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Got this VERY nice proof £5 crown from the Royal Mint today, but in rather unusual packaging for a proof coin, and the coin itself also seems unusual in that it has a maximum mintage of 7,500 and is only available from the shop at the Royal Mint. Also, I don't think this £5 design is available in other metals!

For me I would slab a rare coin for selling further down the road.
People can have peace mind if buying.
And maybe a valuable coin if keeping in the family.
Apart from that no I would not, this is my opinion only, every one is different and slab for many reasons.

For me I would slab a rare coin for selling further down the road.
People can have peace mind if buying.
And maybe a valuable coin if keeping in the family.
Apart from that no I would not, this is my opinion only, every one is different and slab for many reasons.

Excellent can I use my fingers and toes 😋 

Cool 😎 

Think the RM have not totally milked the 2022 sovereign yet.  Proof piedfort later this year, hope the £5 BU is not matt but going off pervious years it’s likely to be the case.  I feel there could be more in the offering, £2 Piedfort or more  milled Piedfort (the have made an un milled pattern set) would not be hard to change the collars and knock up more coins. 
 
Got a feeling they will be a proof available that they have not offered before. 
 
Matt Proof? Don’t know how they could distinguish this from the SOTD,  less frosting faults perhaps? 
 
Some have suggested a platinum sovereign. 
 
what ever happens we know we will all be queuing to buy them! 

I can't remember the first coin we decided to count the edge serrations on. It may have been a Krugerrand, or it could have been a sovereign.
I can remember getting complaints from the staff member I tasked it to. Despite him being someone with a University degree, albeit in history. I had to nanny him by working out ways to accomplish the task. The simplest method was to use a very fine tipped pen to mark the starting point, and then to mark every tenth ridge around the coin. There was a lot of grumbling, many recounts, and a few second opinions. Clearly there had to be a better method.
I asked our photographer (at the time) to take our usual macro photos, but place the coin on a reflective concave surface, so that the edge serrations were clearly visible. You would have thought I had asked him to undertake a moon landing! Again, this was someone with a (master's) degree in photography. I had to provide the ideas about what he could use, and then I had to find the actual objects to try out. Once we had taken the shots, I had to "invent" ways to mark out the serrations, and to clearly show the count. Eventually, we got the images I wanted.
As we have recently done a number of serration count images, and also denticle counts, I thought it worthwhile to create a new topic / thread, so here goes:

Edge serration count on a 2022 (bullion) sovereign. I should mention that there are 108 serrations, as shown.
More to follow, but all TSF members are welcome to contribute.
🙂

Just commenting on this thread to reassure the Forum members that despite my username, I am not the Stunt Man 😉😁

Good Prices...Nuff Said
With thanks to@arphethean& @AurumArgenti

That is one fine collection

Lovely Jubilee 

A love days like these 😊

Recieved today stunning coin but going to list for what I paid as I jsut prefer older sovs 
The rare matte stuck on the day 2022 piece with a mintage of around 1,200 I believe NGC MS70
 

Big thanks to @richatthecroft for today's arrival. 

After another long, long day (and night) at my office just got this absolute stunner. Fourth coin of CIT's "Trapped" series. For me not only the best coin out of this series, but my 2022 favorite coin to date. The only coin series, where teeth are needed. Already with coin 1 & 2 inside the box of no return. I wished, i could make better pictures, crazy coin



 
 
 

"Scientists baffled as the world's first Total Golden Eclipse engulfs the tiny island of St. Helena in the South Pacific.  Bemused locals spoke of the air shimmering with an 'oriental' glow and some reported the distant sounds of orchestral, philharmonic music wafting across the northern shores."

This latest addition to my Platinum Jubilee collection is very nice 👍 





 
 
 
 
 

I received this 1916 London Mint Sov.

They are blaming each other, no responsibility or respect ashamed they should be. Ask Royal Mint for a new coin and compensation ie refund that cost you to get it slabed.
Good luck.

It’s all over the Facebook groups at the moment. People send a perfect silver coin to NGC and then it comes back looking like this (not my coin).
We think it has something to do with NGC’s coin holder for inspection or their NCS conservation process (dipping coins to remove particles before grading). 🤷‍♂️ 
*Possibly the sonic sealing process 🤔 *
Either way, until it stops I’m not grading any more. NGC are blaming RM and RM are blaming NGC. 😬 

Got my coins back from NGC  

I should have included a link to the auction lot:
https://bsjauctions.auctionmobility.com/lots/view/1-5FZ4EJ/sovereigns
 

Thank you 😊 

Thank you 😊 

I grabbed some images from an eBay listing and am sharing here for posterity.


@Paul