Roy

Here's my 1957 for comparison.....
 

I completely agree with most of that, except that I think you are more of a numismatist than you think. Don't underestimate yourself. You are studying these coins, or images of coins, because you are interested, which makes you more or a numismatist than the SJA manager who responded to you.
Your comparison images are very helpful, and show a striking difference, pun intended, between the two coins, although perhaps in the case of one of them, it is a casting difference.
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This morning I thought I would take a look at Lot 309.
First problem is that the archive is a PDF, which I always find difficult to work with.
Having scrolled down to Lot 309, the images are very small, and I can zoom the PDF, it looks like there is no easy way to view the actual photos directly, without doing a screenshot then cropping. I decided to try their "Advanced Search", and noticed a separate problem:

Once I see a spelling error on a document or web page, it distracts me, and continues to do so.
I find it difficult to SEPARATE the mis-spelling of the word SEPARATE as SEPERATE, from my thoughts about whatever I was trying to do. I start wondering was this a simple typo, although it is repeated, or does the author not know or care about spelling correctly? In which case, how professional and accurate are they when it comes to their main job, appraising coins, including checking whether they are genuine or fakes.
I make typos, but whenever I spot them, I correct them. In fact I just spotted I had typed wieght instead of weight, in this very thread. Needless to say I have already corrected it, although someone had quoted me, and their quote includes my typo!
Now, after this short digression, I will get back to the actual search, but perhaps after a coffee...
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In the 1960's, bullion sovereigns were trading at a significant premium, circa 42%, probably also in the 1950s.
If the gold content is too low, this would also create an extra profit and incentive.
 

I could help but I don't like the OP's line of questioning.
Not a single please or thank you in the whole thread.
Perhaps the rudest member on TSF, after myself of course.

It sounds like you have been getting advice from very questionable sources, as all your "statements" are incorrect or unsubstantiated. 
Other TSF members have already provided anwers to most of them.
I would add that, after 1952 when King George VI died, his coins continued in circulation until 1971, and then only because we decimalised, and not because he was no longer king.
It was not only his coins which continued in circulation, but also those of George V, Edward VII, Queen Victoria, and occasionally William IV, George IV, and George III. So there is absolutely no precedent for replacing a monarch's coins when they die, not in the UK, and not anywhere else in the world, now or in the past, unless anyone knows of any exceptions, and can correct me.
Answers to most of you statements can also be found on the website of a well-known Blackpool coin and bullion dealer.
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Shhhh don’t tell anyone!

I cant seem to buy gold from the RM at the moment might be my broadband settings ?
Yours Dmitri Kuznetsoff

Agreed on that hideous crushed velour finish of the Millennium Silver Set- I bought one only to liberate the Maundy Money into my collection- I was shocked by the presentation, it was like a 70's throwback-I can only think at the time, the product manager was on Acid- At least it was a blue crushed velour, could have been worse, it might have been Daytona Yellow like my Ford Cortina.

2006 Silver Proof Annual Collection #1 of 1   Before The Royal Mint landed upon its current design for annual year proof-set boxes - shiny black for silver, and the superior wooden veneer for executive proofs - it first ejaculated the 2000 "Millenium" and 2006 "80th Birthday" silver sets. Both sets included a silver 4-coin Maundy set and both boxes were heinously unattractive.    So egregiously ugly, in fact, that I have decided to replace the original boxes with their wooden "executive" counterparts, jettison the Maundies, and offer safe harbour to the appropriate - and originally excluded- commemorative silver proof coins.   The 2006 addenda are the braces of Victoria Cross heptagons and the Brunel doubloons.   A marked improvement imo and considerably more in keeping with their modern counterparts.   The Maundy set will have to go.

Average Silver Forum Portfolio:

The 2003 1oz gold Britannia Bust in PF70. The best Britannia portrait in my opinion. Now just need the 2005 Britannia design to complete the 4 Philip Nathan 1 year special designs. Ironically I had it and sold it 😩

@kimchi I think it might be Patagonia. 
We had Patagonians attend my University in Wales where they were learning 'the language'.
Not how to speak it of course, they were fluent, but the language itself, like you and I might study 'English'.
Hardy fellows.

If I may take over the role of TSF Pedant (I imagine @LawrenceChard has gone to bed, bless), when we refer to gold's purity we use 'karat'. A karat is a measurement of 1/24th of a whole so 22k is 22/24 where 24k is pure gold. 
The term 'carat' is reserved for the weight of a gemstone, for example a diamond or ruby.
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@kimchi I think it might be Patagonia. 
We had Patagonians attend my University in Wales where they were learning 'the language'.
Not how to speak it of course, they were fluent, but the language itself, like you and I might study 'English'.
Hardy fellows.

22k of course!
Pre-2013 Brits and sovs, .900 coins are ok too 😄
There's no history with a 24k coin so these are purely for show, flipping or for sticking in tubes 😛
(IMO of course, buy what you like 👍)

In the modern world people tend to buy things, spend everything earnt rather than save.  Product of decades of good times and state welfare. 
 

I seem to remember a news article from a few years ago saying around 25%-30% of Brits have no savings or other funds to fall back on in an emergancy a quick google found this but it is from 2016. As with all reports like this even from that bastion of impartiality that is the BBC need to be taken with a kidney crippleing pinch of salt....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37504449
But on a more serious note I tend to feel that financial literacy is not taught enough to young people. I am 28 and I do not remember a single lesson at school regarding budgeting or what an interest rate is etc. Maybe that is because I went to a state comperensheive and had other things on my testosterone filled teenage mind than how inflation will mess with interest rates and what the gold to silver ratio is.
I also think that has been a shift in society to more spending and less saving. My parents and grand parents were taught the importance of saving and looking for the best deal and only buying what you need when you need it. These days when I go to the petrol station I see people I know in £50k cars that they pay through the nose for each month topping up with £20 worth of petrol because that is all they can afford. My sister will buy a dress online and wear it once then never wear it again. Recently I helped her move some furniture around and she was throwing away clothes she has never worn that still had the tags on!
For some people money "burns a hole" in their pocket and they want to spend it and I aswell do get that feeling at times so I spend my money on precious metals and do keep what I feel is enough money in the bank that can be accessed in a crisis aswell as a credit card if this are truely dire.
 

22k of course!
Pre-2013 Brits and sovs, .900 coins are ok too 😄
There's no history with a 24k coin so these are purely for show, flipping or for sticking in tubes 😛
(IMO of course, buy what you like 👍)

This is an interesting question, and I like the list of alternatives.
I have always tried to run our business on fair, honest and ethical lines. We would never knowingly mislead a customer, whether a buyer or seller. My expectation is that most people would appreciate this approach, and reciprocate where appropriate. Most of the time, this works. Only a very small proportion of our customers ever try to take unfair advantage. On the small number of occasions where someone does try to take unfair advantage of something, I make a mental note, because I have learnt something about that person. If on the other hand, someone goes out of their way to help us with something, again I would want to make a mental note. I regard business as two way.
Legally, if one party to a contract is aware the other party is mistaken about a key part ot the contract, then it is not enforceable. A simplied example might be that if someone agreed to buy 1,000 gold sovereigns from us thinking they were one ounce gold coins, then we would be aware, of should be aware, of their misunderstanding. Good practice would be to alert the buyer to the facts.
Because we are aware that human error can cause great problems if data is incorrectly input into automated systems, we do have some price checking routines, and page 5398 of out T&Cs does include a disclaimer. 🙂
If all parties act ethically, then nobody should lose any sleep, so everyone benefits.
@stefffana's question seems to demonstrate that he is one of the ethical good guys, and I liked @Gordy's answer too.
Most members on TSF do seem to be decent people, despite the wide variety of different opinions on many topics. I wish could say the same for Facebook and other social media platforms. Some credit is undoubtedly due here to TSF Moderators.
The question reminds me of a funny story I was told years ago.
A partner in a menswear shop was just about to close when a gent dashed in and wanted to buy a £20 silk tie. In his rush, he handed over two £20 notes by mistake, which the seller noticed just as the buyer was going out of the door.
This posed an ethical problem for the seller. Should he tell his partner or not?
On the question of child labour, I think many critics are too dogmatic and extreme. Sure, the Victorian English practice of sending small children up chimneys was unsound, but I used to accompany one or both of my parents to work from an early age, possibly as young as about 5 years old. I learnt much about work, life, and more from this early experience, and would recommend early work experience wherever and whenever practical and safe.
 

NOT  a good deal, rather a rip-off.
Note how 1/25 crown has become 1/25th oz crown when the coin weighs 0.5g.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265317156708?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110013%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIMRXI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D237146%26meid%3D31840ac3b72e411682677c8df22e3199%26pid%3D101112%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D384743929905%26itm%3D265317156708%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2563228%26algv%3DSIMRVIMLRV5WebV1_0&_trksid=p2563228.c101112.m1982&amdata=cksum%3A26531715670831840ac3b72e411682677c8df22e3199|enc%3AAQAGAAACAH8qKL83YmqiaqgnwX1FpV%2Bfu8fMD9ffxbKUKBTlRSHqt2g9nJfPpf5zJMsv6WMaxEklnDIsD%2F0zotI9CXV7EQl9g0GZi4xL2bryWfspLz%2F%2FqkTJcModPyxCj52PleMdcGHf9Qhc%2B3hD8bNDsoGVyvQHhrxNz3CLelN80Pag8%2BE%2B0qlGfkwxcW0ifydpLbZ%2Bh20X9z8mNsgMVd6gWpqG2Mbc0dNyulGoo%2FllgOBPPRt8TnrigZxyxfooTMe1DtlQo1QoQu5ddUo6cmdJJiMC2U1I1VSR4ZnF0TBxdac9pRD65GNwXhu9pGcoiSiiFPAEGVj8JjUtyLA22SZnJuywRNHslxJBt024g28WtLxU30Q2whnlte2wGPGX5QQeavtjfzSXtY1IPZIr3p%2FJ4t7Es3FQUNFhxd%2F05qocWn1dRyIrsfEK9OiVDQVUcPqzf2AkjQ%2FN0oMPFZBk5mQcbCBA0UVbI9186ZH9uQ8glMioLhNuagHDs7hf%2FnCkcuVvj1YYkQ3MBkTgBxITxc7XYTrEMTeuwWESV8bUxllS6l5E6TW%2B7%2BTTRbjpGWn4d5PBNUjHLmS6pv43eDKAzz6526rCywMq945l64MwW1M9o4jjXc1m1Rizb6i0IUNm07c4Ouz%2FoMaM35429utl35cucNwoQ3lrDCGSUDSz1aFytqPqy3yi|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2563228&shqty=1&isGTR=1#shId

The answer is B of course:
but I would hope for a little bit of D too!
i.e. the dealer (whether Chards or anyone, inc. private sellers) would thank me and offer a discount or gift for my honesty.
 

The answer is B of course:
but I would hope for a little bit of D too!
i.e. the dealer (whether Chards or anyone, inc. private sellers) would thank me and offer a discount or gift for my honesty.
 

Didn't this scenario just happen recently with @BleyerBullion? And the 2022 sovereign ( not thousands of pounds mind) but a couple of hundred at least ( without knowing how many where purchased) 
bleyer stood over the error which was very commendable, but if I thought for one second the difference came out of an employee's wage packet...then they can have mine back with a smile.
Great question and very thought provoking, would I do a dealer out of a few thousand? Categorically no ( luck doesn't follow such actions)
Would I buy a coin from a ( dealer )with a £10-£20 discrepancy? Yes, every day of the week and twice on Sunday's 🙂 as I can guarantee they have made multiple thousands from me over the years.
I've pointed out by private mail a few times to sellers on here that their item was undervalued.
What goes around comes around ( I hope lol )
 

I feel the Bleyer Bullion situation is somewhat of a false example.
Correct me if I’m wrong but BYBs video is referring to the question of whether the mining/transport/minting of the gold we buy can be deemed ethical, or whether people are being exploited along the chain in getting our gold to us. If we can’t guarantee this with things like bananas (the fair trade programme has on many occasions been exposed for still using farms that employ child labour) I’m not sure how this could ever be guaranteed with gold. That’s not to say companies shouldn’t try.
Regarding the Bleyer situation they had it covered within their terms and conditions to have the ability to cancel orders made against pricing errors on their website. Instead they honoured the deal and turned it into a PR win.
I bought some and I didn’t lose sleep - if they had cancelled I wouldn’t lose sleep either, I would just go look for the next opportunity to buy. I buy to give my family security for the future. No company is going to actively protect my interests and would probably gladly scalp me if I walked in desperate to sell with a pile of proof coins by offering me melt value for them.