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I know what you mean about the look of 'Modern Sovereigns' from recent years...
I decided to concentrate on the early QE II coins, or Gillicks as they are known (because the designer of the queen's portrait on them was Mary Gillick)
To me, they look like a 'real' sovereign should look 😏

Here's a pic from Chard's website that shows the colour well IMHO...

I know what you mean about the look of 'Modern Sovereigns' from recent years...
I decided to concentrate on the early QE II coins, or Gillicks as they are known (because the designer of the queen's portrait on them was Mary Gillick)
To me, they look like a 'real' sovereign should look 😏

Here's a pic from Chard's website that shows the colour well IMHO...

I know what you mean about the look of 'Modern Sovereigns' from recent years...
I decided to concentrate on the early QE II coins, or Gillicks as they are known (because the designer of the queen's portrait on them was Mary Gillick)
To me, they look like a 'real' sovereign should look 😏

Here's a pic from Chard's website that shows the colour well IMHO...

I know what you mean about the look of 'Modern Sovereigns' from recent years...
I decided to concentrate on the early QE II coins, or Gillicks as they are known (because the designer of the queen's portrait on them was Mary Gillick)
To me, they look like a 'real' sovereign should look 😏

Here's a pic from Chard's website that shows the colour well IMHO...

I know what you mean about the look of 'Modern Sovereigns' from recent years...
I decided to concentrate on the early QE II coins, or Gillicks as they are known (because the designer of the queen's portrait on them was Mary Gillick)
To me, they look like a 'real' sovereign should look 😏

Here's a pic from Chard's website that shows the colour well IMHO...

I know what you mean about the look of 'Modern Sovereigns' from recent years...
I decided to concentrate on the early QE II coins, or Gillicks as they are known (because the designer of the queen's portrait on them was Mary Gillick)
To me, they look like a 'real' sovereign should look 😏

Here's a pic from Chard's website that shows the colour well IMHO...

Gold has a very high specific gravity, nearly twice that of silver, so the coins tend to be quite small.  You get used to it - get a tube together and you'll start to feel the weight.
Gold was uncommon in Europe, so medieval gold coins tended to be very small.  Florins Ducats, Ecu d'Or, were all very small, about 3.5g.  Guineas were called such because large amounts of gold became available from West Africa, and the New World was a very big deal because gold and silver were really abundant there compared to Europe.  Charlemagne had such a downer on gold coins that he never had any minted for circulation.  Europe mostly used silver-based standards until the introduction of the gold standard in the 19th century.  Even then, silver coins weren't much to write home about; Groats were about 6g and silver pennies about 1.5g.
We have a data point for one year's mintage of sovereigns from Henry VII's reign, where a letter ordering 96lbs of gold to be minted into sovereigns was found in records at the Royal Mint.  Compare this to the height of sovereign mintage just before WWI where the total gold minted into sovs sat around the 200-300 ton mark annually.
 

Hope you like beans on toast.

Dont forget ya feedback. Helps to build a decent profile on here so you can buy and sell easier.

To late. You're already in.

listen and listen carefully, i want no part of your sick little cult.

wow, these things are tiny lol, having never seen one in person before, im quite shocked how small they are, still very happy with it though.

Get a 1/10 coin, then your sovereign won't look so small 😉

I don't really bother with savings apart from making sure I always have 3 months of expenses available, but I do pay the maximum off my mortgage each year and put as much as possible into my workplace pension.
With my pension my employer puts in double my contribution for the first 4% of my salary I contribute, giving me £12 for every £2.40 after tax relief.  And even after that every £1 extra I put in only costs me 60p, and if you are averse to risking money on stocks and shares most pension schemes now let you pick your investments so you could go for 100% bonds.  Even a private scheme will mean you get a top up equivalent to your highest tax rate.  Obviously if you want money you can access this would be a bust for you as you have to be 55 to get at it, going up to 57 I believe. 
I feel the same as most members about banks, and were I to even look at savings I would look at P2P lending.  A colleague of mine has been doing this for years and gets a very healthy return compared to savings rates.  He uses an online platform to do it, I don't know the name I'm afraid.

set of 3 coins (bottom of photo)
Full, half and quarter brand new sovs (1 of each)
2022 KCIII memorial design
come with quadrum capsules
 
£690 plus postage of choice at cost
NOW ONLY £670 + post for the weekend 

2022 Platinum Jubilee Three Coin Proof Set  with Box & COA 
Full Sovereign NGC PF70 UCAM 
Half Sovereign NGC PF70 UCAM 
Quarter Sovereign NGC PF70 UCAM 
£1300 + £10 RMSD .
Bank transfer preferred  .
UK only .

Pics from Last week's big purchases from my grand gold sale here, added to safe deposit box a few days back on Saturday. Sorry a few are in previous photos in the thread 
It's lovely when five sovs breed and have twins and triplets.
 
I've had to take another bigger box to it's too dear collecting these pricey plastic coffins.
They better go to da'mooooooooooooon as someone here said once in the past 😊

I've incentive to fill this bigger safe deposit box now. Safe deposit box real estate is dear

Happy to oblige, particularly pleased with the background which in no way makes this look like a photographers set from the 90's where they tried to take pictures of someone squalling brat 

Personally, I’d love to post a full stack picture, but after a tragic boating accident it’s all resting in Davey Jones’s locker…😏
(thought I’d better add a picture, as it’s a picture thread… Artists Impression - credit:  deskridge from DeviantArt)

Personally, I’d love to post a full stack picture, but after a tragic boating accident it’s all resting in Davey Jones’s locker…😏
(thought I’d better add a picture, as it’s a picture thread… Artists Impression - credit:  deskridge from DeviantArt)

Happy 3rd anniversary to me!! Paid a visit to my pension / children’s piss up against the wall fund for a nice photo op. On track for 19oz by the end of 2023

Personally, I’d love to post a full stack picture, but after a tragic boating accident it’s all resting in Davey Jones’s locker…😏
(thought I’d better add a picture, as it’s a picture thread… Artists Impression - credit:  deskridge from DeviantArt)

Lyndhurst Antiques Centre. Having never found/visited a local coin shop, I thought I’d drop in to an antiques shop I’d spotted. Needless to say I’m ditching the family tomorrow afternoon and going back. Loads of coins, medals, silverware, military items (old bomb shell casings etc) to spend a bit of time looking at when I’m in no rush. Didn’t see any sovereigns but lots of Florins, Half Crowns etc to keep me occupied a while

Limited edition of 170, maximum mintage of 186. Capsule has never been opened. Horseback obverse and with some amazing platinum proof silky sheen that I really cannot describe nor represent in the photos. Won't tarnish like that pesky silver stuff  
£2,500 ovno plus SD postage.








 
 

£320 + post