UK commemorative themes for 2016

[<k>]

As I have said before, such large numbers are grossly prone to error. I repeat my maxim:

There are only two important mintage figures: enough, or hardly any.



Look at the 1933 penny. People are still debating whether there are 5, 6 or 7 in existence. 

[africancoins]

2 Pound coin mintages – the revised figure for the Fire of London type is a clearer reason for me only ever having had one of those from change. As for the mintage figures for the Shakespeare "skull" type and the "crown" type – those details make clear that the mint either did have or they now have these two figures mixed up.

Thanks Mr Paul Baker

[Deeman]

The Royal Mint has restored the pages containing mintage figures on its website.

Have they subsequently been removed? I cannot locate the pages.

[andyg]

Look at the 1933 penny. People are still debating whether there are 5, 6 or 7 in existence. 

Is that hardly any or enough though?
It's enough for a scarce issue

[Big_M]

Link to the website for the future generations of numismatists

Mintage Figures

[Deeman]

Link to the website for the future generations of numismatists

That link does not give mintage figures (apart from 2017) for coins intended for circulation. Even the issued 10p to ½p listing doesn't work now.

[eurocoin]

That link does not give mintage figures (apart from 2017) for coins intended for circulation. Even the issued 10p to ½p listing doesn't work now.

You need to click the 'Learn more' button on that page.

[Deeman]

Many thanks eurocoin for solving my dilemma. Totally overlooked that link.

[eurocoin]

A significant amount of William Shakespeare 2 pounds coins featuring the following design have recently been released into general circulation:

[paddyirish]

A significant amount of William Shakespeare 2 pounds coins featuring the following design have recently been released into general circulation:

2 of them have reached me in the last week

[chrisild]

You may have read this already, but it was news to me ... a plain ordinary "Battle of Hastings" 50p coin sold for more than £60,000 on eBay. (BBC / Mirror) Collectors are nutty people.

Christian

[Alan71]

You may have read this already, but it was news to me ... a plain ordinary "Battle of Hastings" 50p coin sold for more than £60,000 on eBay. (BBC / Mirror) Collectors are nutty people.

I'd very much doubt they're really buying a coin there.  It's listed as such, and is probably part of the deal to cover it up, but there must be some secret code we don't know about (and wouldn't want to know about).  Something else is being traded there. 

I've seen so many listings like this - bog standard 1p and 2p coins starting at ridiculously high prices.  Real collectors would never pay that, and the casual collector wouldn't either.  They'd do their research and look at other listings.  I'm surprised the police don't investigate these kind of things but I'm guessing there are too many of them.

[Deeman]

I'd very much doubt they're really buying a coin there.  It's listed as such, and is probably part of the deal to cover it up, but there must be some secret code we don't know about (and wouldn't want to know about).  Something else is being traded there.

It does put it in perspective when you consider that a unique Kitchener £2 coin with a Technology obverse sold for a hammer price of £500 at auction in March this year.
Do we have an Alan Turing equivalent amongst the members to crack the code?

[Deeman]

You may have read this already, but it was news to me ... a plain ordinary "Battle of Hastings" 50p coin sold for more than £60,000 on eBay. (BBC / Mirror) Collectors are nutty people.

Can't locate the item under the 'Sold Items.' How strange!

[Deeman]

Philip Mussell, of Coin News magazine, poured cold water on the idea of the Hastings 50p selling for more than £63K.
He said:
"The very high prices for common coins that you occasionally see on auction sites are very unlikely to have actually been paid.
A lot of the time they are inflated just to make the coin look expensive. There is virtually no chance that sum of money actually changed hands.
What happens is the 'seller' seems to sell a coin for a huge sum, he then goes on to list the same coin for a much lower price, but still far in excess of what it's worth, and those who saw the first one 'sell' think they're getting a bargain."