Irish Euro Gold and Silver Commemorative coins

Backfire · 18-09-2014 9:49pm

Thanks to DMcL1971 and someone on adverts.ie, I managed to get the €10 special Olympics silver coin and the Samuel Beckett double set added to my collection.
My collection is almost complete with just the Antarctica set missing.

Shelmalier · 20-09-2014 9:37am

Can anyone explain why sometimes I see CB commemorative coins being sold in their capsules but not with their original cases and outers. I see them on ebay or in catawiki auctions. Why would the coin ever become separated from the presentation packaging? I presume selling them in capsules without original
packaging reduces their value? Thanks

DMcL1971 · 20-09-2014 9:59am

This is a cultural thing. In Ireland we like to keep all the original packaging and certificates, in other countries they are only interested in the coins themselves and don't care about the packaging.

The two main reasons for this are shipping and presentation.

It is a hell of a lot cheaper to post just a coin in a capsule to someone than it is to post a large prsentatin box. So it makes buying and selling a lot easier.

It makes it a lot easier to store and display your collection if you can take every coin that you have, regardless of diameter, and put them all into standard a display systems. You will often see these coins sold in the 50mm square 'Quadrum' capsules. These capsules can hold any diameter coin up to 50mm but are all the exact same dimension for display or storage purposes.

So in many places they actually throw the packaging away when they receive the coin. I have talked to several people who have sold coins to foreign buyers who have been asked to just send the coin, don't bother with the packaging.

It does make sense in that my coin collection consists of dozens of different sized and coloured cardboard boxes sitting on a shelf. When someone wants to look at you collection it just looks like a pile of boxes. If I used the Quadrum system I would be able to display all the coins in a nice, easily accessible and presentable way.

Spocker · 20-09-2014 11:31am

Personally, I like the 'hodge podge' effect of displaying all of the coins in their own individual cases, it lends each coin(s) a sense of individuality - for me, if i were to store in a Quadrum system, everything would just be too uniform

Shelmalier · 21-09-2014 9:08am

Thanks DMcL1971. It's interesting. Apart from the look and presentation of each coin it must also affect the coins value somewhat? For instance I wouldn't buy a CB coin on ebay, adverts.ie or anywhere else without the complete boxes so any seller is losing me as a customer and my guess is that there are others who feel the same way. Somehow the presentation and packaging are integral to the coin and its provenance but maybe that's just me.

dublinrichie · 07-10-2014 6:13pm

hello all just enquiring does anybody know the current value on the gaisce the president coin set and would there be much interest in it
its in its original box with coa in perfect condition
thanks in advance
richie

hexosan · 18-10-2014 6:34am

Anyone ever come across the 2007 & 2008 baby sets both the pink & blue. I've been looking for sometime and haven't came across them yet.

hexosan · 18-10-2014 6:36am

dublinrichie wrote: »

hello all just enquiring does anybody know the current value on the gaisce the president coin set and would there be much interest in it
its in its original box with coa in perfect condition
thanks in advance
richie

Id say maybe €110

DMcL1971 · 18-10-2014 11:03am

hexosan wrote: »

Anyone ever come across the 2007 & 2008 baby sets both the pink & blue. I've been looking for sometime and haven't came across them yet.

I have been trying to collect all the baby sets for four years now, they are an absolute pain to find. They never sold well. Of the ones that did sell most were used (Written on) and because they were so incredibly flimsy they were easily damaged. I have only ever seen one or two that had not been flattened or crushed in some way. In the last four years I have found that. The 2006 baby sets are relatively easy to get. The 2007 sets rarely come up. I have only seen the 2008 sets for sale once. I have never seen the 2009 sets anywhere.

There were two sellers at the fair yesterday who had 2006 sets but none of the other years.

hexosan · 18-10-2014 11:14am

DMcL1971 wrote: »

I have been trying to collect all the baby sets for four years now, they are an absolute pain to find. They never sold well. Of the ones that did sell most were used (Written on) and because they were so incredibly flimsy they were easily damaged. I have only ever seen one or two that had not been flattened or crushed in some way. In the last four years I have found that. The 2006 baby sets are relatively easy to get. The 2007 sets rarely come up. I have only seen the 2008 sets for sale once. I have never seen the 2009 sets anywhere.

There were two sellers at the fair yesterday who had 2006 sets but none of the other years.

Yeah the 2006 sets were still on sale with an post at the GPO up to last year. They had the boy 2007 set which I got but it came flattened and ripped in the post. I returned it for a replacement but it was the last they had. I seen the 2006 sets at the fair.

DMcL1971 · 18-10-2014 11:26am

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Anyone know the current value of the 2008 Antarctic Explorer double coin set (€100 gold coin and the €5 silver coin,1000 issued) ?

Thanks.

There were two dealers selling these at the coin fair yesterday both were looking for €1000.

Shelmalier · 18-10-2014 12:15pm

Anybody know if the 3 coin set is still available at the fair? Thanks

DMcL1971 · 18-10-2014 12:21pm

Shelmalier wrote: »

Anybody know if the 3 coin set is still available at the fair? Thanks

There is an allocation for sale per day. So, todays lot might be sold by now. But there will be more available tomorrow.

skyknow · 19-11-2014 3:14am

any idea on what coins the central bank are releasing for 2015

DMcL1971 · 19-11-2014 4:43pm

skyknow wrote: »

any idea on what coins the central bank are releasing for 2015

I have only heard about two coins so far. The second coin in the Science and Invention series will be dedicated to Ernest Walton. There will also be a coin commemorating 70 years of peace in Europe.

skyknow · 19-11-2014 5:38pm

DMcL1971 wrote: »

I have only heard about two coins so far. The second coin in the Science and Invention series will be dedicated to Ernest Walton. There will also be a coin commemorating 70 years of peace in Europe.

Thanks

signostic · 25-11-2014 4:17pm

DMcL1971 wrote: »

I have only heard about two coins so far. The second coin in the Science and Invention series will be dedicated to Ernest Walton. There will also be a coin commemorating 70 years of peace in Europe.

I think they are planning a 2€ commemorative - 100 years, 1916 Easter Rising

DMcL1971 · 25-11-2014 4:20pm

signostic wrote: »

I think they are planning a 2€ commemorative - 100 years, 1916 Easter Rising

That is correct but that will be in 2016. They will probably release a proof set that year too.

Gun_money · 27-11-2014 8:06pm

According to the several sites, there will be once again a common issue of commemorative coins in June 2015. This time it will commemorate the 30 years of the European flag.

Blade · 27-11-2014 10:52pm

Gun_money wrote: »

According to the several sites, there will be once again a common issue of commemorative coins in June 2015. This time it will commemorate the 30 years of the European flag.

Saw that too just now. No pictures of it yet though. I suppose we can expect a 9 coin proof set too.

Blade · 10-12-2014 5:44pm

An Island Nation - Marine Flora and Fauna

Scheduled for release in early January 2015, price €25.00

EDIT: Just received a Hi-Res image of this set, see attachment below.

Blade · 12-12-2014 5:57pm

The 2015 €15 Silver Proof Ernest Walton Coin will be launched on 13 January 2015. The issue limit is 6,000 units. The coin, struck to proof quality in sterling .925silver, weighs 28.28g and has a diameter of 38.61 mm. Price €44.

See attached pdf file for more information.

Blade · 12-12-2014 6:00pm

"The first issue in our collector coin series will be a €15 silver proof coin honouring Ireland’s only winner of a Nobel Prize in Physics, Ernest Walton. This coin will be launched on the 13th January 2015. The second will follow in June with another €15 silver proof coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Irish poet, W.B. Yeats. The third and last collector coin issue will be launched in September 2015 and continues our participation in the European Silver Programme marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War."

DMcL1971 · 12-12-2014 6:17pm

I really like the look of the Ernest Walton coin, it is a nice clean simple design.

DMcL1971 · 12-12-2014 6:21pm

This is a lot of coin news in only a few days!

Interestingly, the three coins listed are all silver coins, there is no mention of any gold coins or double sets.

Backfire · 16-12-2014 11:46pm

that ernest walton coin does look nice

Spocker · 07-01-2015 2:02pm

Blade wrote: »

"The first issue in our collector coin series will be a €15 silver proof coin honouring Ireland’s only winner of a Nobel Prize in Physics, Ernest Walton. This coin will be launched on the 13th January 2015. The second will follow in June with another €15 silver proof coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Irish poet, W.B. Yeats. The third and last collector coin issue will be launched in September 2015 and continues our participation in the European Silver Programme marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War."

Available to order now, info has been added to the Central Bank website, along with the 2015 Mint set. The Ernest Walton coin is €44, the mint set the regular €25

DMcL1971 · 08-01-2015 9:22pm

Has anyone received a mailing of the brochure and order form from the Central Bank yet? The 2015 set is already on sale and the Walton coin comes out on Tuesday and I haven't received anything yet.

DMcL1971 · 09-01-2015 12:47pm

DMcL1971 wrote: »

Has anyone received a mailing of the brochure and order form from the Central Bank yet? The 2015 set is already on sale and the Walton coin comes out on Tuesday and I haven't received anything yet.

It arrived in the post this morning.:)

Gun_money · 09-01-2015 8:46pm

yep same here

Irish Euro Gold and Silver Commemorative coins

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