HGM offering NEW gold sovereigns?

[Stu]

If you pop over to HGM website you will see that they currently have 20 new gold sovereigns 2017 for sale, £235 each Is this a departure from their current model and branching into new coins or have they sourced independently and seen a margin. The fact that there is only 20 makes me think the later. An update from @HGM would be nice! Any thoughts in the mean time as HGM is obviously closed over the weekend. That said they only appeared on site in the past hour or so?

Incidently, they are more expensive than Bairds where postage is not considered!

Further edit, if they have bought from a private individual they are not not new and should not be listed as so. I honk Atties stick religiously to this rule regardless of age or condition?

[Kman]

They've been up most of today I think

Yes the price is pretty standard when you factor in postage

Be weird for someone to buy a tube then sell it straight away 

 

[sovereignsteve]

They've been on sale for a couple of days. Apparently they've been asked for new sovs so have obliged.

They're from the mint and have been received in tubes.

[Kman]

1 minute ago, sovereignsteve said:

They're from the mint and have been received in tubes.

Do new half sovereigns not come in tubes? 

That was something I was thinking last night 

[sovereignsteve]

3 minutes ago, Kman said:

Do new half sovereigns not come in tubes? 

That was something I was thinking last night 

No idea. I would think so though; not individually capped or blistered so will almost certainly be in tubes.

[Kman]

9 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

No idea. I would think so though; not individually capped or blistered so will almost certainly be in tubes.

I was mildly contemplating a tube of half 2017's but I couldn't see them for sale anywhere on the RM bullion site (not that I would buy from there) or on Atkinsons so I thought maybe they don't come in tubes

 

 

[sovereignsteve]

are the new ones the same as the full, with the 200 privy? I haven't seen any yet.

[Kman]

5 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

are the new ones the same as the full, with the 200 privy? I haven't seen any yet.

Yep with the privy, they're say they're on pre-order at Atkinsons https://atkinsonsbullion.com/gold/gold-coins/sovereign-gold-coins/2017-uk-half-sovereign-gold-coin

[Stu]

Yes 2017 hall sovs, pre order for the desparados 

https://atkinsonsbullion.com/gold/gold-coins/2017-gold-coins/2017-uk-half-sovereign-gold-coin

always think it is a sad state of affairs where folks get "excited" over a "privy mark"

Unless it's a historically important t document from centuries past, but. Hope you know where I am coming from

[Kman]

7 minutes ago, Stu said:

Yes 2017 hall sovs, pre order for the desparados 

https://atkinsonsbullion.com/gold/gold-coins/2017-gold-coins/2017-uk-half-sovereign-gold-coin

always think it is a sad state of affairs where folks get "excited" over a "privy mark"

Unless it's a historically important t document from centuries past, but. Hope you know where I am coming from

I'm just thinking of putting some more savings into gold bullion and if the bullion comes with some potential upside via a privy, all the better

They are about £10 each over a general bullion sovereign though so hmm 

Just pie in the sky thinking anyway atm, no firm plans or wishes 

 

[sovereignsteve]

do you think the halves will command a premium long term? I think I'd go for the full myself but I don't think the bullion 2017 will do anything though.

[Stu]

If I was buying bulk bullion atm I would be stacking the 2017 full sovs. Hope they will realise a higher price than standard. Over the next 5 yeArs Inthink any gold will be a superb investment but only this time will tell. @ChrisSilver is there any way to time stamp this prediction and bring it to the fore in 5 yeas time? 

Edit: ignore I will check myself.

[sovereignsteve]

I bet you can hardly see the privy mark on the half sov

[Dune69]

Have HGM removed their percentage over spot on their stock page?

[Uwink]

58 minutes ago, Dune69 said:

Have HGM removed their percentage over spot on their stock page?

I noticed this yesterday as well...not noticed it before!