14 hours ago, paulmerton said:

A boxed set consisting of an exquisite 2019 Gibraltar reverse proof full sovereign (the first to be struck in Rome, hence the R mint mark) and a matching plaster impression of the design. Issue limit of 750, with box and papers.

£495 plus postage.

Reverse:

Obverse:

 

What a great and unusual design.

Good luck with the sale.

13 hours ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

Hi @gazer I’ve PM’d you this is a recent red spot removal 

Excellent thank you 😊 

Thank you very much for your help.

Cheers Gary.

Hi I have a spot on my 2022 Jubilee Queen Elizabeth if I send off to get professional cleaning can they remove the red spot.

Bottom left by the first number 2. Cheers Gary 20240416_154431.heic

22 hours ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

Just a quick little video (videos are better that pictures)  The 1919 P MS61 is ok some edge nibbles, contact marks and some wear to the high points.  The strike is also very average.   The 1911 C is instantly a much better strike and as much less damage around the rim the fields are also pleasing on the eye.   Hope you find this an helpful comparison.  Dave 

Excellent video thank you very much. And thanks to everyone who took the time and effort advice Excellent 👍 

On 27/01/2023 at 17:15, GoldDiggerDave said:

It depends on what  you are trying to achieve.  
 

it’s it sentimental reasons,  part of a graded series’s of coins, you hoping it will grade very high and make loads of money or just want to see how the process works?   Some questions you may want to ask yourself as there’s no one answer fits all.

 

There is multiple edge knocks, the obverse is worn so it will not grade high imo. It’s  a common year large head variety. 

 

 

Thank you very much, I will take your advice and thought about it I won't get it slabed not worth it. Good information thank you.

On 27/01/2023 at 17:01, Silverlocks said:

Most likely not worth it unless it's both rare and in unusually good condition.  Marsh lists 1921 Perth mint sovs as 'C' with a total mintage in the region of 2.3 million.  George V sovs in good condition aren't all that rare as they stopped being circulated as currency during WWI, despite being roughly half of all sovs ever minted.  The photos aren't great but there is some visible scuffing and scratching, which suggest the coin isn't in unusually good condition by George V standards.

Marsh prices it at a little above bullion value in EF condition, and Spink 22 calls it BV at anything below uncirculated, which I don't think the coin would make with the visible scuffing.

I'd say case for grading and slabbing is marginal; probably you wouldn't get the cost back.

 

Thank you for your information I understand better now.

You information is interesting a good read. Thank you very much.

6 minutes ago, ZigZag said:

My first purchases this year, small angels from @James32 for the kids 1/10’s collections and keep grabbing Liz Sovereigns when I can, this time from @Orpster, turns out we’re almost neighbours!

@Orpster refunded my postage by way of a pint down the pub with me (just dawned on me he could put up a picture of a pint of Guinness on the today i bought thread😂)  

Great guy to listen to, far more into coins than myself, so a real pleasure.

 

Good to have new friends 😊 

Hi I'm thinking of grading a 1921p mint full gold sovereign, I will pop up a few photos, any judgement if not worth it. Or might be worth a try.

welcome. I will also put more photos up later.

Cheers Gaza.

On 06/07/2022 at 11:44, refero said:

Sharing today one of my most beloved sovs; everyone usually chases 1838 which is a lovely, and expensive sovereign, but not that rare even in high grade. Being the first year of Victoria, it has been kept and stored carefully since the beginning... but few did the same with the following year, which was looking like just one amongst the others (same happened for 1841); this coin is therefore very elusive in medium to high grade, and, quite surprisingly, pops more often in its proof version rather than the bullion one..

Wow great condition 

On 26/05/2022 at 16:06, entsor said:

...a damn good looking coin, considering it's 261 years old.

I don't think I will see another one in this condition for a long time, if ever again....this is a keeper.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17041.html

Thanks @DuncanWylieWilson

Excellent quality 👌 👏 

3 hours ago, daca said:

small delivery today: gold, platinum in silver kooks

Lovely 

On 11/05/2022 at 16:07, Britannia47 said:

'Four Eagles' = Four  Metals! + One oz Silver .45ACP. with my name on it! 
Thank-you @daca2007 it is. The silver and gold are both 1995.

 

 

All excellent coins thanks for sharing 👍 

On 02/05/2022 at 17:12, GoldDiggerDave said:

Think the RM have not totally milked the 2022 sovereign yet.  Proof piedfort later this year, hope the £5 BU is not matt but going off pervious years it’s likely to be the case.  I feel there could be more in the offering, £2 Piedfort or more  milled Piedfort (the have made an un milled pattern set) would not be hard to change the collars and knock up more coins. 
 

Got a feeling they will be a proof available that they have not offered before. 
 

Matt Proof? Don’t know how they could distinguish this from the SOTD,  less frosting faults perhaps? 
 

Some have suggested a platinum sovereign. 
 

what ever happens we know we will all be queuing to buy them! 

Not me might be a lovely coin? Unless I can put a fiver down and a £1 week

Anyway I can enjoy the lucky people who can, because in all fairness the silver forum members they tend to share they joy and photos for all to see. 

On 13/03/2022 at 12:42, LawrenceChard said:

I can't remember the first coin we decided to count the edge serrations on. It may have been a Krugerrand, or it could have been a sovereign.

I can remember getting complaints from the staff member I tasked it to. Despite him being someone with a University degree, albeit in history. I had to nanny him by working out ways to accomplish the task. The simplest method was to use a very fine tipped pen to mark the starting point, and then to mark every tenth ridge around the coin. There was a lot of grumbling, many recounts, and a few second opinions. Clearly there had to be a better method.

I asked our photographer (at the time) to take our usual macro photos, but place the coin on a reflective concave surface, so that the edge serrations were clearly visible. You would have thought I had asked him to undertake a moon landing! Again, this was someone with a (master's) degree in photography. I had to provide the ideas about what he could use, and then I had to find the actual objects to try out. Once we had taken the shots, I had to "invent" ways to mark out the serrations, and to clearly show the count. Eventually, we got the images I wanted.

As we have recently done a number of serration count images, and also denticle counts, I thought it worthwhile to create a new topic / thread, so here goes:

Edge serration count on a 2022 (bullion) sovereign. I should mention that there are 108 serrations, as shown.

More to follow, but all TSF members are welcome to contribute.

🙂

Excellent can I use my fingers and toes 😋 

21 hours ago, GoldenGriffin said:

I personally send proof coins for grading.

I have bullion grade coins, and wouldn't bother grading those, as they aren't unique enough and collectable etc. and I see those coins as real 'money' but out of the system / the bank and more of an investment which follows the gold spot price.

Now there are matt finishes and brilliant uncirculated coins that would fall under the 'Mint State' grade.  Would I grade those?  If there is a relatively limited number of them in a particular finish, then possibly yes.

If there is an unlimited number of them, then I wouldn't bother.

 

EDIT: you're probably best to consider the age of the coins too when deciding to grade.  All proof finishes for me are a yes to grade and then more consideration needed if it is anything else.

For me I would slab a rare coin for selling further down the road.

People can have peace mind if buying.

And maybe a valuable coin if keeping in the family.

Apart from that no I would not, this is my opinion only, every one is different and slab for many reasons.

21 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

From the BBC today:

James Stunt among eight accused of £266m Bradford money-laundering scam

Which leaves us a problem:

What to do with all our "readies"?

😎

Should have used ebay people will love him.

On 05/01/2022 at 10:38, LawrenceChard said:

As I posted earlier, the Queen's Privy Council approved a number of coins for Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.

This will probably be to celebrate his 40th birthday on the 21st June 2022.

This is our visualization:

We hope the RM will do one without the teeth.

I need to acknowledge

Royal Navy, OGL 3 <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3>, via Wikimedia Commons for William
Glasshouse, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons  ...for His cypher
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Sumbarines_Crop.png
for components of the image.

I am aware the colours look slightly strange, but probably better than the real thing.

P.S. Still no news about coins featuring Prince Andrew or ex-Prince Harry.

😎

Yes maybe lose the teeth. Interesting thanks for the info 👍 

6 hours ago, fireblade4life said:

Perhaps the most powerful 1oz coin out there 💪

Thanks to @BullionMan89 my son was very happy to receive this. 

 

Cool 😎 

11 hours ago, StackerCollector said:

That is one fine collection

Excellent quality 

21 hours ago, matt1r said:

A love days like these 😊

Lovely Jubilee 

3 hours ago, MancunianStacker said:

It’s all over the Facebook groups at the moment. People send a perfect silver coin to NGC and then it comes back looking like this (not my coin).

We think it has something to do with NGC’s coin holder for inspection or their NCS conservation process (dipping coins to remove particles before grading). 🤷‍♂️ 
*Possibly the sonic sealing process 🤔 *

Either way, until it stops I’m not grading any more. NGC are blaming RM and RM are blaming NGC. 😬 

They are blaming each other, no responsibility or respect ashamed they should be. Ask Royal Mint for a new coin and compensation ie refund that cost you to get it slabed.

Good luck.

19 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

If we are still discussing a sovereigns, the "rider" is St. George.

Best to look at plenty of online photos of gold sovereigns, then compare. Looking at thousands of actual sovereigns is evan better, of course.

Some amateurs know far more than some professionals.

Thank you 😊 

On 11/04/2022 at 18:12, LawrenceChard said:

Typical c**p quality photos.

Even so, it looks like a fake.

Auction houses like this should not be in business.

I sent them the followiing e-mail:

Dear sirs,

 

https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/71aaf1226d4c55e1ec86a7f5f0984f14/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/gold-coin-auction-no-buyers-premium-or-online-bidding-f-lot-40/

 

Despite the poor quality photos, this appears to be an obvious counterfeit.

 

Is there any reason you did not state this in the description?

 

Regards,

Lawrence Chard

Chard (1964) Limited
32 - 36 Harrowside
Blackpool
FY4 1RJ
England, UK.

Tel 0044 (0)1253 343081

www.chards.co.uk

😎

 

Can someone explain about the Horse Head and Riders Face. Or is it me. Don't forget I'm only a amateur.

Cheers.

On 09/04/2022 at 19:10, FourNinesFine said:

 

I know it's not much, but thanks to these little beauties, my first ever gold stack now stands at a mighty 0.47ozt and I couldn't be more thrilled. Here's to bringing many more of their siblings into our shiny little family in the future.

 

 

Good year date to start.