New Gruffalo release in the morning

[Robjw]

[EddieC]

Oh nice. Where from? Royal Mint?

[danmc82]

Same mintage as before, 25k.

[Robjw]

Nice to see their website holding up 🤣

[danmc82]

I know, its ridiculous. Every time 🙄

[kimchi]

Really nice design

[danmc82]

Few more options this time as well. I'll stick to the original though and get one BU pack.

[Robjw]

1 minute ago, danmc82 said:

Few more options this time as well. I'll stick to the original though and get one BU pack.

Id just settle for being able to view them at this point.

[danmc82]

I've got to checkout so far. Just loading.

[Robjw]

Just now, danmc82 said:

I've got to checkout so far. Just loading.

Stuck at Cloudflare host offline for me sadly 😥

[danmc82]

2 minutes ago, Robjw said:

Stuck at Cloudflare host offline for me sadly 😥

Complete for me now. RM may speed up now im off 😁

[danmc82]

Ahh just noticed, the Gruffalo gift set is the first coin, not this one. Good way for ther RM to gain a few more sales.

[Robjw]

4 minutes ago, danmc82 said:

Complete for me now. RM may speed up now im off 😁

Finally in a queue, not sure why im happy to be in a queue though, The Royal Mint are messing with my head.

 

Edit: I was in the queue, I was being redirected to the website and now back to host error, officially messing with me.

[danmc82]

The website is working perfect for me. A tiny bit slower but nothing like it was before.

[Cking83]

Bit slow to get it to load but luckily no long countdown queuing clock this time

[kimchi]

9 minutes ago, Robjw said:

Finally in a queue, not sure why im happy to be in a queue though, The Royal Mint are messing with my head.

 

Edit: I was in the queue, I was being redirected to the website and now back to host error, officially messing with me.

If you just want the silver you could go Coin Connection for £61 as of now

[Robjw]

I do like the different options but its a little sad to see the first silver proof be added back just in another form.

 

 

[danmc82]

1 minute ago, kimchi said:

If you just want the silver you could go Coin Connection for £61 as of now

Have to add postage on top though 🙂

[Shinus73]

I think I’ll be waiting for the secondary market for this one.

Neither of the original Gruffalo silver proof I sold made the release price.

[h103efa]

1 minute ago, Shinus73 said:

I think I’ll be waiting for the secondary market for this one.

Neither of the original Gruffalo silver proof I sold made the release price.

Me too, no queue now to buy!

30K for each - Wont replicate the Peter Rabbit 2016 phenomenon.

I like the design though!

5 minutes ago, Robjw said:

I do like the different options but its a little sad to see the first silver proof be added back just in another form.

 

 

Just repackaging some of the MCM 30k that didn't sell i guess

[danmc82]

2 minutes ago, Shinus73 said:

I think I’ll be waiting for the secondary market for this one.

Neither of the original Gruffalo silver proof I sold made the release price.

I bet they'll be alot of the first series going up on ebay over the next few days. Good opportunity for sellers I think.

I'm hoping these do well over the long term. Especially if theres more in the series.

[kimchi]

So we'll have to wait for the third Gruff for the second one's special editions to become available (or not - see Paddington book set which only appeared for one coin) Now I know Coldplay were inspired by the Royal Mint when they wrote 'nobody said it was easy, nobody ever said it could be this hard'.

26 minutes ago, Robjw said:

I do like the different options but its a little sad to see the first silver proof be added back just in another form.

I like the options, I think they're really nice It's only 1750 total extra mintage isn't it out of a possible 5000 on the MCM? And the original LEP will always be sold out at 25k.

The question is will they have the same special LEPs for the later coins, and will there be more (e.g. a final 'complete edition' offering all of the coins)?

19 minutes ago, danmc82 said:

I bet they'll be alot of the first series going up on ebay over the next few days. Good opportunity for sellers I think.

Yes it could be a good time to sell if one's looking to exit these, have to see what the demand/supply is like. Hopefully after last time's 'failure' most of these will be bought by genuine homes rather than flippers.

I too hope these do really well and love this coin, think it's a cracker

[kimchi]

Just taking a look at the gold:

- The Proof finish captures every whisker and wart

Bit harsh on Liz that

[danmc82]

41 minutes ago, kimchi said:

Just taking a look at the gold:

- The Proof finish captures every whisker and wart

Bit harsh on Liz that

You getting or sticking with Silver?

[kimchi]

1 hour ago, danmc82 said:

You getting or sticking with Silver?

Just having a look, lovely coin but the Mint has pitched the price far too high imo, it makes it a risky proposition for collectors who may need to sell at some point. Of course coins like this should always be for those looking to collect, not invest, but the premium is ridiculous and hard to justify as a purchase personally.

I'm leaving the silver too as I just had a very expensive (non-PM) purchase so no room for luxuries atm. I have two originals so can always swap one later hopefully