TheShinyStuff

@Gordy still full of Xmas spirit?

LoL - there will hundreds if not thousands on here after the Black Friday giveaway!

Give it 5 minutes...

What a great idea brexit was...

17 minutes ago, bluffer said:

the truth is sometimes one dealer has a special offer on and sometimes they dont.  it all depends on when you look at them.

 

i say this as someone who has bought from both and have no skin in the game.

As I said, I have easily spent a few £k with Atkinsons, but they really do take the mick with their pricing now. This time last year they listed the 2oz Rabbit coin at £100. I emailed them to ask if they were being serious, they reduced the price to £75 later that day.

They used to be my go to - cheaper than both BBP and Chards, but not anymore. Shame.

2 minutes ago, AaaGee said:

Maybe Atkinsons has more staff and bigger overheads?

Then economies of scale would suggest they would shift more and could therefore charge less?

If Morrisons was more expensive than the corner shop, then no one would go to Morrisons. (Other supermarkets are available...)

I am buying the Perth Mint S3 Lunars in silver - half, one and two ounces. Marmite I know, but I like them...

Anyway just wanted to point out the gulf in price between these 2 dealers as of today.

Atkin$on$ £129

Silvertrader £106 (including discounts)

How on earth can Atkin$on$ justify that? I have bought a fair amount from them in the past, but apart from the odd bit of preowned I can't recall when I last bought from them. And that is not likely to change as long as they take the mince like this.

57 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

It’s not a “deal”. It’s basically issue price. 

All these are still available quite easily and for below issue price in some cases. 

Given that RM like to put 50-100% premium on this type of thing, then it is at least unusual. I think it may just be all the dregs that have been returned and they can't shift otherwise bundled I to what the work experience guy thinks is a 'collection'. 

If you like it then it's not a mistake, I expect you didn't pay a huge amount for it and its a nice little bar.

I would happily own one.

I think JM did lots of these type of bars for various companies or entities, and some people do collect them, @LiquidMetalsUK will likely know more than most here. It may be special - I genuinely don't know.

I often buy with my heart, not with my head. If you like it, then its a win!

Just to add though... the risk as always with RM is that they could send absolute munters of coins and you've wasted your time.

...but if the 3 modern coins graded well, then worst case scenario you get a free Gillick and a nice box. Like I said - if I had £3k I'd take a punt! But being a mere mortal parent a fortnight before Xmas sadly I'm skint!

1 minute ago, apachebleu said:

Maybe I'm missing something but you'd pay about 1200 for a piedfort jubillee, 8/900 easy for sotd coronation, 650/700 for coronation proof and I've no idea on that bullion sov but call it 400.

 That actually makes 3k seem a very good price and I think I'm being Conservative with those prices.

 A graded 70 sotd could return half your money almost

 Usually these soverign boxes from the mint are horrendous value

That's what I was getting at. If I had £3k lying around...

Following on from the Black Friday spot gold fiasco, they now have this 4 coin sovereign set on offer. Am I missing something or have they forgotten to add their eye watering premium?

https://www.royalmint.com/shop/coin-sets/Variations-of-The-Sovereign-Set/

Unusual for a 5g bar to weigh 10g!😀

Other than that I don't know, but presume not really.

22 minutes ago, Orpster said:

@James32 uses them for the trolley at Waitrose so I hear

Only proofs though.

Feckit! Late again...

46 minutes ago, JohnV66 said:

Interesting USA commemorative pick-up. 2019 Apollo 11 50^th anniversary proof. Just under a ¼ oz of gold (0.242) for 20 quid over spot with box & CoA. Typical U.S. Mint churned out 50,000 of them.

@paulmerton have you seen this, it's the mother of all strike through errors - looks like some clown has stood on the die!

9 hours ago, ccfcpaul said:

I didn't know this thread existed! Some catching up to do maybe!

Don't go too far back, you'll see people buying sovereigns for like £40 and kilos os silver for £50 - not quite, but you know what I mean!

22 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Behold the USB microscope slightly-angled-with-extra-light-coming-in-from-the-side bodge setup.

Undoubtedly a strike-through error, and it's cool that some of the black stuff is still tightly embedded in the struck coin, and there are some fragments of it remaining on the edge of the hole too. 

Holy Decus et Tutamen, Batman!

@James32 @Gruff @TheShinyStuff @Brit2023

 

Looks like is was in someone's grandads breast pocket during war!!!

51 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

I will take a closer look with a USB wotsit later.

The wotsit will reveal all!

7 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Yes and yes  

How can you be sure this happened in the minting process, and not afterwards? Would a dunt from a (semi) pointed object not leave a similar impression?

12 minutes ago, MaxeBaumann said:

I think this is also a good investment for the future. The first Krugerrand coin in silver from 2018, here in a tube of 25 pieces. Greetings from Maxe.

Nice, but the 2017 was the 1st silver krug. These 2018 were the first sold by the tube though.

Brits sold pending.

3 minutes ago, bintarong said:

Hi can I have the 5 brits please 

You sure can. I'll message you.

Tuesday morning giveaway bump!