Roy

I am also currently overpaying the mortgage, but less than I was, despite the low rate, to try and clear it in 10 years. Extra funds are mainly going into P2P as, at the moment, the return easily beats paying off the mortgage. As we are 'up north' the mortgage is only small anyway, or even tiny, and probably equivalent to a year or so of payments down south! The base rate would need to go up by more than 3% to switch back to paying the mortgage.
Moving to a bigger house will need a lottery win as at my age I would rather have some savings and coins? (which could always be sold on retirement to provide a lump sum to invest for income if it came to that)

Not cheap in original box etc but hey, whacha gonna do......rarest of any form of this official 2016 design. Period. Rare as rockinghorse ****  

And here it is..a 2016 999 1/4oz gold proof, mintage 500 and 100 % less than that as some have already been put in necklaces........Good luck finding this on the RM website.
 

The showcase of my sovereign collection arrived last week - Late to game but still in it.

I'm going to attract haters.
You'll never achieve financial independence through PMs. Sorry.

Got these today like new mint condition I'm hooked on sovereigns now lol I'm now up to 10 

I will maybe attempt all numbers for a certain year
I'm looking at collating the information for a database, had the idea a few weeks ago but the amount of work is a little daunting, we'll see

I decided to go for it.
The elusive (and expensive) S1 1oz Proof Mouse
 

1/4 QB Griffin arrived to join his brother lion.

A Hgm half shieldback sov this morning, am I the only one who loves the not knowing?

1 Oz Lion Proof - The design is nice and clean I am quite happy with it. I think the gold quarter version may be worth a second look.
 

2012 Uncirculated full sov 
not as nice as the proof but alot cheaper ?

Apmex do a good summary
http://www.apmex.com/product/49669/turkey-gold-50-kurush-monnaie-de-luxe-au-random

Google "monnaie de luxe coin" on Google images for some nice pics of them:)

It went the same way as Double Diamond and No.6 fags......

In the late 70s/early 80s I was in my crazy testosterone fuelled teen-adult years!
We didn't have owt in those days...page 3 and a mucky mag lying sodden under a hedge if you were lucky 
Then Debbie lit up our screens....Ms. Mirren was a bit too much for TV back then and Caligula was one of the first videos (Betamax?) I rented. Again, and again 

First Debbie Harry and now Helen Mirren. I don't know what to say but I think we're getting an insight into your character

The like is for Helen Mirren 
Coin's ok too 

@morezone
I knew I'd seen the square holed coin before. On my keyring!
Is this a Chinese design feature? This 'coin' was acquired in a Buddhist temple in Vietnam.

Yes, the square hole feature was originally a Chinese design but was also adopted by other East Asian countries.  

Roy, that coin's worth a fortune, but you've wrecked it by using it as "jewellery"!

1 oz Gold Lunar Year of the Tiger?From Chards.. Finally I have one?

   

Created in Birmingham by @GoldBenj this 4oz silver bar was a birthday present for my father. It has the full Birmingham Assay office hallmarks. A beautiful paper weight or just fun to play with 
 

2000 two coin proof kookaburra set, successfully imported from Aus using the 5% numismatic customs code
 

Referee!
I object sir, I would never scoff at a fellow sovereign hobbyist