Shinus73

Questionable origin? A bit cryptic… it’s always been difficult to sell a monster box and it’s currently quite difficult to sell any larger volume, as money is tight. That’s it really.

If somebody has a stack of 2111 Britannias, I have other questions!

I won 4 South Africa 50% Crowns for £36 shipped last night. Seller claimed that my address wasn’t legitimate in the automated Royal Mail online payments system. Asked him to take it to a Post Office, cancelled the order. I think he was expecting higher bids. Very annoying.

Honestly friend, nobody in the UK is being given favourable treatment by the RM. Every link seems to take you a different selection, finding stuff is difficult and the e-mail usually arrives after the thing you want is sold out. I missed out on the 2-coin set as the RM decided today was the day they needed me to submit personal documents before I could buy anything (despite having an account manager) and then didn't get round to reviewing them.

I read a comment from another poster either here on SF, or on a Facebook group, that they have delayed the series until 2025 or 2026. Ludicrous either way. My Account Manager has not responded to my last request for clarity (may have been the volume of complaining). 🙂

The bottom line is currently the only consideration.

I loved the idea of the longevity of this series and the discipline it would take to stick with it, as well as the subject matter. Will be properly gutted if it has ended prematurely and the Mint will have lost another Mint Marque customer.

If you’re giving it away…hello!

Yes, that mirrors what people had said in the other discussion I was part of. I think they'll receive severe flak (not that they'll be overly concerned), unlike anything in recent times, if they do decide to go down this road.

Agreed. The City coin doesn’t seem to have appeared this year either.

The words used were ‘the continuation of the series is in doubt’.

Yes, I’ll be having a strop too.

Discussion in another forum involving somebody from Coin Connection, who’d heard this from their supplier (i.e. the Mint).

Apparently, not only did they miss the January release, but the March release has not been included in the forward plan.

After the non appearance of the expected January release, I’m reading more and more speculation that the RM has binned the series. I really hope not, I will be sad and annoyed in equal measure.

Very simply, the overpricing of historic coins and ‘sets’ by the RM in recent times is immoral. It replicates the worst behaviour of the Sunday Magazine rip off companies, but is worse coming from a trusted organisation with unique and privileged access to the back catalogue of British coins.

For no apparent reason, 1980.

Nice. I did ask Pobjoy about the mintage of my coin and any other 1/4 oz gold coins, but they weren't forthcoming, stating that they were minted for private organisations and numbers were therefore commercially sensitive. I suppose their demise makes it less likely we will ever know.

Created this topic purely to show off one of my favourites. A 1/4 oz gold proof Noble in PF70. Other than this Agincourt Privy issue, I know of no other 1/4 oz gold proof Nobles that were ever struck. Mine came in a certificate saying number 10 of 600, but I've only ever seen one other of this type for sale. I've therefore decided that mine was the last minted and there are in fact only ten. 🙂

What is beyond doubt, is the single coin format is more popular than the double.

We aim to please.

Sounds suspiciously like 'this time will be different'. 🙂

None of the silver will win, all will be available below RRP in the coming months. Generally, 5 oz silver has been a consistent loser in recent times, even with tiny mintages.

@goldhunter - yes please.

The mintages for the 1 oz and 2 oz silver proofs are way higher than usual. I like this coin but will be taking my chances in the secondary market.