Then again, perhaps the indomitable Copiously Caffeinated Mike “No One Else In The World Has This Coin” Mezack is still hawking his red oak boxes, so there might still be a source.

Well good for you then, Antonio, as you’re clearly ahead of the game! As for cherry wood boxes, I rather doubt we’ll be seeing those as the holders of any of our future US Mint purchases.

Oh no, I’ve been buying UK coins for years, I don’t buy them every year though. I’ve got coins which came in a cherry wood box with felt lining. Something I doubt the US Mint will provide, unless it’s for platinum or palladium coins. I wouldn’t know, they’re out of my price range.

To paraphrase the title of an admittedly obscure but great old cult movie, “Antonio The Collector…The British Adventure Begins!”

I expect the packaging of the coins will be superior to that of US Mint products. Then next year, I’ll add their other coins, unc or pf to these ones.

Antonio and Good Sir Rich,

Actually, that isn’t any longer than the US Mint’s “Pre-Orders”.

Right you are!

Wow, that’s 8 fortnights!

I stand corrected, may take up to 16 weeks to arrive. My bad.

I took a chance and ordered a BU 50 pence and 1 Crown which I shall receive in a fortnight.