Sovereigns. Time to get some gold

[Dune69]

HGM have 2 sovs up atm for £183 so £183x's2 + 6.50 delivery

They had 5.. went to check out with them and only 1 left.. so i passed

 

Now up to 2

 

Hopefully they'll restock later today

[craig12]

im at work with no credit card .. damn

[Keithoil]

@Kman

 

I concur with that, I have some 2005's one 2002 on its way, and I have just bought a 2012 for £191 delivered, but am looking for a 1989 at a good price patience is required!!!

[craig12]

where do atkinsons and hgm get theue sovs from to stock up , i cant imagine theres a weekly glut of customers handing over sovs for buy back, do they buy from a wholesale place

imagine if atkinsons were buying on e bay ..ouch

[Kman]

where do atkinsons and hgm get theue sovs from to stock up , i cant imagine theres a weekly glut of customers handing over sovs for buy back, do they buy from a wholesale place

imagine if atkinsons were buying on e bay ..ouch

 

 

Yeah I'm sure they get their stock from ebay.. 

[Ares]

Kind of a sovereign thread so I'll put this here.

Does this look like a Sydney mint mark on this sovereign to anyone else? Because it sure does to me. Just above the date in the design of the ground. Click on it for a better image.

 

I know sweet FA about sovereign mintmarks, but this one has an S where neither of the rest i've got have anything which I know makes them UK.

[Kman]

Kind of a sovereign thread so I'll put this here.

Does this look like a Sydney mint mark on this sovereign to anyone else? Because it sure does to me. Just above the date in the design of the ground. Click on it for a better image.

 

I know sweet FA about sovereign mintmarks, but this one has an S where neither of the rest i've got have anything which I know makes them UK.

 

Yep that S is for Sydney 

 

http://www.goldsovereigns.co.uk/sydneymintaustralia.html

[Ares]

Excellent, only caught it when I thought 'what the heck' when I started checking them. This isn't the one I recently got from Atkinsons however, got it from arshi.

 

Thanks man.

[Kman]

@Kman

 

I concur with that, I have some 2005's one 2002 on its way, and I have just bought a 2012 for £191 delivered, but am looking for a 1989 at a good price patience is required!!!

 

I have 1 full 2005 that I overpaid  for, £250, but seems to be the going price on ebay (including delivery) and I have 2 2005 halves, one at £108 from Atkinsons and one £102 from ebay

 

Would like a 2002 full and half and a 1989 but don't want to fork out a massive % over like I did for the full 2005, so as you say takes a bit of patience. 

[Keithoil]

Yes it does look like a (S) Sydney mint coin.

 

I have had some from my local jewellers that have been form Sydney and also Melbourne mint.

[Keithoil]

Here is a pic of my half sovereigns.

 

There are some I left in the back room also.

 

More pics to follow soon.

[Pipers]

They had 5.. went to check out with them and only 1 left.. so i passed

 

Now up to 2

 

Hopefully they'll restock later today

 

 

Sorry that was me, Hedging just in case.

[Dune69]

Sorry that was me, Hedging just in case.

Lol.. At least i know they went to a good home

 

Hopefully they'll have more today and gold still looking cheap

[craig12]

ive seen a website where they use a very good camera for sovereigns,  on some of them they are a fabulous gold colour , on some they are more of a dirty darker brown colour,  is it fair to say that the  darker looking sov will arrive as pictured or is it a  error 

cant see how it is  as the photo of the lighter gold sovereign is stunning

[Pete]

There can be a marked difference in sovereign colour.

The older sovereigns are a dull, darker colour and the newer sovereigns are much lighter and extremely glossy.

When the glossy ones are photographed they appear even lighter due to the amount of light they reflect compared to the background.

Put the two side by side and you can easily convince yourself that the new ones are fakes but they are not.

[Kman]

There can be a marked difference in sovereign colour.

 

The 2005 sovs I have are quite rose gold coloured almost

 

They look more gold on their own, but once you put them next to another gold coin the appear more rosey. 

[silversword]

Higher copper content will do that. At one point sovereigns were an alloy of gold with silver and copper added. Current ones are only gold and copper, giving a redder appearance which is especially noticeable compared to a piece of .999 gold

[Keithoil]

Just to give you guys the heads up I am of to Chester on Saturday 27-28th September.

 

And I cannot deny I will be looking for some gold sovereigns.

[StackemHigh]

Yeah I'm sure they get their stock from ebay.. 

I would have thought that there would be a good chance of them having connections to these cash for gold companies that have flooded our high streets in recent years or even started their own one.

 

Or maybe Keithoil is suppling them with his seconds.

[Dune69]

Higher copper content will do that. At one point sovereigns were an alloy of gold with silver and copper added. Current ones are only gold and copper, giving a redder appearance which is especially noticeable compared to a piece of .999 gold

 

Yep.. Put a Maple next to a Krugerrand and you'll see totally different colours

[craig12]

would any member know of a site where sovs were under £192 delivered please  on singles

[arshimo2012]

Cheapest I can find is the bullion centre at 193.14 delivered for a full sovereign

[craig12]

£192.46 at atkinsons at the moment with hgm a little more

[morezone]

Take off £6.50 special delivery gives £192 a 4% over spot. Will be hard finding anyone selling for less.

[craig12]

Take off £6.50 special delivery gives £192 a 4% over spot. Will be hard finding anyone selling for less.

youre bang on the money there its just i cant collect in person, so have to factor all in price