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If the 'going rate' is to be judged by the current asking prices - almost anywhere - I'm still out of buying much at all, although I did pick up a tube of Beasts for well under £500 on ebay recently; gold makes more sense to me currently.

Assuming a 10oz completer comes along they should be in demand for several months and some may be a good long term investment, although personally stuck to bullion except for the completer; they will certainly be a hard act to follow so it will I suspect depend on the next hot thing coming out of RM, generally I avoid RM proofs, it's a hell of a job even getting your initial cost back for many/most.

A good summary, it will be very interesting how long the buzz will keep going with Queens Beasts.
Speaking of which, I assume the RM will bless us with a 10oz bullion completer before the curtain finallly comes down. 

I got some of those from when England won the cricket World Cup 😀

I can't speak for Atkinsons as I bought mine from Chards, as they are cheaper (pre-order).
I asked them to send in the tube, as these are high relief, so capsules about £2.00 each instead of the usual 50pence.

I don't like the colour of new  Sovereign, so I'd be firmly in the Britannia camp; since I don't anticipate selling, the faster/ease of sale for Sovereigns is acedemic to me - that'll be for my kids/grandkids to deal with.

1] How much volume do you want to buy?
2] What is your target price per ounce

I spoke to the RM this morning and it was confirmed that the 1 Kilo coins are/were made on 2 seperate occasions.
I asked if that meant if more would become available, but he said he didn't know as they (RM) have none for sale currently.
The level of interaction between production and sales / after service seems to be of a sililar quality to that of some of the QBeasts we have seen recently .......... 

Good news, just received from the postie. Bad news, mark on queen's cheek.

I can't speak for Atkinsons as I bought mine from Chards, as they are cheaper (pre-order).
I asked them to send in the tube, as these are high relief, so capsules about £2.00 each instead of the usual 50pence.

Yes, I can understand this, as I like my silver in bars and don't really think about resale value as I have no intention of selling them unless something went horribly wrong like all my tenants moving out simultaneously!!
With that said, I bought a 1oz Pamp Rosa bar from a forum member, as he was desperate to get into ctypto and sold about £10 below spot.
From that I can tell you that 1oz of 24ct gold is so tiny and inconsequential looking, I've never had the inclination to give it a second glance since it went into the safe; on the other hand, I love taking my Beasts out of the tube/s and also particularly enjoy taking my gold completer out just to admire them.
My personal suggestion therefore would be a coin, and as someone else has said, it maybe better for yourself or for me my kids/grandkids, to pay a few £ extra and buy a coin  with future potential - you could get a gold bullion completer for about £1390, or if you want a bit cheaper, a 'Minty' CGT exempt coin for about £35 less.

Agreed in full, but I do so love 1 Kilo coins and so couldn't miss this one, mine worked out at £28.96/Oz - more than I'm spending on bullion silver these days, but I'm certainly looking forward to seeing this in the near future.
Fingers crossed they get the quality right on these ........ 

I can't speak for Atkinsons as I bought mine from Chards, as they are cheaper (pre-order).
I asked them to send in the tube, as these are high relief, so capsules about £2.00 each instead of the usual 50pence.

I'm sorry to hear about your potential loss; crazy as it sounds, on those rare occasions I buy anything over a few pounds in value from ebay, I ask a family member to video the package oponing.......
Good luck in getting your cash back.

I'm sorry to hear about your potential loss; crazy as it sounds, on those rare occasions I buy anything over a few pounds in value from ebay, I ask a family member to video the package oponing.......
Good luck in getting your cash back.

I'm sorry to hear about your potential loss; crazy as it sounds, on those rare occasions I buy anything over a few pounds in value from ebay, I ask a family member to video the package oponing.......
Good luck in getting your cash back.

What mentality of person finds gold bars, in protective material/s, and does not bother taking them to a jeweller or pawn shop for verification ....... 
Someone should write a book of ebay scams in all their differing guises, whilst ebay would doubtless attempt legal action, Amazon would surely make it a best seller!!

I totally agree, but gave them details for an a/c which I no longer use and only has a few pounds in it, but I have not yet closed it ........... 😄
Since it never has funds, they would be hard pressed to get anything, as I have no overdraft facility on any of my bank a/c's .......
The fact the idiots sold Paypal which now is much, much more valuable than them is a good indication of their management quality IMO.

Getting out of cash and into hard assets is my key takeaway from this; which I fully agree with - thank you.

They are selling a 1 Oz version on ebay for £169 and have sold 25 so fat, one person buying 7 !!

I bought a light-box from Aliexpress several years ago for the website photos of a series of products I was selling then; it maybe worth looking to see current prices, as whilst mine was quite well priced, I have noticed Aliexpress now seems far more expensive than it used to be.
Nice pictures by the way - well done!

A beautiful looking piece, the blown up image on the British Museum site shows off the stunning detail.

A bit of fun.  

For the next large TSF prize draw to advertise and bring awareness of the forum, which will be in around a month or two. Should we double the prize and have 2x 5oz silver bars up for grabs, 2 different winners each winning a 5oz silver bar. If you think we should then like this post. 

If this post gets 100+ likes we will give away 2x 5oz silver bars. (I have set this target deliberately low so that it is easily obtainable)

If this post reaches 200+ likes, we will add a small bonus  

Due to a recent upgrade in the email system members should hopefully now be receiving email notifications much quicker  

Thanks Lawrence 
I will send them a letter and see what they say, if they say no I guess I could liquidate here and repurchase via you. I am going to have swap out for Britannia’s anyway.
 
Will come back here once i get an answer.