Which one of you did this?

[BackyardBullion]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67662848

Donated a gold buffalo to Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA).

Looks like it was a graded coin too!

[Paul]

1 minute ago, BackyardBullion said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67662848

Donated a gold buffalo to Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA).

Looks like it was a graded coin too!

@James32 ?? 🤔🫵🙄🤔

[fiveshotdon]

Imagine the photo was a stock image the bbc googled, not the actual coin that was dropped into the charity. Seems a bit odd that the charity would send a graded gold coin to a currency exchange 🫠

Edited December 8, 2023 by fiveshotdon

[Petra]

A graded coin wouldn’t fit in the type of collection can they use. Why end up with other coins? ….. well not everyone is up to speed with gold coins⛄️🤔

[bluffer]

just hope they meant to put it in the tin and wasnt stuck in by someone with no clue.

[Kitalon]

This might make you laugh. If anything I'd say that they've probably undervalued it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67662848

Edited December 8, 2023 by Kitalon
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[pricha]

6 minutes ago, bluffer said:

just hope they meant to put it in the tin and wasnt stuck in by someone with no clue.

Probably a widow who was told her deceased husbands Princess Diana and Queen mother's  1/8oz gold coin collection from Hattons was almost worthless. 

[trp]

11 minutes ago, Kitalon said:

This might make you laugh. If anything I'd say that they've probably undervalued it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67662848

Merged with existing topic  

[Abyss]

"Christmas cracker" after it turned out to be worth £1,462.

I am happy to buy 1 oz Gold Buffalo at that price all day long. I am unsure if BBC reported incorrectly on the value or if this is the value Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance received from the "coin shop" but they should have been paid at least 97% of spot £1,545.45...

[Anteater]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67662848

[SeverinDigsSovereigns]

Is that why gold went from £1723 ATH back to 1615?

[Paul]

1 hour ago, Abyss said:

"Christmas cracker" after it turned out to be worth £1,462.

I am happy to buy 1 oz Gold Buffalo at that price all day long. I am unsure if BBC reported incorrectly on the value or if this is the value Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance received from the "coin shop" but they should have been paid at least 97% of spot £1,545.45...

BBC reporting at its best 

[CoinCupboard]

I always have a good look at the charity boxes at airports, to see if there is anything nice in it. 

Never seen a gold coin in one yet. 🤣

[James32]

Just now, CoinCupboard said:

I always have a good look at the charity boxes at airports, to see if there is anything nice in it. 

Never seen a gold coin in one yet. 🤣

You rob charity boxes? I guess everyday is hustling..

[CoinCupboard]

I always thought looking at something and robbing something were quite different. 😅

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by CoinCupboard
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[ChrisSilver]

10 hours ago, Anteater said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67662848

Merged with this topic here as there was already a pre-existing topic for the same  

[SidS]

11 hours ago, CoinCupboard said:

I always thought looking at something and robbing something were quite different. 😅

 

Congratulations you have won the Lawrence Chard award for pedantry!

😁

[dicker]

One very famous footballers wife used to take ALL of her clothes, bags etc to Oxfam when her partner had his latest affair.  She then bought everything brand new (serious serious money).

Perhaps a Scottish member of TSF had similarly misbehaved!

[Sanctuary79]

Someone's going to be really disappointed to unwrap a handful of small change, instead of the shiny gold coin they were expecting in a couple of weeks! 

[pmbug]

The Salvation Army charity in the USA finds gold coins in their kettle drives frequently.  They have found a few so far this year:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-salvation-army-gold-coin-libertyville-st-1120-20231120-4wmcjqpkvzfxjg2yyycwgcfpyi-story.html

https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/salvation-army-gold-coins-red-kettles/article_bf0d6a64-8fbc-11ee-adff-bfa3c730db22.html

Very cool of whoever is gifting them.

[CazLikesCoins]

I can imagine some old man with terminal illness and no kids pottering around town in his last few months dropping his gold off in random charity boxes. What else can you do with it if no family to leave it to? Bury it and leave it as treasure for some lucky bugger to find it decades later? Mind you, when a Pokemon card is worth more than a gold bar these days, I worry for the future of what man considers valuable. 

Edited December 13, 2023 by CazLikesCoins

[SeverinDigsSovereigns]

2 hours ago, CazLikesCoins said:

I can imagine some old man with terminal illness and no kids pottering around town in his last few months dropping his gold off in random charity boxes. What else can you do with it if no family to leave it to? Bury it and leave it as treasure for some lucky bugger to find it decades later? Mind you, when a Pokemon card is worth more than a gold bar these days, I worry for the future of what man considers valuable. 

Make it gold Pokemon card!