Royal Mint

[Xander]

Has anyone bought these coins yet? Gold or Silver.

[ZaidaBoBaida]

When did they come out?  I don't see the coins on either Apmex of JMBullion.

I need to find out if it would be cheaper to have a friend of mine in England buy the coins for me and ship them, or to keep buying through Apmex or JMBullion.  

[Xander]

2 minutes ago, ZaidaBoBaida said:

When did they come out?

I need to find out if it would be cheaper to have a friend of mine in England buy the coins for me and ship them, or to keep buying through Apmex or JMBullion.  

They are for sale on the RM website.

[ZaidaBoBaida]

Will they ship to America?  And 82 pounds seems a little steep for 1 oz silver.

[Xander]

7 minutes ago, ZaidaBoBaida said:

Will they ship to America?  And 82 pounds seems a little steep for 1 oz silver.

I would wait on Apmex selling them.

[terakris]

They came out a couple of days ago. I like the raven, but not the others. Ordered the 1/4 gold hopefully be here in a week or so.

[Oldun]

If you are buying from The Us etc you don't have to pay VAT. This will be deducted from the retail price when you go to pay on The RM site.

[ZaidaBoBaida]

13 hours ago, Oldun said:

If you are buying from The Us etc you don't have to pay VAT. This will be deducted from the retail price when you go to pay on The RM site.

So, buying from the US I'd probably have to pay around $82 USD and shipping - that still seems like an awful lot to pay for 1 oz of silver in hopes that it will go up in value.  I saw that they're going to release a not proof version, so I might wait for those to hit Apmex, but I didn't see anything about those being strike or even limited to a single year?

[Lr103]

52 minutes ago, ZaidaBoBaida said:

So, buying from the US I'd probably have to pay around $82 USD and shipping - that still seems like an awful lot to pay for 1 oz of silver in hopes that it will go up in value.  I saw that they're going to release a not proof version, so I might wait for those to hit Apmex, but I didn't see anything about those being strike or even limited to a single year?

If you create an account with a US address and log in to the Royal Mint website, all prices will be displayed excluding VAT. For this coin that is £68.75, so around $88. You would also need to pay £12.50 for shipping. Especially if you are thinking of purchasing just this coin alone, APMEX will almost certainly be less expensive net of shipping costs.  

[ZaidaBoBaida]

26 minutes ago, Lr103 said:

If you create an account with a US address and log in to the Royal Mint website, all prices will be displayed excluding VAT. For this coin that is £68.75, so around $88. You would also need to pay £12.50 for shipping. Especially if you are thinking of purchasing just this coin alone, APMEX will almost certainly be less expensive net of shipping costs.  

But, will it ever become available through Apmex?  It sounds like it's going to be very limited.

[Lr103]

4 minutes ago, ZaidaBoBaida said:

But, will it ever become available through Apmex?  It sounds like it's going to be very limited.

There's no way to be sure, but I think it's likely. They've had all the recent Royal Mint silver and gold coins (usually not the cupronickel BUs). The recent Captain Cook £2 silver proof is still in stock at APMEX, as are the Royal Air Force coins. They did have the £5 King Canute coin (same specifications as the raven) last year, and I believe that had a lower mintage than the raven at 3,000.  

[terakris]

I should be receiving my 1/4 gold today. I'll post pics when it arrives.

[Oldun]

12 hours ago, ZaidaBoBaida said:

So, buying from the US I'd probably have to pay around $82 USD and shipping - that still seems like an awful lot to pay for 1 oz of silver in hopes that it will go up in value.  I saw that they're going to release a not proof version, so I might wait for those to hit Apmex, but I didn't see anything about those being strike or even limited to a single year?

If you want silver at a low cost, but bullion locally in the US or follow advice above. Hard to know what your intentions are.

[terakris]

Nice coin, but mine had marks so its going back.

[ZaidaBoBaida]

Pretty, but it doesn't look as detailed as the picture of the silver.