2022 Proof Sovereign Charles III Portrait - QEII Commemorative Issue - First Photos

[LawrenceChard]

2022 Proof Sovereign Charles III Portrait - QEII Commemorative Issue - First Photos

Obverse above, and Reverse below:

Haven't got round to doing a serration count yet.

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[Bogart]

You should run a competition who guesses the correct number gets the coin from you as a gift. I'm in first with 108.

Edited January 12, 2023 by Bogart

[LawrenceChard]

5 minutes ago, Bogart said:

You should run a competition who guesses the correct number gets the coin from you as a gift. I'm in first with 108.

Does that mean you have already counted them?

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[Bogart]

It is just a wild guess, but I have a feeling👍

[sovereignsteve]

180!

1 hour ago, LawrenceChard said:

2022 Proof Sovereign Charles III Portrait - QEII Commemorative Issue - First Photos

Rubbish photos, can't even get a shiny background😎

[sovereignsteve]

Droolworthy though😊

[LawrenceChard]

21 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

180!

Rubbish photos, can't even get a shiny background😎

We didn't have time to polish them up first!

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[gav999]

I am new to collecting sovereigns and was thinking of getting this one but what's everyone's opinion regards which would be better to get either the full sovereign or the half.

Thanks all

[sovereignsteve]

34 minutes ago, gav999 said:

I am new to collecting sovereigns and was thinking of getting this one but what's everyone's opinion regards which would be better to get either the full sovereign or the half.

Thanks all

If it's to add to your collection, when you decide which way to go, doesn't matter. If you are thinking of long term appreciation, difficult to say. Half is a lot less mintage but recently similar issues haven't performed as well as the full. The best performing issues tend to increase more in the full sov rather than the half, certainly in 70 graded livery.

Disclaimer: I haven't researched recent increases in absolute % terms, so someome may well shoot me down on this. It's just an impression I get noticing sales.

[refero]

indeed 108 but the competition doesnt say there is only 1 prize or the prize going to the first! i want my part of the (golden) share!

[refero]

while waiting to receive my full sov and to assess the portrait from a more direct perspective i can anticipate (and quite surprisingly i havent read anything on that so far) that i dont like at all the "rendering" of the neck. It's way disproportionate compared to the head's size. 

Historically it was one of the most used way to depict (on coins) a sovereign's strenght/power. Understandable.

Today (and i sorry as i am addressing to most forum users' king) it look just ridicoulous 

[DdraigAur]

Wow. Well done to the photographer for the flawless image, and the also flawless looking coin. Hopefully we all receive such examples.

The photo also looks like it could be the matte finish.

[LawrenceChard]

6 hours ago, DdraigAur said:

Wow. Well done to the photographer for the flawless image, and the also flawless looking coin. Hopefully we all receive such examples.

The photo also looks like it could be the matte finish.

Thanks for the comments about the photos, we actually tried a few changes to the lighting after this first pair of images.

The raised parts of the design are a typical modern matte finish, but the fields are, or should be highly polished with a mirror finish, however if we photograph them head on with "normal" or direct flash lighting, it produces a dark brown background.

There is some information about our photographic kit and techniques here, which may explain better:

https://www.chards.co.uk/blog/coin-photography-kit-taking-photos-the-chards-way/1046

I was working from home today, so I have yet to see these coins "in the flesh", but our photographers usually notice and comment on any defects, no matter how small, and they would generally have shown up on the photographs.

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Edited January 13, 2023 by LawrenceChard

[LawrenceChard]

5 hours ago, gav999 said:

I am new to collecting sovereigns and was thinking of getting this one but what's everyone's opinion regards which would be better to get either the full sovereign or the half.

Thanks all

IMO, you would be better buying one sovereign rather than two halves.

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[gav999]

53 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

IMO, you would be better buying one sovereign rather than two halves.

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Thank you for your answer  😀

[Bogart]

Hence the generous offer of a full sovereign as the prize. Or did I dream that?

Edited January 13, 2023 by Bogart

[westminstrel]

@LawrenceChard- This is exactly what the matte proof would look like right? It’s gorgeous. 😍

I’d love to see a similar photograph with the reflective proof fields (although I understand the challenges!) ☺️

[GoldDiggerDave]

26 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

@LawrenceChard- This is exactly what the matte proof would look like right? It’s gorgeous. 😍

I’d love to see a similar photograph with the reflective proof fields (although I understand the challenges!) ☺️

I’ll give it a go today for you! 

[GoldDiggerDave]

@westminstrel some quick snaps for you mate 

[Bogart]

Looks rather nice.

[westminstrel]

14 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

@westminstrel some quick snaps for you mate 

Thanks for the effort my friend!

I daresay this is one of the most beautiful modern Sovereigns, if not the most beautiful of modern coins. Period!!!

It re-interprets a classic design, it isn’t afraid to be detailed and intricate, and it is bold in its execution.

It harks back to the coins designed by the “great engravers” of old.

I absolutely see this becoming a classic in the true sense of the term.

Huge kudos to Jody Clark! 

[Goldfever20]

This is my favourite photo, well done @GoldDiggerDave this sovereign looks stunning!!! I can't wait for my big set.

[LawrenceChard]

1 minute ago, Goldfever20 said:

This is my favourite photo, well done @GoldDiggerDave this sovereign looks stunning!!! I can't wait for my big set.

Should I tell Doug and Christian?

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[GoldDiggerDave]

3 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Should I tell Doug and Christian?

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This was taken on a south facing window angled at about 30 deg, shot with my iPhone13 pro x2 macro with the phone upside down to get some reflective fields. 
 

 

9 minutes ago, Goldfever20 said:

This is my favourite photo, well done @GoldDiggerDave this sovereign looks stunning!!! I can't wait for my big set.

Cheers mate me too, what did you go for the 4 or the 5?   

[sovereignsteve]

10 minutes ago, Goldfever20 said:

This is my favourite photo, well done @GoldDiggerDave this sovereign looks stunning!!! I can't wait for my big set.

 

9 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Should I tell Doug and Christian?

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Now I've seen a shiny one, I think I prefer Chards' matt one😎