Unwilling Numismatist Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 For those interested, the set of 50p's including a 2019 Kew are on sale from today. These sets are limited to 3,500. Make of it what you will, I have mine.. just wish they'd left it for a month or two, as this close to Christmas getting 10 wasn't an option. https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/50-years-of-the-50p/ Kev Quote
Unwilling Numismatist Posted January 14, 2019 Author Posted January 14, 2019 All sold within 2 hours of writing. Dammit, I should have bought 10. That would have been easy cash for real coins. Many appear on ebay already and some have sold for consideably more than the RM price - many listings show as "Pre-Order". If you blinked, you missed 'em. Quote
Peckris 2 Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 Your link (which didn't work, by the way!) takes me to the set on the RM site - however, "Buy Now" brings up many things but not that set. Certainly no "sold out" message. Quote
Unwilling Numismatist Posted January 14, 2019 Author Posted January 14, 2019 The link seems to function perfectly still. The only set left available is the crappy "old and 2008" pairing for waaaaytoomuchmoney. Everything else on teh page (once you've scrolled down) all shows as no longer available. Quote
craigy Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 yup all straight on ebay, yet you sign up for info from the mint and find nothing out until 2 weeks later Quote
Unwilling Numismatist Posted January 14, 2019 Author Posted January 14, 2019 I got an email at 08:22 this morning while I was driving to work, hardly sufficient to plan a buying frenzy. Quote
Peckris 2 Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 7 hours ago, Unwilling Numismatist said: The link seems to function perfectly still. The only set left available is the crappy "old and 2008" pairing for waaaaytoomuchmoney. Everything else on teh page (once you've scrolled down) all shows as no longer available. 7 hours ago, Unwilling Numismatist said: When I said "not working", I meant not here - however it does work if I copy/paste it into the address bar. Most links people post in these forums act as direct links when I click them. Yours is blue and apparently 'clickable' but it doesn't open a new tab, doesn't do anything. But those items showing above don't appear anywhere I've gone to on their site - plenty of other cr*p but not those 50 years of 50p sets, though you do get the information about the set from the original link, but not anywhere else on the site. Quote
Unwilling Numismatist Posted January 15, 2019 Author Posted January 15, 2019 How peculiar. I'm not aware of doing anything untoward with the original link. All I did was went to that link and scrolled down (ignore all the bumf you see at the top about the 50p's and scroll down). Quote
Peckris 2 Posted January 16, 2019 Posted January 16, 2019 23 hours ago, Unwilling Numismatist said: How peculiar. I'm not aware of doing anything untoward with the original link. All I did was went to that link and scrolled down (ignore all the bumf you see at the top about the 50p's and scroll down). Apart tfrom the dodgy link, you're quite right - I just needed to scroll down! My mistake was clicking one of the buttons higher up. Quote
craigy Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) the london coin company have some in stock at a mere snip for 750 lol, how are they getting their hands on so many sets ? https://thelondoncoincompany.com/epages/4d237887-b78a-4f19-8c94-ebc46654c578.sf/en_US/?ObjectPath=/Shops/4d237887-b78a-4f19-8c94-ebc46654c578/Products/SCS-037000 Edited January 17, 2019 by craigy Quote
craigy Posted January 21, 2019 Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) now £800 from the london coin company https://thelondoncoincompany.com/epages/4d237887-b78a-4f19-8c94-ebc46654c578.sf/en_US/?ObjectPath=%2FShops%2F4d237887-b78a-4f19-8c94-ebc46654c578%2FProducts%2FSCS-037000&fbclid=IwAR1gEu1c-6tpPubuCDoCLkfkkJMmiWNbCKdclLBaLskHgY9dj9IxYyFmj4o Edited January 21, 2019 by craigy Quote
Unwilling Numismatist Posted January 21, 2019 Author Posted January 21, 2019 Makes you wonder doesn't it. I (again) wish I'd ordered more. One day I will learn. Quote
azda Posted January 21, 2019 Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) Don’t get caught up in this type of thing, people on YT hype these things to the hilt and you’re eventually left floundering when the hype wears off. remember, they are for sale at X price, they’ve not sold for X price. Even the gold proof set I wouldn’t bother with. Edited January 21, 2019 by azda Quote
rpeddie Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 i don't like the fact that the kew isn't an original 2009 one but is being treated price wise like it is (i believe it has 3 dates on it,where the 2019 date on the obv) i also don't like the fact the 50 "New Pence" was reduced in size too, kind of ruins it again, i guess it would have messed up the symmetry of the box too 🤷♀️ 1 Quote
azda Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 7 hours ago, rpeddie said: i don't like the fact that the kew isn't an original 2009 one but is being treated price wise like it is (i believe it has 3 dates on it,where the 2019 date on the obv) i also don't like the fact the 50 "New Pence" was reduced in size too, kind of ruins it again, i guess it would have messed up the symmetry of the box too 🤷♀️ The rare Kew isn’t even the proof coin, it’s the circulation coin that the rare one 😆 Quote
craigy Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 11:02 PM, azda said: The rare Kew isn’t even the proof coin, it’s the circulation coin that the rare one 😆 and again the kew gardens from 2009 aint exactly rare is it with dozens of listings on ebay and the mintage of 210,000 2 Quote
1949threepence Posted February 1, 2019 Posted February 1, 2019 On 1/14/2019 at 9:39 AM, Unwilling Numismatist said: For those interested, the set of 50p's including a 2019 Kew are on sale from today. These sets are limited to 3,500. Make of it what you will, I have mine.. just wish they'd left it for a month or two, as this close to Christmas getting 10 wasn't an option. https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/50-years-of-the-50p/ Kev Crikey, I was a bit slow there. Not surprised they went so quickly. Quote
Peter Posted February 1, 2019 Posted February 1, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 12:02 PM, craigy said: and again the kew gardens from 2009 aint exactly rare is it with dozens of listings on ebay and the mintage of 210,000 The majority of which are snide "Chinese" At this rate , if I ever wanted to sell my Kew , it would be my 1st encapsulation. Uuuuugg...I've said it. kev..Are you going to cash out on your £90 set and make £700+ ? Quote
Unwilling Numismatist Posted February 1, 2019 Author Posted February 1, 2019 I'd like to, but I don't see it happening this decade. Currently they're "only" doing about 300, so a couple of years in the stock cupboard might help Quote
Unwilling Numismatist Posted March 25, 2019 Author Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) The next instalment (BU) is now available, along with a very unhelpful queuing system which has kindly placed me at 30+ minutes even though I was at the site at 11:20. Thanks RM. And absolutely no clues about any figures prior to the site going live.... do I even need to stay up, or will this be another "unlimited" cash cow? Only time will tell. Maybe one day they'll put the price and the mintage in the damn email they send out 10 minutes after the site goes live and teh queue system kicks you back for 60 minutes. In other news I have received some 11 more Victorias so far this year, I really must show them off at some point Edited March 25, 2019 by Unwilling Numismatist Quote
sabrejv Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 The BU set appears to be unlimited mintage see under under specification tab. Quote
azda Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 8 hours ago, Unwilling Numismatist said: The next instalment (BU) is now available, along with a very unhelpful queuing system which has kindly placed me at 30+ minutes even though I was at the site at 11:20. Thanks RM. And absolutely no clues about any figures prior to the site going live.... do I even need to stay up, or will this be another "unlimited" cash cow? Only time will tell. Maybe one day they'll put the price and the mintage in the damn email they send out 10 minutes after the site goes live and teh queue system kicks you back for 60 minutes. In other news I have received some 11 more Victorias so far this year, I really must show them off at some point There would be no need to queue for unlimited mintage coins. Let’s now see the ripple effect on the 2009 Kew, prices may drop from here Quote
Unwilling Numismatist Posted March 25, 2019 Author Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, azda said: There would be no need to queue for unlimited mintage coins. Exactly, I mean... w.t.f. If they said in the email or in the precursor advertisments "Unlimited, no need to rush".... simples, yawn, snooze and look much, much later. Quote
craigy Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 be able to pick them up cheaper on ebay in a few weeks when everyone is lumbered with 10 sets, like the gruffalo, cheaper on ebay then the original asking price Quote
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