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Yes, stupid people buying them at artificially inflated prices. Have they sold at that price or for sale at that price because that is 2 different entities altogether. A fool and his money are soon parted........

I have asked emailed for the UIN number on the slab so it can be checked on the database (wonder if i'll get a reply)

I'm not sure the coin would hurt the business anymore than they already had done to themselves last year, plus they read these boards anyway, so should see the link saying that, if you describe a coin in a slab on the .com site i'm sure you have to list the slab number

Get me some crisps

Yeah, errrrr this ihas deifnatelty been played around with, nothing matches

That's not matte, just old toning

You might be right at 1.02kg, but ugly as hell and with more excess material than you could shake a stick at

Welcome to the forum, google is your friend. I assume your coin looks exactly the same? A 600k mintage isn't that rare when you compare for instance the silver Mexican Libertabds 2oz which 2009 had the highest BU mintage of only 46,000

That's the second in the past week to come on the forum with a similar state of a 20p. Royal mint at its best, lack of quality control, i suspect there will be quite a few of these bouncing about very shortly

To be honest, the bullion sovereign just doesn't interest me, it's a yearly design that hasn't changed, that's why i mentioned the 1/4ozs from the various mints, different designs to keep the interest piqued, the beasts series has 12 in the series, 2 designs a year, so enough to keep the wandering eye from straying, collect the whole series and perhaps a premium on the outlay (12 x 1/4oz is 2.5oz of Gold) in a 2 yearly payment over 6 years. Add a few extras such as the Aussie Lunar and a China panda here and there (all at 999 fine) and it soon adds up eventually.

Australian Lunar series bullion mintage figures http://www.perthmint.com.au/investment-bullion-bars-and-coins-mintages.aspx

I'm not so sure gold will fall that much to be honest, once Donald.J gets into power all hell is going to break loose. I think i could probably help you find a few bits @Stuntman at good prices, especially the QB 1/4oz. The other thing i'd mention is try and diversify, ok a Sovereign is world known, but it's also .916 gold, to take advantage of the tax free when selling on the coin must be .995 - .999 fine. The China pandas and Australian Lunars are a good alternative and are 999.9 fine gold, the queens beast bullion is also 999.9 fine, 1/4oz are a manageable price. As a starter, here are bullion mintages for the Lunar series. (http://www.perthmint.com.au/investment-bullion-bars-and-coins-mintages.aspx) Not quite into the British Lunar series, somehow it has to much of a modern feel for me, i'll post a picture of an Aussie one and a British one and you can compare

Gold bullion, well, i recently picked up the 1/4oz gold Griffin at a fairly decent price, i bought 2, one for me and one for a friend of mine. If you are interested in something specific i'll see what i can find around here and can compare with you. The silver is Weight 62.42g Dimensions 38.61mm

Well, just learnt something new today. Thats the first time i've ever seen WW on the left next to the N in HONI and also next to the N in PENSE, i can honestly say i've never seen that before until i uploaded those 2 pictures

The full image

This error has also made an appearance on the 1817 half crown, but in the other direction, S over I in PENSE

It certainly looks like it, but also seems to have a middle leg like an E in the middle of the I. Definitely over an S though

If they minted the proof as they are doing with the bullion then the coin wouldn't be so special and their point was that it was a 200th anniversary coin, got my Griffin this week and i'm trying to get the complete series in silver bullion, the gold proof 1/4oz along with the gold bullion and 1oz proof in silver

Outside on the balcony new years day. minus 4 out there

Even if your wants change daily you can always mention it ALL in the same thread

Hi, you could add all your wants into one thread instead of creating individual ones

Same 2 files, cropped a little more with blank backgrounds added

I'm not sure it's about how others do it, it's how YOU do it, i'm always advocating natural sunlight, so here is 2 different pictures taken today within a minute of each other, i'll post a finished result of those 2 pictures just shortly It's all in how you direct the camera and use the light/sunlight, these were taken with my ipad