Booky586

And Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..............CK again

Got a ms61 and an ms63 Very Happy with that 👍🏻

Evening all...
I have a shopping list for PF70 and MS70 Gold Full Sovereigns, must be in NGC holders and looking for the following dates...
Proofs - 1979, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1993 1994 & 2023 Piedfort.
Bullion 2017, 2022 & 2023 Double
If you can help get in touch ... 

Is there any other type...

Anybody fancy 9 oz of silver in exchange for a half sov?
3 ASE and 6 Noahs Ark.
We each pay our own postage. UK only.
 
 

As long as it is genuine!  It does seem odd that such a coin is so worn.

This looks to be F over repositioned F in DEF, typical of the type of workmanship at the Mint during the mid 19th century.
Not sure about the D FID here but again appears to be just sloppy workmanship.

So great, this thread is so grown up and mature, in it's advanced discussion and experience.
collectively as a community we certainly give kitco and Michelle Makori  a run for its money in our predications and market analysis 
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Gold needs some Viagra today, not hedging 

Congratulations GoldDiggerDave on winning the auction

Hagrid out of Harry Potter 

Oh I can relate to that.
And...
Welcome to page 666. 😁

It looks very dodgy. I mean just for starters what is all this going on at the bottom of the neck? I would say if you are thinking about buying then don't. If you bought and can send back then do so. 

Had to share this stroke of genius.
If anyone's after something specific, it might be worth a look

Grading a coin is exciting at the start with a whole lot of nothing in between and either  disappoint or  jubilation the end.  
There has been some slower submissions over the Christmas holidays.  I've currently got  9 separate subs that all have gone in at the same time they are all moving at different speeds, some are in grading and encapsulation 3 weeks before others and they all hit the US all at the same time.     The fastest usually is ancient coins for some reason.   
The other issue you can get, the coins are sent to the US in bonded batches and they have to come back into the UK in the same batch.....Not just your coins there may be hundreds or others submissions......If theres a hold up with one it effect the entire batch in terms of time. 
If anyone else want to know about grading just ask I'm happy to express my views and I don't BS anyone.  I do regularly speak to the guy in person at the NGC so if theres any questions I don't know I'm happy to ask them.  
 
  
 

I want to keep them for many years but maximise their potential when the selling point comes.

I would slab them and expect MS grades. Haven't checked market value, just think they are lovely looking unc coins.

This coin is 13th in the list of top forged US coins so be confident that's it genuine.
https://www.ngccoin.com/resources/counterfeit-detection/top/united-states/
Your coin pictures show a very weak strike, take a look at the denticles. Here's a photo from the PCGS website for comparison.

 

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These are lovely little coins. My Mum used to have earrings made with a pair of them so I have a strong attraction. With a gold content value of £97 the premiums are just to high. I wouldn't buy a sovereign for £800 and I like them better!

This coin is 13th in the list of top forged US coins so be confident that's it genuine.
https://www.ngccoin.com/resources/counterfeit-detection/top/united-states/
Your coin pictures show a very weak strike, take a look at the denticles. Here's a photo from the PCGS website for comparison.

 

These are lovely little coins. My Mum used to have earrings made with a pair of them so I have a strong attraction. With a gold content value of £97 the premiums are just to high. I wouldn't buy a sovereign for £800 and I like them better!

This coin is 13th in the list of top forged US coins so be confident that's it genuine.
https://www.ngccoin.com/resources/counterfeit-detection/top/united-states/
Your coin pictures show a very weak strike, take a look at the denticles. Here's a photo from the PCGS website for comparison.

 

This coin is 13th in the list of top forged US coins so be confident that's it genuine.
https://www.ngccoin.com/resources/counterfeit-detection/top/united-states/
Your coin pictures show a very weak strike, take a look at the denticles. Here's a photo from the PCGS website for comparison.

 

A few things:
It's been struck without a collar (broadstruck) causing the blank to spill outwards The struck coin has then been struck at least one more time (multistruck), as you can see from the extra outer dots. That's caused it to spread out even more, becoming even wider and thinner (the overall diameter is 31mm instead of 28mm). Most noticeably, the inner blank spreads out far beyond the inner row of dots compared to a properly struck coin. There is no edge milling, because that would have been imparted by the [missing] collar. There is still edge lettering however, as those are put onto the outer blanks during the rimming process, before they're combined and struck. It's unfortunate that it's a bit dirty and mangled, but I expect it probably fell down into the machinery.
I love this kind of thing.