Ansel

On the way down again today. It has broken through £940 and is currently around £937, I'm hoping it will drop further when the USA market opens.

For someone, such as myself, who only started stacking this year these cheaper prices are rather exciting and a good opportunity to bring my price average down. 

16 minutes ago, augur said:

 

Not an expert but in my opinion these could be normal marks from circulation (pitting looks more like unsharp lunar craters, these marks are sharp). You should weigh and measure the coin. Some Chinese forgers age and wear coins artificially and some of the pitting here does look to pointed to be from other coins. Also the rim has some "mount marks" although in the wrong positions. 

If you paid bullion prices and weight and measurements are correct, I wouldn't worry. 

Some can even be factory made: mine has a belly button 

Thank you for an informative reply, very much appreciated. 

25 minutes ago, Kman said:

Isn't pitting a sign of a replica coin

19 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

can be for sure

That is what I was wondering, do my photos show anything of concern for the many experts we have on the forum?

Gold price took a dip again and a St. Gaudens $20 came into stock at HGM. Having seen @BackyardBullion recent YouTube video my finger didn't pause for more than a second! 

10 minutes ago, Paul said:

I bought PMs today on this dip so expect the price of gold to nose dive another 3-5% in the coming days while i wait for delivery {sigh!}  

I bought three bullion sovereigns and a guardian angel today, so I'm expecting the same. 

34 minutes ago, sg86 said:

54 shields today

They are all 1840s and 1850s.

At some point I'll get round to sorting through all of these and taking some nice macros, as there are some absolute stunners in there!

Wow, you must have an incredible collection of shield sovereigns. Wow, again. 

@sg86 Wow! Absolutely beautiful, please do make a video. 

@Cornishfarmer, I bought two sovereigns yesterday so it is bound to continue to fall to the lowest this year now!

40 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

perhaps, depends on horse's tail

Long.

5 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Almost all YH G&D sovs that have a BP are of the small variety, very few varieties have a large BP. There are quite a few without.

Thank you. I'm really looking forward to my Marsh Sovereign book arriving so I can learn a lot more about all these little variations. 

Playing around with the sunshine reflecting on my newly aquired 1980 Proof Sovereign.