*tada*

9 hours ago, goldhunter said:

Congratulations, did you have the coins conserved?

Thanks and nope - for newly issued coins I don't see a strong reason to conserve them. If there are visible damage or hairline scratches no amount of conservation will help, it's better to exchange with RM. I actually do not know when this becomes popular but honestly most people shouldn't do that hoping it will improve the grade unless they know what they are doing. If you've kept a coin ungraded for a while and decide to grade years later, conservation makes sense if you see tiny red spots or minor toning.

1 minute ago, Paul said:

5oz 10oz silver sold out and 2oz gold sold out 

on 2oz silver left 

Seems like 1500 more in front of me will view the sold out info. Come on guys!

2000 in front… sigh

48 minutes ago, SilverTanner said:

Beautiful coin - congratulations!

Pic of my 1829 sixpence which is the obverse die.

 

wonderful reference thanks!!

4 hours ago, Stuntman said:

^^^ Wow!  Is it yours?  Fantastic if so!

Waited ages for this to surface... one of my fav mules of all time

Received this beautiful booklet today. Strongly recommended!

10 hours ago, Numistacker said:

The general quality of the Una is very bad. While 40% of those graded are 70, there are 63,64,66 and 68 graded and tons have white spotting and are not good enough to send for grading. My guess is 15-20% are possible 70 grade on this one. People buying ungraded without a full examination or 4k video are taking a big risk.

 

On top of that milk spots are crazy even if one obtains a 70. Once upon a time there is a frenzy with the 2014 Britannia silver proof. Nowadays many PF70s I came across have spotted, either from NGC or PCGS. Hope it fares better for this coin but I’m skeptical.

1 minute ago, Tangomachine said:

Wow! That is fantastic. Must be chuffed to bits

Can’t wait for it to arrive!

APMEX 2oz gold una back in stock now

1 hour ago, CadmiumGreen said:

Unbelievable...Note the time (US Eastern Time). I received an email Alert at 3:52.
 

What...

1 minute ago, CadmiumGreen said:

Fantastic addition!! That is a superb selection of a more valued historical coin! ...You didn’t happen to sell your Una and The Lion to APMEX, who in turn looks to have sold it for $40,000??

haha I just received the notification from APMEX and thought maybe there is a slim chance they will price it as the issue price? Open the link and immediately laughed🤑

13 minutes ago, richatthecroft said:

Whoa! If a $20k windfall opens doors to this type of coin- just think what a Lottery win would buy.

Well done on this investment.  What drew you to this particular coin?  Obvious rarity/ beauty apart?   

I’m amazed by the story of George III guineas. In 1761 three artists tried their best to make a nice portrait for the king who is not easily pleased. Richard Yeo’s version here (which is my favorite) is the most realistic one but not flattering to the king. 

1 hour ago, Numistacker said:

I bought this lovely coin at Heritage. It’s not gold but it is as good or better than gold. 


 

 

it is a proof of record farthing and R17 according to Freeman. It was made only as a record of the design and few exist.

 

 

I saw one at Altas Numismatics but full brown already, lovely design. Amazing this coin still retains red brown given the century it went through.

19 minutes ago, Fivepoundfred said:

It would be interesting to know if there were any quality issues with any of these coins ? Not sure if the RM are improving their quality control but the last two gold proof £5 i have had from them have been perfect, maybe i was just lucky ?

 

Heard a lot of quality issues causing delays.

I was told the mint is having a lot of trouble with the coin due to the depth of the cameo, hope those who got it recently grade well!

There is even rumor saying the mint may give up on the series.. hopefully not

This sale is now more than the 70 graded special version sold in US a week ago... shocking

Let’s have some bidding fun here as well and relive the last 24 seconds...