Gildeon

Unfortunately they tend to keep the carded versions exclusive, or charge a much higher premium for them, so most other dealers will have the normal tube/capsule/blister sheet versions of the coins.

Finally got a reply and the charges were removed! They kept 3.5€ for admin fee, but I am not complaining 😁
However I don't think I will be going through this again. For the moment UK is out of my reach for purchases... 😕
 

Glad to hear you got this resolved.

Finally got a reply and the charges were removed! They kept 3.5€ for admin fee, but I am not complaining 😁
However I don't think I will be going through this again. For the moment UK is out of my reach for purchases... 😕
 

Finally got a reply and the charges were removed! They kept 3.5€ for admin fee, but I am not complaining 😁
However I don't think I will be going through this again. For the moment UK is out of my reach for purchases... 😕
 

At this point I am not even questioning the 3.5€! 😅
And to be fair it was the An Post support that did all the communication with Revenue, so I am fine with that.

Finally got a reply and the charges were removed! They kept 3.5€ for admin fee, but I am not complaining 😁
However I don't think I will be going through this again. For the moment UK is out of my reach for purchases... 😕
 

Came back to the forum recently after a few years of not dealing with precious metals. Used to do a lot of buying and selling with UK before Brexit, but this is not the case anymore, due to custom charges. At the moment the forum seems 90% UK focused, so unfortunately I don't see much happening outside of that. This applies to sales of course, the informative threads are always interesting.

Three beautiful and collectable coins from 1967, in NGC slabs and with the Austria label. The 5 and 10 Schilling coins are top pop in the NGC tables!
The price is 45€ per coin and payment by BT, Revolut or PayPal. Postage cost is 4€ regular and 10€ registered, anywhere in Europe. If someone buys all three, registered postage will be free!

I wanted the version in the card, I couldn't find it any dealer. And the problem with ordering from UK would probably remain.

I haven't been active in the last few years, as my attention had moved to other things. Now I am getting back into the coins world and one of my first stops was to get back here. The forum has always been a good source of information for me, and I have bought and sold a lot of stuff in here. But that was in the pre-Brexit time... 🙄
I was interested in a couple of silver bars but other members informed me that silver would be charged with VAT when going through customs. So I gave up on that and looked at gold. I ordered a half sovereign from the Royal Mint and today I got notification from the post that I was charged with 23% VAT and they had also valued the item about 30% more than I had paid! My impression was that investment gold shouldn't be charged with VAT. I just sent an email to Royal Mint to ask about all this.
If this is the case, it makes purchasing or selling anything to and from UK untenable, at least for me. I would like to hear other opinions and see if I am missing something. 🤔
 

I haven't been active in the last few years, as my attention had moved to other things. Now I am getting back into the coins world and one of my first stops was to get back here. The forum has always been a good source of information for me, and I have bought and sold a lot of stuff in here. But that was in the pre-Brexit time... 🙄
I was interested in a couple of silver bars but other members informed me that silver would be charged with VAT when going through customs. So I gave up on that and looked at gold. I ordered a half sovereign from the Royal Mint and today I got notification from the post that I was charged with 23% VAT and they had also valued the item about 30% more than I had paid! My impression was that investment gold shouldn't be charged with VAT. I just sent an email to Royal Mint to ask about all this.
If this is the case, it makes purchasing or selling anything to and from UK untenable, at least for me. I would like to hear other opinions and see if I am missing something. 🤔
 

https://www.revenue.ie/en/vat/vat-rates/search-vat-rates/I/investment-gold-coin-bar-or-wafer-supply-of-investment-gold-.aspx
 
I suppose it's down to what the Irish Revenue class as "investment gold", but you can request a refund/repayment here:
https://www.revenue.ie/en/vat/repayments-to-unregistered-persons/investment-gold/index.aspx

Point 1: The Royal Mint's Website is absolutely usless. However, when you placed the order hopefully you had an order confirmation email?
Point 2: You are correct, they wont accept a return for bullion products
Point 3: If you need a formal invoice to help your claim then get in touch with customer services and they should give you one, by law they have to. 
Point 4: I have shipped gold to Ireland without issue. When declared correctly with the right customs codes it works smoothly. Don't give up hope!

Sovereigns and halfs are on the EU list of VAT exempt investment gold under HTS code 71189000.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52022XC1125(02)
If your parcel has not been released to you yet, do not pay the VAT, instead send the Irish post customer service a message outlining the above. They can sort it out with the customs. That's how it's done on the mainland at least. Good luck.

I haven't been active in the last few years, as my attention had moved to other things. Now I am getting back into the coins world and one of my first stops was to get back here. The forum has always been a good source of information for me, and I have bought and sold a lot of stuff in here. But that was in the pre-Brexit time... 🙄
I was interested in a couple of silver bars but other members informed me that silver would be charged with VAT when going through customs. So I gave up on that and looked at gold. I ordered a half sovereign from the Royal Mint and today I got notification from the post that I was charged with 23% VAT and they had also valued the item about 30% more than I had paid! My impression was that investment gold shouldn't be charged with VAT. I just sent an email to Royal Mint to ask about all this.
If this is the case, it makes purchasing or selling anything to and from UK untenable, at least for me. I would like to hear other opinions and see if I am missing something. 🤔
 

I haven't been active in the last few years, as my attention had moved to other things. Now I am getting back into the coins world and one of my first stops was to get back here. The forum has always been a good source of information for me, and I have bought and sold a lot of stuff in here. But that was in the pre-Brexit time... 🙄
I was interested in a couple of silver bars but other members informed me that silver would be charged with VAT when going through customs. So I gave up on that and looked at gold. I ordered a half sovereign from the Royal Mint and today I got notification from the post that I was charged with 23% VAT and they had also valued the item about 30% more than I had paid! My impression was that investment gold shouldn't be charged with VAT. I just sent an email to Royal Mint to ask about all this.
If this is the case, it makes purchasing or selling anything to and from UK untenable, at least for me. I would like to hear other opinions and see if I am missing something. 🤔
 

I would like one please, will pm you

Wow that's almost enough to buy a pint in Dublin!

Half dollar 1967 in four different Kennedy NGC labels

Three Lincoln sets from 1967, all with different labels, including the latest San Francisco one. All with RD designation, which is a must for my copper coins.

Full run up to 2019 of gilded 1 oz coins.
 

if you don't hold it you don't own it! 💀

Difficult to gather and photograph everything at once, as I have several boxed sets that take a lot of space. So starting here with my gilded collection. Unfortunately not all clear in a single shot but in a nutshell they are Pandas, Kookaburras, Koalas, Queen's beasts and five Lunar sets.
 

Even if the text mentions "plated", when on the bar it says "999 Fine Silver", isn't this a scam...?