I showed my wife the Perth Mint ones and she said they looked tacky. Then she asked if I wanted one with a critical look on her face.
i was just on the royal mint site and found this coin, it is said to be for the royal birth, very different from the first post.... http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_2013_UK_1_Pound_Silver_Brilliant_Uncirculated_Coin
From the Royal Mint link above: http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_2013_UK_1_Pound_Silver_Brilliant_Uncirculated_Coin So they offer Sterling silver purity and charge about 4 times too much! I think it should be pure silver and good value to bode well for future prosperity (for the little stacker/tacker) The coin itself doesn't seem to mention any royal birth, just like the Canadian 3-coin set doesn't.
NZ Post has just posted its Royal Baby coin on its website. I think it looks majestic. Way better than Perth Mint's. Mintage of 1500 only.
The coin is such an iconic British design it would have been tacky to slap something regarding the baby on it. As far as I'm aware the specifications for this coin match that of every silver crown struck by the Royal Mint dating back centuries Fact is this is not a coin for flippers or stackers, this isn't even a coin for royal baby enthusiasts...this is a coin for numismatic collectors who see a greater value than just silver content. First silver struck St George and Dragon sov design in over 100 years, beautifully detailed (and BIG) design on a crown-sized flan and a mintage of 7,500 that sold out in something like a week or two. It's a collectors wet dream!
i must say the NZ coin is awesome, just ordered 4, get em before they are gone http://coins.nzpost.co.nz/2013/royal-baby-silver-proof-coin
10K all up but only 7,500 released as individual coins. The other 2,500 will be issued with a "Christening" coin later in the year I think these images make it look even better than the Royal Mint pics
I'd rather have a creepy replica doll (Left) http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/glance/337942/lifelike-royal-baby-replica-to-fetch-hundreds.glance
Actually I think from the look on her face she thought that if I bought the Perth Mint ones it would be the first time I'd wasted my money buying silver.
The first one has William and Catherines initials with crowns on top, which is kind of the standard royal ciphers for them. Creating a coin takes time so they need to have most of the work done before the baby is born otherwise by the time they get the coin struck and offered the moment will have well and truly passed
Damn. I'm quite sad/angry now why didn't buy it when it was 80GBP. It's now selling for 250$ or more on feeBay. Maybe more auctions will drive the price down but who knows. I offer 2 Stock horses for 1 Dragon & George. This motive is very popular at our voluntary fire departments. Basically almost any larger village has its own, George the Dragon slayer being the protector of firefighters.
I'm not collecting coins for long, but these are probably the "lamest" pictures I have seen so far, even worse that "Sample" Tiffany Art 2012 coin found yesterday. So without further ado: [img=FluxBB bbcode test]http://i.ebayimg.com/t/The-Royal-Birth-2013-UK-Silver-1-Coin-Brilliant-Uncirculated-condition-BNIB-/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/8RgAAOxy0P1SHmDu/$T2eC16VHJGwFFY-SmV)bBSHmDt(tvw~~60_3.JPG[/img] [img=FluxBB bbcode test]http://i.ebayimg.com/t/The-Royal-Birth-2013-UK-Silver-1-Coin-Brilliant-Uncirculated-condition-BNIB-/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/cLMAAMXQHeBSHmEg/$T2eC16dHJIIFHJ3veJeoBSHmEfZd-!~~60_3.JPG[/img] Is this a plane? Is this a bird? No, it's Royal Birth coin! I actually feel quite bad about making mockery of the seller as maybe doesn't have money for better camera, but considering its other pictures are good I can only say: WTF?!?!?!?! It want to actually sell the coin or what... :/
