RM 2018 Paddington Bear 50p Spotted

[creative]

Hi,

Apologies if this has already been posted, if so please feel free to delete, but on the RM Facebook page the 2018 Paddington Bear 50p coin seems to have slipped out into the wild.

Not sure if I like the design, but I think it will be popular so I’ll be placing a cheeky order!

[fehk2001]

where is the post please , thank you 

 

edit, I found them now thanks 

[Harry]

Spotted in Wales. Funny that! 

[creative]

Also if you’re an absolute nut bag and need it a couple of weeks before it’s offically released then go crazy on this £100+ starting auction:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F113052139336

(Even has a reserve ?)

[Oldun]

The first one “accidentally” released was at £15,100 a few hours ago....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PADDINGTON-BEAR-IN-PADDINGTON-STATION-2018-50P-RARE-ACCIDENTAL-RELEASE/113047510762?hash=item1a52281eea:g:x1gAAOSwcfdbGPzH

[creative]

No way can I see someone paying that kind of money. Must have been joke bidding.

[999magnum]

7 hours ago, Oldun said:

The first one “accidentally” released was at £15,100 a few hours ago....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PADDINGTON-BEAR-IN-PADDINGTON-STATION-2018-50P-RARE-ACCIDENTAL-RELEASE/113047510762?hash=item1a52281eea:g:x1gAAOSwcfdbGPzH

114 bids  at $20K US. This is just ridiculous.

[mikeburns67]

They better make the most of it - they are officially released on 18th June.  Photos from a FB group.

 

[kimchi]

I think Mr Bear will look rather better on next year's release after the train's run him over

[creative]

Ok I’ve got to have a coloured in one! Damn you RM and all your fancy gimmicks!

[mikeburns67]

Dont commit until you've seen the new Captain Cook £2 coin..  I've just picked it up in Silver - looks stunning.  Wish I could afford the gold.

[creative]

4 minutes ago, mikeburns67 said:

Dont commit until you've seen the new Captain Cook £2 coin..  I've just picked it up in Silver - looks stunning.  Wish I could afford the gold.

Nope not for me unless captain cook is hiding a marmalade sandwich under his hat

[blackadder]

12 hours ago, creative said:

Also if you’re an absolute nut bag and need it a couple of weeks before it’s offically released then go crazy on this £100+ starting auction:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F113052139336

(Even has a reserve ?)

So it's another coin that's going crazy now,then will be worth £4 next month

[MickD]

I'm under orders to get a Paddington - from someone who doesn't really understand my obsession with coins.  She's also getting interested in Beatrix Potter 50p's. There is a quandry though, do I get her the cupro-nickel and a proof for me (until she understands the beauty of silver)?

[creative]

2 minutes ago, blackadder said:

So it's another coin that's going crazy now,then will be worth £4 next month

For how greedy that persons being I hope so! I could have accepted trying to flog it for a higher margin than what 50p’s go for, as I’m sure they’ll be a person who MUST have it. But trying to start at £100 is just taking the p***

 

[creative]

8 minutes ago, MickD said:

I'm under orders to get a Paddington - from someone who doesn't really understand my obsession with coins.  She's also getting interested in Beatrix Potter 50p's. There is a quandry though, do I get her the cupro-nickel and a proof for me (until she understands the beauty of silver)?

Just buy them all, including the insanely priced gold version they’re also bound to release with it ?

I intend to buy a couple of Proofs. One for me and one for the little man when he’s old enough to start his own collection...that’s if they don’t go crazy quick.

[PansPurse]

6 minutes ago, MickD said:

I'm under orders to get a Paddington - from someone who doesn't really understand my obsession with coins.  She's also getting interested in Beatrix Potter 50p's. There is a quandry though, do I get her the cupro-nickel and a proof for me (until she understands the beauty of silver)?

I figure it's always worth over delivering, especially if it's someone important in your life. Bonus points if you do it without drawing attention to it, so that they only realise later... Cooler than walking away from an explosion without looking

[MickD]

1'll get her a silver proof if they're reasonable and leave it at that - if they're a rip off, she'll have to settle for cupro-nickel.

 

[MickD]

For someone who doesn't understand my obsession, she's doing okay on her own wee stash.

[daz]

It's a bit of a piss take from the royal mint for the people that shelled out on the 2018 proof sets , the list of coins that were not included in those sets is growing all the time , RAF , Paddington , Captain cook ,  I am rapidly losing interest in the royal mint as they are flooding the market with too many coins imo . 

[PansPurse]

46 minutes ago, daz said:

It's a bit of a piss take from the royal mint for the people that shelled out on the 2018 proof sets , the list of coins that were not included in those sets is growing all the time , RAF , Paddington , Captain cook ,  I am rapidly losing interest in the royal mint as they are flooding the market with too many coins imo . 

It's a real problem, like the US mint plumbing for diminishing returns and actively reducing collectability

[999magnum]

5 minutes ago, PansPurse said:

It's a real problem, like the US mint plumbing for diminishing returns and actively reducing collectability

I'm a very simple minded man. Please explain.

[PansPurse]

49 minutes ago, 999magnum said:

I'm a very simple minded man. Please explain.

Too many different products dilutes interest and makes each individual less special

[Harry]

Silver Proof editions will have a mintage of 60,000! 

Gold Proof edition to also be released along with another design in August! I didn't say that. 

[terakris]

I think 60k is quite high, ill get one for giggles but not as many as I would have if it was a lower mintage. I might look at the gold one instead, depending on price.