LawrenceChard

Fine, just send half of it for now*, you might want to keep the other half. * I assume this offer includes free postage! 😎

Went down well at the time! 😎

I can't read them because I have now got a crick in my neck! 😎

I would love to buy a nice Spink & Son Ltd... I missed out on A. H. Baldwin & Sons! 😎

Spink & Son Ltd were always very nice to me whenever I called in, except sometimes their (temporary / agency) receptionists could be rather toffee nosed and frosty! 😎

No, the genuine silver Gothic florin is Diameter 30 mm according to the Numista link I posted. If a silver florin is 65mm, it is not a "genuine large silver florin coin". The reverse of "your" "coin" is of a Gothic Crown, not a florin. I do know someone had some large replicas made, perhaps about 10+ years ago, they were silver, alhough off-hand I do not remember whether they were 925 or 999. Spot fine silver is just over £600 per kilo, so I suspect that most interested TSF members would take £200 as their starting price. Of course, if it is on ebay, then it might be / probably is a fake replica made in silver-plated base metal, overpriced, and my bet is the seller would be dodgy even if he had 100% feedback. 😎

Is This The Most Attractive Half Gram Gold Coin Ever? I am usually very dismissive of tiny gold bullion coins, for a few reasons: It is difficult to get sufficient definiton on such small coins. The manufacturing costs are disproportionately high compared with sensible sized coins such as one ounce or quarter ounce, hence: The premium when new is uncompetitively high. I need an eyeglass to see them properly. But... "Au .9999 half gram NOBLE" 2020 Jody Clark portrait of the Queen Without looking it up, I don't know if this was minted by Pobjoy Mint, or whoever took over the contract for Manx coins. Although the definition on the obverse could be better, I am astounded at the detail on the reverse. My main criticism would be wondering why "half gram" is in lower case, my preference would have been for "Half Gram" 😎

If they are "Euro coins", then the certificates will or should tell you, and it is a near certainty that Westminster did not make it or them, because they would not wish to be accused or convicted of counterfeiting. Westminster are a "Coin Marketing Company". 😎

Gothic florins were only made in one size, to the best of my knowledge. Here is a link to an 1852 example: https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=1852gothicflorin.html Rather shockingly, I / we seem to have omitted to include the dimensions, but they were about the same size as the old ten pences. But you could look on Numista: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4840.html I have not any clue about what coin you are talking about. I didn't like to say that. A link or some pictures would be beneficial. Of the coin, not the dealer, although it would be interesting to know who the "dealer" was who was so uninformed and ignorant. It could have been Chinese made replica, worth about £1, but probably offered on ebay or Amazon as extremely rare, stunning, for about £500, by someone who "doesn't know anything about coins, but my grandfather left it me in his will 50 years ago" 😎

My apologies, I usually say it, but as I like to give exhaustive answers, I usually do so by posting this link: https://www.chards.co.uk/blog/advice-guide-for-uk-bullion-investors/1041 Which covers many other topics, with further links. I do try to moderate the number of times I post it though! 😎

I said "probably" because it would have required too muc effort to calculate all the quantity discount price breaks, at least our site make it quick and easy to see our premiums, so you can compare. Most other dealers don;t want to make it easy for obvious reasons. Sometimes I point out Harrington and Byrne's loss-leader one per household per annum bullion sovereign price, and encourage all 18,000 TSF members to buy one, but exercise extreme caution with any of their other offers, or bait and switch suggestions. I am all for people getting the best deal, and not getting ripped off! 😎

Probably cheaper here, including postage: https://www.chards.co.uk/2023-king-charles-iii-silver-britannia-bullion-1oz-coin/17653 😎

That's because I can always get a great deal from my LCS, or direct from RM, PM, etc I don't pay postage at my LCS, I collect instead, or I can get free storage. 😎

You will often have to wait to get secondary market silver bullion coins, as they usually fly out quicker than we can buy them! Nothing wrong with buying on TSF! 😎

Sounds more like a pornshop than a pawnshop, but most pawnshops and high street jewellers work on high profit margins. Although many TSF members recommend dealing via TSF, which is a good resource, most or at least many coin and bullion dealers work on quite competitive buy and sell prices. 😎

Although this may talk us (Chards) our of a proof half sovereign sale, I would go for the (full) sovereign rather than a half. We have some advice here: https://www.chards.co.uk/blog/advice-guide-for-uk-bullion-investors/1041 Of course, you could also get both! 😎

About 1964/5. There is an article about our old advert somewhere. There is a brief reference here: https://www.chards.co.uk/blog/exchange-control-act/785 There will be many sources online which will provide average weekly wage and similar info. 😎

Why do they need to be ngc, or even NGC graded. You could try ebay, some of them might even be genuine! 😎

Well done. No wonder I didn't recognise them! 😎

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Kilo Gold Bars Featured in Blackpool £21m Cryptocurrency Fraud - No Connection Sentencing took place recently in the Blackpool £21m Cryptocurrency Fraud case. According to the BBC: Bitcoin: Four jailed for Blackpool £21m cryptocurrency fraud IMAGE SOURCE,LANCASHIRE POLICE Image caption, Stephen Boys (above right) acted as a financial advisor, while both Robinson and Caton helped ringleader James Parker withdraw cash Four people at the centre of a multimillion-pound cryptocurrency fraud have been jailed. They were involved in a conspiracy to dishonestly obtain Bitcoin worth £21m between October 2017 and January 2018. Stephen Boys, Kelly Caton, Jordan Robinson and James Austin-Beddoes were convicted of a number of fraud offences. Boys, Caton and Robinson were jailed at Preston Crown Court, while Austin-Beddoes received a suspended sentence. The group worked with ringleader James Parker, who died in 2021 before he could be prosecuted for masterminding the conspiracy from his Blackpool home. The court heard he exploited a loophole to withdraw dishonestly-obtained crypto assets worth £15m from his trading account on an Australian-based cryptocurrency exchange. IMAGE SOURCE,LANCASHIRE POLICE Image caption, Police seized fraudulently-obtained cash and gold linked to the group Parker's associates Caton and Robinson dishonestly withdrew £2.7m and £1.7m respectively from their accounts. Parker's financial adviser Boys worked with a UK national based in the United Arab Emirates to convert the cryptocurrency into cash. The money was then laundered through various foreign-based online accounts. Prosecutor Jonathan Kelleher said the group "used the internet from the comfort of their own homes to obtain tens of millions of pounds worth of Bitcoin which did not belong to them". Boys, 59, from Accrington, was found guilty of converting and transferring criminal property and jailed for six years, while Caton, 45, from Blackpool, and Robinson, 24, from Fleetwood, both received sentences of four years six months in prison after being convicted of fraud, converting and acquiring criminal property. Austin-Beddoes, 28, from St Annes, was found guilty of fraud and acquiring criminal property and pleaded guilty to converting criminal property earlier and was jailed for 18 months, suspended for a year. Speaking after sentencing, the Crown Prosecution Service said a "very significant amount of the laundered assets" had since been retrieved, while further amounts were being recovered on the behalf of the Australian cryptocurrency exchange. Just for fun can anyone identify the brand of the kilo gold bars shown in the lower photo? They look familiar to me, but I have not yet manage to figure out the refiner. No prizes... Well, perhaps ytou could win a... ... round of applause. 😎

... and don't ask for "no such thing!" 😎

No, it is far better to capture the best images possibel before doing any processing, so shoot on a white, or neutral grey card, then Photoshop it as required. GIGO! 😎

No, I don't do it, but thanks for the mention. On the subect of words, I have just been reading a letter from "abrdb". Can anybody think of a stupider name for a company? 😎

I am not trying to persuade anyone to use our storage, simply using our example to give perspective to the cost of insurance. Does your safe deposit box include insurance?, and if so up to what value? Our storage includes insurance, which makes it very competitive compared with any other rates I have seen. If you work out all the factors, I feel certain you will agree with me. I think you would find our storage becomes even more cost effective at higher values. We certainly have no intentions of putting a cap on our storage fees. If we do place any cap, it is more likely to be on the total amount of storage we provide, because our facilities may become full within a few years at this rate. We are already debating whether and how we could cost effectively add another strongroom on our site. Our overseas storage is less of a problem regarding volume and value limits. 😎