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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
 
 
 

Received the 1oz Gold 2021 reverse proof Libertad. She will accompany her 3 sisters shortly.
 

I have taken it upon myself to provide a few words of caution to new members:
Be wary of people welcoming you aboard, as a lot of TSF members have boating accidents.
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Hi one and all
Have dabbled in silver for several years, by dabbling I mean buying without really knowing what I am doing! now moving into gold with even less of an idea, however I do read a lot and try to learn so all help is very welcome. At this point of time I am drawn to sovereigns but get side tracked easily! thanks for reading.

Welcome to the forum @TyberZann1337!

I am from Australia and I started collecting silver and gold this year. I like coins the best but I will buy bars as well  

Seriously though, some people are likely still better off holding silver as it stops them spanking cash on nonsense that would lose any value. 

I felt that the poor lass was uncomfortable 'off script' so left her alone after her answer 🤣 I was going to ask about milk spots on the RM's silver bullion but feared it may have ruined her week...

If I understood that, I would be on my superyacht in the Mediterranean (the Caribbean is too hot)!
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The best of British. A 1775 Guinea 

Took some individual pics when I last visited storage 

Welcome to the forum! 

Hi everyone! 
I am very new, but also very enthusiast about all the new things I am learning. I am mostly gathering information at this point and thinking about what I want to do for my first purchase. Does anyone here remember the thrill of their first purchase? Feel free to share stories! 
 
I would really enjoy finding some people to talk to, I hope I came to the right place for that

I am from Slovakia and started adding silver to my portfolio this year. I am a total new and mostly interested in 1 oz silver coins for the best prize available  

The camera is a mirrorless Canon R5 (its overkill perhaps, but its my new baby!). I'm using a 100mm macro lens stopped down to f16.
Its lit with 2 cheap led panels, the one in the left of the pic is the main light pointing at about 45 degrees from the top right of the coin. The light nearest the camera is a fill to reduce some of the shadows. 
The thing in the middle is an ikea lamp shade. It works like a light tent and softens the light as well as  removing reflections. I shoot at a slight angle otherwise the lens will reflect in the ever so shiny coins and you'll get lots of black patches on the raised details. 
The coin is cut out in Photoshop and put on a white background. For silver coins i like to desaturate a little for a more mono look.
 

Those are remarkably good photos!
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I can't remember the year, or the gold weight involved, but about 20 years ago, we did a £250,000 deal with someone from the music and entertainment business.
We supplied a mixture of gold sovereigns, bars, and Krugerrands.
If I could recall the year, and approximate month, I could work out an estimated gold weight, but:
Assuming gold was about £250 per ounce, that would be about 1,000 ounces, worth approximately £1.5 million worth today.
It is possible that gold was only £200, or even less, in which case, it might have been 1,200 to 1,250 ounces, worth about £1.8 million today.
Someone recently bought about 1.5 tonnes of 1,000 ounce silver bars, for delivery outside the UK, so VAT exempt or zero rated.
On other occasions, we have bought 1,000 Krugerrands.
Batches of 1,000 sovereigns used to be quite a frequent occurrence, even or especially back in the 1960's.
I have only included transaction with private individuals, not trade deals.
Whatever you do, don't mention the 44 kilos of gold I once brought "home" as hand luggage.
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Hi everybody.
I'm fairly new to silver collecting and stacking (actually didn't realise that stacking was a thing, if i'm honest). I probably have about 50oz silver, so relatively small time at the moment.
I thought that the best way to create a stack would be to collect, for instance, all years of Britannia bullion and then Maple etc etc. but i'm open to good deal if i see one.
I'd like to add silver bar at some point, but i find coins more interesting tbh.
One question though, whats the general consensus on collectable silver coins, such as the Royal Mint Music Legends or Beatrix Potter? Are they an investment, as they obviosly carry a larger premium.
Anyway, i'm looking forward to sitting back later and having a proper read through the posts and maybe even joining in a thread or 2.
Hope you all have a prosperous day
Dave

I hope it gets sorted for you!
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We seem to have opened a can of worms here!
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Shipping from UK to Europe is rubbish also. Nothing but problems with investment gold from the UK to EU for me tbh. All packages (even the ones with a large Customs note saying the coins are investment gold coins and VAT free) are being hold at Dutch customs for weeks. Finally i receive an invoice to pay vat plus import duties. Before i can fight the invoice i need to pay first. 
After payment they ship my my coins but they come with weeks (and in a couple examples MONTHS) of communication, arguing and pleading with Customs, Dutch Tax-office and the shipper.
I am still waiting for my VAT/Import reimbursement from a coin I bought in an UK auction in October..... 
 

Shipping from UK to Europe is rubbish also. Nothing but problems with investment gold from the UK to EU for me tbh. All packages (even the ones with a large Customs note saying the coins are investment gold coins and VAT free) are being hold at Dutch customs for weeks. Finally i receive an invoice to pay vat plus import duties. Before i can fight the invoice i need to pay first. 
After payment they ship my my coins but they come with weeks (and in a couple examples MONTHS) of communication, arguing and pleading with Customs, Dutch Tax-office and the shipper.
I am still waiting for my VAT/Import reimbursement from a coin I bought in an UK auction in October..... 
 

They are rather late with their page.
Could they be copying a well-known Blackpool dealer?
https://www.chards.co.uk/2023-gold-sovereign-uncirculated-coin/16007
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