These two questions would determine how much their immediate and long term re sell values might increase.
If they where ordered by the Scotish Admin authority as the would be coinage if they had regained independence then that means they would be placed under Scotland coinage, making them the only coins in centuries. But if they end up under UK coinage as Scotland never left the Union they won't reprice that much.
Not to mention if they where ordered or made by a mint like The London Mint Office who often uses any country that wouldn't retaliate (if they are too small or weren't recognized) to profit on them. Then it is fantasy coinage; a nicd overpriced curiosity.
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Citeer: erdvillaWho minted them? And who ordered the mintage?
These two questions would determine how much their immediate and long term re sell values might increase.
If they where ordered by the Scotish Admin authority as the would be coinage if they had regained independence then that means they would be placed under Scotland coinage, making them the only coins in centuries. But if they end up under UK coinage as Scotland never left the Union they won't reprice that much.
Not to mention if they where ordered or made by a mint like The London Mint Office who often uses any country that wouldn't retaliate (if they are too small or weren't recognized) to profit on them. Then it is fantasy coinage; a nicd overpriced curiosity.
Says it's from the Scotmint. If that is any help, from Ayr, Scotland.
These are like those fantasy "British Euros" or "Swedish Euros" made by private companies with no legal-tender value and no government authorization. In my eyes, these are just worthless kitsch. If you enjoy collecting "coins" from countries that aren't independent, there are tons and tons of (much cheaper) privately issued fantasy tokens for all kinds of places that have been in the news lately, from Kurdistan to Catalonia.
Citeeronly 20,000 were minted and will only ever be minted.
Because these are privately issued tokens, this means nothing. I have a token with a mintage of only 4,000 for exchange:
It's 5 times rarer than this set! Will you pay me $300.00 for it?
CiteerSays it's from the Scotmint. If that is any help, from Ayr, Scotland.
All of the United Kingdom's coins are made at the Royal Mint. The "Scotmint" is just one of many borderline-fraudulently named private minting corporations - think of the "The New York Mint" in the United States, which sounds legitimate but isn't. (My own city has an operation called the "Great Canadian Mint" - definitely not to be confused with the real Royal Canadian Mint...)
Overall, this is a cute little gimmick, but almost anything is a better buy for $60.
Citeer: nalaberongThese are like those fantasy "British Euros" or "Swedish Euros" made by private companies with no legal-tender value and no government authorization. In my eyes, these are just worthless kitsch. If you enjoy collecting "coins" from countries that aren't independent, there are tons and tons of (much cheaper) privately issued fantasy tokens for all kinds of places that have been in the news lately, from Kurdistan to Catalonia.
Citeeronly 20,000 were minted and will only ever be minted.
Because these are privately issued tokens, this means nothing. I have a token with a mintage of only 4,000 for exchange:
It's 5 times rarer than this set! Will you pay me $300.00 for it?
CiteerSays it's from the Scotmint. If that is any help, from Ayr, Scotland.
All of the United Kingdom's coins are made at the Royal Mint. The "Scotmint" is just one of many borderline-fraudulently named private minting corporations - think of the "The New York Mint" in the United States, which sounds legitimate but isn't. (My own city has an operation called the "Great Canadian Mint" - definitely not to be confused with the real Royal Canadian Mint...)
Overall, this is a cute little gimmick, but almost anything is a better buy for $60.
Hey, thanks alot! I really appreciate this input. It had me, I thought Scotmint was a legit place like the RCM..You turned me away from it, perhaps I'll use it to put money towards another Medieval Scottish coin. Thanks!
One of the better known UK private mint companies is The Royal Mint Office, sounds very legitimate but like all the other private mints they just keep coming out with loads of junk coins at very high prices, or buy in legitimate coins produced by The Royal Mint at resell at very high prices like the undated 2008 20p which they bought in for £50 then part plated them in gold (they actual look very good) butthen sell them for well over £100 with a certificate of authenticity.
