Shinus73

Knocking up ham and slaw.

The occasional coin will appreciate the vast majority won't 

Completely agree.

The 1/4 oz gold proofs have been priced insanely by the RM for several years, the resulting insane losses in the secondary market are therefore inevitable.
Most of my gold stack is made up of RM 1/4 oz proofs, all bought on the secondary market and the most ever I've paid (so far) is approximately £495 per coin for the set of reverse proof Queens Beasts.
I've said it on here several times before, but nobody should have been buying 1/4 oz proofs direct from the RM for the last few years.  

The 1/4 oz gold proofs have been priced insanely by the RM for several years, the resulting insane losses in the secondary market are therefore inevitable.
Most of my gold stack is made up of RM 1/4 oz proofs, all bought on the secondary market and the most ever I've paid (so far) is approximately £495 per coin for the set of reverse proof Queens Beasts.
I've said it on here several times before, but nobody should have been buying 1/4 oz proofs direct from the RM for the last few years.  

The 1/4 oz gold proofs have been priced insanely by the RM for several years, the resulting insane losses in the secondary market are therefore inevitable.
Most of my gold stack is made up of RM 1/4 oz proofs, all bought on the secondary market and the most ever I've paid (so far) is approximately £495 per coin for the set of reverse proof Queens Beasts.
I've said it on here several times before, but nobody should have been buying 1/4 oz proofs direct from the RM for the last few years.  

Can I have the middle bits?

Just shavings and microchips! Making some burn plasters out of them 🤣

Thanks Bro. Just started drilling out the centre of my ASE’s! No government is tracking my hoarde 👍🏼

Started seriously stacking/collecting gold just over 3 years ago and breached the 1KG level late last year. The forum has been a massive part of this journey, @ChrisSilver I thank you for creating the community and the work you put in daily to cultivating a thriving environment, long may it continue. Started with silver, then moved onto bullion gold and proof coins thereafter. There's also a bunch of others to thank for the help, guidance, advice, encouragement and inspiration to make it to this point (I'm sure I've left out a load of other peeps):
@Clockpuncher @Abyss @SilverMike @richatthecroft @Jaconet @Roy @Elements @Spectre77 @BarryWoods @Alun @Tn21 @James32 @cliveb13 @sovereignsteve @DevonNumismatic @Spence098 @StackSellRepeat @1stsovereign @LiquidMetalsUK @CadmiumGreen @1817Karl @AndrewSL76 @Sparrowlegs4 @Shinus73 @terakris @kneehow2018 @Neelam @Stuntman @dicker @jultorsk @DynamitesUK @BackyardBullion @Spanishsilver @Stu @Paul @PapaLazarou @CoinStruck @westminstrel @trozau @DarkChameleon @Britannia47 @Petra @foinikas @Pete @RDHC
With the lovely weather of the bank holiday weekend I felt like sharing my collection so here it is. I took a load of pretty pics before putting everything back in lock up. I think I've accumulated a decent collection. I have a few outliers that I'll most probably sell on the forum at some point which are not part of below so keep a look out. I also may part with the bullion Britannia set (feel free to drop me a message if you're interested).
What next? I feel I have enough from an investment portfolio for now but I may start to pick up a few key older sovs, we'll see. Let me know what you think and thanks to you all again:
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The 12 bullion special design Britannia's, available for one year only

 
The 4 Philip Nathan special design 1oz Britannia's + 2014 Jody Clark 1oz Britannia all PF70

 
The 10 modern sovereign special designs available for one year only all PF 70

 
The 1989, 2012, 2016, 2022 and 2023 sovereign sets all in PF70






 
The 3 special design Strike on the day Sovereigns (2017, 2022 and 2023) all in MS70

 
The 3 Royal Mint limited edition special release Royal Mint coins (After the silent auction debacle I will give the 2023 matte proof set a miss)
2021 2oz Queens Beast Completer PF70 (my prized possession 😍) 2022 Piedfort Pattern Platinum Jubilee Plain Edged Sovereign PF70 2023 2oz King Charles Coronation PF70 MATTE

Not too sure about this one, however, it is better than the one that has the horse with flippers for hooves. 😮🤔🤔

Last QEII Britannia. Perfect Coin MS70
Item: As Listed
Postage: RMSD by 1pm
Payment: Bank Transfer. No Returns. 

I always thought this one was better looking then the beasts set.

Oviously RM would cancel a series because it's no longer profitable. But is that the fault of the product, or the state of the market? Imo,The British Monarchs series is up there with the best RM have done in recent years, alongside the QB and GE series'.
The current economic problems are probably harming RMs profits, in which case, are any of their commemoratives profitable? Maybe they are cutting/suspending the British Monarchs series because it allows them to cut 4 series releases per year. Damage limitation so to speak. 
If the economy improves in future, the series might be revived. The original releases might be really sought after, in a different economic climate. Until then, it could be a rocky road ahead for modern commemoratives... Just a thought. 

I 100% agree with you …. But it’s the royal mint we are talking about here. The worst of the worst for customer service  hiding behind a prestigious facade. 
customer service here means zero or generic responses.  Imagine trying to get an informative answer from the bowels of this bureaucracy. It will be something like sorry you feel that.  “we remain committed to providing our customers with premium products and services” 👍 

OK, I’m officially properly annoyed now.

Looking to swop a 2015 proof 1/2oz Britannia for two special reverse proof 1/4oz Britannia  from the years 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
The 2015 is a difficult year to get for anyone looking to do a date run, was available only in the 6, 5 and premium 3 coin sets and has a total mintage of only 333
Coin is from a set so comes with capsule only

Coin will be in hand tomorrow so I can get some better pictures then, please comment or pm if anyone is interested in a swop.

I’m adding this to my list of awesome one liners. 😎

Same, but without the Bonds.