'Photo Only Topics' Discussion Thread

[prophet800]

Thought it would be fun to see a selection of proof sovereigns from over the years.

Took 4 as it's difficult to get the lighting even over all of them at once, and somehow managed to get 2 1997s in there[emoji3] Must have thought it was a 1987, eyes getting old[emoji4]

Very nice [emoji14]

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[prophet800]

[Lindeman]

@sovereignsteve - congrats on the Britannia silver proof run. Which is your favourite, and least favourite design? 

Lindeman 

[shawy2510]

Hi guys, new to the forum & have been lurking for a while. Just thought I would share a pic of a new coin I got.

[sovereignsteve]

On 18/01/2017 at 08:57, Lindeman said:

@sovereignsteve - congrats on the Britannia silver proof run. Which is your favourite, and least favourite design? 

Lindeman 

Overall, I think the chariot on the '97 and '09

'14 obviously and '13 too

I really like the classic standing and have a sneaky liking for the wave '08

Pretty much all of them really, except the '11

[shawy2510]

Managed to get some macro pics of a few coins, hope they have turned out ok.
















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[shawy2510]

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[shawy2510]

A few recents

[Chewy636]

Paperweight lol that is a boat anchor![emoji38]

[morezone]

@Chewy636 discussion about photos in this thread please.  Thanks.

[mongo28]

Complete 1/4 ounce gold series to date

Well done! Still in search of the Griffin... My saga continues... lol

[Pampfan]

12 hours ago, mongo28 said:

Well done! Still in search of the Griffin... My saga continues... lol

You may have to send a few in yourself - as the griffin has yet to be mass graded by anyone.

[ChrisSilver]

Some amazing photos in the Queens beasts topic. Nice work guys! 

They look amazing in these black ring capsules @Lindeman

[Bullionbilly]

31 minutes ago, Alymac said:

This weeks purchase.

20oz Scottsdale - this is truly an epic bar of chunkyness!

5oz Scottsdale

 

 

That twenty...

[prophet800]

Discovered photoshop photomerge today so I thought I would give it a go with a couple of my coins. Not my best coins but some interesting ones.

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[Clens92]

32 minutes ago, KDave said:

1887 Quintuple Sovereign from HGM

Not convinced by that one at all, to be honest.  The '1887' is far too thick - especially the '7'.  It might be 22ct, but I don't think it's genuine

[KDave]

That's a shame, I bought it a year or so ago for spot so I will probably sell it back to them and use the proceeds to put towards a genuine one lol. 

[GoldBenj]

I think we need the expert @sovereignsteve

[Clens92]

8 minutes ago, KDave said:

@Clens92 Some more pictures of the date and fine details on the reverse for your to confirm your suspicions? Apologies to all for clogging up the thread with pictures of forgeries. PCGS picture of a real slabbed one below for comparison and to make up for it. 

 

Now it looks less problematic...  the '7' still irks me, especially the far left downward-pointing bar.  But I'm not an expert and it could easily be a slight die-variation.  Either way, these copies are nearly always 21/22ct gold so you won't lose on it

If you see here, the downward-facing bar of the 7 seems thinner, whilst the spacing of the B.P. is also slightly different.  God knows... it's all gold to me

[HelpingHands]

@KDave @Clens92 I've moved the discussion here.

[sovereignsteve]

1 hour ago, Clens92 said:

Not convinced by that one at all, to be honest.  The '1887' is far too thick - especially the '7'.  It might be 22ct, but I don't think it's genuine

Almost certainly fake. The angle of the photo doesn't help inspection but all the lettering looks thick and too clumsy, especially the date which looks rubbish. The large brooch looks poor and from this angle the tail looks all wrong.

[KDave]

@sovereignsteve @Clens92 Thanks gents the b.p is too close together like you say, I can't see much difference in the date though compared to others that are genuine, the ones I have seen for sale from reputable coin dealers have wider signature though and just look different colour wise. The one in the PCGS slab is starting to look fake now as well though lol.

Its definitely gold though so worthy of adding to the melting pot at HGM, but the trouble is now I have had one I will need to find a replacement real one. I remember a top quality one was about £2000 back then, now people are asking £3500 for the same coins what happened?! 

[PolarPanda]

Can anyone tell me where i can buy this beautiful coin box? 

[HelpingHands]

That one might be this?

https://www.meinemuenzbox.de/startseite/münzboxen/lunar-ii-type-set-box-sonderedition-silber/#cc-m-product-6126215963

 

 

[HelpingHands]

Ask @morezone about them