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6 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

All quite entertaining, but it is astounding how many people who own these think they are genuine...

... and there is at least one well-known dealer who might not know the Saudi Guinea is fake.

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Ha thanks @LawrenceChard

Actually in my family network, most people treat these as gold gifts (ie what weight "guinea" are we gifting) and dont even think of these becuase of the sovereign design. There are so many of these lurking away.

6 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

 

"Restrike" is a euphemism, for fake!

https://www.chards.co.uk/blog/restrike-gold-sovereigns-and-other-coins/168

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even the restrike for the veinte pesos?

3 hours ago, dicker said:

My experience is that people who have obtained qualifications while working (E.g accountants) are far more effective than those who obtained degrees, then masters then Doctorates before going into a work environment. Engineering, physics and maths are a notable exception to this

Something in this i guess. I completed my PhD while working full time with a small biotech company in Cambridge - tough 4.5 years!

3 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

Agreed. Even people with Ph.D.s don't always appear to be particularly intelligent.

It might make a difference if you wrote what you learnt instead of learnt what you rote. 🙂

Do Chinese universities offer junk shipbuilding courses?

I'd like to stick up for some with PhDs that may have some intelligence but also common sense!

What you needed @LawrenceChardis someone who does microscopy of cells and analysis of those images for a day job. Plenty of life science students around could build a simple workflow to take the image and count the ridges using software like ImageJ or Fiji.

I like the G & D design on the £5 coin for Prince George's 5th birthday @LawrenceChard

1 minute ago, Zhorro said:

Well, they are certainly gong to be churning them out this year.

isnt the plan 4 or 5 releases every year until 2025?

Proclamations for the next Monarch Portraits...

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3988957

For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · XXX POUNDS ·” and the date of the year, and for the reverse either:

(a) a portrait of James I with the inscription “· IACOBVS · D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRAN : ET · HIB : REX ·” or;

(b) a portrait of George I with the inscription “ GEORGIVS · DG · M · BR · FR · ET HIB REX · F · D ·” or;

(c) a portrait of Edward VII with the inscription “ EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA : BRITT : OMN : REX FID : DEF : IND : IMP :”.

9 hours ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

@NewCoins As a young man it was 5 1/4 Inch,  then when I got older 3.5 inch is all that i could handle..........today it's just a memory stick!

still a way to go, next stop nanodrive and then onto holographic memory...

From your photo the one of left looks like a well circulated coin. The one on right (shiny) could simply be a newly circulated coin from a sealed bag from bank and stored away or from a bunc set and found its way into circulation.

5 hours ago, tallthinkev said:

That is kind of what I was thinking, however the strike doesn't look proof like in anyway.

Maybe from an BUNC set rather than proof?

34 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

@LawrenceChard- I was unable to find the Gazette entries for this range.

Where did you see it?

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3945265

On 31/12/2021 at 03:55, coinory said:

Hey guys, I wanted to share an observation, Or something I realised after I got into flipping gold coins etc, That is south Asians as a community and the Importance of gold. 

In countries like India, Pakistan & Bangladesh etc., people don't trust banks or have access to banking ( Govts are pushing people to deposit their funds into banks ), but still, they refuse to do so. 

Reason? People are used to using gold as a form of investment, which has been going for centuries. For example, when south Asian's get married, guess what are the most valuables present newlyweds get? Gold jewellery and that is passed on from one generation to another... 

I  was born in South Asia. Since my childhood, I have seen people using gold as an investment portfolio. And it is mind-boggling. People with no financial education, No market knowledge or access to any resources, Yet are sage investors.

I so know about this. Unfortunately those very nice family members that gift us gold, give any kind even jewellry sovs. Some time this year i will be converting all my "fake" but real gold sovs & coins to real sovs....

7 hours ago, Chrisplym said:

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Is it possible to tell if the 10oz silver James Bond coin will be proof or bullion?

Its hard to tell, sometimes in other proclamations they use the wording "STANDARD" which does correspond to bullion/bunc quality.

1 hour ago, AndrewSL76 said:

A 5p in bronze!!! This is a great find! Thanks for sharing. Love it.

Some cracking articles and old adverts in them.

This one might also be of interest....

Found a bundle of Readers Digest magaizine in Mum's loft

Here is an article from a 1986 June Issue

here they are @NewCoins

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3804374

Reverse a depiction of Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in front of the flags of the United States of America and the United Kingdom accompanied by the inscription “UNITED STATES - UNITED KINGDOM A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP”.

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3804373

(a) a depiction of Alice and the Cheshire Cat sat in a tree accompanied by the inscription “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND”; or

(b) a depiction of Alice and the characters Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the inscription “THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS”.

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3804372

reverse four poppies accompanied by the inscription “AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN & IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM”.

According to FB

On 11/05/2021 at 20:16, Stuntman said:

It would be a particularly good presentation set if you have collected all 10 QBs in 1/4 oz gold, and then added the 1 oz completer coin in the middle.

Tempting!

I've kind of gone with this - 10 QBs 1/4oz gold bullion version with 1 oz gold in proof for the QB completer!

Gazette proclamation

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3784908

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 100 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year, and for the reverse a depiction of a guitar shaped pinball machine accompanied by the inscription “THE WHO”; or

(b) For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 100 POUNDS ·”, and for the reverse a depiction of a guitar shaped pinball machine accompanied by the inscription “THE WHO” accompanied by “2021 1OZ FINE GOLD 999.9” in microtext.

According to an IDK on FB

@kimchi I sold my PF69 Queen 2oz Silver on ebay for £275, taking advantage of the £1 FVF. It actually went to Germany via GSP and the buyer must have paid over £350 once further delivery and import fees were added...