Today I Received.....

[TheGoldSovereign]

7 minutes ago, JunkBond said:

Sovereign Rarities clearly shows this error. @sg86Unless you bought this coin of course.

Nice find, I didn't source the coin from them, it would likely have been 3x the price i paid. If it's not the same coin then good to know i can record this as there may be 1-2 more out there. 

On the other hand it could be the same coin moved on, in which case unique? who knows but I wonder if they missed it if there was no mention of this overstamp?

If anyone has a Spink catalog from 2005 let us know if it was mentioned there

 

edit: Definitely not the same coin, mine doesn't have the doubling in Victoria, and imho mine is a nicer grade

 

Edited July 17, 2018 by sg86

[JunkBond]

1 minute ago, sg86 said:

On the other hand it could be the same coin moved on,

Possibly but then it would mean the provenance has been lost. Ex Spink Coin Auction, 28th September 2005, lot 1448.

Is this likely?

 

[TheGoldSovereign]

1 minute ago, JunkBond said:

Possibly but then it would mean the provenance has been lost. Ex Spink Coin Auction, 28th September 2005, lot 1448.

Is this likely?

As i say in my edit, it's not the same coin. Either way they've not mentioned the overstamp and always do in their listings when its so clear, everyone makes mistakes when looking at so many coins

[JunkBond]

I would be interested to know how many sets of dies were used during the Ansell mintage. Is this known?

[TheGoldSovereign]

4 minutes ago, JunkBond said:

I would be interested to know how many sets of dies were used during the Ansell mintage. Is this known?

Also interested in this fact!

[TheGoldSovereign]

My first 1838, all my photos going forward in this format are untouched, unprocessed, no attempt made to hide coin surface blemishes as it's for archival/website purposes. I'm actually fed up with all these eBay listings making coins look MS when they are bullion!

 

[Peacemaker]

Received this beauty today, hallmarked JM&Co, Britannia, London, 1981, coa with matching serial stamped into the rim of the coin, original bill of sale from Johnson Matthey and original advert from the telegraph, £44 it was back then! Silver was around £5/oz around July 1981 and on the decline so that is a hefty premium, £44.67/troy oz!, nearly 9 x spot price. Today's ratio of spot price would be around £106, while inflation makes it equivalent to £180 today, fun fact I suppose ?

[sovereignsteve]

11 hours ago, JunkBond said:

I would be interested to know how many sets of dies were used during the Ansell mintage. Is this known?

mintage of 167k so there will have been several dies (pairs) used. Also the Ansell gold was supposed to be less malleable than usual so I would guess the dies wouldn't last as long as for normal years.

I'm not sure how many coins would usually be struck per die pair but I'm sure I've read somewhere that the mint were disappointed that dies sent to Australia were only lasting for 8k coins.

[TheGoldSovereign]

14 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

mintage of 167k so there will have been several dies (pairs) used. Also the Ansell gold was supposed to be less malleable than usual so I would guess the dies wouldn't last as long as for normal years.

I'm not sure how many coins would usually be struck per die pair but I'm sure I've read somewhere that the mint were disappointed that dies sent to Australia were only lasting for 8k coins.

So could be one of 5000 original coins from that die, considering the mintage and how many are floating around the open market I would suspect quite few exist. All very interesting!

[Cornishfarmer]

Nice little coin think was mispriced by HGM so under spot (if my workings correct) didn’t realise until I have just worked out

[TheGoldSovereign]

??  A real rare treat today!  ??

1874 London Mint - Die 33

For those who don't know this is an incredible rarity, and I think the condition is just lovely considering it's rarity. You'll have to do your own research if interested more in the background as I don't want to copy and paste a chunk here

 

Edited July 18, 2018 by sg86

[Big23]

20 minutes ago, Cornishfarmer said:

Nice little coin think was mispriced by HGM so under spot (if my workings correct) didn’t realise until I have just worked out

Nice 10 Coronas! Should be ~95£  

[Cornishfarmer]

5 minutes ago, Big23 said:

Nice 10 Coronas! Should be ~95£  

£91.21       made that £929 ish not a lot but nice to be on right side for a change

[Cornishfarmer]

Well last week, more collectors coins than stackers but nice to add to pot

[Matty]

Ebay purchase just arrived today, I think it's safe to say I've caught the sovereign bug!

[AgD]

Home from work today to a few packages one from @augur with some .925 one from @649tom with the dragon and Phoenix one from @MikeSol with some .925 and 2 90% halves and a couple of eBay purchases 

[Gildeon]

For some strange reason high relief kangaroos  keep arriving at my house! ?

 

[JunkBond]

1907 $10 Liberty Head Gold Eagle. Thanks @arshimo2012

 

[richatthecroft]

Gold rush!

Thanks @Keenstacker for the Krug.

And with thanks to @augur for the 2017 1/4 Bu Libertad only 500 in the Mintage. And also a nice Half Sovereign. 

 

[JohnA]

Thanks to @Numistacker for his contest. => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jL879JVbBY

I was lucky to get chosen, then skillful in that I guessed 2 out of 3 coin grades

The Mermaid i didn't like that much when it first came out and I saw it in videos and pictures of. But in real life it is really pretty. The Korean coin has a great design also.

I will keep them in the shrink wrap with Numi's name sticking out.

I am not collecting lately, that's why I haven't been around. I sold all my collection except my US coins. 

 

 

[augur]

@richatthecroft initially beat me to it but it took only some golden arguments to dissuade him...

Please only like if you also would want @BackyardBullion to finally start casting 1kg bars. I can perfectly imagine the little leaf stamp in the centre of the swirl ? 

Edited July 19, 2018 by augur

[BackyardBullion]

9 minutes ago, augur said:

@richatthecroft initially beat me to it but it took only some golden arguments to dissuade him...

Please only like if you also would want @BackyardBullion to finally start casting 1kg bars. I can perfectly imagine the little leaf stamp in the centre of the swirl ? 

All in good time my friend!

[sixgun]

A couple of chunky monkey SilverStan bars from @shawy2510

[Oldun]

On 30/06/2018 at 02:42, augur said:

My 5oz Kiwis (mintage 500, same as the current 1/4 oz gold)

 

and my Baccarat coins

Edited July 20, 2018 by Oldun

[Oldun]

Got one of the above myself. Nice design.

Meanwhile, picked these up at auction. 1887 double sov for £560, double 2005 sov proof for £520 and a SA £1/2 1953 PF63Cam for £175

 

Edited July 20, 2018 by Oldun