CillFurr

Recently put this collection of 'nearly' all the Sovereign obverse/portraits since 1817 on 'Today I want to show.....' and thought it worth repeating on this topic.  Obviously this can be expanded to include all the mints/specials/date-runs etc Anything more ambitious is likely to be 'Mission Impossible!' Early sovereigns are going to be more expensive now, but this group is still achievable in the short to medium term (finance permitting) It may take a few years - but hey, whats the rush?! The 1997 was my very first sovereign.🤗

Started stacking current year sovereigns and 1oz CGT free coins when I had spare money at the end of the month, as a way to store wealth outside of the system and to save a bit more for retirement
Moved to doing date runs on sovereigns and selling most of my 1oz coins, Brits & Krugs and only keeping anything what I loved.  Currently concentrating on pre-1900 sovereigns, full and half but will also buy anything that is well priced if I don't already have it.  Exception being special year sovereigns and Gillicks, which I tend to stack then sell on when I need to fund a bigger purchase and I don't have the cash
I also moved from storing in a mates safe to an insured safety deposit box and had my own safe installed for anything I buy between runs to storage as it is 40 minutes away
Now realised I am hooked, but justify it to myself as its just turning money into different money.  And if I didn't do it I would be buying a new iPhone every year, new gaming PC components, new metal detecting gear etc. etc.  Since I started I don't waste money on those things, I only replace what is broken and I feel better for it.  I reckon I have put a fair bit of cash into PM's that otherwise would have gone on what are essentially consumables