ShineyMagpie

An interesting discussion ongoing here, been good to hear people's thoughts and opinions.

No worries, thought it worth a cheeky ask

i Personally have only bought a few things from the forum and am a relative newbie myself. so to answer 2 of your questions; 1) i have not been scammed myself although only a small amount of transactions. 2) how can you build feedback, well trading feedback works for buying as well as selling so specifically if you wanted to build that you could make purchases. but as others have said i suppose you get a "feeling" from interactions and conversations with people. i think you ask a valid question just my thoughts. I'm not sure with regards to your sales, and there again could be a few factors, did you list near Christmas when not everyone has spare income, you mentioned you didn't bump so your listing are "hidden" to non premium members for 3 days during which they could be several pages deep in the listings & did anyone engage with you regarding your prices (or attempt too?)

So does this mean you will be selling your old Sigma tester 😅 i'm sure it will be out of my budget if you are, but no doubt there would be takers

Anyone would think your insinuating that @James32 is trying to suck up all the gold 😆

Welcome, enjoy the forum hope you find the 10oz' er your after.

Interesting to see that people started receiving there orders again. I agree about the "cluttered" look but still a nice coin in my opinion. To answer the previous question asked by @Zhorro do the sovereigns come with numbered certificates, thanks?

Hello, and welcome to the forum. As others have stated be care as with anything of value people try to fake, so buying from a reputable source helps against this especially if your new to collecting. Not knowing your budget makes it more difficult to suggest. There is a 3 simple items that can help you verify your items: 1)A pair of dial calipers to measure the size and thickness of coin (specifications avaliable online). 2) A set of accurate scales (not kitchen scales) that can measure to 0.01 of a gram, to measure weight of coins against specified. 3) A neodymium (rare earth) magnetic, great quick check for silver. Be aware of what spot prices are for gold and silver and that will help, local coin shop can be a great resource. Have fun ask more questions as you need, it's what the forum is for 🙂

It does seem more common these days both through posts on this forum and YouTube videos that people are using silver as a way of trading up to gold. This makes sense especially for lower disposable income, or people new to the hobby. I think VAT free plays a big attraction to gold these days also compared to other PM. Uk based Sovereign, britannia seem to be quite liquid for get out if/when needed. But hay I'm still learning 😆

share a link here and get free bump for your sale

Oww very nice

I would say there is potential to, also if you after something in particular or a certain year you can put up a wanted post here for it.

Welcome to TSF hope you enjoy your time here, lots of knowledgeable people and good offers on goods for sale

I use tiny round stickers to do this, doesn't obscure the coin at all and no permanent mark should I want to remove. Then same principle write number on stickers which corresponding ledger

Wow..begs the question £230 is expensive for a 1/4 Sovereign, but with a mintage so low (if suggested at 32) is it a future huge return?

I agree the pace of release of some coins will put some people off, the same thing that entices people in can have the opposite effect when over used. People were happy starting "change collections" different 50 pence coins for example then they release so many, and the "retail price" for some of these is off-putting to people wanting to start, that coinciding with the society moving to a cashless one could mean that type of collector doesn't happen.

I think as others have said nice souvenir from holiday and quite literally worth there weight in metel alone (well close enough 😉)

yeah will be interesting to see, has anyone had any contact about their memorial orders yet?

Unfortunately I'm not a premium member so these deals don't tend to last, and are rightfully snapped up prior to me seeing them. 😅 Would have definitely been interested.

Not sure if this has been posted already or not? But Travex have a 1g gold bar for £53.70 for 1, about £10 cheaper than anywhere else. https://tavexbullion.co.uk/gold/1-gram-tavex-gold-bar-uk-london/

Wow subtle reply, Yes I had made a typo in this instance and missed the 2nd 8, not disputing that rounding early exponentiates the problem. However, if you had also continued to read the calculations i eneded on: Yes I did round 7.32238(+) to 7.3224 but thought for ease and simplicity of calculations that was fine. I do appreciate the rrepones's I myself am trying to learn more. And hopefully this will also prove useful to others. I would press thanks to replies but as a basic user I have exceeded my limit 😅

@LawrenceChard excuse my ignorance, but why are my calculations incorrect. They appear to be the same figures?

Thanks for the response, I understand this is purely hypothetical but hopefully helpful to myself and others if I affix some point of reference to the conversation. so generic bullion sovereign for example, is selling approx £375. Now at 7.98g 22ct = 7.3224g fine gold content. Gold Market current £48.50 per g X 7.3224= £355.14 So generic Sovereign is approx 5.64% above spot. Your suggesting the 'value' of ex Mount is closer to £355.

As a relative new person to the hobby I do have a question, bullion grade vs Ex-Mount. Now my understanding is that bullion grade is effectively non numismatic "normal" coin, therefore its worth is in the intrinsic value of the metal itself. Now i understand that Ex-mounted Coins may have some "problems/defects" the milled edged for example may have some solder marks, the coin may have been polished on one side or scratch on the other. But, and this is kind of m point the coin itself still has all of the precious metal that it did previously. Now noting that its never going to get a good grade if someone were to try and grade it, but as with generic bullion you wouldn't necessarily either. Yet I oftan see in trade things will trade for x ammount ( no ex-mounted), which of course is fine and their preference. So should Ex mounted stuff sell for less than spot? do you know of this happening? im just curious to hear people opinions and thoughts ? and grow my knowledge.

Thanks