sovereignsteve

For those at in the U.K. / U.K. timezone who watched gold breach 1900, you are either:
- Shift workers 
- Insomniacs
Whatever you are - all the best to you and enjoy while others sleep.  

I wonder what today will bring!👀

I have never heard of UK bullion. I will include them next time. 
When/if you watch my video later you will understand why I used these 6 companies. 
But, shouting at somone on the internet is the best course of action of course. 

ChatGPT was a tad little helpful to aid my reply, my query was 
"Can you give me a long drawn convoluted multi paragraph reply, that doesn't answer his questions, go's round in circles much like a politicians reply"

Started seriously stacking/collecting gold just over 3 years ago and breached the 1KG level late last year. The forum has been a massive part of this journey, @ChrisSilver I thank you for creating the community and the work you put in daily to cultivating a thriving environment, long may it continue. Started with silver, then moved onto bullion gold and proof coins thereafter. There's also a bunch of others to thank for the help, guidance, advice, encouragement and inspiration to make it to this point (I'm sure I've left out a load of other peeps):
@Clockpuncher @Abyss @SilverMike @richatthecroft @Jaconet @Roy @Elements @Spectre77 @BarryWoods @Alun @Tn21 @James32 @cliveb13 @sovereignsteve @DevonNumismatic @Spence098 @StackSellRepeat @1stsovereign @LiquidMetalsUK @CadmiumGreen @1817Karl @AndrewSL76 @Sparrowlegs4 @Shinus73 @terakris @kneehow2018 @Neelam @Stuntman @dicker @jultorsk @DynamitesUK @BackyardBullion @Spanishsilver @Stu @Paul @PapaLazarou @CoinStruck @westminstrel @trozau @DarkChameleon @Britannia47 @Petra @foinikas @Pete @RDHC
With the lovely weather of the bank holiday weekend I felt like sharing my collection so here it is. I took a load of pretty pics before putting everything back in lock up. I think I've accumulated a decent collection. I have a few outliers that I'll most probably sell on the forum at some point which are not part of below so keep a look out. I also may part with the bullion Britannia set (feel free to drop me a message if you're interested).
What next? I feel I have enough from an investment portfolio for now but I may start to pick up a few key older sovs, we'll see. Let me know what you think and thanks to you all again:
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The 12 bullion special design Britannia's, available for one year only

 
The 4 Philip Nathan special design 1oz Britannia's + 2014 Jody Clark 1oz Britannia all PF70

 
The 10 modern sovereign special designs available for one year only all PF 70

 
The 1989, 2012, 2016, 2022 and 2023 sovereign sets all in PF70






 
The 3 special design Strike on the day Sovereigns (2017, 2022 and 2023) all in MS70

 
The 3 Royal Mint limited edition special release Royal Mint coins (After the silent auction debacle I will give the 2023 matte proof set a miss)
2021 2oz Queens Beast Completer PF70 (my prized possession 😍) 2022 Piedfort Pattern Platinum Jubilee Plain Edged Sovereign PF70 2023 2oz King Charles Coronation PF70 MATTE

Sorry for not posting sooner. What you have  is a normal legend 1872 half sovereign with a die number of 103, this means the nose of Victoria points to letter O in Victoria and the reverse has 147 denticles which was the norm from 1872 to 1880. There also exists a quite different 1872  half sovereign with the repositioned legend which also bears the same die number 103 but comes from completely different dies,  this has an obverse where the nose of Victoria points to T,  and a reverse that has far fewer denticles 122. One of the RL coins was recently sold at Canterbury Auction Galleries. but yours is the first NL coin I have seen so far with the 103. With the 105 die number, again there are two versions of the same coin, RL and NL versions. which use the same die number but are come from different dies. 
The Royal Mint report for 1872 shows that 402 reverse dies where used, as of today I have only recorded approximately just over half  this number.
Ashtonian 

Yes another metal that people were assuming would do well as it was traditionally a lot higher vs gold and therefore would be so again 🫢

Yes another metal that people were assuming would do well as it was traditionally a lot higher vs gold and therefore would be so again 🫢

2006 Golden Silhouette Collection

 
1 oz Britannia proofs

It's great innit?
I just worked out that I'm up £4.16!
C'mon silver!! 😇

I have asked my Mint manager for an explaination, and asked them to honour my 'previous winning bid position'.

You may live to regret asking your question!😄

What makes you think there is any gold in this piece, any hallmarks?
looking at the size and thickness of the "coins" I doubt they will be more than 9 ct if gold, probably less.

You may live to regret asking your question!😄

What makes you think there is any gold in this piece, any hallmarks?
looking at the size and thickness of the "coins" I doubt they will be more than 9 ct if gold, probably less.

You may live to regret asking your question!😄

I went a couple of times before the covid debacle. It was OK but you need to get there early as most of the dealers can't wait to get off as soon as they can in the afternoon.

mmm that sounds like a dodgy friend😎

mmm that sounds like a dodgy friend😎

mmm that sounds like a dodgy friend😎

mmm that sounds like a dodgy friend😎

mmm that sounds like a dodgy friend😎

mmm that sounds like a dodgy friend😎

mmm that sounds like a dodgy friend😎

mmm that sounds like a dodgy friend😎