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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

I bite it all between me teeth like a pirate, oh-arrrr

Stick a tube by for me please

They were 19 in a tube before but last years QEII's was 20, they are so very tactile, same size as a sovereign as well so if you want to put them in a capsule its easy to get them

The 8g would not be unusual on that type of scale, And all the pictures you have posted look like they are fine on the Sigma too, I can see two where the read is just outside the [ ] but given you are not using the wand I would not be in any way worried, the 0 is literally just outside the [ ]. If the 0 was not visible and there was an arrow, then I would worry. I think you are absolutely fine mate, all looks good to me, but if your really worried do a specific gravity test. Just go on YouTube to see how to do it but literally all you need is scales (which you have) and a bowl of water.

Max sells on some of the Facebook groups and Britannia Coins have a group on there as well. He posts some absolute crackers, I bought an 1848 Shield Sovereign from him yesterday which hopefully I will be posting up here Tuesday when it lands

Top seller he is, would love to get him posting on here

Was that from Max Hughes by any chance?

A tube of 1/4oz Brits for me today, ordered from RM Thursday evening so pretty quick for them These are the QEII ones and the tube of 20 from RM was actually cheaper than the tube of 19 KCIII's from Atkinsons Not to everyone's taste because of the premium but at £172 they were the cheapest I had seen them for a while

Hooked, say bye bye to wasting money on tat, you will need it for Gold now, congrats

I do not have the third one no, there are four on eBay but they range from £950 to £1150 which would obviously push up the cost average for you Just pm me if you want the two I do have, but there is no more movement on price I'm afraid

Never seen one in person, though I think Duncan had one on his Insta at one point

Ah right not noticed, to be honest I usually scan for 1848 (last one I need), any from Melbourne mint and then just look at condition. Stopped paying that much attention to dates most of the time. I am happy to keep an eye out on other platforms for you, found a few for other members in the past few months. I will add it to my list and drop you a message if one comes up

Chevronetz? Chevinetz? Something like that. The ones with the farmer on them?

If you go that route I think I have a spare 1877 shield or two, no G&D I don't think though I don't think I have a spare 1870 shield but they should not be too hard to find, there were no G&D that year but 1870 was the last year of the Australian Sovereign though, so not a bad one to keep an eye out for.

Libertad Centenario Medal, 1961 was the first year of the 2 Rand as well I think

I’m the same with 1972, so I stack 1872 instead. Super common year so easy to find I do have a few silver bits from 72, best probably a full set of Olympic silver Marks

No 1977 sovereigns either mate, They started back up production in 74 but no 75 or 77