UK 1999 Millennium silver proof KM#1006a [solved]

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trickyd
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Posted: 23 Aug 2025, 11:58 #
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First off, sorry if this is in the wrong place, please move if needed. I have had loads of these coins over the years, and always assumed they were .925 silver, but quite a few years ago I noticed the certificate for the coin from the Royal Mint says they are in fact .999 silver. I would imagine the RM would be correct and the catalogue wrong . Does the catalogue need changing, or is RM wrong?

ZacUK Numista team
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Posted: 23 Aug 2025, 12:37 #
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 Link omitted N#113256 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
rsirian1
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Posted: 23 Aug 2025, 14:39 #
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Are you sure that the certificate is not for this 999 silver coin? 

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trickyd
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Posted: 23 Aug 2025, 15:33 #
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I have that coin as well, it mentions the gold on the certificate 

rsirian1
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Posted: 23 Aug 2025, 15:48 #
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Since my post I did some searches on ebay and found only the .999 cert attached to the silver coin without the gold plating, including one with a .925 in the title. So, yes, I now have to agree with you.  SCWC got it wrong.

trickyd
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Posted: 23 Aug 2025, 18:36 #
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The gold finished one seems to be dated 2000, and the plain silver one is 1999.

peterjhalford Catalogue referee
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Posted: 24 Aug 2025, 14:56 #
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Interesting…

 

All the ones I see on ebay are .999 silver so looks like the entry needs updating. Might be one of the first one to be .999…. 

 

https://britanniacoincompany.com/buy-coins/silver-coins/2000-millennium-5-silver/

Status changed to Solved (trickyd, 2 Sep 2025, 17:49)
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