dicker

Thankyou

Good end to the week. I think in USD this is the highest ever close price. Anyone disagree?

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Birmingham has more miles of canals than Venice.

From a very quick look it seems ok to me.

As I understand it there are no limits on production, therefore no scarcity. Happy to be proven wrong!

I also don’t buy coins with male monarchs. Equally for as long as there have been Christmas raffles on the forum I give GBP50 to a charity of the winners choice as long as it’s not political or religious. If you think you have found a sleeper great, I support it. I just don’t buy this sort of thing.

Very nice images!

If you think you have spotted something that is a genuine sleeper, my advice to you is go in big. Put your money where your mouth is. I have done so before and be amply rewarded (PM’s and Non-PM’s)

Minted bars are not my cup of tea. Anything religious even less so (of any denomination). Not sure this is a sleeper, but that’s just me. I would pay spot and melt it.

I agree completely. A step in the direction of becoming “coin marketing” companies. The RM however have been selling a lot of “junk” to older folk who think they are buying an investment. My local auction house frequently has a large box of RM sets (and I mean loads of .925 set) that don’t sell or struggle to sell. I honestly think there is a different way for the RM.

Hi @BackyardBullion I have occasionally looked at the Historic coin section, and have always been left with the feeling that the RM are simply using their reputation to overprice coins. My thoughts are: 1. Many of the coins are not are not historic. Some are current issues - so why advertise them as historic, or Trial of the Pyx from very recently? 2. All of the coins I have looked at are overpriced. This can get subjective for hammered coins, I accept but I suspect a hammered expert would agree with me. Good example is a 1957 Gillick advertised as EF for sale for £575. 3. Confected sets - RM create historic sets and put them in a nice box and mark have spectacular markups. 4. Prices are more expensive than buying at auction 5. I don’t have any information on how the RM source coins but I would imagine: - High end hammered from auctions / dealers - Most Sovs from trade (I bet they don’t buy from an account called “Royal Mint” - I bet they use some sort of intermediary - Individuals selling out their coins which are vaulted at the RM - Coins that the might hold back from new issues…. I no longer buy from the RM - I don’t like their new issues, detest their sales of Trial Pieces for silly money and their two tier customer experience - those with an account manager and those who have to queue. I do wonder if account managers are selling confected “sets” of “historic” coins to the unwary. Who in the future will come to sell and be very disappointed. Best Dicker

Honestly not my thing at all. I presume that “In Pursuit of Perfection” is an acknowledgment that only a few will grade at MS70. “We did try but our quality ain’t great”

And sadly this: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/new-bank-scam-sees-fraudsters-posing-as-police-and-asking-victims-to-buy-gold/ar-BB1igbuS

Don’t forget the quantity that were being minted. Over a billion Sovs in total the Shields using Victorian techniques!

The trading section is very good for me personally. Lots of liquidity. But it’s only 50pct of why I pay. A well run ad free forum that is maintained and doesn’t look like something from 1995 is not that common. And mean spirited comments on the whole don’t exist here.

For me, TSF membership is worth every penny. Good prices, good people and happy to support a forum that is well run without the agro and abuse that exists on other forums.

Just a reminder of this website. More that simply one pound coins. Roman, Modern Counage and even a Gold Brit! http://www.thefakepoundcoindatabase.co.uk

The numerals on this one!

Impossible for me to tell if these are or are not counterfeit. Grading is the only way unless you are a specialist on this incuse pre33 series.

I have not seen many Shield counterfeits. Just one other and this is a better example.

Binlord. Of the Grade inflation variety. He is also selling a clearly counterfeit 1930 Trade dollar amongst other genuine items.

Personally, I am not an expert on ancient coins. There is a wide variation on styles / varieties. I won’t name here but there are other forums for ancient coins that may be able to help. PM me if needed.

Aside from the reasons I am sure you will be aware of with respect to CGT bars, I think there is a different option for you… Cast rather than minted bars. I haven’t seen a cast PM ingot counterfeit for sale…