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Went to the London Coin Fair yesterday at Holiday Inn, Russell Square.
No pre-registering required.
No registering on the day required.
No plastic screens to be seen anywhere.
Masks optional but I actually saw very few.
There were fewer dealers there and less people in general.
It was nice to see people behaving like human beings again and not skirting round each other like they are radioactive.
Well done to the organisers.

Went to the London Coin Fair yesterday at Holiday Inn, Russell Square.
No pre-registering required.
No registering on the day required.
No plastic screens to be seen anywhere.
Masks optional but I actually saw very few.
There were fewer dealers there and less people in general.
It was nice to see people behaving like human beings again and not skirting round each other like they are radioactive.
Well done to the organisers.

Went to the London Coin Fair yesterday at Holiday Inn, Russell Square.
No pre-registering required.
No registering on the day required.
No plastic screens to be seen anywhere.
Masks optional but I actually saw very few.
There were fewer dealers there and less people in general.
It was nice to see people behaving like human beings again and not skirting round each other like they are radioactive.
Well done to the organisers.

Went to the London Coin Fair yesterday at Holiday Inn, Russell Square.
No pre-registering required.
No registering on the day required.
No plastic screens to be seen anywhere.
Masks optional but I actually saw very few.
There were fewer dealers there and less people in general.
It was nice to see people behaving like human beings again and not skirting round each other like they are radioactive.
Well done to the organisers.

Went to the London Coin Fair yesterday at Holiday Inn, Russell Square.
No pre-registering required.
No registering on the day required.
No plastic screens to be seen anywhere.
Masks optional but I actually saw very few.
There were fewer dealers there and less people in general.
It was nice to see people behaving like human beings again and not skirting round each other like they are radioactive.
Well done to the organisers.

Went to the London Coin Fair yesterday at Holiday Inn, Russell Square.
No pre-registering required.
No registering on the day required.
No plastic screens to be seen anywhere.
Masks optional but I actually saw very few.
There were fewer dealers there and less people in general.
It was nice to see people behaving like human beings again and not skirting round each other like they are radioactive.
Well done to the organisers.

Went to the London Coin Fair yesterday at Holiday Inn, Russell Square.
No pre-registering required.
No registering on the day required.
No plastic screens to be seen anywhere.
Masks optional but I actually saw very few.
There were fewer dealers there and less people in general.
It was nice to see people behaving like human beings again and not skirting round each other like they are radioactive.
Well done to the organisers.

Given the German origins of the royals, King Karl-Heinz would be appropriate.

Given the German origins of the royals, King Karl-Heinz would be appropriate.

Mine too, hence why I was astounded by the price.

Mines seen a fair bit more action that that one! 😂 Still very glad i never sent it for melt though. Much as i have sometimes been tempted to sometimes, i have resisted the urge to give it a clean! I didn't realise these could be so valuable, although i'd wager this one would grade a fair bit lower than MS64.

 

If you are willing to pay postage to and from and a £5 for beer money I can pop it on my sigma machine 😉

What did the seller say it was? 
Does anyone else read that as "copy" on the first picture? 

Do you wear cotton gloves ?
I don't wear them but my butler does ! 😄

At the risk of being completly banned from the Forum, can I just say, I happen to like the current colour.

So I bought this 1756 Ducaton raw for a killer of a price and I sent it to PCGS. I was only expecting an AU 58 so when the grade came back MS63 I was amazed by it. These are harder and harder to come by especially one with original toning.

Good to see that you are up for the challenge of taking ownership 🙂
In my opinion (and I have no affiliation to any pensions company) if you are a UK taxpayer, putting money into a pension is a very good idea.  Especially if you are a higher rate taxpayer and even more especially if you are 45 or over.
For your 3 work schemes, assuming that they are defined contribution schemes (that is, they aren't linked to your final salary on leaving those jobs, or your average salary while you worked there) - you can request a transfer of funds into a SIPP. 
 
So the first thing to do is to set up a SIPP, using a reputable provider.  Someone above suggested Vanguard or AJ Bell, these are good choices.  I use Hargreaves Lansdown.  You can either start by investing a lump sum, or by setting up a regular monthly savings direct deblt.  Once you've set your SIPP up, you can  tell your SIPP provider about these 3 work schemes and they will do the paperwork to transfer your money into the SIPP.  This will probably take a month or so, but then you can invest the money in your SIPP however you choose.  So if you wanted, you could put it all into Silver, Gold or Platinum ETFs for example, or invest in various stock markets.  Or just leave it in cash.
I've been investing in a SIPP since 2008 and have transferred 7 separate company pension pots into it over the years.  All this money is now under my control from an investment perspective so all gains/losses are down to the quality of my own decisions.  I'm comfortable with this, but it isn't for everybody.

I'm super stoked I was able to order this NGC graded gold coin from SGB.   Below are the website shots of the coin.   I will post up more pics when my order comes in next week.
 Link: 1914 $10 Canadian Gold Reserve NGC MS-63 Gold Coin | Silver Gold Bull Canada
Details of the coin as follows (from SGB website):
Description:
Buy this historical Canadian gold coin, slabbed and graded by NGC as an MS-63. Available for purchase through our online store, we ship worldwide.
For over 75 years a group of Canada's first gold coins were stored at the Bank of Canada as a part of the Government of Canada's Exchange Fund Account. These safeguarded coins became available to collectors in late 2012, allowing collectors a unique chance to own a piece of Canadian history. Each coin was struck over 100 years ago and remained untouched since then.
Approximately 245,000 of the $5 and $10 coins were found with only the top 30,000 coins being kept and made available for public purchase. The remaining 215,000 were melted down by the mint.
Each coin is struck on a 900 Fine Gold 26.92 mm planchet and weighs 16.72 Grams (.4838 oz Fine Gold). The obverse features a crowned portrait of King George V. The reverse bears Canada's Coat of Arms which was originally adopted in 1868.
Specification:
SKU 4654 Country Canada Manufacturer Royal Canadian Mint Condition Lightly Used Purity 900 Obverse Crowned Portrait of King George V Reverse Canada Coat of Arms First Released 1914 Diameter (mm) 26.9 Average Thickness (mm) 2.5 Legal Tender CAD 10 Metal Weight (ozt) 0.4838 Certificate Yes Certification Company NGC Grade MS-63  

 
 

Spot the difference.
 
 

Here’s the reverse.



More pics…

Early this year I found a place that was selling a raw 1798 Guinea for around 1250 CAD (720 GBP) and I bought it due to the amazing luster and strike of the coin. Recently I subbed this coin to PCGS for grading and the grade came back MS63. Needless to say I am very surprised and happy about the result along with my MS61 1817 Sovereign.

All sorted they found 1 excess coin in their stock, sending out special delivery , even the big guns can make mistakes.

As a general rule of thumb: gold price rises when the economy goes down and lowers when the economy goes up.
It could be anything.
Any government's statement about just about anything can cause it.