Proof Lion of England spotted ....

[sovereignsteve]

Is that gold or siver?

[ARGAR]

2 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

Is that gold or siver?

Silver.

I'm not going to bother with gold proof...maybe a quarter Oz bullion.

[Kman]

On 6th December, a week ago, they had 3698 silver 1 oz

Now they have 2,668 = 1010 sold

That's a fair amount but I would guess sales would slow down a lot now 

Gold 1/4 1379 now 1309 = 70 sold

That's pretty bad, I think the gold 1/4 will be end up being well undersold and a low mintage thus pretty rare..hmm

 

[fehk2001]

They might sell them on eBay's shop or send them to America ?

[SilverSniper]

On 10/12/2016 at 15:46, ARGAR said:

Not the best coin imo.

There is a nice little info booklet inside, a dark brown box with bronze coloured writing

But I'll put them away in the drawer for the future.

I can post better pix If anyone is interested?

 

 

 

 

The shield is notably smaller than on the bullion version.

[Kman]

On 12/13/2016 at 01:14, Kman said:

On 6th December, a week ago, they had 3698 silver 1 oz

Now they have 2,668 = 1010 sold

That's a fair amount but I would guess sales would slow down a lot now 

 

2,063 now, so 500 sold since Tuesday

 

[Guest]

Very poor experience of Mr V from Royal Mint

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[Scuzzle]

Poor show indeed.

[Silvercoinstacker]

Yes i saw it on youtube. Very poor indeed.

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[daz]

thats a real shame . milk spots on day of receipt - very poor

[morezone]

@Numistacker merged here.

I'm not really surprised.  Such bad QC from Royal Mint

[TheGoldSovereign]

It's not even QC really, they could leave the mint without spots and develop them a day later, or a year later. The BU beasts are the first silver I've bought all year I believe and I'm not buying anymore now until the cause is found and rectified.

Last time I read up I think it was something to do with water in the annealing process, not sure if there are any more developments but seems the RM havent sorted it!

[morezone]

Milk spotting can develop at any time but the scratch was there when it left the Mint. Just like some of the 2017 Proof Sovs with holes in the matting. They should (are) all be inspected to check that they are Proof quality before being packaged. There's no excuse really

[TheGoldSovereign]

1 hour ago, morezone said:

Milk spotting can develop at any time but the scratch was there when it left the Mint. Just like some of the 2017 Proof Sovs with holes in the matting. They should (are) all be inspected to check that they are Proof quality before being packaged. There's no excuse really

Ah didn't notice there was a scratch as well I was reading @daz's post. Overall not a collection worth getting into then. The BUs are by no means perfect but it's easier to take when you aren't paying more than 4x spot price!

[Kman]

25 minutes ago, sg86 said:

Ah didn't notice there was a scratch as well I was reading @daz's post. Overall not a collection worth getting into then. The BUs are by no means perfect but it's easier to take when you aren't paying more than 4x spot price!

Watching the video there are some very noticeable scuff marks

I can only think the RM don't check the coins at all 

[arshimo2012]

I am sending more than a dozen 1oz back due to milk spotting also the 5oz too. Around 1 in 3 are spotted.

[Oldun]

RM should just call it quits and go back to sterling and britannia silver 

keep 999s for bullion and noone can complain about spots as it is bullion but proofs, time to call it quits.

[Kman]

I just receive my 1oz

It has one small milk spot, not sure if that's enough to warrant the hassle of posting it back or not hmm

Beautiful coin and design though 

 

[arshimo2012]

Have a apology letter from mint with the problems I had with 16 proof Britannia's but they never learn.

[K_theepan]

@arshimo2012

Rm is always telling they will improve, they never have  done it and i doubt it they will improve in the future.

Until everyone stop buying the proof from RM  they will not change.

 

[Kman]

Just posted back milk spot 1oz silver proof RM sent me

But I have two nice ones with some quality control coming from Arshi 

ps. 1,658 now showing as in stock

[arshimo2012]

Mine are going back to the mint batch of 30 I don't think it's worth buying. As soon as you open the capsule you can see little spots.

[K_theepan]

7 hours ago, Kman said:

Just posted back milk spot 1oz silver proof RM sent me

But I have two nice ones with some quality control coming from Arshi 

ps. 1,658 now showing as in stock

I prefer buying from @arshimo2012 than RM. He always check every coin and i have received always spotless coins.

And cheaper as well than RM  

[NewMSmatist15]

On 11/2/2016 at 11:35, sg86 said:

looks nice, shame i won't be buying any silver from the RM until spotting cause is figured out

Have you found milk spotting to be an issue on proof coins? I thought they took greater care with the dies and planchets on proofs - figured it was a business strike problem when it came to these spots. 

[NewMSmatist15]

6 hours ago, shortstack68 said:

There has been a few with spotting and other problems, like a scratch here and there, poor handling obviously

Ahhhh sad to hear. Wish there was an NCS method to correct the milk spots....