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Got the 2009 uncirculated set from the Royal mint. Other than the Darwin coin I don’t think I’ve seen an uglier set of coins in my life. Click here to see if you agree. I remember now why I didn’t buy them for the kid before.

The good news is in looking for the image I found the site that hosts it. Definably worth a look if you collect. The 2009 Lincoln penny backs for are particularly good.

Checked out the US mint site today. Noticed something interesting about the gold coins.

The 2008 coins along with the 1st Lady gold coins but the 2009 coins are being offered on a sliding scale based on the price of gold.

That’s going to make buying collectible gold interesting this year.

Those 2009 1st year Quarter Sovereigns from the Royal Mint are looking better even with an price £8 higher than that last post. At today’s exchange rate that’s still below $75 each. I should have gotten more than 3 when I ordered job or no.

With the exchange rate between the pound sterling and the dollar rapidly moving in the direction of the dollar the Royal Mint’s move a few years ago to do all pricing in Pounds now favors US collectors.

I’ve already pushed the Darwin anniversary coin but it terms of something that has real chance to gain in value you can’t beat the newly offered Quarter Sovereign.

I haven’t seen this as a coin offered or minted before. It is a gold coin just about 1/16 of an ounce at 22 ct with the same classic design front and back and the standard full sovereign or half sovereign. If you’ve never seen one this is what it looks like:

Same design used for all size sovereigns

The glory of the British Empire is long past but if you want a chance to get something to remember it by the quarter sovereign is a solid and inexpensive choice. The mint is getting £47.95 each for them at the current exchange rate that works out to around $63 each for a gold coin in it’s first year of issue.

I grabbed 3 since that’s all I can afford, If I had a job I’d grab 10.

The web site for the Royal mint is here, or you can give them a ring at 866-519-7298.

An interesting oddity was revealed to me at the flea market this week.

The local coin dealer tells me that the 2008 Silver Proof set is actually selling for less than the Regular 2008 Proof set.

As you can see if you follow the links the regular set is sold out, apparently people bought them due to hard times so the mint is sold out. The sets are selling online for about $65, while the silver sets are still available for $45 direct.

No idea is that will remain the case but there is always the 2008 Uncirculated set available from the mint…while they last.

BTW did you know they were making quarters of the territories and DC? I didn’t.