Frenchie

Hello, I have this Quintuple  Platinum Jubilee for sale with Box&COA . PM me if interested 
 

Interesting read cheers for that. At least it’s reassuring seeing that the graded ones do carry some desirability and that I’m not just paying extra just to please my ocd aha 

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Over the past decade plus I can certainly see a definite trend,in quality graded MS pieces going for consistently appreciating prices 
Cream rises to the top
The super rarest quality high grade rarities have gone exponentially up, like patterns, 5 guineas, 5sovs/crowns 
For those with serious cash and mobility and global freedom. Holding the value of an average UK house in a small plastic coffin that'll fit in your pocket is quite thought provoking
You could easily move to sunnier climes with two boxes of the right graded coins in your hand baggage, worth £1million + if the SHTF ever 

The exit strategy for the highest grade bits isn't via forum or done over night
But is being in the right auction at the right time
IE buy and hold for a long time, Una and lion bought in the 2000s for £10k is a £150-250k today 
 

I think if you can get smaller fractional coins for the same price as larger, the sensible solution would be to buy the smaller. I have seen many half sovereigns sell for half the price of a full. 

It's just an initial shock, you soon get over it.
'For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'...some will baulk, some will carry on regardless.
I remember promising that I'd stop driving when petrol got to £2 a gallon. Drinking when beer hit £2 a pint.
Yet.....😇
Things will change, more people drink at home now than frequent pubs, people care more about MPG than MPH.
In less developed countries, gold is still as prized as ever but folk just buy what they can afford. 
 
Personally, I hit my target in 2020 and now I'm just buying things I like and items to complete collections, but still balancing my total by moving on odds and sods.
I was buying @ £700-750 an ounce so the temptation to draw profit is too strong and I've sold some things I may regret but hey ho.
I've always been a fan of stacking fractional gold and that will certainly continue.

As we all know, this recent and sudden rise of the gold spot price has left many of us questioning, what next. Is it going to stay? Is this the new normal?
So, as percentages over ‘spot’ are being massively squeezed currently, might we see smaller gold coins or small quantities in bar form becoming more popular to buy and sell.
By this I mean, Sovereigns, 1/4oz coins, Half Sovereigns, 1/10th oz coins and 1g bars.
I don’t want to expand much more because I wonder how you all feel about this.
But as ‘spot’ goes up and the squeeze on the cost living rises (robbery), we may see that smaller denominations of gold become more popular and larger gold coins and bars become less unaffordable for most.
Have you abandoned a date run?
Are you thinking of buying little but more often?
I’ll leave this open to you all.

Finally managed to get hold of the 2017 SOTD plain edge Sovereign (having a degree of success on eBay at the minute - hopefully not jinxing it)

Got one of these while it's still affordable (and available).
 

Nothing overly special, just a cheap auction win whilst bullion is high and proofs aren't performing:

Also the NGC are trying their hardest to bring a grown man to tears. Hoping to be third time lucky for a 70 lion next time.

Krugerrands can be collectible coins.
In 1980, when the SAM launched the fractional Krugerand, they released for this occasion a special "VIP" set of fractional proof coins (1/10th, 1/4 and 1/2oz in proof ) with a tiny mintage of only 60 coins for each size, 
I have been lucky to get  the 1/10 and even 2 * 1/4oz fractional gold proof for a  reasonable price and I am still hunting  the 1/2oz proof.
I am curious to know what would be the market price of such set.  I don't have a recent price for the whole set, the last auction price was 9775$ I have is from an Heritage Auction in 2007 (spot around 700$)
  

I've seen 1967 bullion Krugerrands in poor condition selling for several thousand of pounds. Proof sets with mintage of 60 may well be in the mid 5 digits I guess

Krugerrands can be collectible coins.
In 1980, when the SAM launched the fractional Krugerand, they released for this occasion a special "VIP" set of fractional proof coins (1/10th, 1/4 and 1/2oz in proof ) with a tiny mintage of only 60 coins for each size, 
I have been lucky to get  the 1/10 and even 2 * 1/4oz fractional gold proof for a  reasonable price and I am still hunting  the 1/2oz proof.
I am curious to know what would be the market price of such set.  I don't have a recent price for the whole set, the last auction price was 9775$ I have is from an Heritage Auction in 2007 (spot around 700$)
  

I didn't realise how prolific the production of Krugerrands really was back in its heyday in the 1970s-80s before the sanctions.  At its peak the annual tonnage of gold minted into coins is not all that much less than the tonnage minted into sovereigns at their height just before WWI.
https://www.samint.co.za/collectable-coins/product-mintages/
BULLION MINTAGE FIGURES
YEAR TOTAL 1OZ
(BULLION & PROOF) PROOF 1OZ TOTAL ½OZ
(BULLION & PROOF) PROOF ½ OZ TOTAL ¼ OZ
(BULLION & PROOF) PROOF ¼OZ TOTAL 1/10OZ
(BULLION & PROOF) PROOF 1/10OZ 1967 50,000 10,000             1968 30,000 10,000             1969 30,000 10,000             1970 221,018 10,000             1971 556,200 6,000             1972 550,325 6,625             1973 869,300 10,000             1974 3,209,352 6,352             1975 4,809,525 5,600             1976 3,011,545 6,600             1977 3,339,844 8,500             1978 6,022,293 10,000             1979 4,952,555 11,800             1980 3,061,396 12,000 374,373 60,000 533,878 60,000 856,975 60,000 1981 3,198,727 12,900 178,014 9,000 726,428 7,500 1,321,022 7,500 1982 2,685,466 16,960 429,390 13,000 1,269,168 11,270 1,064,809 11,270 1983 3,368,161 19,100 60,405 13,600 63,687 12,075 507,510 12,075 1984 2,069,689 14,000 186,660 9,900 502,971 13,020 898,270 13,020 1985 874,995 10,224 103,634 5,945 593,893 6,700 282,248 6,700 1986 21,040 21,040 Proof only 8,613 Proof only 8,613 95,612 8,612 1987 111,150 11,352 Proof only 5,389 Proof only 6,050 59,465 6,065 1988 619,747 5,074 8,542 3,088 8,808 2,862 90,295 2,862 1989 199,389 5,070 8,707 3,727 9,259 3,316 13,139 3,316 1990 394,425 3,032 Proof only 2,850 Proof only 2,750 98,466 3,459 1991 285,365 2,181 Proof only 3,459 Proof only 1,626 85,797 3,524 1992 3,870 2,067 Proof only 1,501 Proof only 1,629 Proof only 1,789 1993 166,303 3,963 13,239 2,439 Proof only 3,061 57,346 3,811 1994 131,291 1,761 18,056 2,146 40,621 1,874 87,968 2,215 1995 60,308 1,678 11,429 1,012 13,980 1,095 26,400 1,612 1996 12,022 2,188 5,099 1,788 Proof only 1,853 11,836 2,891 1997 Proof only 1,765 12,628 2,030 Proof only 1,470 21,936B 2,440 1998 8,276 1,179 Proof only 1,303 5,638 1,701 17,251 1,799 1999 19,838 2,787 25,885 1,924 36,834 1,990 31,415 2,782 2000 37,993B 3,143 27,304B 3,453 33,882B 3,600 30,950B 4,603 2001 11,452B 5,563 9,945B 3,696 14,448B 3,841 21,994B 4,058 2002 20,000B 3,531 none 2,295 13,000B 2,442 15,000B 3,110 2003 49,925B 2,136 12,873B 1,285 13,918B 2,450 17,786B 1,893 2004 75,261B 500 m/mark + 3,492 Proof only 3,288 Proof only 4,570 Proof only 3,811 2005 20,184B 2,770 3,106B 3092,000 1,756B 4115,000 20,876B 2960,000 2006 54,578B 1,969 11,594B 2663,000 9,296B 3550,000 15,711B 3934,000 2007 315,603B 395 m/mark + 2,321 13,475B 2,148 7,551B 3,333 14,126B 3,740 2008 241,545 B   11,353 B   13,816 B   14,998 B   2009 748,098 B   42,631 B   39,716 B   80,317 B   2010
1/08/01 528,128B   20,380B   34,883B   41,575B  

Funny, I feel the opposite way.😄

Unicorn and a 1933-'34 Papal 100 Lire (Pius XI). 

2024 Australia Lunar III - Year of the Dragon BU

Beauty 2014

BU or Proof?

2018 Red Dragon of Wales 1/4 Gold Proof
The dragon has been imprisoned.  At least he's a PF70.

 

This would have been THE real coronation set, with proof and reversed proof coronation ounce coin. Very nice!

High end old coins are the only things I see doing well at the moment. I recently graded a 1872 Sovereign & it came back a 66, sold it instantly for £5k. Could have got more but it was an in & out job 😆