Stephen Hawking 50p

[h103efa]

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3204640

the reverse a stylized depiction of a black hole with the inscription “STEPHEN HAWKING” and the entropy equation. 

[terakris]

ugh... im skint and i would want that coin!  best get saving.

[Numero]

Received this in an email this afternoon from RM. Conviently they haven't given a time when it is released.

[terakris]

Prob midnight as usual.

[sixgun]

i think Stephen Hawking died in the 1980's and was replaced with another mute who looked similar but not the same. Is this on the coins?

[Numero]

15 minutes ago, terakris said:

Prob midnight as usual.

Fingers crossed it is. Will be interesting to see the final design and see how it compares to the Isaac Newton 50p.

[Shinus73]

4 minutes ago, sixgun said:

i think Stephen Hawking died in the 1980's and was replaced with another mute who looked similar but not the same. Is this on the coins?

I’m not sure it would fit.

[mr-dead]

[shawy2510]

Is that the design? Looks terrible

[h103efa]

21 hours ago, Numero said:

Fingers crossed it is. Will be interesting to see the final design and see how it compares to the Isaac Newton 50p.

Yes defo interesting.

As discussed with @AgD,  there might be a Newton / Hawking set of some kind. I found a proclamation in the gazette that stated amendments that seemed to suggest that they could make the Newton coins with a 2019 year date on it!

[AgD]

21 minutes ago, h103efa said:

Yes defo interesting.

As discussed with @AgD,  there might be a Newton / Hawking set of some kind. I found a proclamation in the gazette that stated amendments that seemed to suggest that they could make the Newton coins with a 2019 year date on it!

Anything to make a bit of money as I thought the 2019 Newton was only ment to be a strike your own but I would have to get it for the collection 😂

[AgD]

I've got a trip to the mint booked on the 19th of April so hopefully they will do it as a strike your own 

[Numero]

2 hours ago, shawy2510 said:

Is that the design? Looks terrible

I hope the design is better than that too. 

2 hours ago, h103efa said:

Yes defo interesting.

As discussed with @AgD,  there might be a Newton / Hawking set of some kind. I found a proclamation in the gazette that stated amendments that seemed to suggest that they could make the Newton coins with a 2019 year date on it!

That would make a good set. Not sure about the redating and no new / slight change in the design. Only time will tell what they decide to do.

[Kookaburracollector]

Be careful on this one..might be a black hole for your $$$

[GoodAsGold]

9 hours ago, mr-dead said:

That is NOT the design thank goodness @shawy2510 It's just a mock up suggested on the coinhunter.co.uk website.

[mr-dead]

thought it was bad lol.

 

[danmc82]

I can imagine the mintage to be 50-60k for this coin. If its around 15-20k I might have a look.

Cant see this one being popular tbh.

[daz]

whats the chances this one wont enter circulation either ?

[h103efa]

18 minutes ago, daz said:

whats the chances this one wont enter circulation either ?

High chance it won't. I think this way of future releases to come. As someone else mentioned special commemorative coins are the latest business development for the mint. 

Unless you have the ocd to have to collect all coin releases just do what I do and buy what you like and not what might go up in value over time.

[sixgun]

i have actually got the design of this new coin. I was surprised to see it had Stephen Hawking's real year of death - 1985. He died of pneumonia and was replaced by a look alike. The idea was everyone believed what Stephen Hawking said but he never said anything 😜 - They could say any sh1t over his computer and people just believed it.

[Kookaburracollector]

I’d buy that!😂

[kimchi]

It's going to be interesting to see how the gold proofs fare on these. The first Paddington was very very slow (off the back of a poor mintage silver offering imo) but the second, the Snowman and then the Gruff (the three single releases since I think?) sold out in a day. Is that a subset of gold proofs (children's favourites) and will this revert to the Newton pattern (a very slow sell even at such a small mintage) or has there been a growing worldwide interest in 50ps full stop? This issue will give some idea I think. It's not a universally appealing set (pun intended, the later 'Hawking' was a complete dunce) but if it sells within a week that will be good news for anyone with the 50p proofs imo. 600/700 worldwide is a tiny mintage, it won't take much if a collector base grows around these. Or will the mint mess it up again and mint too many? Going to be interesting!

If it's a hit I shall owe some big apologies on here for recommending against the Newton!

[GoodAsGold]

2 hours ago, sixgun said:

i have actually got the design of this new coin. I was surprised to see it had Stephen Hawking's real year of death - 1985. He died of pneumonia and was replaced by a look alike. The idea was everyone believed what Stephen Hawking said but he never said anything 😜 - They could say any sh1t over his computer and people just believed it.

Hmm, that dude looks familiar. Remove the specs and YES I've got it - it's Camilla 😉

[Murph]

10 hours ago, sixgun said:

i have actually got the design of this new coin. I was surprised to see it had Stephen Hawking's real year of death - 1985. He died of pneumonia and was replaced by a look alike. The idea was everyone believed what Stephen Hawking said but he never said anything 😜 - They could say any sh1t over his computer and people just believed it.

 

Was it NASA, the NWO or the lizards that replaced him?  Or are they all one and the same along with all the royal families, bankers and space agencies?

I could quite believe the pm is a lizard or has been replaced by a robot judging by her attempts at dancing.

[Oldun]

12 hours ago, h103efa said:

High chance it won't. I think this way of future releases to come. As someone else mentioned special commemorative coins are the latest business development for the mint. 

Unless you have the ocd to have to collect all coin releases just do what I do and buy what you like and not what might go up in value over time.

I feel another exclusive proof and unc box set of 50ps coming on.....good way to get rid of excess....box set with one popular coin...only way to get it...unload the overstock ?