Any ideas what to do with this?

[Davros006]

Bought this at a government auction a few yrs ago, and need a few ideas as to what to do with it...

  Its ruining the look of my tidy stack.  428.7g of 24ct in total.

 

[Tn21]

@StackSellRepeat

[James32]

Get it melted into a bar would be my choice, or sell and buy coins?

[dicker]

Selling to a dealer may be the least painful option if you can get a decent price.  

[Stackem]

Where did you buy it, interested to look what else they sell

[Britannia47]

15 hours ago, James32 said:

Get it melted into a bar would be my choice, or sell and buy coins?

That would be my choice too. Nearly a 1/2 kilo of gold has to be worth about £25,000, so why not take a walk down Hatton Garden and sell to the highest bidder? …..Whoops, sorry, you’ll need to get the ferry from Belfast direct to Blackpool perhaps!😄

[Roy]

One could make an impressive Prince Albert?

Edited November 1, 2022 by Roy

[Tn21]

11 hours ago, Stackem said:

Where did you buy it, interested to look what else they sell

Proceeds of crime auction possibly, I'm just guessing 

[Mtaybar]

I'd get it melted into several more affordable bars that the average person can afford and send them to be hallmarked. I'd have ago at doing it myself but I'm sure there are some artisans her that could do it for you and make some unique pieces. 

[Petra]

See what anyone will swap you for … nice bars / coins. You know what you paid for the stuff and will know if you’re getting a good deal or not. Nice and simple.

[Bogart]

17 hours ago, Roy said:

One could make an impressive Prince Albert?

Ouch!

[Davros006]

Hi Chaps, thx for the replies...

@Stackemhttps://www.wilsonsauctions.com/  Ya used to be able to get some nice bits and bobs at good prices, but people are paying ABOVE shop prices for stuff now..  Can't say i understand it, a simple scan round the UK bullion dealers usually results in cheaper prices, but it is what it is.  People are prepared to overpay to get PM's.  They had a load of 100g cast gold bars i was itching for, but by the time you added the costs... it was WAY over the price from bullion dealers.. Happened in several auctions, so not just someone making a mistake and not calculating the auction costs into their bid.. Crazy.   Keep stacking folks....  

@Roy 😂 🤣😂   Funnily enough, i hadnt thought of that..  Would be an impressive centre piece for the top of the fireplace mind..

@Tn21 Spot on bud.

@Mtaybar I like that idea...  @SilverAngel did some gorgeous mirror finish silver bars there i was perving over..  I wonder..  I just dont know wether it would be cost prohibitive..

@Petra Simple no nonsense... I might end up going down that road..