£1,000 to spend.

[KevjustKev]

Right chaps I have a 'spare' £1,000 maybe a little more, to spend on some gold, I know Sovs are a very safe bet, however any other ideas?

Now type about this for a bit.

[Thelonerangershorse]

If you can still find one, an oriental border Britannia.

[PansPurse]

Oriental Britannia ounce. Beautiful coin and very small mintage

[Goldmick]

Just a bit over lol. 

[Mark43]

6 minutes ago, Thelonerangershorse said:

If you can still find one, an oriental border Britannia.

BBP have some @ £1019

[Xander]

If I had a spare £1000 I would probably buy the 1oz Gold American Buffalo.

[terakris]

Oriental Britannia for me, they are lovely looking coins. When I can I'll be getting another.

[Cornishfarmer]

30 minutes ago, Mark43 said:

BBP have some @ £1019

https://www.bairdmint.com/products/united-kingdom-gold-britannia-1oz-oriental-border

[richatthecroft]

18 minutes ago, Thelonerangershorse said:

If you can still find one, an oriental border Britannia.

 

18 minutes ago, PansPurse said:

Oriental Britannia ounce. Beautiful coin and very small mintage

Of course, Sovereigns are a safe bet but if you want something different, then like these guys, I think a Gold Oriental Britannia would be a sensible buy, but I'm biased as I hold them anyway.  Baird & Co. have them for £1003 each.  I don't think this relatively small mintage coin of 5000 will ever attract a massive premium, but I think it'll do ok in the future. Oh, and they are really nice to look at and my personal favourite coin.     

Although I haven't being able to afford to do so, but if I could, I would consider a gamble on buying one of each of the newer released Queen's Beasts such as the 1oz Bullion Black Bull or the Unicorn, given the huge premiums the older bullion 1oz coins in this 10 coin series make currently.  

I think its probably likely that the mintages of these two QB's will be significantly less than their predecessors, the Lion, Griffin and Red Dragon and going forward, I think its likely the interest in the future releases might slow down, and the Royal Mint might tighten up supply on these two and the later series coins.  I think therefore, at least one of them, if not more of the later release coins, might well become a real winner in terms of the premium they will command.  

Only my opinion, clearly I can't see into the future and haven't a shred of evidence that this might happen excepting that @Pampfan completed a freedom information request of the Queen's Beast series and the evidence is that the mintages have subsided as the series moves on.  

Enjoy spending the grand.

 

[Cornishfarmer]

Perth mint gold emu....... (if it ever gets released)

[sovereignsteve]

no need to look past sovereigns imo

although if I was looking for gold coins that might make money in the future, I would look towards fractionals, probably quarters rather than 1 ozers

[PansPurse]

Alternatively, buy a shedload of 500 silver, put it in a chest and pretend to be a pirate 

[tbone]

Look around for the best deal on gold.  Not sure about in UK, but here in the states I'm getting a lot of good deals for gold near spot.  Apmex, liberty coin, provident metals, etc.  have all had some great deals recently (some via email or on ebay).  They don't last very long though. 

[FlorinCollector]

I would buy the 1989 sovereign if you could find it. Think long term it will continue to do well. 

[JunkBond]

Krugerrand from HGM, currently +2%. Change for dinner and a pint.

Half sovs!

[RoughDog]

My favourite design is the Britannia. Can't go wrong with it.  Great design, 999.9, seems popular, capital gains exempt. 

What size to choose is a whole different head scratcher.

[Sovsaver]

Half sovs or sovs, or both!

[Bullionbilly]

Drop @arshimo2012 a PM 

[RogerBelmar]

I would buy the three earliest 1/4oz Queen’s Beasts (Lion, Griffin and Dragon) because they are the most popular coins at the moment. You should have some change left over to buy a red leatherette sovereign case which can hold the three Queen’s Beasts and the rest of the series if you wish to continue buying them.

[RoughDog]

Someone is selling 1oz queens beast dragon and unicorn in UK sell, trade section.

[Pete]

You can today buy the new Falcon from Atkinsons for under £970 delivered or 4 selected sovereigns from HGM for £910 delivered if that gives you some ideas.