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Eighteen reasons to get excited about Sovereigns.
I received a lovely 1863 Victoria Sovereign today and this one concluded my 'Change of Portrait' Type Set from 1817 to present day 😅  The type set includes all the Portrait changes for each Monarch.  I have attempted to acquire the inaugural year date for each Portrait change. 
All the 19th Century examples are Sovereigns and where practicable, all of the 20th & 21st Century Sovereigns are Proof examples.  
Over time I will likely try and seek out a nicer example of the 1825 George IV; replace the 1836 William IV with the inaugural year of 1831; attempt to do the same by replacing the 1863 Victoria with a nice 1838 example and for Elizabeth II, replace the 1987 Maklouf Portrait with the inaugural 1985 year date.  
In the meantime, for those who appreciate them, enjoy the Sovereigns 😀
 

Benedetto Pistrucci 

Benedetto Pistrucci 

William Wyon

William Wyon

William Wyon 

Joseph Egar Boehm 

Thomas Brock

George William de Saulles

Bertram Mackennal

Humphrey Paget

Mary Gillick 

Arnold Machin

Arnold Machin

Raphel Maklouf

Bernard Sindall

Ian Rank- Broadley

Jody Clark 

James Butler

Finished at £4k for the Silver 2oz then. Interesting…

So far, so close:
5oz Gold (fdc) - I guessed: £42,400 - Hammer: £39,000
2oz Gold (70) - I guessed: £38,000 - Hammer: £41,000
2oz Gold (69) - I guessed: £27,500 - Hammer: £29,000
The 2oz is at £4k and the 10oz is at £7k.
Interesting results so far!

I tried to ring them several times without success so I emailed them asking them to call me back (to discuss a similar issue with my invoice) and they rang me back in an hour or so. 

Just heard back on my 2oz silver. It came back as a PF69 obviously I'm a little disappointed who wouldn't be....
But on the other hand I'm still very happy and grateful that I have had the opportunity to own one...
Thanks to @CoinsOfTheRealmAuctions for sorting everything out....
Best of luck to everyone still waiting on their grades.
👍

Oooh mine too!! Another 70

Oooh mine too!! Another 70

Or maybe they were updating mine !
 

First of all - lovely to see a picture of an 1893 quintuple sovereign.
The most important point about this coin in my opinion is to be as sure as you can that it's actually a genuine coin.  So I would be buying the seller, rather than the coin.  Are they are a private individual or a reputable coin or bullion dealer?  Are they selling it as guaranteed genuine, and would therefore give you a full refund if the coin was actually a fake (even if it was 22ct gold and full weight)?
In terms of the actual coin - well it looks genuine in my opinion, but it is in relatively low numismatic grade for one of these. I would put at VF at best (UK grading) so I certainly wouldn't be paying top collector-style money for it.
It is definitely a collector coin as opposed to a stacker coin, so if you wanted to buy 5 sovereigns' worth of gold there are much cheaper ways of doing it - a 1990s/2000s non-proof quintuple sovereign in the same George & Dragon design is probably the cheapest way in.
Value wise for the 1893 - I'm not too sure.  To a sovereign collector, this is a rare and desirable coin that certainly would command a strong numismatic premium over bullion value in any grade from VF and above, but there won't be many quintuple sovereign collectors/buyers when and if you come to sell.  'Normal' buyers wouldn't look to pay high numismatic premiums for it so your market is limited.  The 1893 is rarer than the 1887 and 1902 quintuples but a collector would probably buy an 1887 or 1902 before looking for an 1893, so your market is even more limited.
Basically I'm saying buy it if you trust or know that it's genuine and only if you're buying it for its numismatic pleasure.  It's a lovely thing but I would buy many, many other gold coins in preference to it unless it was VERY well priced.  If you can buy it well, fill your boots.

Not sure what what qualifies a coin like this for a First Day of Issue label . Given that these are proof non-circulation coins that sold out within an hour or so of being launched, aren't they all First Day of Issue? cf stamp first day covers. Looks like a marketing ploy to make them seem more exclusive than all the rest. 

The reality is they can provide the actual first strikes off a new die and ensure they are flawless strikes but I like to believe RM still included the dust in the capsules so they all need to be conserved just in case

Ow yeah, I’m still happy with it! It’s just made my decision to sell to put towards a 1937 Proof Sovereign - my dream coin!

Happy Easter!!!!
My 2oz silver proof 3G is in transit from NGC and has achieved a PF 70

Wow if these sell the price is sort of set 

Just revisiting this topic.  With help fro @Groundz I purchased this at the time.  
 
I have four higher grades Douro Sovereigns, but non with quite the eye appeal as this one. 
 
Many thanks @Groundz
Best
Dicker

This is the silver section, but I hope you will forgive me 😃
And for those who ask : the gold Kilo is not mine, I am just the "little player" with the 2oz gold below   
 

 

Finally! 3G silver kilo and 5oz 

Looks like PCGS are doing a little better than NGC
 
 

Have you flipped the coin over and looked at the obverse? The Royal Mint has the image of the Queen but the Alderney obverse has the image of... oh wait, I actually don't know who that woman is 🤔

Surely no cynics here?

A good day

I'm very surprised they would even mention grades as no one knows what a coin will grade its only a prediction and then theres the transit of the coin. If they remint expect to wait a while for another, I have given up waiting for remints on other coins and have also had worst ones returned.

I think the more people that start saying they want their coins to hit certain grades to RM the more chance they will look to move into selling graded at much higher prices. I have noticed a lot of people seem to be so much worried about really tiny imperfections these days and a lot that I've seen on groups are mostly dust. I'm fussy but a lot I see I would send to grading that people are considering returning.

I'm predicting we see a higher % of 70s this time around compared to the Unas as they have been taking on board feedback and the recent 5oz Eltons show how they have improved since the Queens as one example

Thanks!
Aaaaaaaaanndddd WOW: https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=4551&lot=30325

Sent my 2oz silver on its merry way for grading today 🤞

Received my 2oz silver today 😂
im not even sure what’s on it?