Shep

Visited the Royal Mint today for the VIP tour. Picked up two 2022 strike your own proof sovereigns.
Well worth the tour just to be able to pick up the coins at near issue price….  and the fact I was able to do my own QC on them!
 

Visited the Royal Mint today for the VIP tour. Picked up two 2022 strike your own proof sovereigns.
Well worth the tour just to be able to pick up the coins at near issue price….  and the fact I was able to do my own QC on them!
 

Visited the Royal Mint today for the VIP tour. Picked up two 2022 strike your own proof sovereigns.
Well worth the tour just to be able to pick up the coins at near issue price….  and the fact I was able to do my own QC on them!
 

More like "today was completed" 

Purchases from the weekend that arrived today
6 carded half sovereigns, 4 of which were from @shawy2510 and then 3 boxed half sovereigns including a 2014 (mintage of 9.9k all BU)

Received a package from @GoldDiggerDave today with a group of coins I have been buying from various UK sellers (thank you Dave). All sovereigns and one 2012 1/4 sovereign graded by NGC, the Marsh guide says that there were only 137 of these minted. 
 

These other two beauts courtesy of @Prodigy and @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer
The brand new 100x1g valcambi and the double sov. The sov's picture hasn't been edited. It is the sheer shiny blinding golden light reflecting off the coin.

Today I received this beauty back from grading courtesy of @CoinsOfTheRealmAuctions. My first time having anything graded so I'm very thankful to COR for such a seamless service. And naturally I'm very happy with the outcome - got to admit I would have been miffed if it hadn't come back a 70 (as snobby as that sounds!)

Did someone say gold at spot? Delighted with the weekend auction wins. Both in job lots. 

Arrived today NGC MS63 1803 third guinea to join it's ms63 second portrait already in the collection 
Little rocket only 2 higher at 64 

Completed the other half of the sovereign heads collection.  Also from @brnlx639, a 'small head' to complete my Victoria to George portraits.  (Yes, I know there are George VI sovereigns, but I don't have that kind of  money.)



And from @James32, a Dog & Roo combo.

Visited the Royal Mint today for the VIP tour. Picked up two 2022 strike your own proof sovereigns.
Well worth the tour just to be able to pick up the coins at near issue price….  and the fact I was able to do my own QC on them!
 

1885 Newfoundland $2 and 1966 Rhodesia 10S coins arrived back from grading today.
 

Silver is not a good store of wealth, can you really call it "a store of wealth"   you will also hear the mantra "it's a protection against inflation"   
1 Silver in the last 10 year had not moved in price we can all agree on this.
2 if silver has not moved with inflation, so anyone who can use an abacus or count on their 10 fingers can work out it dose not protect you against inflation because it does not even keep up with the very thing it's supposed to protect you against.  
3, if silver does not move with inflation you are losing  more of your  "store of wealth" the longer you hold it 
4, you could have bought almost anything  over the last 10 years that would have stored more your wealth than silver and or protected you against inflation.
5, £89 per unit 10 years ago £169 per unit now thats a 89.8% price gain remind me again how much silver has moved in the last 10 years? see number 1 
Is amazes me the number of people who buy into silver and don't understand basic economics, yes fiat loses around half its value every 10 years, so if you lock your fiat into silver (hers that quote again) "as a store of wealth" then silver needs to double in price  over ten years just for you to retain your original purchasing power......Are we learning anything yet? 
So many people go along with buzzwords they have heard someone say "it's as store of wealth"  "it's a hedge against inflation".......And when it dose not work out they way people thought guess what they say?........."silver is manipulated"    this is moronically hilarious  sorry I don't have an emoji to show how stupid this is.  
Mate buy into silver and believe what you want,  but I'd strongly recommend you look into buying silver with some scepticism or in another 10 years your "store of wealth" will lose more of it purchasing power as we have already seen this year most fiat currencies lose around 35-40% of purchasing power in a 9 month period  and silver has decreased in price by another 9.8%.......Can you not see this yet?   Mate come on wake up, fiat has lost 35-40% though inflation and yet your "store of wealth" has lost another 9.8%......How much money do you need to lose before you wake up? 
Folks I'm not out to be the bad man here but I can not go along with the silver cult when evidence and facts shows silver is not a good store of wealth over the last 10 yeast, silver has not protected you from inflation of the last 10 years, silver has lost 9.8% of it's value this year while we are seeing fiat losing 35-40% of its value.
This year alone silver has to increase by 40% not go down 9.8% to give you a hope in hell of retaining your original purchasing power over a 9 month period.....And its worse than this as in the uk you have to allow for 20% VAT and 20% dealer premium plus postage so we need silver to more than double (I calculate  this  to be 233% to break even)  in price over 9 months to sell back your silver to the dealer and retain your store of wealth from the start if this year.  
If fiat is losing so much of its buying power you might as well buy 10 pairs of boots, clothing anything that you will need and does not perish now as this is a better way of protecting you against inflation than silver ever has been  in my living lifetime.
I hope I've cleared up your confusion! 
 
 
 
 

I guess like Dave has said, buy what you like.
My suggestion, and what I think a sensible and satisfying purchase for around £4k- £4.5k would be taking your time in seeking out a nice raw 1911 George V Coronation 10 coin Set.
With an issue of only 952 sets, there’s lots of potential of upside in years to come.  
If you manage to purchase a decent set, with an exceptional Sovereign that grades Ultra Cameo, that one coin would provide you the remaining  9 coins for ‘free’ (currently only 9 1911 Sovereigns designated Ultra Cameo).
A dwindling amount of decent raw sets remain out there (possibly because the larger 12 coin sets are plundered for the 5 & 2 Sovereigns).  
This set gives me a lot of enjoyment of ownership.  I got lucky grading the Sovereign & Half Sovereign. 


 

1885 Newfoundland $2 and 1966 Rhodesia 10S coins arrived back from grading today.
 

Received a 2022 Gold 1/4 Oz Britannia and a bonus Silver Britannia from Bullion By Post using their referral scheme.
I’m usually exclusively a sovereign guy but I think my heads being turned.

Received a 2022 Gold 1/4 Oz Britannia and a bonus Silver Britannia from Bullion By Post using their referral scheme.
I’m usually exclusively a sovereign guy but I think my heads being turned.

1885 Newfoundland $2 and 1966 Rhodesia 10S coins arrived back from grading today.
 

1885 Newfoundland $2 and 1966 Rhodesia 10S coins arrived back from grading today.
 

Received a 2022 Gold 1/4 Oz Britannia and a bonus Silver Britannia from Bullion By Post using their referral scheme.
I’m usually exclusively a sovereign guy but I think my heads being turned.

1885 Newfoundland $2 and 1966 Rhodesia 10S coins arrived back from grading today.
 

1885 Newfoundland $2 and 1966 Rhodesia 10S coins arrived back from grading today.
 

1885 Newfoundland $2 and 1966 Rhodesia 10S coins arrived back from grading today.
 

1885 Newfoundland $2 and 1966 Rhodesia 10S coins arrived back from grading today.