Solachesis

Today I took 2 sovereigns and the Turkish republic gold coin I had to a gold shop in İzmir. I exchanged 21 grams AGW for this 20.08g 22ct bracelet and 2000 lira, (£48) as is Turkish culture to give the bride. 
There are two, the first one is from me, the other is from her parents. The premium for the craftsmanship was very low. I'm surprised I got as much as I did for the sovs, considering they had to search up "büyük Britanya altın". They quoted about £40 over spot for the lot, which I'm more than happy with as I didn't need to pay anything else for the bracelet. 
The first shop we went to, they offered me 4000 lira less. Their way of testing gold was simply to drop it from about a foot, repeatedly. Then, they asserted that my Turkish coin (which I got from Auronum, so of course it's genuine) wasn't 22ct because it didn't sound the same to him as the sovereigns. My face went red as they dropped poor minty coronation and memorial Chuck onto the desk repeatedly.
The second place we went to used acid to test them. The shops have hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of gold in, yet none of them have a sigma equivalent or XRF machine.
 
 

Today I took 2 sovereigns and the Turkish republic gold coin I had to a gold shop in İzmir. I exchanged 21 grams AGW for this 20.08g 22ct bracelet and 2000 lira, (£48) as is Turkish culture to give the bride. 
There are two, the first one is from me, the other is from her parents. The premium for the craftsmanship was very low. I'm surprised I got as much as I did for the sovs, considering they had to search up "büyük Britanya altın". They quoted about £40 over spot for the lot, which I'm more than happy with as I didn't need to pay anything else for the bracelet. 
The first shop we went to, they offered me 4000 lira less. Their way of testing gold was simply to drop it from about a foot, repeatedly. Then, they asserted that my Turkish coin (which I got from Auronum, so of course it's genuine) wasn't 22ct because it didn't sound the same to him as the sovereigns. My face went red as they dropped poor minty coronation and memorial Chuck onto the desk repeatedly.
The second place we went to used acid to test them. The shops have hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of gold in, yet none of them have a sigma equivalent or XRF machine.
 
 

1980 proof half 

Wish more full jubilee sovs had this much detail on her and didn't look bald.

Retook some photos of my coins when the weather was nicer, happy with how this turned out.
1915 Sydney half sovereign 

Hi guys, new to collecting/stacking and the forum. Here's my first gold, 1915 half sovereign Sydney mint
 

8g 2019 Panda 

First panda! Have a 30g silver one on the way also. Even though 3g is less than 1/10 ounce coins, I appreciate how these are a decent size at 18mm

My silver collection so far. Started a few months ago. I want to get a 1 ounce bullion coin from every country which issues them, an ASE and a Panda might be next month's acquisitions 

My silver collection so far. Started a few months ago. I want to get a 1 ounce bullion coin from every country which issues them, an ASE and a Panda might be next month's acquisitions 

1oz 2022 silver Libertad 

1oz 2022 silver Libertad 

1oz 2022 silver Libertad 

1oz 2022 silver Libertad 

I put SOLD next to it and leave the price.
I've even updated my auction posts to show the final sale price 😎

@Solachesis was considering buying another Aladeen then thought better of it

8g 2019 Panda 

First panda! Have a 30g silver one on the way also. Even though 3g is less than 1/10 ounce coins, I appreciate how these are a decent size at 18mm

I learned it all from you.  Buy high, sell low.  No, wait, that was @Solachesis.

£50 each on eBay, seen the tosh that sells on there? 

Photo of a Gold tenth philharmonic I took before getting it ready for its new home 

When sugar hits an all time low, @Solachesis will appear with a wine gum auction

My modest stack after rebalancing to be predominantly lower premium and liquid coins. I am very happy with it

Roy, could do the ring posted RMSD for £145?

Bit of a hobby I've started up leather craft I've made a couple of medieval coin pouches if anyone is interested 
Materials used:
Veg tanned goat skin leather, tanned suede draw string, and beeswaxed leprevo 0.8mm brown thread
Royal blue = 3 inches wide, 3 inches tall, and 3 inches deep £10 plus postage 
Blood ox red = 4 inches wide, 4 inches tall, and 4 inches deep £15 plus postage 
Shipping from UK 
Cool rustic handcrafted medieval style coin pouches
Regards 
Adam.