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I think this means setting bicycles on fire, in exchange for money 😄

Well done @Dougall1 - first of many, I imagine! What date is your sovereign? Looks like it will be somewhere between 2000 and 2015 if it's an Ian Rank-Broadley obverse. Some of those years have low mintages, which don't really affect the price now, but may do in a few years' time...

Better to get a 33mm capsule if you can. Try The Coin Gallery - they usually have plenty and you can order in multiples of 5 or 10 - or make up a quantity of 5 or 10 in mix and match sizes.

You can by ETFs (exchange-traded commodity funds) through most investment platforms and/or stockbrokers. They have a mixed reputation on here but they would suit your needs perfectly. You can buy or sell units in these funds on any trading day. I use them - I have money in the iShares Physical Gold, Silver and Platinum funds (3 separate funds, all ultimately managed by BlackRock). Similar funds are available from other providers. The documents suggest that they do indeed hold the physical metals to back up the full value of the fund. Others may think this is untrue or unlikely. I am happy to hold these funds and manage any other risk beyond the pure commodity risk. As always, do your own research.

Pictures of early milled shillings. I put these up in @richatthecroft's type set thread a few weeks ago, but spamming them again gratutiously here... 😉 I bought these between 2014 and 2016 from reputable coin dealers. They ranged in price from £42 (the Queen Anne 1708) to £230 (the James II 1685). I think I bought most of them fairly well.

Something like a modern hammered gold Noble or Angel would be a very lovely thing. Imagine one of those with a design similar to the 1989 sovereign, for the 2022 platinum jubilee. Yum Yum. @westminstrel - I don't have any hammered coins, just early milled shillings. But if I did, I'd be looking at Edward VI and Elizabeth I to start with I think, then Charles I. Personally I would want shillings, but long cross pennies are definitely the cheapest and easiest way in.

I'm not a fan of the idea, but perhaps perversely I am a fan of the idea for the 1 oz minted bars. So: Gold bars in blister packs - yes. Gold coins in blister packs - no.

Tudor shillings and a testoon? I'd love to see some photos of your favourites. I have a good few predecimal shillings, but have only gone back to Charles II. Very tempted to buy a Cromwell shilling but cannot currently justify the money, and I'd love a Henry VIII testoon!

That's a very expensive Unicorn 😉 If you wanted a platinum Unicorn with less of a premium, you might be able to find a Platinum Queen's Beasts Unicorn on the secondary market for significantly less. Personally I think it's a nicer design. Gratuitous Lions & Unicorns photo...

Remember also to take pleasure from holding the shiny stuff. While most of my PM investment money for silver and platinum is in ETFs, I have about 60 oz of physical 999 silver and 5 oz of physical 999.5 platinum and LOVE owning these items as objects.

Agree with what Dave says above. Do the boring/sensible stuff first if you can. Pay down expensive debt and build a rainy day fund in cash. Once you've done that, decide what you want to invest in for 'the future'. For the proportion that you put into PMs (versus stocks, bonds, property etc) - then decide on your investment vehicle. In the UK - I think physical is good for gold, ETFs and/or miners are perhaps best for silver and platinum (and gold). Other opinions are available, and may vary!

There's a shortage of vowels and a surfeit of flob 😉 Anyway: Fabooooooooolously pesseeeeeeeeeeemistic Ooooooooooooooropean Docoooooooooooooooooment 😄

I like Wales and the Welsh too 🙂 Particularly their accents. Ask a Welsh person to say 'fabulously pessimistic European document' and you'll see (hear) what I mean!

^^^ I don't think anyone's been given a date yet - but sometime during the remainder of 2021. I think some people reckon it will be in September.

The sheep in Wales will also be even more nervous, now that Welsh people have more money to spend on 'leisure activities'... 😉

Been in their shop a few times over the past 3 years when up in London as tourist. Not for at least 15 months though. It's a nice place to browse what some of the coins and bars actually look like. Never bought from them, though.

Tough call. Personally I'd buy the silver bar because I'm not particularly a fan of this specific coin (top off or not...), but both metals have decent medium-term upside potential in my opinion.

It's definitely coming acording to the Gazette, and I suspect the mintage won't be limited. So the price should be similar to other 10 oz QB silver bullion coins. I'm fully intend to buy one.

I have received my 1 oz gold bullion completer coin - and while it's nice, the design does sort-of get lost on the 32.69mm size. The 10 oz silver bullion will show it off to the best effect for the least cash. Can't wait 😀

Cheers. I hadn't realised you'd sold the 1989 quintuple, I would have loved to have been in the running for that one. It's one of the very few coins that I covet enough to justify making what for me would be a very big purchase. I hope it's gone to a good home. On your Crowns type set - would you start from 1818 or would you go earlier, even back to say 1658 (Cromwell)? If you started at 1818 and wanted first year of portrait for currency (non-proof) strikes, you could have: 1818 - George III LVIII 1821 - George IV Secundo 1844- Victoria Young Head 1847 - Victoria Gothic Head - pricey though 1887 - Victoria Jubilee Head 1893 - Victoria Old//Veiled/Widow Head 1902 - Edward VII 1928 - George V Wreath 1935 - George V Jubilee 1937 - George VI Coronation If you wanted to include proofs, you have some VERY pricey George IV, William IV and Victoria pieces to source 😉 and if you continued to Elizabeth II: 1953 - Coronation 1960 - Gillick 1972 - Machin, Silver Wedding 1977 - Silver Jubilee (and then onwards to the modern £5 'Crowns' if you wished!

Those of a slightly milder disposition would rather have 615 or 617. These would be the Neighbours of the Beast, on your logic.. 🙃

She is Victory, rather than Virtue. The victory is that she has managed to remove her virtuous top.

It would be a particularly good presentation set if you have collected all 10 QBs in 1/4 oz gold, and then added the 1 oz completer coin in the middle. Tempting!

Personally @richatthecroft I think you should fund the start of your crown collecting project by selling your 1989 BU Quintuple sovereign to me, for spot plus shall-we-say £100? 😁

£1100 is a decent price for that, I would say. I think the days of buying one of those for less than £1000 from a reputable seller are probably behind us. For reference I paid £120 for mine in 2015 and with hindsight I think I overpaid.