2017 UK Bicentenary Piedfort Sovereign

[Kman]

16 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Edit: Am I getting mixed up with the bicentenial BU sov, does the piedfort exist yet?

They've already been delivered to a forum member or two if you look on the received thread 

[sovereignsteve]

6 minutes ago, Kman said:

They've already been delivered to a forum member or two if you look on the received thread 

yeah just spotted it. Too much has happened in the last few days with htese things.

[Clens92]

My Piedfort has arrived; I'm now in the horrible position of being unable to focus at work and just want to get home to admire it.  If those resale values stay true, I would have to sell and effectively have a 'free' BU Sov with the profits.

[Roy]

 

I blame the 'flippers' 

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[Oldun]

Gold price has nothing to do with the price of gold.....have I taught you nothing young padwan....:)

 

[Roy]

You must pass on what you have learned 

[Roy]

Remember kids,

 !!!

 

 

(listen carefully....can you hear the whimpering and sobbing of a miserable old git who just realised he'd thrown away an easy £500) 

[Cornishfarmer]

8 minutes ago, Roy said:

Remember kids,

 !!!

 

 

(listen carefully....can you hear the whimpering and sobbing of a miserable old git who just realised he'd thrown away an easy £500) 

You will be happy when they arrive with dinks dents and finger prints...... then having to explain to seller why you listed before it was in hand........ this what I'm telling my self anyway 

[Clens92]

16 minutes ago, Roy said:

Remember kids,

 !!!

(listen carefully....can you hear the whimpering and sobbing of a miserable old git who just realised he'd thrown away an easy £500) 

Don't worry too much; I lost a £3k profit in less than 10 seconds the other day due Visa flagging a transaction as 'fraud'.  That was fun...

I'm sure we'll see another 2017 sovereign issued before the year is out  Anyone for a Christmas Day strike? With a Santa Claus privy?

[Paul]

2 minutes ago, Clens92 said:

Don't worry too much; I lost a £3k profit in less than 10 seconds the other day due Visa flagging a transaction as 'fraud'.  That was fun...

I'm sure we'll see another 2017 sovereign issued before the year is out  Anyone for a Christmas Day strike? With a Santa Claus privy?

Then an end of year 31/12 final-means-final strike with free Barrel Scraper & Royal Mint tote bag

[Silverstackeruk]

Wasn't going to buy one of these piedfort but was a bit gutted at missing out seeing how well they are selling...so I did decided I want one and as usual the law of attraction never fails...since im a VIP customer of royal mint ?so they said they held a few back and I have a choice of any...just a couple of piedforts then please at cost ?

[Goldmick]

Nice one 

[shawy2510]

Got an email from Coinportfolio management saying mine will be with me within 3 days

[HyHy]

Got an email from Coinportfolio management saying mine will be with me within 3 days [emoji4]

Mine has been dispatched today can’t wait till tomorrow!

[shawy2510]

Heres mine with marks

Coinportfolio will be pleased to get a call for a swap on Monday

[sovereignsteve]

3 hours ago, shawy2510 said:

Heres mine with marks

Coinportfolio will be pleased to get a call for a swap on Monday

I wonder wtf they do to their coins, unless they are just unlucky or all the mints send them their rejects?

[Oldun]

Mine should be arriving today according to tracking. Direct order from Royal Mint and sent them severe emails reminding them to be super sure about packaging and tightening the screw capsules to make sure the coin is secure due to more handling for overseas delivery etc. We shall see....bit nervous now having seen the coinportfolio one but we shall see.

[whitesands1]

7 hours ago, Oldun said:

Mine should be arriving today according to tracking. Direct order from Royal Mint and sent them severe emails reminding them to be super sure about packaging and tightening the screw capsules to make sure the coin is secure due to more handling for overseas delivery etc. We shall see....bit nervous now having seen the coinportfolio one but we shall see.

I really believe in keeping the coin in the capsule so I can tell you that I was happy with my first delivery in so far as the screw capsule was fully screwed closed.  The capsule was very positively secured in a holder with a cant.

Looking forward to seeing your photographs from the LotRS!

[MancunianStacker]

I've just been told mine won't be going out until 4th August at earliest! :-(

[SovTracker]

Piedfort Tail problem.
I found this exact same issue on 2 out of the 3 Piedfort's I received today. Might be a particular did problem? Note the "ring" half way down the tail.
Returned to Mint for replacements.

[SovTracker]

My understanding is that the Mint over produce on Limited Editions for such eventualities. They don't just strike 3500 exactly - they expect a few issues. They will only release 3500 with certificates. Presumably, after a few months they can melt down the balance into the next coin issue.

[augur]

49 minutes ago, SovTracker said:

My understanding is that the Mint over produce on Limited Editions for such eventualities.

 

12 minutes ago, shortstack68 said:

My understanding is that the mintage is what they produce, i've heard the story from a good source who asked them about this scenario and they did say they push out any returns for returns.

Don't want to argue this ad absurdum but I returned one of my Double Quintuple Bicentennial Sovereigns and despite being long sold out they said that they have made provisions for replacement [sic].

 

14 minutes ago, shortstack68 said:

My advice would be to check it over if you get it replaced

I second that. But usually the replacements are gradually better than the returned coin until you had enough of the game. 

[SovTracker]

Thanks for that, I will check and check again.
It appears on Proof coins only the Maximum Mintage figure is above that of the "Limited Edition Presentation".
In the Piedfort case on the Royal Mint site under "Specification" it states "Maximum Coin Mintage 3,750".
This is not the case for Brilliant Uncirculated issues where both numbers are the same.

[SovTracker]

Well they've gone back anyway, so I'll let you know how I get on.
If I get the same Certificate numbers then I know they are from the "extras". If I get a new Certificate then it looks like a return!

[augur]

1 minute ago, SovTracker said:

"Limited Edition Presentation"

Are coins (or coin sets) in that specific Royal Mint Box as yours. The remainder of mintage can be other individual coins or coin sets. 

In this particular case I would think the remainder is some NGC slab in a matching case as the piedfort is not part of any other set.