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Stuntman

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    Bullion
    Collectible bullion & Semi Numismatics
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    Queen's Beasts, modern bullion sovereigns, other modern UK bullion coins

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  1. I've been waiting for the Tudor Dragon coin to come out in bullion so that I could buy it at the same time as another coin that I want to add to my collection (and the rising price of gold hasn't helped...) so I'd be mighty annoyed if the RM cancelled this series in bullion too. They'd be absolutely mad to do that, it would destroy any remaining trust that they have.
  2. Definitely underwhelming. They seem to have stopped releasing the bullion versions too - unless I'm mistaken, I think they've only released the Films of the 60s coin as bullion so far. I think the 60s coin is the best design so far. Thankfully for my wallet, I'm not collecting this series at all.
  3. I bet these will look awesome in the larger sizes. 2 kilo silver and 5 kilo gold versions!
  4. A quick search shows this one that sold at auction 10 years ago. No more than 20 such coins known, according to the article: https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/finest-known-elephant---castle-half-crown-in-heritage-sale.html
  5. Always good to be reminded of the history behind these. Thanks for sharing. The Elephant and Castle mark also appears on a few silver coins: 1681 shillings and halfcrowns I think. These are pretty rare, and sought after by some collectors. The Elephant on its own appears on some silver shillings and halfcrowns dated 1666. There are lots of variants to collect in Charles II silver for those with deep pockets!
  6. I'd definitely choose this bar over the recent Una bar. The only reason that I didn't buy one is that I splurged on this one...
  7. Am taking this thread as an excuse to post up a picture of my 10 oz silver (plus kilo QB completer) as food for thought. Personally, my two favourites are the 10 oz QB completer and the 10 oz 2018 Valiant with its incuse design, but I love all these pieces of silver. I prefer the dimensions of the 10 oz coins over the kilo coin. The kilo coin is fantastic, but it's more of a cylinder than a coin. Food for thought for the OP perhaps 🙂
  8. In my opinion, it's only worth spending extra for the Una bar if you actually like the design. I doubt whether it would retain its premium when and if you come to sell. If you collect Kookaburras, that would seem the obvious choice. I like 10oz silver coins and bars, but choose them very sparingly. For me, I prefer the older version of the 10oz Britannia coin (without the security features) but the current one is nice as well. Regarding the Una bar, I prefer the earlier version and won't be adding this one to my collection. If it was my own money and my own collection, out of the three choices I'd go Britannia - but that's because I don't collect Kooks and don't wish to start!
  9. Doesn't look quite as bad in gold, in the pic above. Might reconsider my initial dislike once the bullion coins get released. Am glad I'm not collecting the full series, though. Every Tudor Beasts release just makes the Queen's Beasts look even better 🙂
  10. Despite the shortcomings of pretty much all of the Tudor Beast designs (in my opinion of course), I really didn't think they could make a complete mess of a dragon design. I was wrong 😃 I have bought the Lion, which is not great but not completely terrible, and not the others so far. Was hoping to collect both Lions and both Dragons, but it's unlikely now! Bah humbug.
  11. Late to the party here, but I agree that these would be a very tough set to resell. I suspect anyone in the market for a 1937 set would not want to compromise on quality this much, without paying a rock bottom price. And many of these people probably wouldn't go for this particular set anyway. Definitely one to avoid unless you can pick it up for not much over spot. But I'd still avoid unless you wanted to keep it.
  12. Stuntman

    Shops in London

    Also check out the Bank of England Museum if you have the time. Some amazing gold coins there, plus the chance to lift a 400 oz Good Delivery gold bar.
  13. Yours @SiCole? Oulton Park? I used to have one of those in Sapphire Blue. Here it is at Rockingham in 2018. These days I have a GTS 4.0, a GR Yaris and an E90 M3 that I've had since 2009.
  14. I am biased in the sense that I own the old one, but I almost certainly won't be buying the new one because I think the old one is really nice and these new ones are a little less special. But if I didn't have the old one and wanted to collect this new series of bars, there's probably lots to like. However, I think it's one to enjoy for the pleasure of ownership, rather than to make profits over and above any changes in the spot price. Basically I don't think they will have much of a premium and it will be a limited resale market.
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