Gold stacker

[Guest]

Maybe one is from the Guangzhou mint?

[mr-dead]

I have read something about "short tail" sovereigns, is this the same thing?

 

Just checked, the fluffy looking tail end is a "short tailed" sovereign

[HawkHybrid]

just did a quick google image search and there seems to be 2 different designs for that year?

 

 

Well spotted though, much better attention to detail than me, wonder if there is a variance in design depending where they were minted?

 

edit :

 

Looks like it was minted in Perth

 

http://goldsovereignexpert.com/mintmark.asp?CoinDate=1907&Bust=10&Design=1

 

but yours doesn't show the p mintmark?

 

how sure are you that yours is genuine?

 

HH

[HawkHybrid]

Just checked, the fluffy looking tail end is a "short tailed" sovereign

 

I thought that was only for 2007+ sovereigns?

the 2000-2006 had one design and they changed/

improved it in 2007?

 

HH

[mr-dead]

im working away from home at the moment so cant have a proper look.  Thought I made out a "P" from the pic but thing im seeing things lol.

 

If it came from Hatton Gardens im pretty sure its legit.  Have quite a few sovs now so familiar with the look and feel of them so not worried at all.

[mr-dead]

I thought that was only for 2007+ sovereigns?

the 2000-2006 had one design and they changed/

improved it in 2007?

 

HH

 

Mine has the regular tail not the short tail, but they have been doing the short tail since at least 1891 -

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=669&bih=634&noj=1&site=webhp&source=hp&q=short+tail+sovereign&oq=short+tail+sovereign&gs_l=hp.3..0i22i30.1796.4906.0.5183.20.18.0.0.0.0.162.1419.9j6.15.0.ekpsrh...0...1.1.64.hp..5.15.1416.y52E-c7Na9U

 

p.s. the above 2 coins are 1/2 sovs as mentioned in the original post, doubt Hatton Garden are about to risk their reputation for £95 coin

Edited May 19, 2015 by mr-dead

[HawkHybrid]

Mine has the regular tail not the short tail, but they have been doing the short tail since at least 1891 -

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=669&bih=634&noj=1&site=webhp&source=hp&q=short+tail+sovereign&oq=short+tail+sovereign&gs_l=hp.3..0i22i30.1796.4906.0.5183.20.18.0.0.0.0.162.1419.9j6.15.0.ekpsrh...0...1.1.64.hp..5.15.1416.y52E-c7Na9U

 

p.s. the above 2 coins are 1/2 sovs as mentioned in the original post, doubt Hatton Garden are about to risk their reputation for £95 coin

 

maybe they overlooked it similar to you?

(I was not for one moment accusing them of trying to

cheat you of £95)

 

HH

[mr-dead]

this one looks the same as mine, mint mark not readable -

 

http://www.thecoincellar.co.uk/CoinsLarge/Gold/Half_Sovereign/HalfSovereign1907.php?sub=1907%20Half%20Sovereign,%20Edward%20VII,%20aVF&title=Gold%20-%20Half%20Sovereign

 

http://www.kjc.com.au/PD/1907-australia-melbourne-king-edward-vii-st-george-reverse-australian-gold-half-sovereign-choice-uncirculated-uncirculated-84/84

Edited May 19, 2015 by mr-dead

[mr-dead]

Think to put this one to rest, NGC grading also shows 2 tail designs in their coin grading database -

 

http://www.ngccoin.com/auction-central/world/great-britain-1902-1970-scid-344/auctions/1907-gbritain-12sov-ms-ucid-39AK

[sovereignsteve]

I have read something about "short tail" sovereigns, is this the same thing?

Don't even try to get to grips with full sovereign tails: long, short and medium even, it's an absolute minefield. They even discovered a new one less than 20 years ago on a victoria.

I'm not aware of different tails on half sovs but there again, I'm not really interested in anything other than victoria shieldbacks.

[mr-dead]

Long shieldbacks or short shieldbacks

[Danny-boy]

Hmmmm seems this is more involved than I thought [emoji1]

[mr-dead]

Unexpected PPI claim success and yearly bonus to arrive this month.

 

Planning the spend already

 

[Scuzzle]

Awesome collection of gold Mr Dead, I would not be able to sleep at night if I owned that lot just in case the price of gold tanks, my plan for my own stack is hopefully to end up with 10 oz of gold and 500 oz of silver and hope one of them goes mental in my lifetime, so far I'm at 4.5 and 200.  Since gold has already had it's bull run I'm expecting silver to be one more likely.

I can't see gold going down significantly myself, the days you could spook the market and scare people into selling are gone, now they just hoover up more if the price drops too much.

Great looking at all your gold though, good luck with it.

[HawkHybrid]

Unexpected PPI claim success and yearly bonus to arrive this month.

 

Planning the spend already

 

 

I believe in everything in moderation.

 

HH

[mr-dead]

Just took the mystery option at Hatton Gardens and ordered 10 X 10g gold bars.

 

http://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/pid18/gold-bar-10g.aspx

 

Hope they are something nice like pamps

 

Getting that gut feeling gold may spike a little tomorrow considering Greece, also kept a little powder dry for another 3oz (will be made up of sovs or britannias)

[SilvergunSuperman]

Just took the mystery option at Hatton Gardens and ordered 10 X 10g gold bars.

 

http://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/pid18/gold-bar-10g.aspx

 

Hope they are something nice like pamps

 

Getting that gut feeling gold may spike a little tomorrow considering Greece, also kept a little powder dry for another 3oz (will be made up of sovs or britannias)

 

The 10g bar I just bought from them was a Degussa. Nice looking wee bar and I did rather enjoy the mystery of not knowing what it would be.

 

They must have got 20+ in all at once as I see there are still 9 left.

[mr-dead]

All my deliveries turned up this morning, the 10X10g bars were Degussa -

 

 

And the 2014 proof Britannia and Libertad sets thanks to Madstacks -

 

 

Edited July 1, 2015 by mr-dead

[mr-dead]

an 1897 and 1912 sov thanks to Arshimo2012.

 

 

Now up to 36.93 oz, aiming to hit 40oz this month

[mr-dead]

Just picked up a St Gaudens that popped up on Hatton Gardens @ 3% over spot, excited about this one wanted one a long time

[mr-dead]

St Gaudens just got delivered -

 

 

Love it

[Guest]

It looks great. Are you going to get it graded or just keep it?

[mr-dead]

It looks great. Are you going to get it graded or just keep it?

 

Ill just stick it in a quadrum case and add it to the stack

[Guest]

Received back some graded coins today from NGC. Variable results...

One good shield and one polished details.

Beautiful $2.5 that had been mounted !

Bullion 2002 picked up from HGM

1881 $5 was graded AU55 not bad

[mr-dead]

If I have some time on the weekend I may have a go at doing my first ever YouTube vid of my full stack.

Edited July 9, 2015 by mr-dead