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@Thomast - set?

Welcome, kiss any spare cash you have goodbye though

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Thought I would try that, did a few different coins, lightest and heaviest below. The majority were 47.3g to 48.2g I suppose anything outside this range would mean alarm bells - at least in modern slabs I don't have anything in an older gen slab to test unfortunately

Not unless your pretty familiar with the different generations of slabs. New ones are easy as they have the holographic details and the QR code. You can always check the code on the NGC/PCGS site and compare to the pictures on there. Usually the way to tell is the sovereign in the fake slabs is a pretty obvious fake sovereign. There is a big peice on it on the NGC website

If you have not tried them before have a look at Noonans, they have one starting tomorrow though its light on sovereigns - https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/calendar/ There is also a new one starting up, RWB (new venture of Max Hughes) first sale on the 14th, some absolute bangers in this one - https://www.rwbauctions.com/ Then you have The Coinery and Coins of the Realm. Golding Young have some decent sales of coins as do Lockdales I agree there have been a rash of graded Gillicks, but that's people cashing in as they are currently the 'in thing'. I think that's starting to wane now but we will still be seeing them for a while as everyone and their dog has been sending all their nice Gillicks off for grading in the hopes of cashing in.

Not the genuine slabs no, but fakes do exist

Also, if you prefer halfs I think @BriEarl has some he may be willing to part with

I have a few full sovereigns, what sort of quantity are you after and do you have a budget in mind?

What @Petra has said is only true for coins from the past few years. Gillicks, and anything older, will all have a different desired grade. For an example on an average shield sovereign you can pick up AU graded coins for £30-£80 more than a raw bullion, low MS for about £80-120 more but once you get to MS63 the price jumps dramatically the closer you are to top pop (the highest grade coin for that year/type/mint). And top pop coins can go for thousands. Perhaps if you tell us the coin and grade we will be able to be more precise

Yes please Flip, I hesitated and missed

Too cheap mate, stick a tenner on it (at least)

Its a replacement COA, that's what the R stands for. Someone had the set and it either came without a COA or they lost it, they requested a replacement and they got 00002R, meaning they were the second person to ask for a replacement COA

The colonial young heads are mostly shared mintages, though there are a few they know the split. I dont really use BBP but suspect thats what the asterix is yes, check the 1883M if there is no asterix thats another indicator as they know the split of shields & G&D for that year

There are no records that tell how many of each type were minted unfortunately, all we know is 1m in total It will be scarce based on the author(s) knowledge of how many come to market, auction records etc. You will notice the G&D is only classed as 'Normal' I have both but my shield is a pants example (polished). If you ever sell I would be interested, or if you want to trade for something else By that point in history shields were mainly minted for trade in the East where they were not keen on the George & Dragon, so shields were kind of 'minted to order'.

This is incorrect, the mintages of the shields and G&S Young Heads are combined so the total is 1m

........Kind.....what is this word 🤔

Yea, you know, like in the title of the post 🤣

How much do the 1oz Una go for at the moment?

Seen one very similar recently, a 1922 with no mint mark Weight OK Tests well Were it not for the missing mint mark, would you even give it a second glance 🤷‍♂️

@BriEarl

Oh its agony.....someone buy it ffs

I am aware of a couple of folk, one of whom is an ex-forum member, that give their coins a dip into a sonic jewellery cleaner - when they were active on the forum they were quite renown for selling 'nice clean examples' While this is still possibly the safest way to clean coins, it is still anathema to me. To each their own but if you see a spotless coin with knocks and signs of circulation but no apparent hairlines - its potentially had a bath.

Todays deliveries, sandhill tube of ha'pennies, three commemorative crowns and a slabbed Maklouf off @JohnV66

Let’s just say I’m glad it’s not here for prosperity in case I want to sell one ☝️