Windsor mint coin, is it accurate?

Yes, it’s wrong. Green/grey camo, sky band, and a Mk.V – with cannon. This is Rubbish. The Lancaster is irrelevant, and it’s not the ’75th anniversary of the Second World War’.

I believe that some cannon armed Spit’s participated in the BoB. 🙂

And what exactly are you implying about people who bough Charles & Diana tea pots!! They are very tasteful and looks very nice under the three flying ducks and alongside the fishing gnome. 😀

It’s a mass market trinket. It’s meant for the same people that bought Charles and Di tea kettles (something to commemorate the King and Queen of the 21st Century!!!).
I wouldn’t expect a great deal of accuracy from it.

Anyone who expects it to be historically/technically accurate is kidding themselves.

Under the distance selling regulations you can return anything purchased at a distance, ie mail order, for a full refund no questions asked.
If somebody not into aeroplanes purchased this item and subsequently found out that the Spitfire was not representative of the type in service at that time it would be grounds for a refund.

Presumably the item has previously been on sale at that higher price otherwise that would be an offence.

Paul, what is it misrepresenting? I can’t see that it is misrepresenting anything. The fact it has an incorrect spitfire on it doesn’t mean you can get your money back surely. Does that mean that viewers of downton abbey can return their DVDs because the station is clearly a southern station? I’m with you… It’s tacky but it’s no more tacky than a lot of aviation memorabilia and let’s face it a lot of aviation products sold are!

Loads of people use the term tribute when selling things like this or royal family commemorative plates etc. No one is being conned. Key publish stuff called tributes. Tributes they may be but they are products. Here, It is obvious what you are getting and the quality. I don’t think anyone is being taken for a ride. The advert seems honest though full of hyperbole. It shows the coin loud and clear. If you buy it then it must be down to taste and recognition of what a beautiful wonderfully highly crafted poignant moving tribute that these coins are.

Indeed it has no face value unlike genuine tributes like postage stamps and Royal Mint coins which have face value and are sold at that value. This is just cashing in to make a mint of money.

Surely it would only be a tribute if the RAFBF received ALL profits and they stated how much that would be.

It’s like those poppy broaches the likes of M&S were selling we asked how much did the BL get and they didn’t know. Eventually found out it was a pitance.

The golden rule is if you want to give money to a charity give it direct to the charity but NEVER to street collectors.

It is not a coin, it’s a ‘Commemorative Strike’, hence the lack of any denomination, monarch’s head etc. . .

To me it is not a tribute. It just looks like a ‘Don’t care, that’ll do’ effort; which is no tribute at all.

You can return it under the distance trading regulations. Advertising Agency Standards for misrepresentation. For trading standards as the customer should not be mislead or confused by advertising or the product and also must be of merchantable quality.

You should order large numbers and then just return them.

You put it on the wall with the three flying ducks or on the mantle piece next to the fish gnome.

Photos and models I can understand but not plates and coins.

Think I will now retire to a safe distance.

Wings I have been giving it some thought and based on my definition I would not call myself a pleb. But no doubt the taller guy on my right looking down on me will think I am.

Paul

I doubt you could return it as not sold as seen. There is a picture of front and back views so no surprises. Plus it says ‘tribute’. It doesn’t accurate depiction of BOB scene. If that was the case then you could take the makers of the BOB film to case for funny colour schemes and various marks of spitfire that have no business of being there.

A tribute could be anything…

Anyway. It says ‘masterfully engraved’. I’ve bought another six.

Would this not be a case for trading standards?

Maybe they have been told their mistakes which is why the price has been reduced from £50 to £8.

What do people do with these coins anyway?

Same as a corgi model or aeroplane photo… Display it and enjoy it. This one is exquisite. I’ve ordered six already.

Would this not be a case for trading standards?

Off the top of my head, I can’t think on anything that would make it so. If you bought it sight unseen, you could probably retrun it as not of satisfactory quality (or as described)

Would this not be a case for trading standards?

Maybe they have been told their mistakes which is why the price has been reduced from £50 to £8.

What do people do with these coins anyway?

It’s ‘As seen on TV’ It must be right.

Moggy

Yes, it’s wrong. Green/grey camo, sky band, and a Mk.V – with cannon. This is Rubbish. The Lancaster is irrelevant, and it’s not the ’75th anniversary of the Second World War’.