GoodAsGold

3 hours ago, Skyfiller said:

Really wish I was introduced to this way of saving 25 years ago. 

All together now….. 🎼And so say most of us !

5 hours ago, Paul said:

Well Done ! 1kg is a nice milestone to achieve

Aside, myself as a bit of a Dull Mans Club OCD freak who likes logic, order, tidiness, familiarity, minimalism and clutter free life, i much approve your arrangement and storage method. Maximising safe deposit real estate space, is all the more pleasing so you don't over pay for a larger safe deposit locker you don't need   

I agree with a lot of this, Paul, especially your last comment. I’m guessing (perhaps wrongly) that you haven’t paid off a mortgage though and hold the deeds to your property? For peace of mind I decided to splash out on a 10 inch wide safe deposit box to store my deeds rather than filing them somewhere inconspicuous in the house. 

Plenty of room for the slabs etc now in my larger box and some spare room if you want me to store some of your nice 2oz gold pieces there?  😁

4 hours ago, shawy2510 said:

I got this graded last year which I purchased from you. Annoyingly they took it out of the packaging when told not to & assigned it a PF63UCAM. I had a whinge which it then came back a Brilliant Proof which I think was the 1st to be described as such. I have just aquired another of the same coin but I will be keeping that in the packaging for grading.

 

Hi Shawy.  I’m none the wiser with the Brilliant Proof description. Is your coin the Deep Proof Like reverse with the BU obverse, or is it the full proof, i.e. both obverse and reverse sides?  The back of the slab is the obvious difference between each version. Thanks.

4 hours ago, gazer said:

Bottom left by the first number 2. 

Congratulations on your first number 2 !!!

1 hour ago, Esjayc said:

It's recently come to my attention though, that all of my pairs of socks have got at least one hole, or significant wear - so I shall have to divert some funds, to replenish what has been banished from the ol' sock draw 😩. But that shall never stop me! 😁.

I came home once and told my wife that I’d spent £100 on socks. She told me I was mad. But the £100 was a deposit on my new car with its registration including the letters SO**KS.

Your application for membership of The Dull Men’s Club has now been received.

1 hour ago, Esjayc said:

It's recently come to my attention though, that all of my pairs of socks have got at least one hole, or significant wear - so I shall have to divert some funds, to replenish what has been banished from the ol' sock draw 😩. But that shall never stop me! 😁.

If the holes in your socks are in different places then just wear 2 pairs per day.

There’s no need to divert funds away from gold. Just be resourceful.

This is overkill in my opinion. The 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings £2 coin was obviously issued a mere 5 years ago.

Is this the best you can do RM?

Great to see, but that’s an eBay replica. @GoldDiggerDave has the original sat on his mantelpiece.

Yes please, I’ll take that. A great unique Christmas present for my daughter. We’re both fans of Bender. Please PM me with your details.

1 hour ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

Begs the question at what point will it top collectors out of the market? 

Let alone the SOTD, the price of standard proof sovs is also on the march, so much so that collectors must be turning to more affordable proof half sovs.

Supply versus demand. What’s the chances of the Mint holding or slightly dropping proof sov prices if/when demand drops? Will they mint fewer? 

Off topic Monarch series wise, but just joining in the recent conversation.

46 minutes ago, Anteater said:

I'm not the seller but the gold Brit didn't get the hologram until 2021 so I think you're safe

Thanks @Anteater. That’s very helpful of you.

Lovely looking coin thanks to great photos. I don’t see the RM holographic security logo on it. Much prefer Brits without it in all honesty.

If you can confirm that my blurry eyes aren’t deceiving me this time of night and there is indeed no hologram on it then I’ll take it please. 

Please PM me accordingly and I’ll get back to you in the daytime. I expect your bank details won’t have changed since my recent Lion of England purchase?

1 hour ago, Anteater said:

Probably my fault - someone asked about this company (by its new name) somewhere so I linked to this thread...

Correct. Your fault, but my stupidity. I clicked on your link before nipping out of the room and losing the plot.

23 minutes ago, HonestMoneyGoldSilver said:

I've been chiming about that $2300 mark for a while. If you guys are encouraging me to be boring

It’s hard to keep up with the banter at this late hour so I’ll understand your post a lot clearer in the daytime thanks. It’s not boring but very educational imo. Keep up all of your good work @HonestMoneyGoldSilver

2 minutes ago, GoodAsGold said:

This is primarily a safe deposit company from the ROI which has been branching out around the UK for quite a few years. I was a customer in one location but then switched to a more convenient one when it opened. I know of several TSF members who use them in other locations in the UK. Their prices are uncompetitive when compared to the top bullion dealers. End of story.

What happened?  One minute I was on the gold monitoring thread, nipped out for a second and ended up here on this ancient thread. Anyone seen my marbles?

This is primarily a safe deposit company from the ROI which has been branching out around the UK for quite a few years. I was a customer in one location but then switched to a more convenient one when it opened. I know of several TSF members who use them in other locations in the UK. Their prices are uncompetitive when compared to the top bullion dealers. End of story.

5 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

By the way, I’ve heard many people mispronounce the name Pistrucci.

It’s pronounced with a -CHEE ending, not -KEY.

I think it’s important to pronounce foreign names correctly so I’ll try to remember that he’s a CHEE and not a KEY.

Piedfort (P-A-4) and pie fort spring to mind. Sorry to see the state of the coin you received by the way.

I have a 1989 proof double sovereign graded by NGC as PF70 Ultra Cameo but that’s worth £1,800 in the current market. They were fetching around £2K on FB before the market dipped ahead of last winter. No particular rush to sell it but available at the correct price.

@AdminSupport Are you able to tidy up this old thread from Jan 2023 please? It seems to have been accidentally hijacked today by a member going off topic on a separate agenda about his own coin. 

I initially thought Lawrence Chard was back again until I realised the dates of the earlier comments.

19 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

I’ll give it a bit of a polish and shine and show the results this weekend 

Nice very detailed photos Dave. A picture paints a thousand words but your video does all the talking (even though it’s silent). Nice to see the coin broken out of the capsule. Well done.

I haven’t got a George V so I’d like to buy your 1911 full sovereign please, providing you accept Bank Transfer. RM Special delivery to be added to your cost. Please PM me thanks.

On 11/03/2024 at 14:32, paulmerton said:

They're proud of their low returns rate.

And while it remains low, it's not worth their effort improving quality. They can just pump this stuff out, knowing that most of it will be accepted regardless.

When something has a £2k premium, I think they can justify having someone spend a full 2 minutes looking at the coin for defects.

But they don't.

Just catching up with this thread and I sadly have to agree with the above comments.

Think about it, why should the RM pay staff, temps or anyone for Quality Control when the customers do it for free?

I don’t have any Piedfort coins to grade but I would imagine that a nice chunky Piedfort might look undistinguished in a slab. I think I’d appreciate its thickness better in a capsule rather than a slab. 

It would also irritate me when the NGC label states “Piefort” rather than the original “Piedfort” french translation for heavy foot, or heavy weight when it comes to coins.

Nothing to do with pies whatsoever.

So those charts use candles?  3 candles I could understand, maybe even 5. But they’re so open to misinterpretation when there’s 4.