Roya Mint Buy Back
The Royal Mint recently offered to buy back a number of these sets at £1,345 each. We believe that only 789 were sold and issued in 1998 out of the issue limit of 1,500 sets. We saw another of these sets offered on eBay whose seller inferred that there were now only 75 of these sets in existence. While we would like to believe this, we doubt it is accurate, as we have three in our current stock, and doubt that the Mint bought back more than a handful of sets. when we phoned the Mint buying contact, she was not able to say how many or few they had bought back.
As we strive for total integrity, we prefer not to make any exaggerated claims, and we believe there are probably around 700 of these sets in existence.

Specifications

Denomination	Diameter	Weight	AGW*	Description
Five Pounds	36.02	39.94	1.1771	St George & Dragon
Two Pounds	28.40	15.98	0.4708	St George & Dragon
Sovereign (Pound)	22.05	7.99	0.2354	St George & Dragon
Half Sovereign (Fifty Pence)	19.30	3.99	0.1177	St George & Dragon
Total		67.90	2.0011
Gold Plated Medallion	25 x 22			1998 - Tiger

Notes on Table
Weight = gross weight in grams.
*AGW = Actual intrinsic gold weight in troy ounces.

Prices & Availability
The prices quoted in the US $ column may be out of date due to currency fluctuations.

Date	From	Mintage	Issue £	Stock	Price £	Price $
1998	£5	789	£1175	Ask	£2,145	$3,195

More Information
More information about British gold sets is available on our British Gold Sets Information page.

You may wish to use our order form.

Postage & Packing
UK Registered Post (Special Delivery) £8 per order, plus £1 per £1,000
EU Insured Post £10 per order, plus £1 per £1,000
USA Airmail $10,
Insured Shipping $20, plus $1 per $1,000
Canada Airmail $15,
Insured Shipping via Fedex $60, plus $1 per $1,000