Jvw

Regarding date runs and thinking about modern UK bullion:
Oriental Border Britannias - 3 different ones in 1 oz gold, also in 1 oz silver, from 2018-2020
Royal Arms - can collect these in 1 oz gold, silver and platinum - they started in 2018 I think for gold and silver, and 2020 for platinum
Gold Standard 1/4 oz coins - only about 5 of these to colllect, I think
Lots of good ideas already given for sovereigns.  I'd also add modern bullion double sovereigns, starting from 2020.

The other date run that is keenly priced is Perth Mint Nuggets to date.  They are unloved.  

Thinking about it I've a complete date run of Perth mint dragon coin bars which I will add to every year. Do like them a lot

New guy, checking in. 
I think I've watched too many prepper videos on Youtube. They keep talking about this stuff called silver and gold so I figured I should educate myself on the matter. 

I did! I forgot to mention those in my initial post. I pick them up when i can! Small beautiful coins and also well available. Just a couple rare dates, I just skip those!  
Just wondering what other people collect for their date runs  
 

Or you could go for the 'Special' years of Brits... the ones with different designs, that is.
https://www.britannia-uk.com/britannia#SpecialEdition
It's a Good site for Silver rounds info generally too...
https://www.britannia-uk.com/

I can see @Jvw, your location is in The Netherlands. Have you tried 10 Gulden date run? Maybe are more affordable than other foreign gold coins.
You can choose only one monarch to begin. For example, Willem III, who even rules between 1876 and 1889, were issued guldens only 9 years according Numista page https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8323.html.
And step by step you can extend your collection.
Good luck, my friend!🤗
 

Interesting Sov Date Runs
(1) All Perth Mint Sovereigns (Medium Difficulty)
(2) All Melbourne Mint Half Sovereigns (V Hard)
(3) Gillicks (Easy)
(4) All Type II Sydney Sovereigns (Hard)
(5) All Type I Sydney Sovereigns (V Hard)
Hard also means expensive.  

If it's Sovereigns you're going for @Jvw then I'd say a copy of this book is an essential 1st purchase...  could stop a lot of mistakes / spending on the wrong thing etc 😏

Initially I only started stacking sovereigns. Then I made it a bit more interesting to find different years.
Date-runs are way more difficult to sell, way easier to split runs and sell individually. 
I do it because it gives me a sense of 'completion'... <OCD-mode off>  

This is mine
Sovereign Mintages - Blank copy.xlsx
Note I have not yet split the years where >1 type was available, on my to-do list

As others have said above, sovereigns seem to be very popular to do date runs with.
One tip I’d say to anyone looking to do a date run of older sovereigns is to research first. You could start a date run, ‘variety’ run or ‘branch’ mint run and find that one, two or a few might be impossible to get or cost a hefty amount outside of your budget.

I have a few date runs amongst my half sov collection, Victoria Jubilee Head, Edward and George plus the first two portraits of Elizabeth.
Was much more fun than just stacking lots of duplicates.
 

Triggered my OCD...
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Initially I only started stacking sovereigns. Then I made it a bit more interesting to find different years.
Date-runs are way more difficult to sell, way easier to split runs and sell individually. 
I do it because it gives me a sense of 'completion'... <OCD-mode off>  

Initially I only started stacking sovereigns. Then I made it a bit more interesting to find different years.
Date-runs are way more difficult to sell, way easier to split runs and sell individually. 
I do it because it gives me a sense of 'completion'... <OCD-mode off>  

The voices told me to 🤪
 

Britannias could be an idea? There's a few to make it a bit of a challenge but not so many that it's going to take decades. Also varying sizes to suit 

Hi,
As some of you know I try and complete date runs of gold coins. I started many years ago with collecting different bullion sovereigns. In that bullion date run there are 140 different years when starting from 1838. The good thing is that there are just a handful of key dates and most are widely available. 
I tried the Mexican 50 pesos next and then onto the 100 Peruvian soles. Both have limited years, but are very big and therefore expensive. Now I started the dutch gulden date run, which is a lot of fun and affordable! 
I am interested what date runs you collect and what coins have some 'easy' and affordable date runs. Some coins run for tens of years making date runs very expensive. And then some coins have many key dates making date runs difficult to complete.  
What do you guys think is an affordable coin and 'easy' to complete a date run with? 
Love to hear about your date runs also.
Cheers,
J
 
 
 

I'm doing this for groat through to crowns issued from 1816-1919. I've already completed crown and double florins. The shillings are close to completion. Half crowns and groats not far behind. The florins and sixpences are miles away. Silver stack and date run t'boot - it's great fun too.
To hell with 3ds though, bloody horrible things.

I'm doing similar for all the .500 uk circulating currency. Not huge and then amounts of cash or effort required, its just for fun. I love the design and feel of them, the last time coins were actually worth anything in this country. Still need a 1925 half crown at a sensible price, most florins in the bag already and then onto the smaller ones. It's been good fun putting putting a little piece of history together.

If you message me your email address I have a spreadsheet with all sovereign date runs and their mintage figures I put together, this is what I use to mark off what I have.  when I finish a run I pick one I already have a couple of and concentrate (not exclusively) on that run
EDIT - just realised I can just message it to you on here - have pinged it over to you on PM

George V half sovereigns must be an easy run to do?
I did have a date run of London mint Victoria shield sovereigns back in the day, 1842-1873, all in F-GVF grades.
I miss those.

I primarily stack sovereigns and do date runs while doing it.  I aim to do monarch/mint - so currently working on Jubilee Head Melbourne fulls and Jubilee Head London halves.  I have a couple of runs complete, for example Gillicks, George V London, Vicky Old Head London Fulls & halves.  Have a couple where I am missing one or two as well, for example George V SA I am only missing 3.  Not doing very well on most of the others, saving George III, George IV and William IV till last unless they come up at a bargain price, which they don't .  I do have duplicates for key dates and special designs but generally I only buy what I don't already have.  Have mostly avoided trying to do graded runs and only have a couple of graded coins which I am planning on parting with to fund my date runs.
Have also started recently to try and do runs for some UK & American currency coins, both silver and cupronickel, this one is more for fun and to feed my habit without the expense of gold so I don't go after high end examples but only but ones that are reasonable with a clear date and not too worn.  Have two full runs of Gillick sixpences (53-67) and almost finished on half crowns, got the full cupronickel run, need a couple in the 50% and a few for the 92.5%.  Florins and Crowns not doing great but not in any rush.  Will move onto the smaller denominations next I think, might start with 3d as I got a couple in a job lot I bought.  For American doing dimes and quarters (especially buffalo quarters).     

Not an expert by any stretch, but I quite fancy the Gillick Sovereigns - 10 in the series, and none super rare, as far as I'm aware ('57 & '59 are lower mintages though)
I like them as it's the portrait I remember most from my childhood, and it includes my birth year, old git that I am 😏
Have had a few folks recommend them too, so guessing they would be easy to move on in the future 🤔
Bob