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Had to get the last pair at chinamedals after the heads up from @Numistacker, lovely medals. I actually prefer the brass, would be awesome in gold

Had to get the last pair at chinamedals after the heads up from @Numistacker, lovely medals. I actually prefer the brass, would be awesome in gold

Had to get the last pair at chinamedals after the heads up from @Numistacker, lovely medals. I actually prefer the brass, would be awesome in gold

Had to get the last pair at chinamedals after the heads up from @Numistacker, lovely medals. I actually prefer the brass, would be awesome in gold

Had to get the last pair at chinamedals after the heads up from @Numistacker, lovely medals. I actually prefer the brass, would be awesome in gold

Won an eBay auction for a 10 oz   Series 1 Lunar Dog. Happy days!

Picked up a 1914 full sovereign in very good condition from a local dealer for £200

A 1993 NGC MS69 Large date frosted

My very first gold purchase. Nothing special just a 2001 half sovereign. Slightly smaller than a penny. Very cool and nice and compact vs silver too! 

Another 2 oz proof kook, getting there............

A couple of stock horses coutesy of @morezone thanks.

Another 2 oz proof kook, getting there............

A couple of stock horses coutesy of @morezone thanks.

Another 2 oz proof kook, getting there............

Not sure which bookies you've been looking at, but the stay odds have been drifting quite a bit in the last few days.
Betfair was down to 1/5 for a remain, now it's around 1/3. Leave was 5/1, now its down to around 11/4
I think you are missing the point regarding leaving the EU. The UK would NOT be erecting any walls. In fact leaving would enable us to dismantle the walls put up by the EU with the rest of the world outside of the EU. The UK is more than happy to trade freely with the EU, we just don't want to put up with daft unworkable rules, created by unelected officials, and then having to pay for all of it. We can trade freely with the EU, without filling the pockets of Brussels, and we would be able to trade freely with the rest of the world.
I can remember a time when our shops were full of cheap New Zealand lamb and butter, with adverts for these products on our TV every day. The EU put a stop to that. I can remember the "Buy British" campaigns, but the EU said Non to that. The French farmers burn a few tyres, block a few roads and they get massive subsidies and we end up paying more for goods
I can remember our fishermen having one of the greatest fleets in the world, and our seas being full of Cod, Herring, etc. But the the EU allowed the Spanish to raid our waters with their factory ships, (Drake would be spinning in his grave), and our fishing fleet is decimated and is now a shadow of what it was.  
I can remember the butter mountains and grain stockpiles caused by the Common agricultural policy, that actually raised food prices, and stopped developing countries from selling cheap food to us.
Was all this MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL for us..................do me a favour. 
 
As for trade embargoes, I'm not sure you've realised this, but they have NOTHING to do with economics, and are political measures to put pressure on countries whose policies have an adverse effect on their neighbours and the rest of the world.   
 
 
 

My first sovereign! 2005 proof
 
 

 

Not seen that before, although I have seen some data from Chards on an informal basis.
A few interesting points;
The small (5 -8 ppt) silver content of the late younghead sovs have a huge influence of the colour, compared to modern ones.
The first modern day sov, 1957, has nothing in but gold and copper and isn't the red colour of current issues which have an identical composition.
The very large amount of silver in the Sydney mint aussie style coins certainly shows in the colour, and to a lesser extent in the early London ones.
One thing that does appear to be true though; you don't need that much silver to have a huge influence on the colour, tempering that awful copper tone.
The early 20th century coins from Edward and George are similar to the late Victorian ones (1887 onwards) in that a lot of them are quite reddish but you also see a lot of very yellow ones. Would be interesting to see data from these.

Not seen that before, although I have seen some data from Chards on an informal basis.
A few interesting points;
The small (5 -8 ppt) silver content of the late younghead sovs have a huge influence of the colour, compared to modern ones.
The first modern day sov, 1957, has nothing in but gold and copper and isn't the red colour of current issues which have an identical composition.
The very large amount of silver in the Sydney mint aussie style coins certainly shows in the colour, and to a lesser extent in the early London ones.
One thing that does appear to be true though; you don't need that much silver to have a huge influence on the colour, tempering that awful copper tone.
The early 20th century coins from Edward and George are similar to the late Victorian ones (1887 onwards) in that a lot of them are quite reddish but you also see a lot of very yellow ones. Would be interesting to see data from these.

According to these guys older sovereigns had small (less than 1% it seems) amounts of silver and other metals. This might account for the colour as refining techniques have probably improved allowing for a more pure gold + copper mix.
The chart does not show analysis of george5 or Edward7
https://goldsovereigns.co.uk/goldcoinalloyanalysis.html

All the info I've seen from modern day XRF analysis of old sovereigns indicate they were pretty good in those days. All have been almost exactly 917/1000 gold so their refining techniques must have excellent.
Ah yes, the rare and famous Ansell 1859. I've yet to see one in good condition, considering they were supposed to be tougher than normal, and it's scarcer than you'd think for a mintage of 167k

All the info I've seen from modern day XRF analysis of old sovereigns indicate they were pretty good in those days. All have been almost exactly 917/1000 gold so their refining techniques must have excellent.
Ah yes, the rare and famous Ansell 1859. I've yet to see one in good condition, considering they were supposed to be tougher than normal, and it's scarcer than you'd think for a mintage of 167k

22 ct has been the rule for many a day, as you say, but I think various amounts of silver has been used along with the copper at times. The current finish seems to emphasise the redness, almost seems "lacquered".

sweet ,stunning medal. She's a keeper

I have just bought 30x1/4oz 2014 Silver Libertads from GOLDSILVER.BE.
They only have a mintage of 6950 so they could do well in the future hopefully.

A very nice gift from my wife today at the royal mint experience gift shop
 
http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_Pistrucci_Waterloo_Silver_Medal_2015