Royal Mint Quality Control Strikes once again!

[BackyardBullion]

Thought this would be a fun thread to show some of the worst failings of the Royal Mint's quality control department. 

This was one of my Stephen Hawking Silver Proof coins

Always check your coins thoroughly when you take delivery of them!

Also, if you are buying to flip my advice would be never to list and sell an item before you have it in hand, no matter how tempting the premium returns might be!

Fortunately this is not what happened to me, but I bet there are some very disappointed customers out there!

Share your worst coins here!

[Fastnick]

Ooooooh! That is a shocker!

Shame on the Royal Mint for letting that through their Q.C. Department!

[Paul]

This is ACTUALLY the rare Black Hole frosting mule edition only added to x25 of them, and are rare as blackhole

Get it on eBay some daft Yank will believe it no doubt 

[ilovesilverireallydo]

looks like its been in someones prison wallet before being shipped. 

[Lr103]

Here is a Trial of the Pyx 1oz unicorn as received.  It had absolutely no wrapping or packing materials, and was loose in the box.  To their credit, they replaced everything that was damaged quickly, and without questions or additional cost.

 

[Goldhooked]

Gruffalo silver proof from RM with a fingerprint right across queenies face.  To be fair they swapped it quickly for a perfect one.

[ilovesilverireallydo]

12 minutes ago, Goldhooked said:

Gruffalo silver proof from RM with a fingerprint right across queenies face.  To be fair they swapped it quickly for a perfect one.

Thats just sloppy. I bet its a return just sold on without QC. If its not a return, even more shame on them. 

[Goldhooked]

17 minutes ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

Thats just sloppy. I bet its a return just sold on without QC. If its not a return, even more shame on them. 

Don't think it was a return, there wouldn't have been time.  This was one of the 2 I got directly from them having queued on release night.  There can't have been enough time for it to go to someone else, then be returned and then sent out again to me I don't think?

[Norskgeld]

2 hours ago, BackyardBullion said:

Thought this would be a fun thread to show some of the worst failings of the Royal Mint's quality control department. 

This was one of my Stephen Hawking Silver Proof coins

That's disgraceful...doesn't look anything like Stephen Hawking! 

[CadmiumGreen]

8 hours ago, Lr103 said:

Here is a Trial of the Pyx 1oz unicorn as received.  It had absolutely no wrapping or packing materials, and was loose in the box.  To their credit, they replaced everything that was damaged quickly, and without questions or additional cost.

 

Holy cr@p! Looks like the folder went through the Trial of the Pyx along with your 1 oz Unicorn! And I thought the folder mine came with was bad (only loose from a staple binding). Good on them for replacing for you.

[Lr103]

3 minutes ago, CadmiumGreen said:

Holy cr@p! Looks like the folder went through the Trial of the Pyx along with your 1 oz Unicorn! And I thought the folder mine came with was bad (only loose from a staple binding). Good on them for replacing for you.

Yes it does!  I had low expectations of the coin, but not the folder 🙂

They really are tremendous though when it comes to customer service....it's just too bad that the quality control makes it necessary.