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[Master Jmd 50]

what is an 'Ansell' sovereign?

[Half Penny Jon 0]

It is an 1859 sovereign with an 'ansell ribbon' (there is an extra line in Vicks ribbon).

[Master Jmd 50]

It is an 1859 sovereign with an 'ansell ribbon' (there is an extra line in Vicks ribbon).

ah, right ...

value?

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Spink 2004 EF-£2250, not quoted in UNC. I have seen a few on Ebay in the past few months.

[Master Jmd 50]

Spink 2004 EF-£2250, not quoted in UNC. I have seen a few on Ebay in the past few months.

cheap

many fakes around then me thinks

[Sylvester 15]

It is an 1859 sovereign with an 'ansell ribbon' (there is an extra line in Vicks ribbon).

It's not made out of conventional alloy either.

Normal gold coin are minted with a alloy of .917 (22 ct) gold and the remainder being copper.

Ansell are minted in 22ct gold, but the remaining 2 cts is a mixture of copper, antimony (poisonous), arsenic (poisonous), lead (yes you guessed it poisonous).

The solved the brittleness problem experience with the Australian gold alloy, i doubt that they are very poisonous when mixed with other alloys... they use arsenic in steel production even now. You might not want to eat it though...

[Emperor Oli 0]

Err what? Compared to the value of a normal QV sovereign it's damn expensive!

[Master Jmd 50]

Err what? Compared to the value of a normal QV sovereign it's damn expensive!

it was sarcasm oli

[Emperor Oli 0]

Oh. That's the problem with the internet compared to normal speech.

[Master Jmd 50]

Oh. That's the problem with the internet compared to normal speech.

the closest think to sarcasm was the smilie i put ( )

[Sylvester 15]

I was kinda hoping for one in Fine, £400, that better?

[Master Jmd 50]

I was kinda hoping for one in Fine, £400, that better?

not really ...but its far cheaper than £2250!!!

[Sylvester 15]

not really ...but its far cheaper than £2250!!!

And £400 is still cheaper than what i paid for that 1693 sixer.

[Master Jmd 50]

paid for that 1693 sixer.

how much was that?

[Sylvester 15]

£525!!!

That is the most expensive coin i've ever bought to date and it practically bankrupted me, but it was well worth it...

I mean look at it...

[Master Jmd 50]

Thats lovely...£500 seems a bargain price for it...i would buy it!

[Sylvester 15]

It was a bargin, and that's why i couldn't let it go!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

The most I've ever spent on a coin is £75, and before that it was £63! It is a lovely coin though Sylvester! I do like the portrait!

[Sylvester 15]

Well a few years back the most i had ever spent was about £50 so you know how it is...

I just kept creeping up bit by bit...

I slowly creeped up the £100 zone (for want of a better term), then into the £200 zone, then i climbed up to the £300 zone, and then i shot straight up to £500 land...

I haven't done anything in the £400 yet.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

It depends what sory of coins you want for your collection. Halfpennys rarely creep above £50 but for your collection it is a different story......

[Sylvester 15]

Mine rarely creep as low as £50, although the William III and George II ones sometimes do... the rest are nowhere near.

[Sylvester 15]

Just relooked up the Ansell sov, Price in VF is £400, price in F is about £120-£150, so it's well within my range in the lower grade.

[Master Jmd 50]

Just relooked up the Ansell sov, Price in VF is £400, price in F is about £120-£150, so it's well within my range in the lower grade.

well thats even better for you then

[Master Jmd 50]

For my birthday, i might try to buy colin cooke's 1694 silver proof farthing for £265.00...that would be a big leap from the most i've currently spent (£40)

[william 0]

Wow, the most I've ever spent is £27 on a coin