AdamDutton

Isle of Man, Proof Half Sovereign 1980 @Organics that was mine bud

but was a more common year dunno about the mintage yours has

Sold mine for £220 + POST quite recently

Haven't had any john pinches silver come in for a while selling for a good price.

SOLD pending Payment

Beautiful pieces

.925 silver to make it clear and there is only 27 sheets.

WESTMINSTER; twenty-eight silver coins each 28.28 grams of Sterling silver celebrating the Trafalgar Bicentenary, together with a folder of mostly corresponding certificates/information sheets, each coin encapsulated, and in a presentation box. Total 791 grams of sterling silver n- £424 POSTED Comes with all the pages apart from 1 missing

A lot of small end traders that sell on facebook/silver forum don’t use sigma machines and even the big boys have sold fakes who have the technology. Starting from next month I may look into investing into a sigma machine as a business expense. I need to sit down and think about whether I am willing to spend that amount as I’ve recently only become profitable over the last 6 months when returning. I’ve spoken to some dealers and even the sigma machine isn’t always accurate and they use the methods I do. I am happy enough to sort the issue out with the seller privately and I didn’t want it to get to this point where I had to defend myself on a public platform as I am always very reasonable with customers and will give them the time of day. Everything else will be sorted with me and the seller privately and he will be awaiting a response soon. Nothing more will be said on this thread by my end regarding this matter.

I do all the basic checks when it comes in, weight, dimensions etc and i’ve handled a lot of sovereigns in my time and can usually tell a fake. The coin in question came from a very reputable source and wasn't bought from the general public but a very reputable supplier which may have slipped under the radar. I don’t really want to mention who as a lot of dealers will probably buy from them and I don’t want to reveal the information as that's how I make a living. The supplier will be contacted confidentially as they have been in business for over 100 years. There’s a lot of eye balls on this post and I don't want to tell the forum my sources as it would jeopardise selling coins at the prices I do and it's difficult enough to find bargains as it is. Especially with spreads being so low. I’m half tempted to move away from bullion and focus on just numismatic pieces as it isn't economical working on the spreads I am at the moment on the bullion side.

@bobski surely a £15,000 machine isn't worth it. The sovereign was 97% pure gold on the machine. What sort of sense does that make. If it was fake it should say it was a lot less surely. There needs to be better equipment out there.

It wasn't my thread mate I replied to @VeracityM thread on swapping Bitcoin for bullion

I've been inbetween socialising and messaging you back. When I am back home I will reply to your latest message.

Possible its a fake sovereign with real gold

* some not all to make it clear

To be even more transparent I rarely buy from the general public. My major sources are businesses that have been around for over 100 years in some instances. Dealers buy from these sources as-well. I can't be revealing names as I can't cut the hand that is feeding me.

@Leonmarsh Thank you much appreciated. Leon has been a good customer for years and I hope in the future we will do business again. Majority of my stock comes from legitimate sources. If I named where from you would recognise the name. Even worse the sovereign was bought from a source that probably over half of the forum would know who that business is. It's been over 2 years therefore I probably couldn't get a refund from the coin in question.

No ones going to know until it gets melted down

Is it possible that sovereign has more gold in ?

I might have to chip in for that

Hahahab

I'd rather someone has a second opinion either way if it happens to be genuine I'm a man of my word

After a series of disagreements the buyer will keep the sovereign and sent a complimentary one. And yes I was the seller. It's up to the buyer to send it to another dealer for another person to look into it. The forum will be updated.

The seller is giving the buyer a complimentary sovereign after further discussion. It will be looked at by a third party.

BUMP