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15 X Krugerrands arrived from Hatton Garden today.
Stack V2 is going strong,
38 X 1oz coins
1oz proof queens beast lion
1oz proof queens beasts unicorn
2 X tubes of full sovs.
Total OZs = 51.77
 

just grabbed 15 X 1oz krugerrands from Hatton Garden, making the most of the gold price dip
 

1887 Quintuple Sovereign from HGM

Recently received UK Lunar proofs from forum member @LongJohnSilver
 

Finaly got my hands on a 1995 NGC MS69 panda, microdate for a decent price

Get the 2008 it's one of my favourite designs.

Same here! ?

LOL, you're going to have to change your screen name to just "steve"   You're still the go-to guy for all things Sovereign related.

Yes yes more shields , 8 to be exact, and 2 young head st.georges
The lustre on 3 of them is incredible, hard to capture in a photograph so i tried with fingers as you can see reflection :D. I've never graded a single coin but this may be worth it.
Also a 1891 Sydney half sov photo at the end, little worn but only 154,000 were minted 130 years ago and the first branch mint half sov i have i think



 

Get the 2008 it's one of my favourite designs.

Got my 5 tiny 1gram gold Pandas
sorry for the images but these really are tiny but stunning

Today I got my 1/4oz beasts X3 my 1/4oz Brit and my 1/10oz Brit.
I'm returning the Dragon for an exchange as it has a really poor edge.
 

1870 full sov au58 
1864 full australian sov 
 

Making the pre 2013 britannia 958 silver and plainfields look better day by day

Nice pickup of shields, nom nom. All in really nice condition



 
Are double strikes common? ping @sovereignsteve

Interesting one this, it has perplexed me at times. (yes I'm sad)
According to MM "rare" as you say but mintage of 750k includes the G&D design from that year as well. The latter being given the designation "Scarce".
I've never noticed this as being in short supply at all and the market doesn't put a premium on them.
Which edition of MM are you referencing? It doesn't say that in mine but the years 1871 and 1872 saw a few changes and version of half sovs. I don't think MM has all the answers for these years and you need to collate his information with the Spink varieties to try to get to grips with the identification. There are a few different busts used for the obverses and it's not that easy to differentiate them unless you put them side by side. Yours fits nicely into Spink 3860C and MM has that die number listed for 1872 but his classification doesn't run to the individual sub-types. It's still a valuable coin whichever way you look at it.
MM is getting quite old now, the first edition was 1982, new die numbers were being recorded all the time and no doubt have continued to be so since the last edition in 2004.
TBH I'm not really convinced we need a full record of these numbers, I don't see the benefit. I don't think the mint has such a record, we don't really know why they were used and nobody is going to try and collect every die number for every year anyway.

Not posted any new arrivals for some time, just don't have time to photograph stuff at the moment!
However, a I have a couple of interesting shields that people may be able to comment on.
1872 Full - Melbourne mint, R according to marsh, seems in pretty good condition so happy with this pickup at 270



 
1872 Half - "Nose to T", but with a die number? "86". Marsh's says that only the branch mints have versions of this coin, so wondering if there are other examples?
 


 
1875 Half - Noticed the Die number is unrecorded in Marsh "305", who will keep records of new discovered dies going forward?

Ladies & Gents
I have just uploaded a video with a close look at these bars!
I have made the first 48 bars and will be making the rest over the next few weeks. More videos to follow about the making of these bars!
GET YOURS TODAY!!!!
@ChrisSilver

First ever pick up from Atkinsons and first royal mint gold I like the brittania but the sov has to grow on me

an 1877 shield sovereign, which would have been nice if not for the rim damage..

Finaly got my 2003 10Y Mirrored NGC MS70 panda today
Only 20 of these have MS70
Also got my 1993 small date frosted MS69

1817 Full Sov
well worth the wait  

A few lunars thanks to mondy41
 

3 2oz BU S1 Lunar off ebay

I've been wanting the 2017 for a while because of the new design.  Luckily I never did buy it and the limited 30th Anniversary Privy was recently released so it made much more sense to get this one instead for the extra few £.  Decided to buy from RMB as it was only £4 more expensive than elsewhere and for that extra I would get a capsule and be entered into the prize draw.  Unlike the Queen's Beasts, the capsule is not the screw type and is just a push fit with a little moon cutout for opening.
Shipped yesterday with a scheduled delivery for Tuesday due to the Bank Holiday.  Delivered today, a Saturday by DHL.
The field design is much better than the dimply effect of the previous couple years.