Heirlooms

Started seriously stacking/collecting gold just over 3 years ago and breached the 1KG level late last year. The forum has been a massive part of this journey, @ChrisSilver I thank you for creating the community and the work you put in daily to cultivating a thriving environment, long may it continue. Started with silver, then moved onto bullion gold and proof coins thereafter. There's also a bunch of others to thank for the help, guidance, advice, encouragement and inspiration to make it to this point (I'm sure I've left out a load of other peeps):
@Clockpuncher @Abyss @SilverMike @richatthecroft @Jaconet @Roy @Elements @Spectre77 @BarryWoods @Alun @Tn21 @James32 @cliveb13 @sovereignsteve @DevonNumismatic @Spence098 @StackSellRepeat @1stsovereign @LiquidMetalsUK @CadmiumGreen @1817Karl @AndrewSL76 @Sparrowlegs4 @Shinus73 @terakris @kneehow2018 @Neelam @Stuntman @dicker @jultorsk @DynamitesUK @BackyardBullion @Spanishsilver @Stu @Paul @PapaLazarou @CoinStruck @westminstrel @trozau @DarkChameleon @Britannia47 @Petra @foinikas @Pete @RDHC
With the lovely weather of the bank holiday weekend I felt like sharing my collection so here it is. I took a load of pretty pics before putting everything back in lock up. I think I've accumulated a decent collection. I have a few outliers that I'll most probably sell on the forum at some point which are not part of below so keep a look out. I also may part with the bullion Britannia set (feel free to drop me a message if you're interested).
What next? I feel I have enough from an investment portfolio for now but I may start to pick up a few key older sovs, we'll see. Let me know what you think and thanks to you all again:
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The 12 bullion special design Britannia's, available for one year only

 
The 4 Philip Nathan special design 1oz Britannia's + 2014 Jody Clark 1oz Britannia all PF70

 
The 10 modern sovereign special designs available for one year only all PF 70

 
The 1989, 2012, 2016, 2022 and 2023 sovereign sets all in PF70






 
The 3 special design Strike on the day Sovereigns (2017, 2022 and 2023) all in MS70

 
The 3 Royal Mint limited edition special release Royal Mint coins (After the silent auction debacle I will give the 2023 matte proof set a miss)
2021 2oz Queens Beast Completer PF70 (my prized possession 😍) 2022 Piedfort Pattern Platinum Jubilee Plain Edged Sovereign PF70 2023 2oz King Charles Coronation PF70 MATTE

Thanks. I’m with you. Once you go down the rabbit hole the OCD kicked in so I had to achieve “perfection”. Feel pretty content with the collection as is. 50p’s might be next but I’m not sure. I’d love to add a Victoria young head proof in a good grade. That’s the dream.
I bought a few already graded via The Silver Forum, Facebook groups and auctions. I then started buying raw and tried grading. Been extremely lucky and got all PF70s apart from 2 occasions to which I moved on.

I thought - that's a lot of gold!!
 
You've just made me add up my collection and it came to 1.2KG!  Pretty much al bullion though, ungraded.  Mainly QBs (1 oz, and 1/4z) 

Wow. The weight here is frankly irrelevant. I don’t collect proofs - mainly because I would need perfection and you sir have achieved it.
Be interesting to know how you source and achieve such high grades.
Bravo 👏 

Started seriously stacking/collecting gold just over 3 years ago and breached the 1KG level late last year. The forum has been a massive part of this journey, @ChrisSilver I thank you for creating the community and the work you put in daily to cultivating a thriving environment, long may it continue. Started with silver, then moved onto bullion gold and proof coins thereafter. There's also a bunch of others to thank for the help, guidance, advice, encouragement and inspiration to make it to this point (I'm sure I've left out a load of other peeps):
@Clockpuncher @Abyss @SilverMike @richatthecroft @Jaconet @Roy @Elements @Spectre77 @BarryWoods @Alun @Tn21 @James32 @cliveb13 @sovereignsteve @DevonNumismatic @Spence098 @StackSellRepeat @1stsovereign @LiquidMetalsUK @CadmiumGreen @1817Karl @AndrewSL76 @Sparrowlegs4 @Shinus73 @terakris @kneehow2018 @Neelam @Stuntman @dicker @jultorsk @DynamitesUK @BackyardBullion @Spanishsilver @Stu @Paul @PapaLazarou @CoinStruck @westminstrel @trozau @DarkChameleon @Britannia47 @Petra @foinikas @Pete @RDHC
With the lovely weather of the bank holiday weekend I felt like sharing my collection so here it is. I took a load of pretty pics before putting everything back in lock up. I think I've accumulated a decent collection. I have a few outliers that I'll most probably sell on the forum at some point which are not part of below so keep a look out. I also may part with the bullion Britannia set (feel free to drop me a message if you're interested).
What next? I feel I have enough from an investment portfolio for now but I may start to pick up a few key older sovs, we'll see. Let me know what you think and thanks to you all again:
________________________________________
 
The 12 bullion special design Britannia's, available for one year only

 
The 4 Philip Nathan special design 1oz Britannia's + 2014 Jody Clark 1oz Britannia all PF70

 
The 10 modern sovereign special designs available for one year only all PF 70

 
The 1989, 2012, 2016, 2022 and 2023 sovereign sets all in PF70






 
The 3 special design Strike on the day Sovereigns (2017, 2022 and 2023) all in MS70

 
The 3 Royal Mint limited edition special release Royal Mint coins (After the silent auction debacle I will give the 2023 matte proof set a miss)
2021 2oz Queens Beast Completer PF70 (my prized possession 😍) 2022 Piedfort Pattern Platinum Jubilee Plain Edged Sovereign PF70 2023 2oz King Charles Coronation PF70 MATTE

Started seriously stacking/collecting gold just over 3 years ago and breached the 1KG level late last year. The forum has been a massive part of this journey, @ChrisSilver I thank you for creating the community and the work you put in daily to cultivating a thriving environment, long may it continue. Started with silver, then moved onto bullion gold and proof coins thereafter. There's also a bunch of others to thank for the help, guidance, advice, encouragement and inspiration to make it to this point (I'm sure I've left out a load of other peeps):
@Clockpuncher @Abyss @SilverMike @richatthecroft @Jaconet @Roy @Elements @Spectre77 @BarryWoods @Alun @Tn21 @James32 @cliveb13 @sovereignsteve @DevonNumismatic @Spence098 @StackSellRepeat @1stsovereign @LiquidMetalsUK @CadmiumGreen @1817Karl @AndrewSL76 @Sparrowlegs4 @Shinus73 @terakris @kneehow2018 @Neelam @Stuntman @dicker @jultorsk @DynamitesUK @BackyardBullion @Spanishsilver @Stu @Paul @PapaLazarou @CoinStruck @westminstrel @trozau @DarkChameleon @Britannia47 @Petra @foinikas @Pete @RDHC
With the lovely weather of the bank holiday weekend I felt like sharing my collection so here it is. I took a load of pretty pics before putting everything back in lock up. I think I've accumulated a decent collection. I have a few outliers that I'll most probably sell on the forum at some point which are not part of below so keep a look out. I also may part with the bullion Britannia set (feel free to drop me a message if you're interested).
What next? I feel I have enough from an investment portfolio for now but I may start to pick up a few key older sovs, we'll see. Let me know what you think and thanks to you all again:
________________________________________
 
The 12 bullion special design Britannia's, available for one year only

 
The 4 Philip Nathan special design 1oz Britannia's + 2014 Jody Clark 1oz Britannia all PF70

 
The 10 modern sovereign special designs available for one year only all PF 70

 
The 1989, 2012, 2016, 2022 and 2023 sovereign sets all in PF70






 
The 3 special design Strike on the day Sovereigns (2017, 2022 and 2023) all in MS70

 
The 3 Royal Mint limited edition special release Royal Mint coins (After the silent auction debacle I will give the 2023 matte proof set a miss)
2021 2oz Queens Beast Completer PF70 (my prized possession 😍) 2022 Piedfort Pattern Platinum Jubilee Plain Edged Sovereign PF70 2023 2oz King Charles Coronation PF70 MATTE

lovely collection, hope the premium wasnt too much

Well done @Heirlooms.  As others have said, you have a fantastic collection of very enviable coins.  I hope you never tire of owning them and that they bring you much pleasure and joy.
My personal favourites of your collection are the 2oz Completer, the 2oz Coronation Matte Proof and the 1989 5 Sovereign Proof.  I'd struggle to part with those if I owned them!

What a collection, absolutely jaw dropping..... no other way to describe it 👍

Good, well reasoned questions 
 

An amazing collection @Heirloomsand thank you for sharing this with the community. 😍 Beautifully presented to us as well. Definitely a motivational post for many of us including myself 🤣
Did you acquire the majority of your collection via The Silver Forum?
If you had to be pick just one - which one would be your favourite piece in your collection?
What was the hardest coin to source?
Just interesting to get your take on this all. The journey is the fun part and it's also an adventure at the same time. Best thing is that it never gets old just staring at your stack in joy and happiness. 😃
 

A Kew gardens gold proof 50p  in pf70  never get cheaper the very odd times you see one offered for sale or in auction 
Might be worthy of consideration to 

Sat and weighed up my gold yesterday. NOT a kilo! 😄
But with where spot is at the moment, its wiped out the premium ive paid. So all is equal 🙂

@Heirlooms
this is a fantastic collection. And thank you for the name check. 
 
I have some of these coins & in coins I have gone for the quality aspect definitely. Personally I really like Proof coins. The finish is so much nicer, & like you, I have tried to stick with 70 grades. 
 
i have a side collection of the rarer 50p gold proofs, but the 50p coins even the proofs are noticeably unloved and hardly get discussed. 
 
the £200 Queens Beast Completer, is a fantastic coin. My wife, who knows nothing about coins & probably wishes I had never found coins, really likes the design. She much prefers it over the 2012 Sov which I love. 
 
this collection , put together in only 3 years if really fantastic & I hope it can stay complete for a long time. I am sure you are thinking where next, & we will be keen to see where your curiosity & £ takes you. 
 
well done & thank you for taking the time to share Clive 

Awesome collection, top notch 😍
You've got everything there is to want already except perhaps a set of QBs? which you probably have got.

A run for the first series of Queens Beasts 1oz gold proofs in PF70 plastic coffins would be a nice/sensible next stage IMO if you can pick each up at sensible money as and when they show up 

Lovely collection. Not withstanding the amount over the scales, It an awesome collection of awesome coins. Well done. Second Kilo, here you come.

Started seriously stacking/collecting gold just over 3 years ago and breached the 1KG level late last year. The forum has been a massive part of this journey, @ChrisSilver I thank you for creating the community and the work you put in daily to cultivating a thriving environment, long may it continue. Started with silver, then moved onto bullion gold and proof coins thereafter. There's also a bunch of others to thank for the help, guidance, advice, encouragement and inspiration to make it to this point (I'm sure I've left out a load of other peeps):
@Clockpuncher @Abyss @SilverMike @richatthecroft @Jaconet @Roy @Elements @Spectre77 @BarryWoods @Alun @Tn21 @James32 @cliveb13 @sovereignsteve @DevonNumismatic @Spence098 @StackSellRepeat @1stsovereign @LiquidMetalsUK @CadmiumGreen @1817Karl @AndrewSL76 @Sparrowlegs4 @Shinus73 @terakris @kneehow2018 @Neelam @Stuntman @dicker @jultorsk @DynamitesUK @BackyardBullion @Spanishsilver @Stu @Paul @PapaLazarou @CoinStruck @westminstrel @trozau @DarkChameleon @Britannia47 @Petra @foinikas @Pete @RDHC
With the lovely weather of the bank holiday weekend I felt like sharing my collection so here it is. I took a load of pretty pics before putting everything back in lock up. I think I've accumulated a decent collection. I have a few outliers that I'll most probably sell on the forum at some point which are not part of below so keep a look out. I also may part with the bullion Britannia set (feel free to drop me a message if you're interested).
What next? I feel I have enough from an investment portfolio for now but I may start to pick up a few key older sovs, we'll see. Let me know what you think and thanks to you all again:
________________________________________
 
The 12 bullion special design Britannia's, available for one year only

 
The 4 Philip Nathan special design 1oz Britannia's + 2014 Jody Clark 1oz Britannia all PF70

 
The 10 modern sovereign special designs available for one year only all PF 70

 
The 1989, 2012, 2016, 2022 and 2023 sovereign sets all in PF70






 
The 3 special design Strike on the day Sovereigns (2017, 2022 and 2023) all in MS70

 
The 3 Royal Mint limited edition special release Royal Mint coins (After the silent auction debacle I will give the 2023 matte proof set a miss)
2021 2oz Queens Beast Completer PF70 (my prized possession 😍) 2022 Piedfort Pattern Platinum Jubilee Plain Edged Sovereign PF70 2023 2oz King Charles Coronation PF70 MATTE

Thanks. The pleasure is all mine! It was a combination of The Silver Forum, dealers such as Chards, Atkinsons etc, Facebook groups and grading raw coins I bought from various people and the RM. The 2oz Completer is most definitely the jewel in the crown and favourite design. The 2014 Britannia and 2012 Sovereign set are also personal favourites. The 2016 Sovereign set is the one that I think was slept on and has really increased in value due to the low mintage and the fact that the portrait was only available for 1 year. A lot of 5 coin sov sets are broken up so I was keen to collect full sets and keep them together. Even the 4 Philip Nathan special designs. While they are not an official set I thought it would be nice to collate them together.
The 2005 Britannia was the hardest to source. Fun fact, there were no gold bullion Britannia's released in 2005, the only option was proofs and the 1oz was only available in the 4 coin set so its a very hard coin to find. On top of that, it doesn't grade very well so it's also difficult to get a PF70 so it took me a while to find.

I think 50p proofs just haven't been my focus as yet. Britannia's, Sovereigns and the QB series occupied most of my time and energy over the past. few years. I need to take the time to go down the 50p rabbit hole to know which ones to go for and what a fair price would be as thats also a big factor

I think 50p proofs just haven't been my focus as yet. Britannia's, Sovereigns and the QB series occupied most of my time and energy over the past. few years. I need to take the time to go down the 50p rabbit hole to know which ones to go for and what a fair price would be as thats also a big factor

Thanks. The pleasure is all mine! It was a combination of The Silver Forum, dealers such as Chards, Atkinsons etc, Facebook groups and grading raw coins I bought from various people and the RM. The 2oz Completer is most definitely the jewel in the crown and favourite design. The 2014 Britannia and 2012 Sovereign set are also personal favourites. The 2016 Sovereign set is the one that I think was slept on and has really increased in value due to the low mintage and the fact that the portrait was only available for 1 year. A lot of 5 coin sov sets are broken up so I was keen to collect full sets and keep them together. Even the 4 Philip Nathan special designs. While they are not an official set I thought it would be nice to collate them together.
The 2005 Britannia was the hardest to source. Fun fact, there were no gold bullion Britannia's released in 2005, the only option was proofs and the 1oz was only available in the 4 coin set so its a very hard coin to find. On top of that, it doesn't grade very well so it's also difficult to get a PF70 so it took me a while to find.

Started seriously stacking/collecting gold just over 3 years ago and breached the 1KG level late last year. The forum has been a massive part of this journey, @ChrisSilver I thank you for creating the community and the work you put in daily to cultivating a thriving environment, long may it continue. Started with silver, then moved onto bullion gold and proof coins thereafter. There's also a bunch of others to thank for the help, guidance, advice, encouragement and inspiration to make it to this point (I'm sure I've left out a load of other peeps):
@Clockpuncher @Abyss @SilverMike @richatthecroft @Jaconet @Roy @Elements @Spectre77 @BarryWoods @Alun @Tn21 @James32 @cliveb13 @sovereignsteve @DevonNumismatic @Spence098 @StackSellRepeat @1stsovereign @LiquidMetalsUK @CadmiumGreen @1817Karl @AndrewSL76 @Sparrowlegs4 @Shinus73 @terakris @kneehow2018 @Neelam @Stuntman @dicker @jultorsk @DynamitesUK @BackyardBullion @Spanishsilver @Stu @Paul @PapaLazarou @CoinStruck @westminstrel @trozau @DarkChameleon @Britannia47 @Petra @foinikas @Pete @RDHC
With the lovely weather of the bank holiday weekend I felt like sharing my collection so here it is. I took a load of pretty pics before putting everything back in lock up. I think I've accumulated a decent collection. I have a few outliers that I'll most probably sell on the forum at some point which are not part of below so keep a look out. I also may part with the bullion Britannia set (feel free to drop me a message if you're interested).
What next? I feel I have enough from an investment portfolio for now but I may start to pick up a few key older sovs, we'll see. Let me know what you think and thanks to you all again:
________________________________________
 
The 12 bullion special design Britannia's, available for one year only

 
The 4 Philip Nathan special design 1oz Britannia's + 2014 Jody Clark 1oz Britannia all PF70

 
The 10 modern sovereign special designs available for one year only all PF 70

 
The 1989, 2012, 2016, 2022 and 2023 sovereign sets all in PF70






 
The 3 special design Strike on the day Sovereigns (2017, 2022 and 2023) all in MS70

 
The 3 Royal Mint limited edition special release Royal Mint coins (After the silent auction debacle I will give the 2023 matte proof set a miss)
2021 2oz Queens Beast Completer PF70 (my prized possession 😍) 2022 Piedfort Pattern Platinum Jubilee Plain Edged Sovereign PF70 2023 2oz King Charles Coronation PF70 MATTE

Started seriously stacking/collecting gold just over 3 years ago and breached the 1KG level late last year. The forum has been a massive part of this journey, @ChrisSilver I thank you for creating the community and the work you put in daily to cultivating a thriving environment, long may it continue. Started with silver, then moved onto bullion gold and proof coins thereafter. There's also a bunch of others to thank for the help, guidance, advice, encouragement and inspiration to make it to this point (I'm sure I've left out a load of other peeps):
@Clockpuncher @Abyss @SilverMike @richatthecroft @Jaconet @Roy @Elements @Spectre77 @BarryWoods @Alun @Tn21 @James32 @cliveb13 @sovereignsteve @DevonNumismatic @Spence098 @StackSellRepeat @1stsovereign @LiquidMetalsUK @CadmiumGreen @1817Karl @AndrewSL76 @Sparrowlegs4 @Shinus73 @terakris @kneehow2018 @Neelam @Stuntman @dicker @jultorsk @DynamitesUK @BackyardBullion @Spanishsilver @Stu @Paul @PapaLazarou @CoinStruck @westminstrel @trozau @DarkChameleon @Britannia47 @Petra @foinikas @Pete @RDHC
With the lovely weather of the bank holiday weekend I felt like sharing my collection so here it is. I took a load of pretty pics before putting everything back in lock up. I think I've accumulated a decent collection. I have a few outliers that I'll most probably sell on the forum at some point which are not part of below so keep a look out. I also may part with the bullion Britannia set (feel free to drop me a message if you're interested).
What next? I feel I have enough from an investment portfolio for now but I may start to pick up a few key older sovs, we'll see. Let me know what you think and thanks to you all again:
________________________________________
 
The 12 bullion special design Britannia's, available for one year only

 
The 4 Philip Nathan special design 1oz Britannia's + 2014 Jody Clark 1oz Britannia all PF70

 
The 10 modern sovereign special designs available for one year only all PF 70

 
The 1989, 2012, 2016, 2022 and 2023 sovereign sets all in PF70






 
The 3 special design Strike on the day Sovereigns (2017, 2022 and 2023) all in MS70

 
The 3 Royal Mint limited edition special release Royal Mint coins (After the silent auction debacle I will give the 2023 matte proof set a miss)
2021 2oz Queens Beast Completer PF70 (my prized possession 😍) 2022 Piedfort Pattern Platinum Jubilee Plain Edged Sovereign PF70 2023 2oz King Charles Coronation PF70 MATTE

Started seriously stacking/collecting gold just over 3 years ago and breached the 1KG level late last year. The forum has been a massive part of this journey, @ChrisSilver I thank you for creating the community and the work you put in daily to cultivating a thriving environment, long may it continue. Started with silver, then moved onto bullion gold and proof coins thereafter. There's also a bunch of others to thank for the help, guidance, advice, encouragement and inspiration to make it to this point (I'm sure I've left out a load of other peeps):
@Clockpuncher @Abyss @SilverMike @richatthecroft @Jaconet @Roy @Elements @Spectre77 @BarryWoods @Alun @Tn21 @James32 @cliveb13 @sovereignsteve @DevonNumismatic @Spence098 @StackSellRepeat @1stsovereign @LiquidMetalsUK @CadmiumGreen @1817Karl @AndrewSL76 @Sparrowlegs4 @Shinus73 @terakris @kneehow2018 @Neelam @Stuntman @dicker @jultorsk @DynamitesUK @BackyardBullion @Spanishsilver @Stu @Paul @PapaLazarou @CoinStruck @westminstrel @trozau @DarkChameleon @Britannia47 @Petra @foinikas @Pete @RDHC
With the lovely weather of the bank holiday weekend I felt like sharing my collection so here it is. I took a load of pretty pics before putting everything back in lock up. I think I've accumulated a decent collection. I have a few outliers that I'll most probably sell on the forum at some point which are not part of below so keep a look out. I also may part with the bullion Britannia set (feel free to drop me a message if you're interested).
What next? I feel I have enough from an investment portfolio for now but I may start to pick up a few key older sovs, we'll see. Let me know what you think and thanks to you all again:
________________________________________
 
The 12 bullion special design Britannia's, available for one year only

 
The 4 Philip Nathan special design 1oz Britannia's + 2014 Jody Clark 1oz Britannia all PF70

 
The 10 modern sovereign special designs available for one year only all PF 70

 
The 1989, 2012, 2016, 2022 and 2023 sovereign sets all in PF70






 
The 3 special design Strike on the day Sovereigns (2017, 2022 and 2023) all in MS70

 
The 3 Royal Mint limited edition special release Royal Mint coins (After the silent auction debacle I will give the 2023 matte proof set a miss)
2021 2oz Queens Beast Completer PF70 (my prized possession 😍) 2022 Piedfort Pattern Platinum Jubilee Plain Edged Sovereign PF70 2023 2oz King Charles Coronation PF70 MATTE