Today I bought.....

[sovereignsteve]

2 hours ago, shortstack68 said:

5x 2008 2oz Kooks

bit random?

[Jester]

I think this is Square One of a fairly long journey...

Would have liked to pick up a MS70 but 1) I couldn't find one and 2) the NGC price guide puts it around $600 and I just can't see the value (for me) given what I paid for the MS69...Happy nonetheless!

[Guest]

Ok here goes...

Tonight's eBay buys and hope I didn't bid against any of you guys.




1902 matte proof sovereign






The 20F gold piece was from the same seller as last weeks 1915-A 20F

This one went for 207+postage

Melt is £183 and this costs $30 to grade. Let's consider 1% top cashback and 6x nectar points plus a few Amex points and this was a great deal.

[KevinG]

I've bought an Isle of Man Sovereign from Chard.

[Jester]

The 2017 10 oz Queen's Beasts Lion Bullion Coin

As of this posting, they are in stock at Apmex and they have 139 remaining.

[SilvergunSuperman]

Today I bought 2x 5g gold bars from HGM. I've bought nothing but sovs & halves recently so fancied a lucky dip on some mini bars.

[IOSILVER]

Today I bought...

 

The House of Windsor Centenary 2017 UK £5 Silver Proof Coin.

[Jester]

New Perth Mint 2017 Dragon & Phoenix 1 oz Silver High Relief Proof Coin.  Mintage limited to 5,000 coins.  So far, the only dealer I've found carrying this new release is Directcoins.com  A representative at Talisman said at this time they do not anticipate offering this coin.

[Jester]

With the spot price on Silver dropping and Provident Metals sale on 2016 Britannia's "$1.49 over spot for any quantity" with free shipping for orders over $99, I snagged 10 for $17.99/coin.

Edited May 3, 2017 by Jester

[vand]

Increasing my buying as the price drops.. added 20oz of Kooks & Libertads at an average of 16% above spot. 

If prices stay this low or even lower over the summer I'm happy to continue buying heavily.

[PolarPanda]

With these low prices also i putted some extra orders for the following coins: 

- 1 OZ Rwanda Rooster BU 

- 1 OZ Athenian Owl 

- 1 OZ Maple Leaf 25th Anniversary 2013

- 30 gram Silver Panda 2017 BU 

- 1 OZ Niue Panda 2017 BU 

- 1 OZ Maple Leaf Superman 2016 BU 

- 1/2 OZ Lunar Horse 2014 

- 1/2 OZ Lunar Monkey 2016

- 1/2 OZ Lunar Snake 2013

- 1 OZ Lunar Monkey 2016

- 1 OZ Lunar Horse 2014

- 1 OZ Brittania 2017 - 20th Anniversary 

And something i always wanted to have already: 

 

[Guest]

Sanity check please?
Am I mad or going in the right direction?



Picked this up PF64CAM

Now only the £5 to go for the set

[shawy2510]

Sanity check please?
Am I mad or going in the right direction?



Picked this up PF64CAM

Now only the £5 to go for the set

Wrong direction because I want the 1937 set & your making less available I would like 64+ but really would like 65 or 66's.

[Sovereign]

6 minutes ago, Numistacker said:

Sanity check please?
Am I mad or going in the right direction?



Picked this up PF64CAM

Now only the £5 to go for the set

That's exactly what i say to my self sometimes ?

1937 full sov what can go wrong

great pick up !! ?

[Guest]

Wrong direction because I want the 1937 set & your making less available [emoji6] I would like 64+ but really would like 65 or 66's.

Have to start somewhere can always trade up over time. There are some 67's around too

[shawy2510]

67's I would buy as soon as I saw them. Not seen any personally yet but if you know of some let me know.

[SilverTanner]

5 minutes ago, Numistacker said:

 

Have to start somewhere can always trade up over time. There are some 67's around too

 

Great buy, your coins are starting to make up a serious quality numismatic collection!

As a result they should gain much value over time - the problem will be it will be much more difficult to sell?, just don't look at the full gold and silver proof sets for 1831 and 1839?

[Guest]

Great buy, your coins are starting to make up a serious quality numismatic collection!
As a result they should gain much value over time - the problem will be it will be much more difficult to sell[emoji1], just don't look at the full gold and silver proof sets for 1831 and 1839[emoji6]

I am trying to improve quality without going overboard. The one good thing about this type of coin is that there is a strong international following and prices do keep pace with inflation.

Next stop maybe 1911 proofs...

Great buy, your coins are starting to make up a serious quality numismatic collection!
As a result they should gain much value over time - the problem will be it will be much more difficult to sell[emoji1], just don't look at the full gold and silver proof sets for 1831 and 1839[emoji6]

I am trying to improve quality without going overboard. The one good thing about this type of coin is that there is a strong international following and prices do keep pace with inflation.

Next stop maybe 1911 proofs...

[SilverTanner]

There has been a lot of half-sovereigns, sovereigns and double sovereigns up at auctions recently. There is a 5sov at the next VLNummus auction on 10th June lot 470 - it is only PCGS PF63 DC though?

(also the others if you want a matching set!)

[Guest]

Sanity check please?
Am I mad or going in the right direction?

[mention=378]Numistacker[/mention] but quite a few rim dings on the REV of this between 7 and 9 o'clock but i'm sure you took that into consideration when buying

Yes there are a couple also a case mark as well I guess that's why it's a 64. There are 20 graded as 65 with PCGS and a few higher graded that fetch $4000+ but i paid $2,800 which is less than the ha.com last auction of the same grade so no bargains really and these coins have become more expensive in the last 4 or 5 years.

[Guest]

Sanity check please?
Am I mad or going in the right direction?

[mention=378]Numistacker[/mention] but quite a few rim dings on the REV of this between 7 and 9 o'clock but i'm sure you took that into consideration when buying

Yes there are a couple also a case mark as well I guess that's why it's a 64. There are 20 graded as 65 with PCGS and a few higher graded that fetch $4000+ but i paid $2,800 which is less than the ha.com last auction of the same grade so no bargains really and these coins have become more expensive in the last 4 or 5 years.

[Guest]

2 years ago or so you could have got the whole set for around £5k, how much a few years have changed the market for these. Same thing happened with maundy sets not so long ago, they exploded into life and had people scratching their heads

Doubles were £750 in 2007 at ha.com now £2,000+. There seem to be many more people building Sovereign collections now than ever before. 5,000 minted and many of those in very very poor states. It is the only gold George vI coin and so it's a key coin in each sovereign collection.

[Oystonousted]

My first gold coin a 1/4oz 2009 gold nugget from Chards

[Chewy636]

Just picked up two $2.50 gold liberty heads. 1854 & 1889

[lightjaw]

bought a Tunisia 20 francs gold coin to add to my eclectic collection.