Coronation mugs

[Dave2002]

I have no doubt that various commercial interests in China would be very happy for everyone to go and buy a mug and/or any of the other stuff now available at an outlet near to you.

Oddly it looks as though there has been a considerable amount of Coronation memorabilia - such as mugs - actually made in the UK, so it may not all be cheap Chinese stuff, but rather cheap (or not so cheap) UK stuff as well.

[smittims]

In this context I'd suggest Middleport Pottery, the last (or so I believe) traditional Staffordshire pottery. They're not cheap but excelent. They have in the past made things for the then Prince of Wales , so I'd be surprised if they didn't do some Coronation tableware. They're owned by Burgess and Leigh and their trade name is 'Burleigh', if you're searching.

[LeMartinPecheur]

A wee insight into the investment value of royal memorabilia. Somewhere I have eight George V Silver Jubilee commemorative crowns carefully boxed up by my grandfather in 1935. When these passed to me on my father's death I looked up their value, which is moderate, probably less than £50 each. But had he put away perfectly standard 1935 silver crowns in uncirculated condition I'd be looking at something like three or four times more!

So the moral of this story is probably to eschew 2023 coronation chinaware, buy good plain ordinary-tea mugs and keep them unused for 90 years. Not guaranteed investment advice of course, but you never know!

[Serial_Apologist]

A wee insight into the investment value of royal memorabilia. Somewhere I have eight George V Silver Jubilee commemorative crowns carefully boxed up by my grandfather in 1935. When these passed to me on my father's death I looked up their value, which is moderate, probably less than £50 each. But had he put away perfectly standard 1935 silver crowns in uncirculated condition I'd be looking at something like three or four times more!

So the moral of this story is probably to eschew 2023 coronation chinaware, buy good plain ordinary-tea mugs and keep them unused for 90 years. Not guaranteed investment advice of course, but you never know!

I have several ceremonial coins and postage stamps inherited from my parents; I've no idea what to do with them

[Old Grumpy]

I have several ceremonial coins and postage stamps inherited from my parents; I've no idea what to do with them

Specialist auction? We did this with some of my late father's and grandfather's coins/notes were pleasantly surprised.

[Serial_Apologist]

Specialist auction? We did this with some of my late father's and grandfather's coins/notes were pleasantly surprised.

If so, it must be quite a task finding one!