Keevan

A few ounces of the silver stuff has arrived today

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Local show pickup today, nice ruthenium plated silver Krugerrand. Looks almost black in person, the pictures don't do it justice.

It doesn’t look polished, the term ideally you would want attributing to this coin would be “proof like fields” or something similar.  
 
not a proof, it has eye appeal even though it may have proof like fields it my not be given a PL attribution if graded.  There isn’t any 1899 S PL in the NGC population.
 
also try and hold nice coins by the rim between your thumb and index finger, saves getting finger prints on the fields. 
 
A low NGC population for this coin only 91 graded with a top pop of MS63. 

So I have one in slightly better condition with the same reflectivity.  
Mine is not a proof but has some proof like features.  
 
I think yours is the same.  
Best
Dicker

Video: https://imgur.com/a/DaseA53
I'm dubious it is, despite it being extremely polished looking.
 
 
Numista states the only proof sovereigns in 1899 were made in Perth/Melbourne mints
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4024.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17317.html
 
The mintmark is an "S" for Sydney mint which did not mint any proof sovereigns in 1899.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Video: https://imgur.com/a/DaseA53
I'm dubious it is, despite it being extremely polished looking.
 
 
Numista states the only proof sovereigns in 1899 were made in Perth/Melbourne mints
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4024.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17317.html
 
The mintmark is an "S" for Sydney mint which did not mint any proof sovereigns in 1899.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

only one was available sadly

Local show pickup today, nice ruthenium plated silver Krugerrand. Looks almost black in person, the pictures don't do it justice.

Local show pickup today, nice ruthenium plated silver Krugerrand. Looks almost black in person, the pictures don't do it justice.

Local show pickup today, nice ruthenium plated silver Krugerrand. Looks almost black in person, the pictures don't do it justice.

Local show pickup today, nice ruthenium plated silver Krugerrand. Looks almost black in person, the pictures don't do it justice.

Local show pickup today, nice ruthenium plated silver Krugerrand. Looks almost black in person, the pictures don't do it justice.

Hi Andrew,
Thanks for replying. I do have a 2006 as you mentioned, but it's a PF68UC. Not interested unfortunately, good luck with the auction for it.

Local show pickup today, nice ruthenium plated silver Krugerrand. Looks almost black in person, the pictures don't do it justice.

Local show pickup today, nice ruthenium plated silver Krugerrand. Looks almost black in person, the pictures don't do it justice.

Seller must be willing to ship to USA (buyer will pay via bank transfer in GBP, plus shipping expenses).
I'm only posting here because the US/Canada section of the forum is pretty much dead. 
I am looking for fractional gold Krugerrands, by year:
    0.5oz:    2014, 2020, 2023
    0.25oz: 1992, 1994, 2002, 2020, 2023
    0.10oz: 1990, 1992, 1994, 2010, 2020-2021

Seller must be willing to ship to USA (buyer will pay via bank transfer in GBP, plus shipping expenses).
I'm only posting here because the US/Canada section of the forum is pretty much dead. 
I am looking for fractional gold Krugerrands, by year:
    0.5oz:    2014, 2020, 2023
    0.25oz: 1992, 1994, 2002, 2020, 2023
    0.10oz: 1990, 1992, 1994, 2010, 2020-2021

How did you manage to get the "Quote" and the new message the opposite way round?
You flatter me with the idea that I could think so creatively.
No, in fact, we have to keep "re-ordering" new Krugerrands. 
I don't know why when there are plenty of old Krugers around at low premiums, but people ask for for 2022s, so we buy a few, they sell, so we buy some more. Britannias look nicer, are cheaper, 3.9% instead of 5.0% for singles; we have better quantity price breaks for them, 3.0% for 200+ compared with 4.7% for 10+.
They are not the best investment, they don't look very attractive, so I doubt that people buy them for their aesthetics; I doubt that many people "collect" Krugers as numismatic items, so I still don't understand why people buy them.
In the UK, they are not CGT efficient, whereas gold Britannias and sovereigns are. The last time we bought them direct from Rand Refineries, it was not really worthwhile. To get the best premiums, it is necessary to buy 5,000 or 10,000 at a time, which would be dumb for us to do when we have easier access to better coins and deals. Also the shipping was dumb because Rand Refineries couldn't or wouldn't ship via Manchester Airport, so sent them via Gatwick instead. Their shipping agent couldn't or wouldn't forward them by carrier to Blackpool, so some idiot had to do a 500 mile round trip, with an overnight stay, find a parking meter at the wrong end of Hatton Garden in London at £1 per 4 minutes, run along the length of Hatton Garden, have to go through front desk security before I could even get into the building, then wait what seemed ages to collect them, followed by running back along Hatton Garden with a 19 kilo rucksack, hoping my car had not been towed away or issued an excess penalty.
Once was enough!
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