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**ArgentSmith** · April 18

This picture instantly made me think of:

Carry on, GLWS

**Organics** · April 16

15 minutes ago, modofantasma said:

A genuine 1917 isn't but I presume @Orpster means a counterfeit would be

I do indeed, and if anyone fancies a read you can view the HMRC Guidelines on coinage and banknotes here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7a34deed915d1fb3cd633a/guidance_coinage_banknotes.pdf

Under 'The Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981', which specifically mentions sovereigns as a 'protected coin' to be included with circulating currency under the act. Its kind of grey if it is illegal to own them, or even sell them unless you believe the buyer may try and pass them as genuine, but better to err on the side of caution I suppose. I suspect selling them as fakes, or replica's, may be, in a very technical sense, be legal and personally I think they are a part of the history of sovereigns as much as variants and mint errors are.

**Zhorro** · April 16

I think you are right mate, one glance and the date looks wrong, did not even bother looking at anything else after that

I would not buy it in your shoes even if it is 'worth its weight in gold'. They are illegal to buy, sell and own.

Sily · April 14

I would never buy a 0.5g coin, I do not see a point in them,

I would buy 1g bullion as there is a definite market for it on the flip side, in bar as preference, and would pay up to 15% as a premium as that would be the sort of premium I would see when I sold. There are people who would pay more if a piece has a collectors appeal or are rare or vintage but for 1g gold the bars seem to do far better than any proof coin which as James has said will bomb 99.9999999% of the time if they are not from a national mint,

I avoid anything of that size only because of the space carded 1g bars take up in a safety deposit box. But were I holding at home and space was not a challenge I think its not a bad way to stack as fractional is likely the future

**AppleZippoandMetronome** · April 14

I have a small safe at home for anything I have recently bought or I am looking to sell but I generally use a safety deposit box that costs me £230 a year (the normal price is £285 but I signed up for an offer when I upgraded the size of the box) plus I pay a bit extra for higher insurance.

I used to have specific insurance for my coins through highworth insurance but have rolled it into my house insurance for the past couple of years as I keep very little at home and only for short periods, the specific coin insurance cost me circa £120 a year and it adds about £40 to my normal contents insurance now. It does cut down on the choice of insurers as some will not cover coin collections or that sort of value in gold.

I have not found it hard to sell gold recently, I have sold around 5oz's during the recent spike, 3oz on the forum and 10 sovereigns directly to a dealer. I have also sold a couple of graded premium pieces to collectors and used all the funds to buy gold that has not really been impacted by the spike because of the lower premiums on some items. I have sold considerable (for me) amounts of gold on two occasions in the last decade (I use gold to store money and do not really see it as an investment) so I never really worry about selling having done it. If your cheaper than the next guy, even if only slightly, and your price is fair in the prevailing market then it sells.

**jackflash123** · April 14

**Darr3nG** · April 14

'Under Pressure' and 'We will rock you' spring to mind,

Ah wait, you mean Queens Beasts

**Goldfever20** · April 13

I am still buying at my usual quantities but at the moment I am concentrating on gold that has seen its usually higher premium evaporate so has largely remained the same price, proof, graded, young heads etc.

You may find given you have no trading feedback you will have to send first and receive payment on receipt should you sell on the forum, or potentially go though the @BackyardBullion intermediary service. If the former just be sure to deal with established members for the first couple of sales till your feedback has built a little and people will pay in advance of shipping.

Good luck though, I sold a large portion of my own stack last year to pay down my mortgage when my low rate deal was ending. Gold may have skyrocketed since but I suspect I have/will have saved more in interest payments than I would have made on my gold and I have zero regrets

**DanPie** · April 12

1 minute ago, ZRPMs said:

I've done a bit because I'm addicted to gold. But It can't be my fault.

ffs Zak

**stefffana** · April 12

6 minutes ago, stefffana said:

**m3rlin** · April 12

1 minute ago, Thelonerangershorse said:

Quick survey,

How many people are looking at thier stack this morning and realising that the £3K CGT limit might be more of a problem than they expected?

Not me given my entire stack is CGT free

**Petra** · April 12

Received today from @JamesH

I am finding because the premiums are literally zero on most coins atm and hugely shrunk on the rest, I can still buy shields at a very similar price I was paying in January

**jultorsk** · April 12

There are rumours of a possible bank failure today,

Best hope it is something like that, if it is the start of the collapse of the dollar were all up the creek and Gold wont save us

The UK will be as hurt by an dollar collapse as the US will

**Lyrinn** · April 11

Lol, are we here reassuring ourselves this is a good thing

**Tn21** · April 8

All now sold, thanks TSF

**Vesper** · April 8

3 minutes ago, Vesper said:

2003 please

Yours mate, will drop you a pm

**9x883** · April 8

Just now, Jbend said:

Can I have the 2018 please

Yours James, thanks

April 8

@SovereignBull I said I would tag you when I sold one of these but cannot remember which one 🤷‍♂️

**Belmont** · April 8

I have a few proof 1/4oz Brits available, selling as bullion, all are coin and capsule (RM capsule or I can transfer to an airtite T22) only unless otherwise stated.
Some very limited mintages in here (2015 is 333) and some years that only came in sets. Cheapest bullion 1/4oz brit I can see at time of posting is HGM at £498.68 posted.

~~2022 £475~~ SOLD
~~2018 £475~~ SOLD
~~2015 £480~~ SOLD
~~2010 £475~~ SOLD
~~2009 £475~~ SOLD
~~2003 £475~~ SOLD
~~1997 with box COA £485~~ SOLD

*spot at time of posting with gold at £1849 is £462.25

I can supply a limited number of the older style boxes with coins for an extra £5, I think I have 4 available.
Prices do not include post which will be £8 for one, £11 for two and £18 (ouch) for up to 4.

BT or PPF&F, UK mainland or NI only

**HonestMoneyGoldSilver** · April 5

**ZigZag** · April 5

I am indeed, but I have been buying for a long time I have the luxury of cost averaging which a new stacker would not have

I remember people asking the same thing in 2011 and then panicking and selling up when it dropped £200-250 an ounce, but those same people if they had held on would be up 250+% right now, (from memory we went over £1100 an ounce and dropped back to around £750ish within a few months/couple of years)

The price when you buy only matters if your looking to make quick money, if your looking to hold, gold only ever goes one way in the long haul. Though buying any dip is always a nice feeling

daca · April 5

Wee bit of silver today, a nice little 1874 shilling

**motorbikez** · April 4

Todays arrivals, two shields and two G&D

April 3

18 minutes ago, Bogart said:

Dangerous time between having sold and buying again.

Too damn right, could not spend quick enough.

**AaaGee** · April 3

22 minutes ago, Petra said:

You all buying🤔 or all selling🤔🤔😮🤣

I have been buying but I had sold a few bits so was just putting the money back into gold, and spending my monthly budget,

Now that's all gone though, I think I will just be getting the popcorn out and waiting to see where we are at next payday

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