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11 hours ago, richatthecroft said:

Flippin' eck...Gold (and Silver) rush!      

This lovely little lot all arrived today, some of them belatedly due to the snow and postage delays.  But mightily surprised that the 2005 Britannia arrived in four days all the way from the South of France!  The Britannia 1/10's from eBay the Sovereign coins from Bullion dealers and thank you to @arshimo2012 for the 4 Emu's and  the 1kg of Belgium's finest Umicore 100g Bars.  Unfortunately, two of my boys took a fancy to the Emu's so only two left for me to stack! 

 

 

 

 

Nice! There was a 2002 in Hattons a few days ago. Not much of a premium compared to the best value but I hesitated and it went quickly!

2 hours ago, Xander said:

Check this out, they are exclusive to young head and Jubilee issues.

Which book is that? I can’t find a great deal of info on the 1891 in the Marsh book

23 minutes ago, Sovereign said:

Damn 

yes you did lol

that was a long time ago 

didn’t get it graded as there is no 1896 proof 

sold it as it is ?

Ah ok. Looked different (and decent) like you mentioned at the time. Hope you got a decent price for it ?

On 29/04/2017 at 10:40, Sovereign said:

1896 full sov 

proof like field or cleaned !? 

Saw this on eBay looked to me like it has a proof like field! (Had to get it) 

check it .. it is genuine

never seen one like it 

please let me know what you think ? 

 

I scrolled through quite a few pages but couldn’t find the outcome of this. What was the conclusion?

5 minutes ago, Micky9776 said:

It's a nice set to collect, my first half sov was the 1887, I then had to get the 1887 full sov, and then I thought to myself I have to get the rest now lol. They are nothing special or high grade just circulated ones really but I'm happy with them. Please do! I will be looking forward to it  

There’s 7 different 1887 full sovereigns. That could be a challenge getting all those. Dangerous path though, where does it end!

2 minutes ago, Sovsaver said:

Look good on my phone, middle one looks the best but it’s hard to say without closer photos. Do you like them?

Hi Sovsaver. Yeah you’re right, the middle (1985) I think is in the best condition. There’s a scratch across the horse’s belly that isn’t too obvious but gets picked up by the light at certain angles. 

The obverse or the ‘86 has quite a lot of scatches on the lettering and on the reverse of the ‘84 the high points have a bit of wear.

Im not sure what condition sovereigns of this age are usually like so not sure if these are good examples or not. I like them though, tbh I like any sovereign!

8 minutes ago, JunkBond said:

Two more half sovs from HGM.

How come you prefer half sovs JB?

7 hours ago, sg86 said:

So i'm sorting through my coins and getting them onto database before archiving, and I'm a little stuck with the "no b.p." variations as I don't have many UNC examples.

Does anyone have a clear picture of an UNC 1880 for example, with clearly no B.P present? I have quite a few where you can barely see the B.P but it is there, and a few where i can't see anything but there is a scuff or small scratch in the area which could hide the very "light strike" version of B.P

 

Thanks!

https://goldsovereigns.co.uk/1880sovereignyhstgeorge.html

1 hour ago, Micky9776 said:

Just received my HGM order, a 1906 and 1907 Edward sovereigns both London mint. Over the moon with them! Only 1902-1905 and a 1909 to complete the date run

@Micky9776 https://www.bellmans.co.uk/Lot/?sale=JAN2018&lot=2257&id=127905.  Link to an auction for a 1909 

edit- sorry just noticed they are for half sovereigns

double edit- here however! https://www.taylors-auctions.com/auction/lot/4372