LawrenceChard

Does it clear drains? BTW: Was "Debarcle" intentional? 😎

That's pure gold! But it sounds like he has learnt nothing. "In his post, the Brewdog boss revealed he now owned 40 of the gold cans." I can assure anyone who wins a free pint from us will not be offered any Brew Dog, although we are still hoping to get hold of a lifetime supply of Budweiser. Not for us to drink of course, just to give it away, although other suggestions welcome. Anyone know what a typical beer can weighs? 😎

Are you a politician? I notice you avoided answering the question. Always the case: probably not! 😎

You might need to explain the last bit! 😎

"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." Did you forget someone? 😎

9,000-6,000 BC: Cattle as the First Form of Money The first and oldest form of money is actually cattle. It included cows, camels, goats and other animals. Apparently, they all milked! 😎

So, as I would ask anyone buying gold, silver, platinum, or palladium, particularly if as an investment, what percentage premium did you pay for it, firstly excluding VAT, then inclusive of VAT? 😎

I don't ever refer to those as "Britannias", they are "tenth ounce Britannias", and I would never recommend them to anyone for investment, because of the higher premiums. Similar with fractional gold bullion coins of any type, such as Krugerrands. If I refer to a "Krugerrand", I mean a one ounce gold one, otherwise I would say "silver Krugerrand", or "Kruger half", etc. We do deal in secondary market fractionals when available at competitive premiums, occasionally we have been able to offer half Krugers, or other half ounce gold coins for premiums similar to or lower than one ounce ones, in which case, they are worth buying as an investment. If someone wants a fractional as a collectable, then I would never try to stop them. 😎

We have seen a few years of sustained demand for gold and silver bullion, which seems to have been wordwide. It is commone knowledge that Mints and producers have struggled to keep up production to meet demand, exacerbated by Covid and the transport problems it caused. Production costs will also have increased due to energy price increases, for which we can mainly blame Russia for invading Ukraine and waging an energy price war on the rest of the world. Most mints increased their premiums, including the RM on new sovereigns, which also affects older ones which were already in short supply compared with the high demand. Even so, you can still buy brand new minty gold sovereigns for less than 8% premium, and less than 7% in quantity: Quantity Premium % Price Per Item Total Est UK Delivery 1 7.85 US$473.75 US$473.75 £6.00 5 7.65 US$472.87 US$2,364.35 £7.00 10 7.6 US$472.65 US$4,726.53 £8.00 25 7.55 US$472.43 US$11,810.87 £12.00 50 7.5 US$472.21 US$23,610.25 £19.00 100 7.25 US$471.12 US$47,111.68 £31.00 250 7.1 US$470.45 US$117,612.91 £90.60 500 6.95 US$469.80 US$234,899.33 £155.60 1000+ 6.9 US$469.57 US$469,568.90 £284.60 I don't know which dealers are asking 10%, but presumably they won't be selling many at 10+% premium, or at least not to TSF members, who mainly know better. RM Gold Britannia premiums have only increased very slightly. I don't know where you have seen them at 20%. Did you have a bad dream? They can be bought for between 4.3 and 5.0%: Quantity Premium % Price Per Item Total Est UK Delivery 1 5 US$1,959.36 US$1,959.36 £7.00 5 4.8 US$1,955.62 US$9,778.10 £11.00 10 4.7 US$1,953.76 US$19,537.58 £16.00 20 4.6 US$1,951.88 US$39,037.67 £27.00 50 4.5 US$1,950.02 US$97,501.06 £64.00 100 4.4 US$1,948.16 US$194,815.89 £133.60 200+ 4.3 US$1,946.28 US$389,256.91 £240.60 The above taken from a well-known Blackpool dealer's website. It would have been better if the single price was 4.95%, then I could have said "for under 5%". @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer might even react to this! 😎

Does size matter? 😎

That was purely a joke! 😎

I try to avoid commenting about other TSF members! 😎

Better than phones anyway! 😎

Don't! 😎

Extra value because of the scratches? 😎

It may be because they listed it using their phone, so typed bin instead of BIN,or even better B.I.N. 😎

Another explanation is possibly because established members are wary of new members, that there are few scams! 😎

Good thinking. Re the Spink item: It is possible that someone typed the weight incorrectly. It should be 14.00 grams, so it may have actually been 13.90; the coin looks OK to me from the photos. But perhaps we will never know. I guess they failed to inform you. 😎

I intended to send them (LiveAuctioneers) an e-mail similar to the one I sent to Invaluable, but I could not find an e-mail address for them on their website. It appears that they do not wish to know or receive communications! 😎

I sent them (Invaluable) an e-mail: To: pr@invaluable.com Dear Sirs, As for some reason you do not appear to have a general e-mail address on your website, I have sent this to our PR address. Are you aware that this coin https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/1911-g-b-8g-gold-sovereign-closely-uncirculated-103445-c-fec475e9db?objectID=176581694&algIndex=upcoming_lots_lotNumber_asc_prod&queryID=3b7870ee5d3d41b1f3ee8cb2bd05236a is an extremely obvious counterfeit / imitation? Regards, Lawrence Chard Chard (1964) Limited 32 - 36 Harrowside Blackpool FY4 1RJ England, UK. Tel 0044 (0)1253 343081 www.chards.co.uk 😎

I was going to leave it to you, but then I thought, why not: To: office@numis24.com Dear sirs, Are you aware that this coin https://numis24.com/lots/view/63a191b845aa810e9cc2d916 is an extremely obvious counterfeit / imitation? Regards, Lawrence Chard Chard (1964) Limited 32 - 36 Harrowside Blackpool FY4 1RJ England, UK. Tel 0044 (0)1253 343081 www.chards.co.uk

They are in Texas, what do you expect? 😎

J.F.C! Have you got a link to it? OK, I just found it: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-gb/item/143333772_1911-gb-8g-gold-sovereign-closely-uncirculated

I am not a machine... I am definitely not infallible, but I keep working on it! 😎

Well spotted. I don't know if they changed the description, but it now says: DESCRIPTION UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-. Gold sovereign, 2017. Royal Mint. BU Struck on the Day. Struck on the day of the 65th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. Fifth crowned head of Elizabeth II facing right; JC below; ELIZABETH II · DEI · GRA · REG · FID · DEF · 2017 ·. Design by Jody Clark. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled. Mislabelled holder as "Proof, 200th Anniversary". In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6134292-019. NGC Census in this grade: 592, equal-finest graded. Total NGC Census: 673 Reference: S-SC9A Mintage: 750. Diameter: 22.05 mm. Thickness: 1.52 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold. 😎