London Mint Office £5 coin con

aunat

We too, received these through the post - To return them if you don't want them. My old man purchased a couple for my birthday, which was really nice of him, however they're now suggesting that he owes them for £120 for a "Gold" coin that he never receieved.

We'll end up going to court over this one... beware of these !!!!!!.

darwin-rover

"London Mint Company" should have been your first clue , the Royal Mint is based in Wales .

The Royal Mint has been privatised - so they're no better than Franklin Mint

Think you'll find its still a Government Agency (according to their website anyway)

BFG_2

RalphyJ wrote:

I am a collector and have bought the Queen’s 80th Birthday collection from The London Mint Office. It is not an issue for me that the coin is not legal tender in the UK – it’s a collector’s coin, I didn’t purchase it with the view to spending it. The fact that is not legal tender in the UK does not impact on the coins collectable value, so it makes no difference at all if I want to trade or sell it to another collector.

Amazing yet again, a newbie's first post is in defence of a scam.......gee, I wonder of they are related???

apeman

Please can someone advise me, I have begun collecting minature gold coins from the London Mint Office @ approx. £60 each. Having just read about the £5 Queens 80th Birthday coin in my collection only being valid in Tristan da Cunha, I am now wondering about the rest of my coins. Am I being conned and wasting my money on what I hoped would be a future investment.
Apeman.

Count_Dante

apeman wrote: »

Please can someone advise me, I have begun collecting minature gold coins from the London Mint Office @ approx. £60 each. Having just read about the £5 Queens 80th Birthday coin in my collection only being valid in Tristan da Cunha, I am now wondering about the rest of my coins. Am I being conned and wasting my money on what I hoped would be a future investment.
Apeman.

Given the post by aunat above, I fear the answer is 'yes'.

Fella

This Company sound disgusting. Here's another thread discussing them:

http://www.craigmurphy.com/blog/?p=357

Good luck
Fella

b33r

I've got one of these coins, and I can't say I realised that it wasn't valid in england! Oh well it still looks nice i guess. Thankfully i've only ever received further mail shots from them offering me more coins, havent had any further coins or demands for payment *touch wood*

moonrakerz

Fella wrote: »

This Company sound disgusting. Here's another thread discussing them:

http://www.craigmurphy.com/blog/?p=357

Good luck
Fella

Well worth a read for anyone thinking of "investing" !

p1an0player

being advertised today on Sky News

omen666

Dont know where the OP has an issue with this.

This is a collectors coin, collectors? If you wanted it to be legal tender then why not keep the fiver in your back pocket