Orpster

Thankyou again Orpster top bloke very friendly 

1873Mx1 and 1880 sold

For anyone wanting to take advantage of this small dip in spot, x10 Bullion Victoria YH G&D available at £446 each plus post at cost
Cheapest dealer stock I can find is HGM at £469 (delivered) with no price breaks
Years are, from top left to bottom right
1873, 1873M, 1873M, 1874S, 1875S
1875M, 1876S, 1880M , 1880, 1881S
BT or PPF&F.  UK mainland or NI only.  

For anyone wanting to take advantage of this small dip in spot, x10 Bullion Victoria YH G&D available at £446 each plus post at cost
Cheapest dealer stock I can find is HGM at £469 (delivered) with no price breaks
Years are, from top left to bottom right
1873, 1873M, 1873M, 1874S, 1875S
1875M, 1876S, 1880M , 1880, 1881S
BT or PPF&F.  UK mainland or NI only.  

Sure, pm when your ready

For anyone wanting to take advantage of this small dip in spot, x10 Bullion Victoria YH G&D available at £446 each plus post at cost
Cheapest dealer stock I can find is HGM at £469 (delivered) with no price breaks
Years are, from top left to bottom right
1873, 1873M, 1873M, 1874S, 1875S
1875M, 1876S, 1880M , 1880, 1881S
BT or PPF&F.  UK mainland or NI only.  

For anyone wanting to take advantage of this small dip in spot, x10 Bullion Victoria YH G&D available at £446 each plus post at cost
Cheapest dealer stock I can find is HGM at £469 (delivered) with no price breaks
Years are, from top left to bottom right
1873, 1873M, 1873M, 1874S, 1875S
1875M, 1876S, 1880M , 1880, 1881S
BT or PPF&F.  UK mainland or NI only.  

For anyone wanting to take advantage of this small dip in spot, x10 Bullion Victoria YH G&D available at £446 each plus post at cost
Cheapest dealer stock I can find is HGM at £469 (delivered) with no price breaks
Years are, from top left to bottom right
1873, 1873M, 1873M, 1874S, 1875S
1875M, 1876S, 1880M , 1880, 1881S
BT or PPF&F.  UK mainland or NI only.  

For anyone wanting to take advantage of this small dip in spot, x10 Bullion Victoria YH G&D available at £446 each plus post at cost
Cheapest dealer stock I can find is HGM at £469 (delivered) with no price breaks
Years are, from top left to bottom right
1873, 1873M, 1873M, 1874S, 1875S
1875M, 1876S, 1880M , 1880, 1881S
BT or PPF&F.  UK mainland or NI only.  

For anyone wanting to take advantage of this small dip in spot, x10 Bullion Victoria YH G&D available at £446 each plus post at cost
Cheapest dealer stock I can find is HGM at £469 (delivered) with no price breaks
Years are, from top left to bottom right
1873, 1873M, 1873M, 1874S, 1875S
1875M, 1876S, 1880M , 1880, 1881S
BT or PPF&F.  UK mainland or NI only.  

For anyone wanting to take advantage of this small dip in spot, x10 Bullion Victoria YH G&D available at £446 each plus post at cost
Cheapest dealer stock I can find is HGM at £469 (delivered) with no price breaks
Years are, from top left to bottom right
1873, 1873M, 1873M, 1874S, 1875S
1875M, 1876S, 1880M , 1880, 1881S
BT or PPF&F.  UK mainland or NI only.  

For anyone wanting to take advantage of this small dip in spot, x10 Bullion Victoria YH G&D available at £446 each plus post at cost
Cheapest dealer stock I can find is HGM at £469 (delivered) with no price breaks
Years are, from top left to bottom right
1873, 1873M, 1873M, 1874S, 1875S
1875M, 1876S, 1880M , 1880, 1881S
BT or PPF&F.  UK mainland or NI only.  

For anyone wanting to take advantage of this small dip in spot, x10 Bullion Victoria YH G&D available at £446 each plus post at cost
Cheapest dealer stock I can find is HGM at £469 (delivered) with no price breaks
Years are, from top left to bottom right
1873, 1873M, 1873M, 1874S, 1875S
1875M, 1876S, 1880M , 1880, 1881S
BT or PPF&F.  UK mainland or NI only.  

Would be looking for spot mate, so £455 right now
Any less and I might as well just trade them in.

Would be looking for spot mate, so £455 right now
Any less and I might as well just trade them in.

Would be looking for spot mate, so £455 right now
Any less and I might as well just trade them in.

Is there a reason you have started to worry?
There are fake sovereigns out there but they are thin on the ground and dealers will spot the majority that pass through their hands and they will just go in the melting pot
A lot of new stackers get the same concern at some point or another, I did myself.  These days I do not worry about it at all and I would not buy a sigma as I would rather spend the money on more gold.  I do not buy US coins as they are faked quite widely.  I also do not buy bars from places like the perth mint as again a lot of fakes.  But every sovereign I know of that is a fake is still made of gold, and generally at least 21ct but sometimes up to 23ct gold.  If you get a fake, just weight it in.  You may lost a few quid but at the moment with stuff selling at spot the loss would be tiny.
I weigh my coins on some scales that cost me £25 off Amazon, if you get some just make sure you can calibrate them.  I buy older coins mostly so they can be slightly underweight but I know the tolerance and generally know roughly what a coin is going to come out to just based on the wear.  I have some precision callipers too but rarely ever use them, I think maybe 3 times in the years I have had them.  You can also do a gravity test with a jug of water and some scales for an extra check.
Regarding ATS, they are reputable and can be reasonably priced.  No dealer is infallible though, so always worth doing your own due diligence 

Looking for new gold stock.
Please get in touch if you can offer bullion sovereigns at £450 each, 1oz Krugerrands at £1890 or Britannias at £1910.
Also will consider ounce or sovereign fractionals.

A 1/10th Gold Brit from @bobski and an 1879 Melbourne Sov thanks to @Auronum

Latest pictures of my bullion stack

Is there a reason you have started to worry?
There are fake sovereigns out there but they are thin on the ground and dealers will spot the majority that pass through their hands and they will just go in the melting pot
A lot of new stackers get the same concern at some point or another, I did myself.  These days I do not worry about it at all and I would not buy a sigma as I would rather spend the money on more gold.  I do not buy US coins as they are faked quite widely.  I also do not buy bars from places like the perth mint as again a lot of fakes.  But every sovereign I know of that is a fake is still made of gold, and generally at least 21ct but sometimes up to 23ct gold.  If you get a fake, just weight it in.  You may lost a few quid but at the moment with stuff selling at spot the loss would be tiny.
I weigh my coins on some scales that cost me £25 off Amazon, if you get some just make sure you can calibrate them.  I buy older coins mostly so they can be slightly underweight but I know the tolerance and generally know roughly what a coin is going to come out to just based on the wear.  I have some precision callipers too but rarely ever use them, I think maybe 3 times in the years I have had them.  You can also do a gravity test with a jug of water and some scales for an extra check.
Regarding ATS, they are reputable and can be reasonably priced.  No dealer is infallible though, so always worth doing your own due diligence 

Look in the mirror mate, you have two mk1 eyeballs just above your nose
@dicker means do your research, learn how to spot fakes just by looking at the coin under a loupe
I have recently bought a digital microscope, and while I got it to be able to confirm any variants that pass through my hands it is a great piece of kit and it was not super expensive - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00XNYXQHE?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
The below is the type of detail it captures, on this example I was trying to confirm whether the A's in GRATIA on a young head were partially barred

I have a couple of sets of scales but I find these the best - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BHRTJ8QM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 
I also have these and they are adequate most of the time and are very portable https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08DNPPFPQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
The second set only seem to be accurate to .1 but I have had them a long time
 
 

I copped on shortly after he said it never heard them called mk1 eyeballs lol funny one.
That microscope got some detail for you. I’ll take a look at the scales now 
thanks 

Yes it is... hopefully  comes out better on this picture

Received this directly from the mint. There are "some" spots on the coin and a scratch on the capsule, but if well-trained professionals in the RM's QC department see them acceptable, who am I to say opposite?