AndrewSL76

Or just buy it now on eBay? There is one listed for £10,000.00. Free postage too! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2022-Proof-Sovereign-/334216267628

That will give the eBay crew something to refer to: ‘SUPER RARE SCARCE DATE ERROR - LOOK HOW WONKY IT IS!’

Perhaps more of a 'come on, catch-up!' point, but the release is this Monday morning!! https://chards.co.uk/blog/2022-royal-arms-sovereign/1025

Just seen that this has gone live now. A broad selection of coins are available - many with low starting prices. Of interest to the Three Graces/Great Engraver collectors - they have a 2oz Silver Proof Three Graces, 2oz Gold Proof Three Graces and a 10oz Gold Proof Three Graces........all in PF70UCAM.............. They also have some nice Trial of the Pyx coins for those who missed that release as well as some other nice items that sold out quickly! Gah!!

Yep. And that when the second issue in the gothic crown is released it is launched the week after the new Britannia hits the shelves. Haha!!

Two more times. Go on. I dare you.

Great advice. 5 coin sets for those wanting to fill their boots will be £4,795.00. As Paul says, that’s a banging investment if the set is looked after and you’re prepared to hold for at least 5 years. Good luck!!

Surely you mean the ‘milky coins’?

£585.00 is the RRP.

I’m going to bust out some more embargoed information: 1. The sovereign will be made of 22k gold; and 2. It will be round; and 3. It will have a portrait of QEII on the obverse; and 4. It will inspire madness as a c.£325 gold coin sells for over £600.00 to masses of people who log onto the RM site at 8am and then spend the next hour asking each other whether to ‘hit refresh’ or not; and 5. If you say Beetlejuice three times after selecting for purchase, Beetlejuice will come and steal it from your basket before you have had a chance to check out. I could also tell you that the mintage for the single sovereign is 8,000 and that the person who ends up with cert no. 2022 will also receive a dinner date at the palace with QEII (subject to security checks) but that would be a load of nonsense. Everything else is, however, totally true. Apart from Beetlejuice. That is also made up. I think.

The prices are set (no pun intended). Besides, remember that they are already hugely set above spot as premium coins. You ain’t just buying gold, remember. You’re buying a dream too. 🤑

Surely you mean ‘hoping for the beast!’?

I will be passing on these. No interest at all. Sorry. Remind me later if I post about how much I love them.

Sorry, no as I only bought the single options. I would imagine it would have been similarly limited.

Anyone who regularly visits Hatton Garden will know all about Saffron Hill NCP.

I thought the single presentation sovereigns and halves were all one per household for 2021? I remember that some people were buying from the Mint and from dealers on the same day in order to get more than one. In some cases the dealer prices were less than the Mint RRP.

This did cross my mind too. I am still reeling from the Three Graces blood bath.

Just the usual high quality proof as far as I am aware (which should already be considered a premium for c.£130 an ounce). If they release a proof set and a premium proof set I would be confused - especially given the design of the obverse is complex (understatement of the year) and GOOD LUCK getting that perfect for a premium proof. I would expect the first coin to be the shield and the second to be the portrait. Makes sense to me, but it is a sort of informed guess based on a guess of a hunch based on what I would like to see, coupled with what deep throat told me in the car park………. Has everyone been saving their pennies!?

Cat is out of the bag! It is a two stage release so those worried about initial costs can relax!

I’m in! Not sure what to contribute this year. Will have a good think and decide in the week ahead. Update to follow. I will edit this post once it’s all sorted! UPDATE: I will be including an ounce of Backyard Bullion post apocalypse silver barter tokens. Pictures to follow and see his thread on this subject! They are brilliant!! I will also include a few other things as a surprise. Exciting times!!

As others have mentioned, selling to dealers is hassle free. I will normally sell privately where possible, but if the margins are good, I am happy to sell to a dealer and have done. I am not a wealthy man, but my day job pays me a better hourly rate than selling coins privately v to a dealer allows. When offered cash in hand, hassle free, I will take it every time if the difference is a few hundred pounds and it would take me hours to sell, have to package and then risk Royal Mail in sending it out - it may sound arrogant, but my time is generally worth more to me than a larger sale price. I think sometimes this notion is not considered heavily enough in the balance.

Nah, it is all, as per an earlier thread last year (I think) hidden in his piano. Ask him to play a C sharp and listen out for the strange 'ring' as the hammer hits the monster boxes. A.

Just to say, that aside from the usual complaints processes, there are third lines of assurance that the Home Office apply - in this case, there is the Independent Chief Inspector for Borders and Immigration (ICIBI). I would suggest writing to him (incumbent is David Neal) explaining what the issues are/have been and what his inspection team could do in order to provide Border Force with guidance. They have inspected all sorts of Border policy over the years and this seems to me to be an important issue post Brexit that could at least be suggested as something for his team to look at. Just a thought.

Present and politically correct.

For Forum members not fully tuned into the quirks of the Forum - if you put down naughty words the forum automatically changes them. So, for example, stating that someone has gone to another person's house to take a **** in the living room - will inevitably be changed to take a terrible in the living room. Right you terrible lot, I am off to terrible and then I will be trying to terrible all over the terrible before the terrible starts terrible and terrible all over the terrible. Cheers. Terrible.