bean! [emoji6] 

Funny cause I also thought that Numistacker was joking about a silly foul mouth old man. I'm not English and I know P Phillip was a bit of a foul mouth racist.

Then again you can never tell what type of expression was intended when a comment is written.

[Guest]

Funny cause I also thought that Numistacker was joking about a silly foul mouth old man. I'm not English and I know P Phillip was a bit of a foul mouth racist.

Then again you can never tell what type of expression was intended when a comment is written.

He always had a reputation for foot in mouth disease particularly on foreign tours. My mum suffered the same condition.

[Gav]

He always had a reputation for foot in mouth disease particularly on foreign tours. My mum suffered the same condition.

I definitely have put my foot in my mouth a few too many times. So I guess I can't talk. He was a funny person. He probably thought that he was king of the world.