CaptCaveMan

For any of you that are short sighted in the forum the clue is in @LawrenceChard's name and signature block......

I buy the metal regardless what the coin looks like, some say stacker, others say collector. Personally I prefer pikey. 

This little beauty arrived today, my first foray into older Sovereign's but I couldn't resist... 200 next year!  I need to consider if it's worth grading, part of me says yes, another part prefers capsules?

Sorry for the bad pics, old phone which I refuse to upgrade while it's working 😂

Good day today 😊

Well shes returned from grading
1856 califorina fractional 1/4 dollar gold rush currency
Achieving a ms64 to take its place with 3 other examples in this grade with only 1 finer in the world, came close to finest known example ms65
https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6031571-004/64/
Photo with a 1p to show how small these are and why they are so rare and difficult to find in this grade 





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This little beauty arrived today, my first foray into older Sovereign's but I couldn't resist... 200 next year!  I need to consider if it's worth grading, part of me says yes, another part prefers capsules?

Sorry for the bad pics, old phone which I refuse to upgrade while it's working 😂

Bought a sealed 2021 sealed sovereign.really nice addition by the RM 

I only started earlier this year but for a numbers of years have always wanted to buy some gold for the kids.

Funnily enough I started with silver brits, their birth years then got a few more then realised I could also afford to buy sovereigns.  It's more a hobby for me, as and when I have some spare money I'll buy a coin.

My grail Sovs right there 😍

As for 9999 Au, they have been 22ct for over 200 years, I don't think the RM will ever change them and to be honest, I quite like the fact they haven't even though now a coin for collectors rather than being in circulation.
I do however consider that special mint years could be 24ct proofs such as the 2017 above or next years coin as examples.

My grail Sovs right there 😍

As for 9999 Au, they have been 22ct for over 200 years, I don't think the RM will ever change them and to be honest, I quite like the fact they haven't even though now a coin for collectors rather than being in circulation.
I do however consider that special mint years could be 24ct proofs such as the 2017 above or next years coin as examples.

Re dents and scratches I'm sure everyone would take care of their coins regardless of 24 or 22ct in the same way that their QBs have been cared for over the last 5 years. My proof and bullion QBs have! My latest suggestion, as an alternative to 24ct would be to add some bl...dy silver to the alloy. Look on the RM website - their sovereigns actually look PINK. I rest my case. Thought I would make a point with my 1817 and the 2017 photo re colour diffs.

Welcome to the mad house

Don't worry your soon be skint like the rest of us... throwing bad money after good 🤪

The 1/2 crown is truly stunning.

 

 

This little beauty arrived today, my first foray into older Sovereign's but I couldn't resist... 200 next year!  I need to consider if it's worth grading, part of me says yes, another part prefers capsules?

Sorry for the bad pics, old phone which I refuse to upgrade while it's working 😂

This little beauty arrived today, my first foray into older Sovereign's but I couldn't resist... 200 next year!  I need to consider if it's worth grading, part of me says yes, another part prefers capsules?

Sorry for the bad pics, old phone which I refuse to upgrade while it's working 😂

Stacking/collecting PMs is very new to me, I only started in March although I've always been somewhat interested in PMs somewhere in the back of my head...
I've always been a collector, stamps, starwars figures etc. as a kid.  I've also been fortunate, always been on the treadmill, working all the hours I can, even holding down a couple of jobs so I could save a deposit for a house back in the day.  Years later with marriage, kids, house moves etc. I've always thought I'll never afford PMs but carried on collecting 'stuff'.  I've still got my starwars figures and finished a complete run, a couple of toy cars on the drive - my hobbies have just got more expensive 😂
This year, I decided to buy some birth year Britts for the kids, now teenagers then carried on browsing, other silver coins/series, country specific, silver, gold, modern vs. historic, bullion vs. proofs... down the rabbit hole!
I found TSF, Youtube, BackyardBullion, 2 is 1 etc. and signed up, decided on my goal (for the kids), setup an .xlsx and buy each month as and when I have any pocket money left over.  It's a hobby for me at this stage but I'll standarise monthly purchases to reach my goal to gift it to kids, towards a house depost etc.  Anything extra is a bonus, a very rainy day fund.

I only got into precious metals because Chris Silver hired me as a private investigator to try and solve the forum's greatest mystery; no, nothing unimportant like the meaning of life.
I am trying to establish, for the history books, if the legendary "I am the captain of this boat!" @sixgun and "wor lad, divvin' howk ya sneck!" @HawkHybrid are actually the same person.
My investigations are leading me down into the depths of a rabbit hole, filled with twisted warrens and a labyrinth

of endless pathways that change direction with every step I take. If only there was some sort of crayon-eating, flourscent-light-rainbow-farting, ex-marine with a face (as I believe he once eloquently described it) "like John Prescott arse" to be my guide.
Alas; the mystery continues and the precious metal pile (which definately keeps being lost in a series of unfortunate boating accidents) only gets bigger.

The Galactic Empire, declared as the First Galactic Empire, commonly referred to as simply the Empire, and remembered as the Old Empire, was the fascist galactic government that replaced the Galactic Republic in the aftermath of the Clone Wars and ushered galactic civilization into a new age.

Lol genius

This little beauty arrived today, my first foray into older Sovereign's but I couldn't resist... 200 next year!  I need to consider if it's worth grading, part of me says yes, another part prefers capsules?

Sorry for the bad pics, old phone which I refuse to upgrade while it's working 😂

This little beauty arrived today, my first foray into older Sovereign's but I couldn't resist... 200 next year!  I need to consider if it's worth grading, part of me says yes, another part prefers capsules?

Sorry for the bad pics, old phone which I refuse to upgrade while it's working 😂

Today I received a 2021 Britannia Platinum proof 1oz from the Royal Mint.
 
 

This little beauty arrived today, my first foray into older Sovereign's but I couldn't resist... 200 next year!  I need to consider if it's worth grading, part of me says yes, another part prefers capsules?

Sorry for the bad pics, old phone which I refuse to upgrade while it's working 😂

This little beauty arrived today, my first foray into older Sovereign's but I couldn't resist... 200 next year!  I need to consider if it's worth grading, part of me says yes, another part prefers capsules?

Sorry for the bad pics, old phone which I refuse to upgrade while it's working 😂

This little beauty arrived today, my first foray into older Sovereign's but I couldn't resist... 200 next year!  I need to consider if it's worth grading, part of me says yes, another part prefers capsules?

Sorry for the bad pics, old phone which I refuse to upgrade while it's working 😂