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Doesn’t everyone in Manchester?

Doesn’t everyone in Manchester?

I don't get to visit my safety deposit box that often and when I do go it is a very special treat especially when taking photos to look back on. The beauty of the stack is not at hand and it is out of sight and out of mind therefore never taken into consideration when looking at finances. When I visited the secure storage facility I could hear a customer in the next room and he was obviously counting cash he had removed from his safety deposit box. I was thinking at the time I am so glad I had saved and stacked Gold rather than polymer banknotes...........

In late 2018 we had six months falling Gold prices but it failed to take out the 2016 lows and Gold was not on main stream media radar. At the time many YouTube gurus were saying Gold was heading towards $1000 but Gold price failed on a monthly chart to penetrate below $1200 and at this time I got the Gold/Silver bug but I was still fearful of continued falling PM prices so I decided to invest heavily into a series that hopefully if the PM price continued to fall would be offset by premium appreciation and the best series around was the Queens Beast coins all capital gains tax exempt. At the time I did not envision Gold price breaking above $1400 level that had stood as resistance for four years and my strategy was to buy 10 of each coin in the series to complete a stack of 100 oz in Gold. When Gold price broke above $1400 I failed to continue to accumulate (PMs emotional metals) and towards the end of the series my wife and I decided we would still continue to complete the stack but had to pay some additional premium and increase in spot price offset by unfortunately having to sell off my Silver stack.

I'm not definitively sure what @Abyss strategy was definitively, you are best placed to ask him- but it is apparent that he stuck to his target of buying CGT free Gold and took the decision to accumulate 10x 1oz of each of the QB coins as they were gathering momentum in terms of premium as the series went on.  

Great strategy, and decisively executed 😃 
I’m sure the premiums on the last couple of releases will have made you wince somewhat, but these premiums will be insignificant longer term 👍 

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

Not quite. The £22K coin was better value for money at the weight of 71.3 grams, whereas mine is the same weight as a 39.94 grams quintuple sovereign. The £22K coin only has a mintage of 63 as well, compared to the 400 of the above coin. However, it is ungraded and has at least a hairline on each side of the coin. 
The coin in the photo is true to the original 1839 reverse design in that it has that year’s roman numerals on it.  The larger Alderney Una replaces the roman numerals with the words TWENTY POUNDS in a thick ugly font, so not for me. The image of Her Majesty on the Alderney coin doesn’t compare to the ones we’ve been used to on Royal Mint issues though. The Alderney coins were minted by the Commonwealth Mint.
 

4 years ago I too started in that same junior school @ZigZag. I was buying Brilliant Uncirculated coins, then silver proofs by 2017,  silver or gold proofs by 2018. I like the larger sizes though, so my collection is small with a dash of wow factor.
If you sell ungraded (raw) coins there may be a difference of opinion on their condition between buyer and seller. A graded coin has been professionally assessed and hopefully buyer and seller abide by that grading and accept it as is.
 The info on the Alderney Una coins was available to read on the Coin Cabinet auction 27 listings in the descriptions of each coin, so I’m no expert.
 But I have learnt a lot over the years at the School of @Numistacker - his YouTube videos are an education in themselves. I hope to see you in class  👍

Your kid is very lucky to have you as a parent. I hope he or she catches the coin collecting bug and these coins survive beyond the day your kid discovers beer 🤪

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

Wow. Some of you guys and girls just blind me with science (well knowledge), feel like like I’m in junior school here, so much to learn in the serious coin world. I’ve not plucked up courage or conviction to enter the graded world yet.
Awesome coin though.

Your kid is very lucky to have you as a parent. I hope he or she catches the coin collecting bug and these coins survive beyond the day your kid discovers beer 🤪

4 years ago I too started in that same junior school @ZigZag. I was buying Brilliant Uncirculated coins, then silver proofs by 2017,  silver or gold proofs by 2018. I like the larger sizes though, so my collection is small with a dash of wow factor.
If you sell ungraded (raw) coins there may be a difference of opinion on their condition between buyer and seller. A graded coin has been professionally assessed and hopefully buyer and seller abide by that grading and accept it as is.
 The info on the Alderney Una coins was available to read on the Coin Cabinet auction 27 listings in the descriptions of each coin, so I’m no expert.
 But I have learnt a lot over the years at the School of @Numistacker - his YouTube videos are an education in themselves. I hope to see you in class  👍

Here today. Off to the vault tomorrow. 
I wondered why the accompanying wooden box had a slab size hole instead of a capsule hole. The unnumbered COA states that the 400 mintage coins were sent to PCGS initially, hence the slab not a capsule. 389 achieved PR70.
 
 

For some reason am getting lucky with rare bars lately. Here is a lesser known Engelhard and that Patina is awesome 

So I completed the first part of my kids sovereign date run in today’s post and one different sovereign added by @ilovesilverireallydo
Why a date run, my logic if I give them as birthday presents in date runs, it will hold sentimental value, that should  🙏evoke some thought before ever considering disposal - now there’s long term inheritance planning for you 😂