Best Decimal Coins to collect - thanks, Chris

[Paddy]

1 hour ago, Peckris 2 said:

It could be the Mint is slow to issue the full figures? I remember in the late 70s seeing that the figure for 1976 50p's was less than a million, and I started collecting them avidly (though oddly I never questioned that there were plenty out there). It later turned out that that was a provisional figure only and in the end there were millions.

You may be right, but as they delay releasing the figures until at least a year later now, they ought to be more up to date. It certainly doesn't explain why 2016 One Pound coins are not listed at all, two years after the event.

I emailed the Royal Mint and got a standard "Thank you for your interest and I have passed the buck" message back from Lewis.

 

[Paddy]

I raised the question of inaccurate figures with the RM and got this response:

"Good afternoon Paddy,

All 2017 mintage figures will be updated on the website following the release of our Annual Report.

Kind regards,

Ceri

Ceri Davies

UK Account Manager"

I raised the query again regarding the 2016 figures being incorrect for the £1 coins and got:

"Yes, we will ensure these are updated the same time.

 Kind regards,

 Ceri"

 

So here is hoping!

 

[Unwilling Numismatist]

we're well into 2018, surely they had these figures by 31st Dec 2017.

 

[Paddy]

8 hours ago, Unwilling Numismatist said:

we're well into 2018, surely they had these figures by 31st Dec 2017.

 

Final update - Annual report is due out in the week commencing 3rd September.

[Unwilling Numismatist]

Lets hope I guessed right on some of the things I bought lol.

 

[headsortails]

1 hour ago, Unwilling Numismatist said:

Lets hope I guessed right on some of the things I bought lol.

 

My moneys on the 2017 shield 50p and the jane austin coin,what did you go for.

[Unwilling Numismatist]

Both of the above  plus the £5 Canute,  and a RM 2017 Annual BU coin set for god measure as it also contains all 3 and some random Beatrix Potter RM sealed BU 50p's

I had trouble getting the small change though, but put aside some unc £1 coins for posterity, and bought / found / obtained all other 50ps and £2  in uncirc condition from other sources.

-- didn't get any other commemorative £5 dross though, they're all ugly as usual.