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The 1/4oz Gold cypher is my favourite, I have bought a couple of those, only downside is they are exclusive to Bullion by Post so come at a premium In silver I oddly prefer the bar over the coin

Gold will have to literally go to the moon to outperform a traditional pension scheme, I would strongly suggest getting professional financial advice. For example my pension scheme I put in 40% of my base salary and my employer puts in 8%. My contribution may look high but the nature of my work means only about half my monthly wages comes from my basic salary which is the only part that is pensionable. I am in an 'at source scheme'. and my company add their contributions to my salary so I save 40% tax and 2% NI on the whole lot. So the stocks & shares in my pension would have to more than half in value before I was in a loss, and even then due to my age a reasonable % of my pension is not in stocks and shares. Appreciate if your in a private pension scheme and/or pay tax at the lower rate your risk exposure would be different, but consider you will never take a loss on any investment you have not exited. Maybe buy gold or put your cash elsewhere as well as keeping your pension, so if the markets are in a poor state when you want to retire you can leave your pension and spend your savings/gold/other investments and wait out the market. If were ever in the situation where the market is that bad investments are worthless we will be in a SHTF situation anyway and it will likely be a case of 'if you don't hold it you don't own it', and you will want physical gold not digital. I think diversification is the key, reducing your contributions to invest elsewhere may be better then switching 'all-in' to gold. If you are already of retirement age perhaps take your 25% to put into physical gold, without knowing more about your circumstances making suggestions is quite tricky though, so a healthy pinch of salt is required for everything I have said. As @Silverlocks said, this is purely opinion and is in no way financial advice.

Very much so yes, twins

Is that a time lapse picture of one coin moving further and further away? 😁 Nice pickup

Very naughty, and illegal to buy, own or sell From the HM treasury guidelines on banknotes and coinage, which applies to anything that is legal tender (which includes sovereigns) The Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 makes provision for various offences connected with the counterfeiting of coins and banknotes and the possession of instruments that might be used for counterfeiting such items. This Act provides, amongst other things, that it is an offence to (i) make a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin with the intention of passing or tendering it as genuine or (ii) to make a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin without lawful authority or excuse. It is also an offence for a person (i) to pass or tender as genuine a thing knowing or believing it to be a counterfeit of a currency note or protected coin, or (ii) to deliver to another person any thing knowing or believing that thing to be a counterfeit of a currency note or protected coin with the intention that the other person shall pass or tender it as genuine. It is also an offence for a person to deliver, without lawful authority or excuse, to another person any thing which he or she knows or believes to be a counterfeit of a currency note or protected coin. 2 ì Protected coin is defined, by the Act, as any coin that is: (a) customarily used as money in any country or (b) specified in an Order made by the Treasury. The coins that have been specified in an Order by the Treasury are: the Sovereign, Half-Sovereign, Krugerrand, coins denominated as a fraction of krugerrand, Maria Theresa thaler bearing the date 1780 and the euro. Under the Act, the definition of ìCurrency noteî covers notes that have been issued in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland that are customarily used as money in the place where they were issued and are payable on demand. The definition also covers any note that has been issued in a country other than those listed above and which is customarily used as money in that country. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7a34deed915d1fb3cd633a/guidance_coinage_banknotes.pdf

Tavex have the 2024 sovereign in for pre-order, appear to be the cheapest atm but only just when you add delivery, Atkinsons at £395.49 & Chards at £395.42 with delivery at time of writing https://tavexbullion.co.uk/gold/great-britain-memorial-sovereign-2022/

Thats not a great picture mate and I am struggling to see the extra 'blob'

Thats two of us then mate, who needs two kidneys eh?

Did not notice that, its not mentioned in the blarb There is an EF in 2015 for £23k so maybe not. There is a flaky unbarred A one they mention from 2013 as well Struggling to find much recently in anything like a high grade, the Coin Cabinet had one in October with XF Details grade that was passed at £7.5k. Are you looking because you have one do you mind me asking?

A VF30 sold for £7k in March 23, that was the unbarred A version (Marsh 24A) and a CGS 70 (which I think would be about MS61) sold the same month for £28k Your looking about £6k for a aF / near Fine example

Sold the gold version of three of these recently, and while these obviously do not make up for the loss when I saw these up for sale I decided they would make adequate replacements I do have a soft spot for these silvers in the funky little blocks and you can pick them up at a fraction of the issue price on occasion

Yours on left, MS61 on right, pretty comparable and more interestingly we appear to have one from the same die judging by the cracks - fascinating

If it helps I have a graded 1884S for comparison, this one is an MS61

Chards are doing random date Brits pretty reasonably

One of the forum members @NGMD admins a group on Facebook, maybe start there, if you bribe him he may let you in (the groups are all private) These are the main ones I use

Yea I would say £430-440. I don't think it has been mounted, not seeing any hairlines but the high points are worn and its a common date

aVF (ish), there is a fair bit of wear on the high points, so low AU. I would also want a picture of the rim at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock as it looks like there may be small damage on the obverse I would sell that at bullion myself - around £430

You could get an 1871/1872 or similar super common year for less and you can pick them up for lower prices off eBay, but not by much

No worries mate, I was browsing for something else and noticed it and remembered it was one of the dates on this post. He has a few more by the looks but not the other dates you want

If you want an EF common date you will be looking at £470-480 A scarce low to mid £500's, a rare will be around £600 This is for ungraded, you can increase that by £50-150 for a graded AU58-MS61 common year, once you get to MS62 the costs will rise sharply

I don't have gold as an investment, I have it to store wealth as I have more faith in it than in fiat I mostly buy sovereigns as I have a personal preference for them, but I am happy to buy larger coins, I like the 1oz Royal Arms for example. I store wealth in gold and sell it when I need fiat, for example a large portion of my stack was sold in the last three months of 2023 as I decided I need to pay down my mortgage. I sold all sorts of different gold, from 1/4 sovereigns and 1/10oz Brits up to 1oz coins, though 80% was sovereigns. I did not really struggle to sell anything even in a depressed market, though a few bits needed to be put up a couple of times or the price dropped. I never take into account what I paid for a coin when I sell as it is counter-intuitive, I only ever look at what fiat I need to raise and what I need to sell based on current prices to achieve it, I then sell either what is popular at that time or what I can most easily be parted from. I will also sell sometimes when I do not need to, this is to make sure I maintain my reputation and feedback as a seller on this and other platforms, and to give me more capital to go coin hunting. I also take this into account when I buy, so I do not only concentrate on what I love (Victoria Young Head sovereigns in case you were wondering) but I also try and buy a variety of different things and what I think will sell well should I need fiat in a hurry. Makes for an eclectic stack that's for sure. Because of my recent sales my current stash is barely worth paying for a lock box, but now my mortgage payments are reduced it also means I can spend more per month replenishing it, happy days

https://ukgoldcoins.co.uk/product/1996-gold-proof-britannia-10-pounds-tenth-ounce-ngc-pf-70/

Jubilee Sovereigns and baby brit from @artalien 🙏 1848 Shield Sovereign from off the forum

If you like the Royal Mint bars stick up a wanted post for 5g bars, there are dozens of members who got them cheap on Black Friday so you can sensibly expect top get them at a decently low premium on here They are also a nice price point, being between half sovereigns and sovereigns Congrats on your first gold and good luck with your stacking journey

Welcome to the forum, In case you have not found it yet there is a great compare prices tool on the forum, this will introduce you to other online dealers and let you do a check on better prices when you are buying https://www.thesilverforum.com/compare/uk/ I find Bullion by Post are generally quite expensive, but Atkinson's and Bairds are both good contenders, as are HGM, Tavex, Gerrards, Britannia Coins and others