New 50p military set royal mint 09:00 on 06 June

[RudiTapper]

Just got email about this and looking at the website

base metal proof set limited presentation of 3,500 (3 per household)

silver proof set LEP 1969 sets (3 per house)

gold LEP 75, one per house

BU set also available 

more details here https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/50-years-of-the-50p 

[AppleZippoandMetronome]

The mintage of the gold set strikes me as being silly low

[richatthecroft]

29 minutes ago, AppleZippoandMetronome said:

The mintage of the gold set strikes me as being silly low

Extremely low- it’ll also be an extremely expensive set of coins which will sell out quickly no doubt. 

I like these designs and would be interested in the Silver Proof set however, I think the mintage is too high. 

[Fastnick]

I love the idea of there being a military theme - will be getting one of the BU sets.....

[shawy2510]

Nice set, will be expensive though. 

I do have 1 of them though

[Cornishfarmer]

Interesting that the silver proof set is in same case as the bu-cn set.   The case for the first 50 for 50 set is what made it edit, on the RM website they are in same packaging but when look at gold version they have a picture of the silver coins on the bigger box

[richatthecroft]

47 minutes ago, Cornishfarmer said:

Interesting that the silver proof set is in same case as the bu-cn set.   The case for the first 50 for 50 set is what made it edit, on the RM website they are in same packaging but when look at gold version they have a picture of the silver coins on the bigger box

Agree with you on this one- but I wonder if on the webpage they might have mistakenly duplicated the images of the bu-cn- the images for the Silver Proof are exactly the same. 

[Oldun]

Not for me. Finished with silver proofs unless there are anymore Peter Rabbits coming.

[Bullionaire]

Bit rich for me. 

How much were the golds out of interest?

[shawy2510]

 

20 minutes ago, Bullionaire said:

Bit rich for me. 

How much were the golds out of interest?

£3825

[AppleZippoandMetronome]

I am surprised the silver proof set hasn't sold out yet. Has demand for the silver proof 50p's really dropped off that much? I'd of thought at the very least anyone who bought the first set would want this second set

[Cornishfarmer]

Had golds ready to go,     Gut just didn’t feel right so left of the collectors.      Would make a stonking retirement present for retired military 

[terakris]

Not for me so didnt jump on this one.

[RudiTapper]

Gold set is £4950 on coin connection, Ouch !

[Mike]

I have the option of a gold set from my RM account manager - feels a bit extravagant and not really a fit to my collection.  Could it be worth it as an investment? Views?

[Zhorro]

58 minutes ago, Mike said:

I have the option of a gold set from my RM account manager - feels a bit extravagant and not really a fit to my collection.  Could it be worth it as an investment? Views?

If you do buy, make sure the coins are perfect and that the set is not one returned because of any problems with it.

This second set of five 50p pence pieces does not seem to have generated anyway near the excitement of the first set (the Kew Gardens effect?).  It may be that someone bought it in the hope of a quick profitable flip but found that this was not possible and so they decided to return it (I think the Royal Mint does take returns).  Therefore, the real question is whether you could do something better with your money that would enhance your collection.  If you buy it, I think you will end up holding it for the long-term.