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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Working on getting a complete set of Britannias. Anyone else collecting these beautiful coins even with their substantial premium?
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Pillar of the Community
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I absolutly love them! Except for the fact that the only one I ever owned was a 2012 one which I got for my mom on mothers day........
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Valued Member
United States
456 Posts |
Yeah, I'm also slowly working on acquiring a complete set. This is my favorite series. I have about half of them so far.
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Moderator
 United States
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I have two Britannias: 2010 & 2011
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
616 Posts |
Right now I only have the 2003 in hand but have 1999, 2009 and 2010 on the way.
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Valued Member
United States
118 Posts |
I just bought my first two yesterday.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I used to have quite a few of them but I had to sell them off because of the recent Divorce. This is pictures of some that I had http://www.coincommunity.org/galler...hp?album=973 I do still have the whole set of 2006 which is 24kt Gold Guilded with all the different designs on it though |
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Rest in Peace
 United States
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I am collecting them and love them. I have all of the regular yearly issues except the proof only 1997 inaugural issue. On the 2006 gilded ones, I only have the one with the same design as the 2003. Am looking forward to next year and after where they will be doing two different ones each year.
I keep them in a blank Dansco album with blank 40 mm pages, and they look awesome.
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09/09/2012 10:07 am
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Valued Member
United States
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I am not collecting them for say, but I did order a 2012 last week. Should be here Monday hopefully.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I have just a couple, I think that is probably enough for the time being. In an ideal world I would get one of each reverse type but money is tight and I would prefer to spend the money elsewhere at present. If money was no object I would get the 9 1-ounce set with each of the reverses...at £500 it is just too much premium to pay but I am sure it would be a lovely set to own.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Wow, I just learned something. I thought the series started in 1998 now I know it starts with a 1997 Britannia.
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Valued Member
United States
456 Posts |
Their was a 1997 proof, but the bullion series started in '98.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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https://goccf.com/t/128105starbuxinvestor, Some member named starbuxinvestor has a similar thread going from 5 days ago that might be relevant to your question.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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the 1997 is the one that is worth a fortune, that is why I only had the half ounce of that one. It is the first chariot design (the one I like best of all others) and it also had the younger queen on the Obverse which I tend to like a little better also I guess because it reminds me of some of the older coins. They are actually some classic coins they called Britannia also and I think these were just resurrected in 1997 from that series but I don't know enough about the classic series to say for sure
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Travin, I think my enthusiasm to want to talk about Britannias has got the best of me. In fact I really wasn't even thinking about collecting them until I recently saw the picture of the 2003. Then when I started looking at the various coins in the series I got really fired up. Sorry if I was beating a dead horse. I just saw liking and collecting as 2 different levels of interest.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
616 Posts |
Received my 2010 today. It came in a mint pack. Should I leave it in the mint pack (which is ugly) or transfer it to a foam airtite?
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Posted 09/08/2012 11:41 pm
