MonkeysUncle

I voted Perth, but as been said above be EXTREMELY careful where you buy from. Trusted dealer or contacts otherwise you'll have a bite taken out of your ass. Having said that, I'd buy neither of these and take a coin instead.

Might contain more gold than his coins?!🙄

Nay mind how old, where's he at? Worth robbing! 🤣

Gold spot price us in US Dollars. So when the Pound or Euro or whatever currency is your local one moves against the dollar the value of your gold goes up/ down accordingly. So you have the value of the metal and the value of your currency vs the Dollar to take into account. Personally I'm of the belief the US Dollar is going to crash and burn one day, but markets are massively manipulated and likely will be forever more. But who knows...

Best thing to do with the equality act is shove it somewhere the sun doesn't shine. The outer Hebrides for example 😉

Best thing you can do. The price fluctuates so buy on several occasions spread out at intervals to minimise nasty shocks. The other point to add to this is that as gold is priced in US dollars you also have currency fluctuations to take into account unless you're Stateside. I will be dribbling a few quid into gold this year, but not much. Will probably end up buying 3 or 4 Sovereigns scattered through the year.

You will never know when "cheap" is. Everytime you ponder you'll be thinking will it go lower... and then up she goes. Very much a mugs game, and don't get me started on these idiots and their charts. They are fairy stories like horoscopes.

Buy some now. Don't sit on the fence. Either throw the lot in in one shot and don't fret over short term movements or divide your pot into monthly amounts and buy some every month.

Heck yes, I get sick of trying to educate clients. A Porsche or other high end motor out the front attracts attention. Drive a mainstream motor and blend in with the crowd.

Cheapskate 😜

Have to agree, they are very low relief. I blame health and safety... the man bashing the die on the coin probably has a Fisher Price toy rubber hammer so as not to hurt himself.

I don't expect a significant movement either upwards or downwards unless we have some proper shenanigans. Covid II, The Return of the BS, or Winnie the Pooh becoming US President or Vlad invading Georgia or the Chinese flooding the market or some such. I've been perched on the fence, as usual, since I got my 2023 bullion Sov. Likely I'll hop off the fence for a few minutes to add a 2024 bullion Sov to the stash.

A huge amount I would think, the sort of big numbers that I can't get my head around. I'm on a roll anyways, 17 listings of knock off Tissot, Omega and a Rolex so bad that a man from an undiscovered tribe somewhere up the amazon would know was dodgy all taken down. The moral of the story obviously being don't buy Swiss watches or bullion or indeed many things from ebay unless you are very finely tuned in to what is what. With gold coins I simply always buy from trusted dealers. There are plenty of dodgy coins you guys call out and I simply wouldn't have recognised as dodgy.

I only collect the standard Sovereign. One of the often stated reasons to collect Sovereigns is liquidity: a 400 pound Sovereign is easier to sell on than an 800 pound double... more buyers out there as 400 quid is more accessible to more people than 800 quid. The half Sovereign tends to have higher premiums, and for my eyesight is too small to enjoy the detail. I'm not averse to buying year sets of the different sizes, but as I buy to invest and not to collect per se then premiums are a major consideration for me. Truth told I prefer a nice 24carat 1oz coin. Now I've committed heresy! 😄

Absolutely the one rule I advise anyone is to clear debts in preference to investing or saving money. Interest payments are money that would be better in your pocket, not someone else's. Only exception for me is a mortgage; but I'm still locked in at 1.something % for a couple more years.