Spanish Royal mint face value exchange series
I wrote about these coins I found on the Spanish royal mint site some months ago, wondering if I should buy them seeing that they are 0.925 silver but do have a high face value. In fact, they are 40 euros to buy, so exactly the same as the face value.
So this is actually the most important reason that I considered buying one or two of the face value exchange series. I figured even though it's sterling silver, they could be nice to add to the collection. Especially when I saw some offered on auction sites and people paying more than the cost price for it. I'm not going to auction them though, I will just keep them myself. It's not worth the risk that a lucky bidder wins it below cost price because I saw there was no reserve price in these auctions.
Long delay with shipments
I had to wait pretty long for this order to be processed because they were far behind. There was a notification on the website about this, I figured it takes another week but it was much longer. Thankfully, last week I finally received the news that my coins would be delivered this week. Let's have a look at the first one..
Obverse: the head of Princess of Asturias, Doña Leonor de Borbón y Ortiz facing left.
*Reverse: Coloured personal coat of Arms of the Princess of Asturias. *
Within a circle, in the form of a quadruple latent image, a schematized Victory Cross, the Mint mark, a royal crown and the number 23 appear.
Better than I thought
I expected to be at least a bit disappointed seeing it in real life because of the lower silver percentage but this wasn't the case at all. In fact, I fully enjoyed the two coins and the sound they make even when still wrapped in the mint plastic. For now, I will just leave them in there because when I see them offered online, they are usually within the mint plastic. This way they will stay as they are..
Although I thought that this coin was going to be my favourite, it's questionable if the second one I received is more to my liking. You can decide for yourself in a few days when I share that one..
Still some more silver on the way, so I can happily keep sharing the silver purchases in the next weeks. Love it!