craigy

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brexit-Coin-Rare-Kew-Gardens-Souvenir-Hunt-Commemorative-Collectors-Uncirculated/223155862009?hash=item33f52039f9:g:AXUAAOSwpM9bpPqF

oh dear https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/kew-Gardens-50p-coin-rare-/142951816074?hash=item2148979b8a%3Ag%3Acq4AAOSwLKNbqlFH&nma=true&si=jAXQaDSlbHj7BrfNrZdtTcBJ3ZQ%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Bargain lol https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Kew-Garden-Coins-3-Circulated-Genuine-50p-Coins-1-is-from-a-set-and-BUNC-/132793296513?hash=item1eeb18e681%3Ag%3A8IgAAOSwnVRbqRFJ&nma=true&si=jAXQaDSlbHj7BrfNrZdtTcBJ3ZQ%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

bit of a specialist subject, lovely coins though, one wonders how they survive the centurys, have they been passed dpwn, are they fro a hoard or detecting find

thats why i like the George VI cameo proofs, seems to be the first time they were made with any chance of the average collector getting their mits on one,

i remember as a child in the 80's getting florins in my change, the flowery one of Elizabeth, don't recall any shilling coins though but defo rememeber the flowery florins

yes i did too, i keep saying no more direct from the royal mint, wait a couple of years, but give in lol

i'm pretty sure moulten metal will just dissolve instantly, not leave lumps of brass like cookie chips in a cookie ??

of a Henry

continental copy maybe,

just doesnt make sense to me when people will pay £80 plus for a kew gardens 50p with around a quarter of a million goin into circulation and only 15,000 of some of these £1 , i dont get it

was wondering if they will stick to the way of putting a monarchs name on a coin when Charles comes to the throne, will they use CAROLVS III of just CHARLES III, that all depends if he keeps his name anyway

nice matte proof one up for sale at sovereign rarities next week, some big old gouges on the obverse, who do they get on a proof coin

issued for the Japanese export market place only and not for the UK market hence why it is not listed in the Spink catalogue, as far as we are aware this is the only UK Royal Mint gold denomination issued with Peter Rabbit upon it, and many were destined for the jewellery trade to place in necklaces in Japan, an unrivalled opportunity to find the ultimate Peter Rabbit gold coin in a UK auction, very rare. https://www.sovr.co.uk/auctions/1002/lot-489-elizabeth-ii-1952-gold-25-pounds-2016-150th-anniversary-of-beatrix-potter-peter-rabbit?view=lot_detail

yes https://www.sovr.co.uk/auctions/sovereign-rarities-auction-number-1/2018-09-25?gridtype=listview

the 2017 figures are out, not surprised to see there were no definitive £2's or 20p's put into circulation , nearly 10 million for jeremy fisher and tom kitten 25 mil for benjimin bunny and 20 mil for peter rabbit and just under 2 mill for issac newton

2016 was the one to get i think, zero in general circulation, and the 2016 shield round £1

lol went and got me a 2017 20p yesterday as none went into circulation, , have one in the annual set but i like me ngc slabs, and you can't go wrong for just over £20, maybe a waste of money but they might be collectible one day

have asked why the jane austin isn't there and they gave a little insight into future scarce coins by telling someone they withdrew the raf folder because they demand from cash centers is going to be low so the chance is people will not be able to fill them,

another interesting one from the Royal Mint Museum The physicist Thomas Graham was Master of the Royal Mint from 1855 to 1869, one of a small number of scientists who ran the organisation, the first being Isaac Newton in the early eighteenth century and the last Thomas Graham himself. What he might have lacked in administrative skill he made up for with his inquisitive mind and, through his investigations into the composition of metals, he generated a series of trial pieces in rather exotic materials. The half-sovereign size piece illustrated here was produced in 1869 and, as is indicated from the inscription, was the result of experiments into Palladium and Hydrogenium. Unlike his interest in copper alloys, which had a direct effect on the composition of the bronze coinage issued from 1860, it cannot be claimed that these more esoteric investigations had any impact at all on the British coinage. Having carried out the experiments, Graham is known to have given a number of the pieces to friends but, although they were produced at the Royal Mint, he did not see fit to deposit a specimen in the Royal Mint Museum. The example now in the collection was acquired through an unexpected donation from the will of the chemist Sir William Pope.

yes you are right, George VI was called Albert, changed his name because it sounded too Germanic,

one more from the Royal mint Museum The Royal Mint Museum cares for several dies from Cromwell's time as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Of particular interest is the die for the obverse of the 1658 crown, which clearly displays an obvious crack across the lower half of Cromwell’s bust. It is possible to trace the course of this crack on successive coins, from a small raised feature that appears on early pieces, to the uneven jagged line apparent on later specimens. Another important feature of the die is that it was designed to be housed in a press and as such forms part of that period of transition between the abandonment of the hammer and the full-scale adoption of screw-press technology under Charles II

saw this on the Royal Mint Museum Facetube page, this is the text to go with the picture, they are beautiful Although the Mint Museum has many coins – and even some punches and dies – from Isaac Newton’s time as Master of the Mint during the early eighteenth century, few other items have survived from this period that relate to the Mint. One such item, however, that has come down to us is the handsomely engraved set of troy weights illustrated here. This nest of master weights is dated 1707. The date is significant, the weights having been prepared in the wake of the Act of Union with Scotland to ensure that the coinages struck north and south of the border conformed to the same standard. But not only is the set attractive in its own right, it symbolises the importance of accuracy when producing a gold and silver coinage, an element of Mint production that was important to Newton and is no less important today

wish it was, the penny guys will spot it

i'm confused