Stuntman

I bought one from BBP a few weeks ago (see the other thread on this) and the quality of my particular coin is absolutely fine. It's not the sort of coin that you would want to handle. It's a visually impressive piece of silver that is best left within its protective capsule. Personally I think that these will do well in the future, but that is not my motivation for owning it. I also agree that the 2022 proof sovereigns will do well, but they are nowhere near as visually impressive as a 1 kilo silver bullion coin with a face value of £500. Good luck with your decision!

Yep, if you want to hold the coin it's pretty hard to get one in the UK without paying high premiums and sales taxes. Hope you like the coin when you get it, Pete. Do you have all ten? Well done if so, and looking forward to seeing some pictures! I have 3 of them but I would almost certainly by a 1 oz platinum Completer if they do release one.

I have not registered my interest with the RM, on the assumption that these will be freely available to buy from the RM and other authorised distributors. I would far rather buy them from a company such as Atkinsons, Chards or BBP rather than 'register my interest' with the RM. Bah humbug!

My own coins will remain unslabbed and ungraded so that I can enjoy the pleasure of ownership (for me) to the full and I will always take good care of them. But each to their own. I did once buy a slabbed predecimal penny - at an auction, cheaply, because no-one else bid on it (£18 including all fees for an 1889 penny, slabbed and graded AU58 by NGC - EF in UK old grade-speak) but I carefully broke it out of the slab when I got home and it now sits gloriously raw alongside its predecimal penny brothers and sisters.

Longest I had to wait was about 4 months last year for the Royal Mint to replace a returned bullion coin made of Platinum that I originally ordered and received in March 2020. Their customer service was appalling and I had to chase multiple times through multiple channels until I received my replacement.

^^^ Not always. Occasionally some of their products are very competitively priced. And I've always had good service from them, although Atkinsons are usually my first choice of bullion dealer

They are a whisker under £900 today from Atkinsons or BBP, including UK VAT and UK special delivery. I paid just under £874 for mine at the weekend from BBP, Atkinsons price was £871.

I'm keeping mine for the foreseeable future and don't intend buying any more kilo silver bullion coins. If they make this coin in the 10 oz size I will add it to my collection/stack. I think owners of these kilo coins will do quite well with them if they want to sell them in 2+ years' time (that is, at least a year after the are no longer available to buy new). It's an iconic coin and the first of its type, and personally I think it is pretty reasonably priced.

I don't own any gold proof coins, but I would seriously consider buying the 2022 proof sovereign and/or a 3 coin set contain a double, full and half sovereign. Ideally I just want a BU (not proof) 2022 quintuple sovereign and (if it's the same reverse design as the proof) a bullion 2022 full sovereign.

Awesome photo 😃 My single kilo Completer Beast arrived yesterday from BBP. It's a massive cylinder of a coin and carries some real visual heft. Personally I think its proportions are a little out of kilter. I would have preferred a wider diameter coin of lower thickness which to me would have looked more coin-like and even more visually spectacular. I love the proportions of the 10 oz coins, whereas this kilo coin is over 3 times heavier but only just over 1 cm wider in diameter. Still - bravo Royal Mint, and bravo Bullion By Post. My particular coin appears to be well-struck and I'm very happy with it.

Cheers. I bought one today from BBP. But then I looked on Atkinsons and realised they also have them at the moment, and £3 cheaper! Ah well... So if anyone wants one - try Atkinsons first. But the prices are pretty comparable and the spot price is lower than it was back in July, so in my simple head today, it's a bargain 😉

I have a numismatic predecimal coin collection (about 300 coins, a little bit of everything, some rare and valuable, some common and cheap), a physical PM coin and bar collection in gold, silver and platinum and a few gold bullion duplicate/spare coins. I also have quite a bit of money invested in gold, silver and platinum ETFs. The vast majority of my investments in silver and platinum are in the ETFs. The gold spares/duplicates will be turned into cash once the gold price exceeds a certain value. As will the ETFs if the spot price for each metal exceeds a certain value. The bulk of my numismatic predecimal coin collection will ideally never be sold in my lifetime, it will be passed on. The PM coins and bars may be sold if I need to fund my old age, but I wlil aim to hold on to some of these items for as long as I possibly can just because of the pleasure of ownership. So for me - the ETFs are for selling, the gold bullion duplicates are for selling, and the rest is a collection that I would only sell if I absolutely had to.

Did anyone actually manage to buy the 1 oz bullion Gold Standard 2021 coin? It seemed to be 'no longer available' on the Royal Mint website the moment that it was released. I'm only asking because I would really like to own one and am patiently waiting for the RM and other distributors to receive more. On the assumption that it should become generally available (it didn't say limited mintage or any other such qualification) I am ready and willing to purchase. Come on Royal Mint...

I like the design of this coin personally and have bought the 2019, 2020 and 2021 versions in gold. And the 10 oz silver 2020 and the 1 oz Platinum 2020. But I don't think they will ever gain much numisatic premium because at the moment, they are minting enough of them every year, and anyone who wants an example of the design should be able to find one quite easily. So my advice would be to add one (or more) to your stack or collection if you like it, but be under no illusions about the likely exit price when and if you come to sell.

One of its parents was the Yale of Beaufort 😉

On auto enrolment: it's definitely better than nothing, so my advice would very much be 'take it'. The only exception is if you are a contractor employed by an umbrella company, when it's no better than investing that money yourself directly in a SIPP (because your daily rate actually funds the employer element of auto enrolment). But if you are an employee of a 'normal' company, then it's free money. I am currently working for a company that only offers the minimum auto enrolment and I'm definitely in. Effectively it's about £1250 of free money on my salary. Downside is of course that you can't access it until reaching the age of 55 (which becomes 57 from 2028). But it's still free money.

Good to see that you are up for the challenge of taking ownership 🙂 In my opinion (and I have no affiliation to any pensions company) if you are a UK taxpayer, putting money into a pension is a very good idea. Especially if you are a higher rate taxpayer and even more especially if you are 45 or over. For your 3 work schemes, assuming that they are defined contribution schemes (that is, they aren't linked to your final salary on leaving those jobs, or your average salary while you worked there) - you can request a transfer of funds into a SIPP. So the first thing to do is to set up a SIPP, using a reputable provider. Someone above suggested Vanguard or AJ Bell, these are good choices. I use Hargreaves Lansdown. You can either start by investing a lump sum, or by setting up a regular monthly savings direct deblt. Once you've set your SIPP up, you can tell your SIPP provider about these 3 work schemes and they will do the paperwork to transfer your money into the SIPP. This will probably take a month or so, but then you can invest the money in your SIPP however you choose. So if you wanted, you could put it all into Silver, Gold or Platinum ETFs for example, or invest in various stock markets. Or just leave it in cash. I've been investing in a SIPP since 2008 and have transferred 7 separate company pension pots into it over the years. All this money is now under my control from an investment perspective so all gains/losses are down to the quality of my own decisions. I'm comfortable with this, but it isn't for everybody.

Well it least this big cat wasn't called Seymour Pussy 😉

I like the concept behind the fragmented shield design, and I agree with you about the 5p. It slightly reminds me of those long cross silver pennies back in medieval times 🙂

I'm probably in for the series, assuming that they make them in 1/4 oz and/or 1 oz gold bullion. I quite like that first design. The lettering reminds me of the Perth Mint Swans, Emus etc. Let's wait and see how the bullion coins turn out.

It would be a strange world if we all liked the same things - but I really like the 10p design in its original size with the big Lion on it. A few years ago I sought out an Uncirculated example from my birth year, which only cost me about 50p I think from memory, from a reputable coin dealer. I love it!

It's nearly a radiation hazard symbol 😉. Definitely makes you wonder exactly what they were recycling!

I have got a single half oz Brit. It's a nice coin and I am very pleased to own it, but it probably falls between two stools both price-wise and desirability-wise. As (mainly) a collector, I just wanted to have one in my collection. If I wanted a gold coin of that sort of size but at a more reasonable premium, I'd choose a bullion double sovereign over a 1/2 oz Brit. But I'd probably choose a 1/4 oz Brit and definitely a sovereign over a half ounce Brit.

^^^ I think that's entirely correct (i.e. it's also what I think!) 🙂

The silver one is actually an elegant design in my opinion, but the price is distinctly within "I've seen you coming" territory!