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Pillar of the Community
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Anyone collecting these? I have been mulling it over about buying them. I think they look great. If you have some please post some pics. Thanks!
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United States
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I collect them. Here are my pics.   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Those look great crazy glue! Are they twice as thick as the maple leaf coins?
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United States
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Their diameter is 38.61 mm, as opposed to 37.97 mm for the Maple Leaf...so I would assume they are about twice as thick. But I don't have those figures.
I have not wanted to pay for airtites for these, so I am not sure how to deal with them yet. I have them in clear non-pvc baggies, and those baggies inside a ziploc baggie and those inside a tupperware. But they are probably getting banged around with other coins.
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Here is the information from the place in the UK where I got mine from:
Each coin weighs 62.2g and is 999.9 Silver.
Dimensions: Diameter: 38.61mm. Thickness: 6.00mm.
A standard Britannia bullion coin: Diameter: 38.61mm. Thickness: 3.00mm.
Looking at my receipt for last Queen's Beast coin, the dealer changed me £2 for the airtite but I was okay with that since it was sent through the post already in the airtite.
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United States
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Thanks for the link TheForce. Pretty good price compared to others I see for the same.
I do tend to prefer direct fit from an eye appeal standpoint, but they only make those 39mm for these, I wonder if it fits correctly?
Thanks for the thickness Kena. So it is twice.
Great coins, not looking forward to having all 10 because it means I will be much older than today. But it will be cool to see them all lined up.
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Amazing series , in my view.
I collect them.
Capsules - check The Coin Shoppe store - unlike X-capsules (with the foam insert), they "direct fit", but probably more expensive.
But if you spending CAD 60 on coin, won't you add couple of $ more for capsule?
Additional aspect:
Check the prices, that graded coins MS70 First / Early Releases sells for. If people ready to pay hundreds of $$$ - they highly popular.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am collecting these as well. Just one of each.
The air-tites I bought all of my 2 oz. Provident rounds works for these.
I just ordered the second one in the series and it should be here first of the week.
2016 The Lion of England
2017 The Griffin of Edward III
2018 The Falcon of the Plantagenets
2019 The Black Bull of Clarence
2020 The White Lion of Mortimer
2021 The Yale of Beaufort
2022 The White Greyhound of Richmond
2023 The Red Dragon of Wales
2024 The Unicorn of Scotland
2025 The White Horse of Hanover
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Pillar of the Community
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I really like the design of these. Might think about starting this series as well.
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I don't know why I am still mulling this over. Those are beautiful coins and I would be thrilled to have them in my collection. But I ask myself am I willing to commit to this series over the span of its issuance? What if between now and then there is a big spike in silver prices? Would I still be willing to pay more? I hate the idea of an incomplete collection of this nature.
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I loved the designs and had purchased some of the Lion coins... but then milk spots showed up and I haven't bought any after I sold/returned those unfortunately. Can't deal with those milkspots :(
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I read somewhere that they were actually going to release these twice a year. Just did a search and found it, not sure if this is a reputable site, but it claims the series will be done by 2020. http://bullionexchanges.com/blog/20...ase-updates/1st- The Lion of England - February 2016 2nd-The Griffin of Edward III - October 2016 3rd- The Red Dragon of Wales - March 2017 4th- The White Greyhound of Richmond - September 2017 5th -The Black Bull of Clarence - March 2018 6th- The Falcon of the Plantagenet's - September 2018 7th- The Yale of Beaufort - March 2019 8th- The White Lion of Mortimer - September 2019 9th- The White Horse of Hanover - March 2020 10th-The Unicorn of Scotland - September 2020 |
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That is an interesting list. I know the 1 coin is dated 2016 and the second coin is dated 2017 while that list says they're both 2016.
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Canada
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Early look at the next Queen's Beasts coin, the Red Dragon of Wales. Apparently it is coming out in April, so that release schedule I posted above might be right after all. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39133318 |
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@thehulk awesome! I don't like to wait 10 years to finish a set.
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