SilverCalum

Thanks for the bids so far!

In addition, I've found a few more coins to auction. See here: 

Congratulations to our winners!

Lot 1: £121 @silvergaga

Lot 2: £242 @FoxS1LVR

Lot 3: £362 @margin 

Lot 4: £480 @darkstar

Lot 5: £600 @Jaconet

Lot 6: £1225 @MagnusOpum

Lot 7: £1200 @Jaconet

Thank you to everyone who took part, its been an amazingly fun auction! 

I'll be in contact soon to organise payments and deliveries.

Please message me if you'd like to take up my offer of the intermediary service.

Hello!

Thanks for looking at my auction.

As I move from stacking to collecting I'm opting to clear out some of my duplicate coins. I've decided to split them into lots to make the value and package sizes a bit smaller. 

Some background posts concerning these coins:

Lots: 

The following were all bought directly from the Royal Mint by me.

Lot 1:

• 5 of 1oz silver 2020 Britannia in RM original caps
• starting price £110

Lot 2:

• 10 of 1oz silver 2020 Britannia in RM original caps
• starting price £220

Lot 3:

• 15 of 1oz silver 2020 Britannia in RM original caps
• starting price £330

Lot 4:

• 20 of 1oz silver 2020 Britannia in RM original caps
• starting price £440

Lot 5:

• 1 of 1oz silver 2019 Britannia in RM original tube(25) - 25 coins
• starting price £550

Lot 6: 

• 50 of 1oz silver 2020 Britannia in RM original caps
• starting price £1100

Lot 7:

• 2 of 1oz silver 2020 Britannia in RM original tube(25) - 50 coins
• starting price £1100

Condition: All coins have all been kept in secure storage and are in great bullion condition. There may be the odd minor scratch on caps/tubes from the rare times I've moved the coins.

Starting Time and Date: Starting now! End time is Sunday 26th March at 19:00.

Starting Price:  is per lot as above. To save anyone working it out, the starting price is based on £22 per coin. Silver spot price at the time of this posting is £18.60.

Ending Time and Date: Enter time and date here. Note that The forum will automatically order posts based on who submitted first. Order on this thread is the order of bids. The thread posts contain timestamps and so the final bid during the final minute of the auction will be the winning bid (i.e. the auction ends at 7pm and there are three bids of £20, £22, and then £24 during 7pm and then a bid of £30 at 9.01pm, the winning bid would be the final highest bid during the time stamp of 7pm.)

Set Increments: minimum increment is £1 and you must state the LOT you are bidding on. Bids without a Lot number will be invalid.

Winning Bidder: The winning bidder is the person who has made the highest bid at the point the auction closes on each lot. In the event that the highest bidder pulls out or reneges on their final bid, I will contact second place, third place etc. accordingly, for each lot. 

Item Location: located in the UK.

Shipping: will be sent out by Royal Mail Special delivery and will be charged to the buyer at cost price. Multiple lot wins can be merged to save postage costs up to the RM insurance limit. I live in Scotland and travel around the UK a lot so I may be able to deliver.

Shipping destinations: UK only.

Payment Terms: Payment by bank transfer.

Dispatch Time: Postage will take place on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th. Tracking numbers will be provided.

Photos: Coming later today and just as soon as I can access my secure offsite storage. As this is a week long auction I didn't feel a few hours with no photos of standard bullion coins would make a difference.

If you wish to bid you must state the lot you are bidding on.

Example:

Lot 1: £120

If you are bidding on multiple lots then please be absolutely clear on which lot. Don't include total price as this could confuse.

Example:

Lot 1: £120
Lot 8:  £1105

Happy bidding, I'll provide a summary of winning bids per lot each day.

All lots. Coins in caps are in stacks of 5.

2019 tube coins.

Back over 18.50. That really takes the biscuit!

It looks like we are all going to be winners tonight! The silver price has really climbed over the last few days making all of our collections that bit more valuable.

13 minutes ago, silvergaga said:

2 1/2 hours to go. Biscuit and myself are neck and neck, who will win the seahorse?

The price is dropping a little...

18.10

Great idea! 

#68

2 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

Not mine to sell.

The owner will have that decision to make and It's going to be a really difficult one to price. 

If the owner would be willing to sell I would be interested in obtaining a couple to collected. 

Price? How about an auction?

Are they for sale?

16 minutes ago, James32 said:

Hi all,

Just curious is anyone else having issues with Royal Mail recently ( this week specifically) they were brilliant from the start of January until now tbf.

Posted some parcels on Sunday evening ( for Monday dispatch) items have left post office, but stuck in limbo somewhere. 

Tracking is next to useless and has been for some time tbh.

Is that your way of telling me my order of 314 gold sovereign proofs is lost in the post?

But in all seriousness, I've noticed post taking one to two days longer than it should. 

Welcome. I joined the other day and I've been made very welcome. Nice community here. 

Well, that took a while! Well and truly filled the recycling bin with packaging.

I am utterly delighted to report only 1 coin (as above) with milk spots. I must confess I was fearful at the start as that bad coin was the sixth opened. 

1 minute ago, flyingveepixie said:

I had the same dilemma when my first order of silver brits arrived but I decided it was better to open them and bin all the packaging, for no other reason than wanting to actually see them.

I've seen a few advertised for sale in their original packaging and unopened but I don't think I would feel confident about buying in that scenario.

So far I've been lucky with the milk spotting thing and have had no issues at all with it on any of my silver coins.

I didn't open them on arrival because I was about to move their location. I wanted to keep them in the packaging just in case the move "went with a bump" and figured the packaging would save the odd dent. Then I forgot about them and left them at the back of the safe.

2 minutes ago, Seasider said:

I have sometimes seen proof sovereigns in auctions "unopened in the packaging" and they usually go for good prices.  I have to resist the temptation to ask the auction house to open the package and show us the coin because I assume some people like to collect these things but really how do you know there is anything in the box?.

Yeah, I presume you can't test the metal through the packaging other than some sort of x-ray or weight.

3 minutes ago, ShineyMagpie said:

But at least this way you can accurately list them, would be worse you not to know list as perfect condition, then have an unhappy buyer and have to deal with that.

 

The power of hindsight 😅

All part of the adventure.

I'm quite enjoying the process of opening. There might be a 1oz gold coin in there! Ya never know!

6 minutes ago, James32 said:

Infact I'd open as soon as possible, they could be milked to death.

 

A definite schrödinger's cat event...

I've opened a bottle of IPA and started the opening. 

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I'm going to get rid of the packaging.

I might put them up for sale next month.

52 minutes ago, Gordy said:

i'm assuming these are proofs?

Normal coins.

Hi guys,

I have a fair number of 1oz silver coins from the UK Royal Mint which were delivered in their standard packaging. They remain unopened.

As per the title, is there any benefit to keeping them in the sealed cardboard box? Does this add to the resale-ability or value? If I were to sell them, which I'm considering, would the purchaser appreciate the original packaging?

Right now they are taking up a fair amount of space and I'd like to reduce the storage size (or sell them).

Thanks

Seems like a really friendly community. No idea why I've not stumbled into this before. I watched a YouTube video last night and this forum was mentioned.

Thank you, good to be here.

On 10/01/2023 at 15:55, StackemHigh said:

My exit is in a big wooden box, with flowers on top. My coins and bars will be left in the will.

That's my plan too. In the meantime I plan to enjoy the stunning coin designs. Maybe my grandchildren will sell the lot...

I have a few items to sell/trade. In recent years I've changed focus from stacking to collecting. I have a number of number of duplicate items which need a new home.

Quick note to say hello. I've been collecting for years and have built up a fairly decent collection. I'm looking forward to joining the community and chatting about all things silver.