New 2014 Proof Britannia is an absolute beauty

Mine is 283.

yrh0413 said:
syracuse said:
I can see the spot on "V". :)

exactly same position as on mine. :D
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Check the brown outer box that comes with the coin... what's the date of mintage? Mine shows 02/09/2014 (2nd Sept) and my COA number is 286.
Maybe we got the same batch... :lol:
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Then the question is how could they claimed that over 60% sold (of total 600) in early August?
I ordered only two weeks ago, mine should be 4xx or 5xx according to their claim.

syracuse said:
Mine is 283.

yrh0413 said:
syracuse said:
I can see the spot on "V". :)

exactly same position as on mine. :D
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Check the brown outer box that comes with the coin... what's the date of mintage? Mine shows 02/09/2014 (2nd Sept) and my COA number is 286.
Maybe we got the same batch... :lol:
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syracuse said:
Received my 5 oz today. No milk spots. However, there are some shinning mirror finishing spots on matte surface, such like show in the below photo:
1. on the edge of the globe
2. on the edge of the "V"
3. on the edge of the coin
Are the problem serious or not?
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Checked my 5oz.

1. No notch on my V
2. Possible developing milk spots? (spots below are not on the outside of the capsule.)

Date on box: 26/08/2014 (26 August)

I may remove it from the capsule to check if those spots are on the coin.

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Spots:

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I wonder if the number on the box actually corresponds to date of mintage of the coin inside. I don't know either way and I have never noticed any other coin come with an actual date of mintage.

Does anyone know definitively if that date is really actually the date of mintage for the coin that is placed into that box?

Also, it's possible (maybe likely) that the COA's from returned coins are simply transfered into the boxes of coins that do not have a COA yet.

I have never scrutinized any of my US Mint coins to this degree....am I fixated too much on this particular coin? :)




yrh, looking back at page 9 of this thread, in the post where you included pics of your 5 oz coin, the "V" in silver looks fine. If your new 5 oz coin has the same tiny notch as does syracuse's, then maybe the die used to mint both coins is the same and perhaps it has a tiny imperfection in the "V".

Personally, I don't see that as a serious issue at all. Like I mentioned previously, I have received proof coins recently from the US Mint with much more serious and obvious defects.



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silverpete from your photos they look like milk spots to me... do open the capsule and check. :roll eyes:

mmissinglink personally I think mine and syracuse's coin are not from a different die, more like from a used die that is starting to show minor chips and wear. My replacement coin when viewed at a slanted angle the high areas at the matte finishing (the high tips of the skirt, the trident) shows reflection of a polished surface instead of fully matte. It is as if the die's frosted area is starting to wear off.

According to Royal Mint's videos, proof coins with very limited mintage tends to be minted with just a single die. So obviously earlier coins have better strike... my replacement still shows strong strike but with some obvious signs of die wear. And Royal Mint doesn't mint all 1,350 coins one shot... they mint in batches and those first 750 are likely the first 750 out of the die.

I don't see this as a major problem as I foresee I am going to get the same or a worse one if I return this coin unless the Mint creates a new die to mint the rest of the 300+ coins... which is very unlikely.
I rather have such imperfections than to keep a spotted coin.

Perhaps next year I should just order 5 copies and keep the best one, return the remaining 4... :rolleyes:
 
Astute observations, yrh. I wonder if pre-ordering as early as possible the 2015 5 oz proof Britannia next year will ensure that you get a coin that was struck early with the die? The other thing I wonder is how the RM logistically works the proof 5 oz coins in terms of minting and boxing them in some sort of specific order. In other words, because these coins are such low mintage, does the RM actually take the coins (somewhat) sequentially and puts them in a box with a numbered COA that is drawn sequentially? So for instance, if you get a COA under let's say 200, is it likely that the coin that comes with that COA is actually one of the first 200 struck (excluding any that are sent off in advance to be slabbed)?

I know that with most coins (because of the much greater mintage numbers), that such a thing is logistically not really possible.



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I ordered mine the same day Royal Mint put them on sale, and I got a milked specimen. Strike and finishing is good though, but I rather have a less-perfect one than a spotted copy.
 
yrh0413 said:
I ordered mine the same day Royal Mint put them on sale, and I got a milked specimen. Strike and finishing is good though, but I rather have a less-perfect one than a spotted copy.
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I did order early but not on the first day of availability....if I remember correctly. I wonder if milk spots would be more loved if they were available with honey? :)



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I guess my chapter in acquiring this year's proof Britannias is coming to an end... sent both my coins to the safe deposit box and I won't be visiting them for a while.

Took a family photo :lol: Cheers silverpete I hope yours is OK!

5oz 2013 and 2014 proof silver Britannias
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1oz 1997 - 2014 proof silver Britannias
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I concur, gorgeous collection yrh! Perhaps you might want to make the 5 ouncers your computer background,
if it is too much work to steal glances of the real beauties on a regular basis.

Cheers,
Luker
 
guys, my 5 oz silver one arrived today and from reading this thread wasn't holding my breath and lo and behold, have to return mine.

lots of stains on the coin, milk spot forming near the rim. coin was in really really bad nick.

shocked and disappointed in their QC process to say the least.

Would have taken pics but only had my iphone at work and didn't come out clear enough.

Keep an eye out for COA 107 just in case.
 
replacement..it is a great design and regardless of the mintage being 1350, will still hold a good premium over the next coming years..
 
Silver91 said:
replacement..it is a great design and regardless of the mintage being 1350, will still hold a good premium over the next coming years..
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When did you order yours? 106 is a very early COA number, I hope Royal Mint didn't pass any returned coin to their other customer! :(
 
Silver91 said:
20 August
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the mint ships on that very day as well? Looks like yours is the first batch but so far I know in this forum only 2 person got a perfect copy from the earlier batch... mmissinglink and jazzy :cool:
 
yrh0413 said:
Silver91 said:
replacement..it is a great design and regardless of the mintage being 1350, will still hold a good premium over the next coming years..
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When did you order yours? 106 is a very early COA number, I hope Royal Mint didn't pass any returned coin to their other customer! :(
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It's possible that they did but it's also possible (and more likely?) that they simply take the COA of a returned coin and put it with a newer coin? maybe? Just thinking aloud here.

The US Mint, for example, claims that they do not resell coins that have been returned. How true that is....I don't know. If it is true, then perhaps the RM does the same thing and simply re-uses a returned coins COA since COA's are numbered and these coins are not.




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