Mayflower 400th Anniversary US issue vs. Royal mint issue variation?
Knell
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Received an email offering from MCM for the Royal Mint issue of the Mayflower set and it mentioned on email that the US Silver issue will have a marking on the edge. I verified this on the Royal Mint website and they call the marking "London hallmark of quality". So that is how to tell them apart if the US medal is from the US set or the Royal Mint set, am I correct?
Here is a sample of the picture with edge marking from Royal Mint (picture from MCM).
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ahhh! awesome - t-minus 5-4-3-2-1 until uk sellout 😂
Knell
This London hallmark of quality, does it applied to both silver and gold ?
Do you have a link to MCM's offer?
The UK coin in the UK set has a reeded edge.
The US medal has a plain edge and it does have a hallmark.
I wonder if anyone would collect the two coins, if they were different. It's a medal, after all.
The gold coins both have reeded edges.
You meant the diff. is on the US medal, no?
That picture is showing a plain edge with this "London hallmark of quality".
Seem highly unusual for a foreign mint to stamp their approval onto another country's product.
No, I meant it was on the UK produced coin.
I think I misunderstood to which coin the OP was referring.
It does seem odd for the UK mint to stamp their hallmark of quality on a US medal. At least they didn't do it on the face of the coin.
Ok. I'm super confused here.
UK 2 Pound coin is reeded.
US produced medal is plain.
Pictured is of a plain edge medal with the text “A CIVIL BODY POLITICK,” BUT with a Royal Mint marking.
ONLY the US medal has the plain edge and that text.
What am I missing when you insisted its a UK produced coin?
As I said, I think I misunderstood which coin the OP was referring.
The US medal has the plain edge. So, the UK put a hallmark (maybe?) on the US medal. Or, possibly, all the US medals have a hallmark. Having not seen one of the US sets yet, I can't say.
JM
just saw your edited post on your misunderstanding...so NM on my previous post. lol
Ok to add more confusion:
the standalone US medal mintage is stated as 20000.
US silver set is 9200
UK Silver set is 5000
Does hat mean only 5800 medals were available that day?
Inquiry minds want to know.
It would be more collectible if it was on the face of the coin. Then it would show up on more photos.
OK. I got a U.S. set in today. No hallmark.
Shouldnt the US mint stamps a precious metal type and purity fineness (.9999? ) on these medal somewhere?
Maybe they need to hallmark the US Medal to sell in UK which requires hallmarking...
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I don't think there's any law that requires it.