Decimal Five Pounds Coins

[coinan the barbarian]

Hello again after a long absence.

My main interest is British Decimal coinage and being a bit of a completer I have been acquiring (as and when funds permit) the Celebration of Britain: Mind, Body and Spirit series of silver proof £5 coins. These are the ones for which the RM charged £99.99 when they were first issued and can now be picked up at around £20-£25.

I recently picked up the 2010 coin depicting the River Thames with the quotation "Tameless, and swift, and proud". According to the Royal Mint and the London Gazette announcement this is a 2010 dated coin. Mine is dated 2009. First question - Has anyone else come across this incorrect dating on this or any other of these commemoratives? Second question - Does anyone know what the mintage figures are across the series?

Thanks for looking, and hopefully replying, your interest is always appreciated.

[Gary D]

Hello again after a long absence.

My main interest is British Decimal coinage and being a bit of a completer I have been acquiring (as and when funds permit) the Celebration of Britain: Mind, Body and Spirit series of silver proof £5 coins. These are the ones for which the RM charged £99.99 when they were first issued and can now be picked up at around £20-£25.

I recently picked up the 2010 coin depicting the River Thames with the quotation "Tameless, and swift, and proud". According to the Royal Mint and the London Gazette announcement this is a 2010 dated coin. Mine is dated 2009. First question - Has anyone else come across this incorrect dating on this or any other of these commemoratives? Second question - Does anyone know what the mintage figures are across the series?

Thanks for looking, and hopefully replying, your interest is always appreciated.

I assume it has the London 2012 Olympic logo stamped on it. Spinks quote the mintage as 95000

[coinan the barbarian]

Hello again after a long absence.

My main interest is British Decimal coinage and being a bit of a completer I have been acquiring (as and when funds permit) the Celebration of Britain: Mind, Body and Spirit series of silver proof £5 coins. These are the ones for which the RM charged £99.99 when they were first issued and can now be picked up at around £20-£25.

I recently picked up the 2010 coin depicting the River Thames with the quotation "Tameless, and swift, and proud". According to the Royal Mint and the London Gazette announcement this is a 2010 dated coin. Mine is dated 2009. First question - Has anyone else come across this incorrect dating on this or any other of these commemoratives? Second question - Does anyone know what the mintage figures are across the series?

Thanks for looking, and hopefully replying, your interest is always appreciated.

I assume it has the London 2012 Olympic logo stamped on it. Spinks quote the mintage as 95000

Thanks for the info on mintage - much obliged