Fivepoundfred

Quite a few panthers turning up today. Received my flawless 5oz and it is really stunning. Very rarely buy silver and not used to handling coins of this size !

Quite a few panthers turning up today. Received my flawless 5oz and it is really stunning. Very rarely buy silver and not used to handling coins of this size !

Quite a few panthers turning up today. Received my flawless 5oz and it is really stunning. Very rarely buy silver and not used to handling coins of this size !

Quite a few panthers turning up today. Received my flawless 5oz and it is really stunning. Very rarely buy silver and not used to handling coins of this size !

Quite a few panthers turning up today. Received my flawless 5oz and it is really stunning. Very rarely buy silver and not used to handling coins of this size !

Quite a few panthers turning up today. Received my flawless 5oz and it is really stunning. Very rarely buy silver and not used to handling coins of this size !

Quite a few panthers turning up today. Received my flawless 5oz and it is really stunning. Very rarely buy silver and not used to handling coins of this size !

Quite a few panthers turning up today. Received my flawless 5oz and it is really stunning. Very rarely buy silver and not used to handling coins of this size !

Quite a few panthers turning up today. Received my flawless 5oz and it is really stunning. Very rarely buy silver and not used to handling coins of this size !

Received some excellent Grading results today from NGC.  
A big thank you to @SilverMike for helping me appraise the older Sovereigns and crucially, encouraging me to submit them for grading, despite my heavy resistance to separate them from the sets they came from.
My new favourite Sovereign in my collection is this 1911 Proof- PF64 Ultra Cameo 🤩- including this one, only 9 Graded UC by NGC and only 4 Graded DCAM by PCGS 😲   
 
Here's a 'before' photo of the 1911 Proof Sovereign 

 
And After:
 

 
The other results are pleasing too, the 1911's baby brother and the 1937 George VI Sovereign particularly 🤩 
 

 

Smithsonian institute quarter ounce sovereign. I love the special label. 

Hallo liebe Freunde,
Heute ist nach langem Warten nur noch eine Münze angekommen, aber die Freude war sehr groß.
Das 3oz Silber aus der Nautical Serie aus Ruanda in Ultra High Relief in Antik Finish. Ein kleines Kunstwerk finde ich in der Prägetechnik.        Grüße von Max.

I did ask the Royal mint about their high security no leak policy on new releases and the answer given was to avoid " unfair competition " - whatever that means ?
There could be many interpretations for this statement but i suspect in many cases it actually creates " unfair competition " rather than resolving it !

I did ask the Royal mint about their high security no leak policy on new releases and the answer given was to avoid " unfair competition " - whatever that means ?
There could be many interpretations for this statement but i suspect in many cases it actually creates " unfair competition " rather than resolving it !

Well, if anyone wants to see what the 1 oz and 10 oz silvers look like in the flesh then join me at 5pm for a live premiere of both coins!
Its a 20 minute video showcasing all these coins have to offer and also some vital feedback for the Royal Mint on the buying process. 
Hope to see you all there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC1Mrws0BW8
 
 

I have only had positive experiences buying on the forum.
One of my recent purchases got to me within 18 hours of me agreeing to buy the coin, and I suspect the seller posted it SD before I had paid (we have done business before...)
Buyers and sellers are super careful about trading honestly and fairly from what I can see.  Reputation is everything TSF and I personally go a LONG way to ensure that I have a 100% positive trading record.
Best
Dicker
 

Only have a few silver coins and luckily they have remained problem free. 

10oz Queen's Beasts White Greyhound of Richmond.
The true completer 😃

Luckily my RM acc manager phoned me about one minute after i joined the very long queue so i manged to get what i wanted. Hopefully the same thing will happen when the next engraver coin comes out but i won't be putting any money on that happening ! 
I think the beast coins will always be a fairly good buy and will always be popular but as BYB said you will probably have to hold them for a while. 
The RM see this range as a long term regular winner for them and i think the popularity was shown by the mini stampede on the website this morning.
 

To the best of my knowledge there is no service available where you request minimum grade for initial grading.
However if you crossover for example from PCGS to NGC you can request that the coin does not cross at a lower grade so that it at least holds it present grade.

Secursus (French Co. but I’m not that bothered) will cover any Proof silver gold or platinum coin up to £90k as long as posted signed for and tacked.
So I send abroad using RM Worldwide signed and tracked (the cheapest one with least insurance) + Secursus 3rd party top-up insurance.
They class proofs as collectibles. They might also class graded bullion as collectible too as they are not just bullion minted coins once graded.
Here is what they replied to my email querying gold silver and platinum proof coins:
 

Only have a few silver coins and luckily they have remained problem free. 

I don’t believe I’ve ever been so captivated by a coin before 🙃

Only have a few silver coins and luckily they have remained problem free.