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Au79

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    Au79 reacted to Paul in 2022 Stacking goals?   
    If it helps if you have 1 Oz of  gold it's more than Canada's got lol
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    Au79 got a reaction from Griffo in Need help and opinions for my gold set Britannia 2014 please   
    If the coins are like your kids, it doesnt matter what grades they got. You will still love them. 
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    Au79 reacted to sjhdesmond in Need help and opinions for my gold set Britannia 2014 please   
    And you'll fight for full custody in the event of a divorce.
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    Au79 got a reaction from sjhdesmond in Need help and opinions for my gold set Britannia 2014 please   
    If the coins are like your kids, it doesnt matter what grades they got. You will still love them. 
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    Au79 got a reaction from Solly in Need help and opinions for my gold set Britannia 2014 please   
    If the coins are like your kids, it doesnt matter what grades they got. You will still love them. 
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    Au79 got a reaction from Tortoise in Need help and opinions for my gold set Britannia 2014 please   
    If the coins are like your kids, it doesnt matter what grades they got. You will still love them. 
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    Au79 got a reaction from foinikas in Need help and opinions for my gold set Britannia 2014 please   
    If the coins are like your kids, it doesnt matter what grades they got. You will still love them. 
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    Au79 reacted to ChrisSilver in How To Report Potential Scams on the Forum ?   
    If you click on the 3 dots to the right of a post or message, then you can press the report button.

    The particular member in your screenshot has already had actions against their account taken as it was reported by another member, so that they are unable to send that message to anyone else. You can see from your screenshot that their messenger has been disabled. I have also gone ahead and banned them and moved them to the banned group, so be aware that they may try re-registering with a new account. If you see such suspicious messages in the future please do report them as soon as possible so we can take actions against their account to stop them from spamming members. 

    Please do not email as they requested as it most likely is a scam. The person/username that they mention is not a registered member of the forum, and appears to be just a random copy and paste message that they have spammed to several members, the message you received is most likely a scam as it follows a similar style of message that has been seen in the past.

    Please see my post here and the warning of anyone contacting you asking them to contact them outside of the forum:
     
     
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    Au79 got a reaction from James32 in Grading is it becoming irrelevant?   
    Grading Proof Coins : What's the Real Difference Between a PF69 and a PF70 Graded Proof Coin
     
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    Au79 got a reaction from stefffana in Grading is it becoming irrelevant?   
    Grading Proof Coins : What's the Real Difference Between a PF69 and a PF70 Graded Proof Coin
     
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    Au79 reacted to SilverMike in Grading is it becoming irrelevant?   
    My personal opinion is like it or loathe it, grading is the future for british numismatic coins. We are trailing the US market which is years ahead of us, yes its a bigger market but it doesn't have the depth of history and rarity present in British coinage where some of our coins trace their history back to the global dominating british empire and earlier, everyone knows what a sovereign is globally.
    Not that long ago you required experience to establish the grade of a coin and so it’s value vs another coin. Coins were kept loose in beautiful cabinets and handled by experts. This limited the market to a small very small, niche group, numismatists and it controlled the price, arguably holding it back.
    Grading rewrites the script. Graded coins can now be and are bought by institutions, big investors, banks, pension funds, etc who have absolutely no idea about what they are buying other than it is a global market that is proven and they can now buy from a menu, where the ‘stock’ has fundamentals that can be analysed so a known and understood entry & exit point can be planned. This I believe is why you see the gulf between a 69 and a 70. It has nothing to do with a tiny mark or hairline on the coin, but investors who have no interest in that side want the best of the best as its the most secure end of the market to diversify their portfolio into. 70’s / the highest possible grade is a market in itself.
    this trend for 70’s / highest grade available screaming ahead has rippled and we see it in all types of coins and ranges, not that I think these big investors are buying much outside of rare high grade and desirable sovereigns and very special coins (unas, 3graces and the older patterns) but that doesn't matter, the trend and protocol is set and I think its here to stay and high grade rare and / or desirable ‘safe investment’ coins are on an exponential rise with a long way to go. To get a feel for where I think we are heading just watch the next platinum night at heritage and the US (and world coins, its not only the US) easily making high 5 figure and 6 figure sums. Coins that arent anywhere near as rare or as historically important as a lot of  british coins. But what they all have in common is they are all graded and can be ranked.
    as our market grows, confidence builds and the highest grades become extremely expensive I think the lower grades will catch up and there will be a difference between them rather than the current attitude being if its not a 70 or maybe 69 its a failure (or whatever is the highest grade known for a given coin vs its lower graded equivalent)
    There are plenty of other markets like this which allows for diverse and secure investment portfolios outside of the traditional stock market.
    time will tell, but I think british coin collecting will be a very different place in 10years and high end coins in beautiful old mahogany cabinets will be a thing of the past, sadly.
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    Au79 reacted to HerefordBullyun in Currencies and money   
    yes squid coin proved that! 2.5 mil gone!
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    Au79 reacted to Robda1986 in 2022 Sovereign design revealed?   
    Doesn't look like it 😑

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    Au79 reacted to SidS in 2022 Sovereign design revealed?   
    I've often wondered about this.
    The next year's coin are generally minted in the last months of the current year (as far as I know), but should the monarch die some way short of the turn of year, do they just melt them all down, or issue them posthumously?
    The last time to my knowledge any coins were issued posthumously were the small Maundy silver coins of William III dated 1702 - bearing in mind that at the time New Year's Day was celebrated on 25th March, so when William died on 8th March it was still 1701.
    When the calendar was changed in 1752 and New Year's Day moved to January 1st, his death date was updated to 1702 (same with Henry VIII - previously 1546, and Charles I - the original date 1648 is inscribed on his coffin).
    Anyhow, I hope the Queen perks up and keeps going, I want her to beat her mother's age and out reign Louis XIV's 72 years.
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    Au79 reacted to daca in Cast gold bars in smaller weights   
    Smallest you will find is 10g from Heimerle + Meule

     
    20g
    ESG

    Valcambi

    1 oz are more common
    Perth mint

    Heimerle + Meule

    ESG

    Schloss Güldengossa from Geiger

    C.Hafner

    Philoro

    Valcambi

    All the above have bars in  50g or larger size
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    Au79 reacted to mr-dead in The coming Gold crash   
    the reality is no one has a crystal ball.
    put your money where your mouth is and don't worry about what everyone else is doing.
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    Au79 reacted to westminstrel in 2020 Una and the Lion   
    A new teaser video by the Royal Mint is up.
    It seems rather random that they would do this iconic design for 2020. I’d have thought they would save something special like this for HM’s platinum jubilee which is literally 2 years away. 
     
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    Au79 reacted to Mark10110 in Thoughts on when to stop?   
    I don't know about others but the sole reason I get gold and silver is because I want retirement money that the government don't know I have. My father got made redundant at work for "business reasons" but we knew it was because he had Chrones disease and it was taking a turn for the worse, when he was laid off he went to get benefits and was told "yea, not until you spend all that money you earned and saved up" which was disgusting when you have a guy who worked 30 years paying taxes. I decided thatif I lose my job or something alike I don't want them saying "tough luck, spend your savings now"
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    Au79 got a reaction from KDave in Pep talk: don't sell your PM now   
    Sell at least one if you have not sold one before to find out how yourself the feelings to part your precious metal for profit. Either you learn to cherish your precious metal more or more fiat for yours truely 😆
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