Are you a 22 or 24 carat kind of Guy or Gal. or person or...

[CANV]

I always preferred the Brits.  but after picking up a few Sovs and a Krug im starting to appreciate the more robust Bullion coinage 

[Stuntman]

Prefer the 24 carat stuff myself, although I do appreciate the history behind Sovs and Krugs.

[Zhorro]

I like the colour of 24 carat gold coins.

[Tortoise]

As a relative newbie here who is still learning I have stuck to buying new coins. 

I wouldn't mind the modern sovereigns, if they weren't so pink, so prefer the 24 carat Britannias.

Edited February 16, 2022 by Tortoise

[Roy]

22k of course!

Pre-2013 Brits and sovs, .900 coins are ok too 😄

There's no history with a 24k coin so these are purely for show, flipping or for sticking in tubes 😛

(IMO of course, buy what you like 👍)

[Minimalist]

24, always

[AgCoyote]

I like both. They look awesome when mixed with each other.

[ady]

identify as ................ have you included everyone?

[HerefordBullyun]

24 carrots alsong as she is a dirty bag of carrots!***

*** tattoos must be spelt right!

[Gordy]

1 hour ago, ady said:

identify as ................ have you included everyone?

I'm a Unicorn!!

[CANV]

11 minutes ago, Gordy said:

I'm a Unimore 

Fixed that … 

[Happypanda88]

I prefer the 24K variety but also have 22K ones.

You could have done a poll to see what percentage members prefer. 👍

Edited February 17, 2022 by Happypanda88
As suggested by Sir Roy changed 'carat' to 'K'

[Foster88]

I like both 22ct and 24ct.

It doesn’t make much difference to me.

[adamantio999]

Mostly 24K because I like taking a look at them. Occasionally some sovreigns on a budget.

Of course this was before losing everything in a boat accident.

[Foster88]

1 minute ago, adamantio999 said:

Mostly 24K because I like taking a look at them. Occasionally some sovreigns on a budget.

Of course this was before losing everything in a boat accident.

I suspect there’s going to be a lot of boating accidents in this wind.

One has just landed in my back garden, the irony of it being called storm Dudley and I won a boat.

[Roy]

If I may take over the role of TSF Pedant (I imagine @LawrenceChard has gone to bed, bless), when we refer to gold's purity we use 'karat'. A karat is a measurement of 1/24th of a whole so 22k is 22/24 where 24k is pure gold. 

The term 'carat' is reserved for the weight of a gemstone, for example a diamond or ruby.

😎

[Happypanda88]

Sir Roy has spoken. I shall edit my post now ! 😁

[Britannia47]

6 hours ago, Roy said:

If I may take over the role of TSF Pedant (I imagine @LawrenceChard has gone to bed, bless), when we refer to gold's purity we use 'karat'. A karat is a measurement of 1/24th of a whole so 22k is 22/24 where 24k is pure gold. 

The term 'carat' is reserved for the weight of a gemstone, for example a diamond or ruby.

😎

Very soon LC will wake up and explain that 22 k is actually 91.67 % gold and 8.33% copper/silver!

[HerefordBullyun]

7 hours ago, Roy said:

If I may take over the role of TSF Pedant (I imagine @LawrenceChard has gone to bed, bless), when we refer to gold's purity we use 'karat'. A karat is a measurement of 1/24th of a whole so 22k is 22/24 where 24k is pure gold. 

The term 'carat' is reserved for the weight of a gemstone, for example a diamond or ruby.

😎

Guess I got my carats mixed up then

[LawrenceChard]

11 hours ago, Zhorro said:

I like the colour of 24 carat gold coins.

An admirable, sensible, and commendable preference.

That's almost certainly because they are gold coloured.

I think the vast majority of the world's population, past and present, like the colour of gold. One reason for this is that is similar to the colour of the sun (but don't look too closely at the latter). The sun gives us light and warmth, so I think there is an instinctive, pre-historic, tribal part of our brains which cause us to be attracted by and to it.

Because 24 carat gold coins contain (almost) no other elements, nobody can mess about with its colour or spoil it.

 

[LawrenceChard]

11 hours ago, CANV said:

I always preferred the Brits.  but after picking up a few Sovs and a Krug im starting to appreciate the more robust Bullion coinage 

22ct or 24ct?

Where have I seen this before?

 

[LawrenceChard]

11 hours ago, CANV said:

I always preferred the Brits.  but after picking up a few Sovs and a Krug im starting to appreciate the more robust Bullion coinage 

Actually, my answer to the question posed in the topic title:

Are you a 22 or 24 carat kind of Guy or Gal. or person or...

Is "Yes!"

😎

As I hope it is for all TSF members.

[James32]

5 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Actually, my answer to the question posed in the topic title:

Are you a 22 or 24 carat kind of Guy or Gal. or person or...

Is "Yes!"

😎

As I hope it is for all TSF members.

Still undecided 😕 

[HerefordBullyun]

3 minutes ago, James32 said:

Still undecided 😕 

why all your toilet handles and sink taps are made of 24k gold like Saddam in Basra palace, King james the 23rd. With your gold leaf toilet paper and i know you sometime have to resort to your £50 notes  

Edited February 17, 2022 by HerefordBullyun

[Darr3nG]

7 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Actually, my answer to the question posed in the topic title:

Are you a 22 or 24 carat kind of Guy or Gal. or person or...

Is "Yes!"

Very logical and gender neutral