Today I Received.....

[SilverToday]

A nice 1oz round you may be familiar with added to my collection...

 

[Orpster]

1 hour ago, Petra said:

Great coins, maybe an obvious question but what is a raised WW? I know what WW is on these coins, but how can you tell a ‘raised’ one?🤔🤔

There are two types, incuse and raised.

For the 1855 the normal is incuse, but raised exist in small numbers 

[Petra]

1 minute ago, Orpster said:

There are two types, incuse and raised.

For the 1855 the normal is incuse, but raised exist in small numbers 

Cheers👍 so always worth close look under a glass🤔

Edited July 22 by Petra
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[Thelonerangershorse]

4 hours ago, bilko said:

Received today from the London mint the quarter sovereign posted on here, £108 well spent actually quite nice packaging 

Are these CGT exempt?

 

[paulmerton]

3 minutes ago, Thelonerangershorse said:

Are these CGT exempt?

 

No, that's the only real downside.

[auleAboutNumismatics]

Received a 1898-M sovereign in prooflike condition. The effigy stands out here.

Out of curiosity, I had a look under the microscope to see the prooflike state where the field is quite reflective.

Anyone know what could be the reason, probably the first few strikes of a new dies? I had another piece of 1898-M, and the field is totally different.

[Silverlocks]

On a normal circulated sov with this design you'd expect to see a frosted finish in the fields as well, at least on all of the old vics I've ever had.  Perhaps it was struck with an old proof die on the obverse.  Given the 'M' mint mark (the dies were still made in London) I suppose they may have had to do something like that as a stopgap if they were waiting on new dies to arrive from London.

Something interesting is that the illustration of an old-head sov in the Melbourne mint page of Marsh hasn't got frosting in the fields.  Although the book doesn't explicitly mention that the Melbourne mint did this, it was from a different year to your example where the examples from the other mints all had frosted fields.  I guess it's possible that one or more dies with polished fields were used for circulated sovs for some reason.

Also, proof coins were struck by the Melbourne mint, but they are all listed as very rare (R7).

Edited July 23 by Silverlocks

[TheShinyStuff]

11 hours ago, Thelonerangershorse said:

Are these CGT exempt?

 

No, but how much profit are you planning on making from a quarter sov?🤔

[Silverlocks]

7 minutes ago, TheShinyStuff said:

No, but how much profit are you planning on making from a quarter sov?🤔

Somebody's on this board (can't remember who ATM) has a large collection of quarter sovs, so I suppose if you've got enough of them.

[Orpster]

2 hours ago, auleAboutNumismatics said:

Received a 1898-M sovereign in prooflike condition. The effigy stands out here.

Out of curiosity, I had a look under the microscope to see the prooflike state where the field is quite reflective.

Anyone know what could be the reason, probably the first few strikes of a new dies? I had another piece of 1898-M, and the field is totally different.

There were proof versions of all the Melbourne old-heads, so theoretically it could be a proof though I am guessing you would know if it was by the grade

The first coins off a new die will have proof like qualities.  As the die will be freshly polished they can get quite mirrored fields and very crisp detail as the die has not had chance to start to wear

[SilverRich]

I don't know how some of you guys cope when you're waiting in for silly expensive packages to arrive. 

These came this morning (3 different orders) and it always makes me nervous. 

[JamesH]

Decent looking 94 half sov and a 50p I thought may be worth getting graded

[Earthmetal]

15 hours ago, paulmerton said:

No, that's the only real downside.

Not much of a downside  I just ordered myself one, first bullion I've bought for months. The London Mint is the last place I imagined ever buying anything but at £108 delivered you can't go wrong with these.

[sarumike]

Postie has been busy this morning. Firstly, these lovely gold tenths from @Spyder

 

[auleAboutNumismatics]

3 hours ago, Orpster said:

There were proof versions of all the Melbourne old-heads, so theoretically it could be a proof though I am guessing you would know if it was by the grade

The first coins off a new die will have proof like qualities.  As the die will be freshly polished they can get quite mirrored fields and very crisp detail as the die has not had chance to start to wear

It’s in MS61 PL. 

i had a look at the NGC census, and there are quite a few veiled head pieces with MS PL grade. 

[sarumike]

And then from @DavePanda, some fantastic 2oz kooks and a proof lib plus a little 1oz koala.

 

 

[Fishface220]

Marmite coin set…. Seems a few out there don’t like this coin but I’m a fan of it. Worked out with postage 9% above bullion spot price. Just need to decide now what to do with the set now. 

1: keep it as it is

2: grade the full, leave the half raw and put into a spare box, sell the quarter and box

3: get a box for the full and keep the full and half raw. Move on the quarter and box

Edited July 23 by Fishface220

[SilverRich]

1 hour ago, sarumike said:

And then from @DavePanda, some fantastic 2oz kooks and a proof lib plus a little 1oz koala.

 

 

That Lib looks out of place with the others - Would you like me to take if off your hands? 😁

Was that listed on here recently?

[sarumike]

2 minutes ago, SilverRich said:

That Lib looks out of place with the others - Would you like me to take if off your hands? 😁

Was that listed on here recently?

🤣 No it wasn't listed. Nice little bonus

[KRO]

thanks to @Orpsterfor this beauty that arrived today

[SilverRich]

Just now, sarumike said:

🤣 No it wasn't listed. Nice little bonus

Congrats then. Is it a reverse proof too? Images can be deceiving. 

[sarumike]

Just now, SilverRich said:

Congrats then. Is it a reverse proof too? Images can be deceiving. 

No just a normal proof

[James32]

Two x two pounds from @ST1986

[TheShinyStuff]

1 hour ago, Fishface220 said:

Marmite coin set…. Seems a few out there don’t like this coin but I’m a fan of it. Worked out with postage 9% above bullion spot price. Just need to decide now what to do with the set now. 

1: keep it as it is

2: grade the full, leave the half raw and put into a spare box, sell the quarter and box

3: get a box for the full and keep the full and half raw. Move on the quarter and box

Option 1. It's a lovely thing, don't kill it!!!

[9x883]

1 hour ago, Fishface220 said:

Marmite coin set…. Seems a few out there don’t like this coin but I’m a fan of it. Worked out with postage 9% above bullion spot price. Just need to decide now what to do with the set now. 

1: keep it as it is

2: grade the full, leave the half raw and put into a spare box, sell the quarter and box

3: get a box for the full and keep the full and half raw. Move on the quarter and box

Memorial on the list. Wonderful design

Edited July 23 by 9x883