Mayflower 400th Anniversary US issue vs. Royal mint issue variation?

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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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  • ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ
    ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ Posts: 1,436 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    ahhh! awesome - t-minus 5-4-3-2-1 until uk sellout 😂

  • Sweetpie
    Sweetpie Posts: 563 ✭✭✭✭
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    Knell

    This London hallmark of quality, does it applied to both silver and gold ?

    Do you have a link to MCM's offer?

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 11, 2020 6:11AM
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    The UK coin in the UK set has a reeded edge.

    The US medal has a plain edge and it does have a hallmark.

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 11, 2020 6:12AM
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    I wonder if anyone would collect the two coins, if they were different. It's a medal, after all.

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 11, 2020 6:12AM
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    The gold coins both have reeded edges.

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  • Sweetpie
    Sweetpie Posts: 563 ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 11, 2020 6:05AM
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    @jmlanzaf said:
    Unfortunately, the difference is on the UK coin. If it were on the US coin, you'd finally have a sell-out of the UK sets.

    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.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 11, 2020 6:11AM
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    @Sweetpie said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Unfortunately, the difference is on the UK coin. If it were on the US coin, you'd finally have a sell-out of the UK sets.

    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.

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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.

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  • Sweetpie
    Sweetpie Posts: 563 ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 11, 2020 6:24AM
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    No, I meant it was on the UK produced 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?

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Sweetpie said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    No, I meant it was on the UK produced 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.

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  • Sweetpie
    Sweetpie Posts: 563 ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 11, 2020 6:56AM
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    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.

  • Zoins
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    @jmlanzaf said:
    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.

    It would be more collectible if it was on the face of the coin. Then it would show up on more photos.

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    OK. I got a U.S. set in today. No hallmark.

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  • Sweetpie
    Sweetpie Posts: 563 ✭✭✭✭
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    @jmlanzaf said:
    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?

  • BStrauss3
    BStrauss3 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe they need to hallmark the US Medal to sell in UK which requires hallmarking...

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Sweetpie said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    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?

    I don't think there's any law that requires it.

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