Today I bought.....

[prophet800]

It's a bit of a dilemma for me as I like both. I believe the mintage on the panda is 600 000 and could bring a good return in years to come but a good sovereign always holds its value doesn't it?

Decisions decisions.....

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[Guest]

Sovereigns are generally pretty common and the pandas will be pretty common too. 600,000 is a lot but 1/4oz pandas do seem to vanish more quickly than most. I think both the 8g panda and the shield are premium but if you can find an unc shield for circ money then that's a good buy at today's prices.

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Sovereigns are generally pretty common and the pandas will be pretty common too. 600,000 is a lot but 1/4oz pandas do seem to vanish more quickly than most. I think both the 8g panda and the shield are premium but if you can find an unc shield for circ money then that's a good buy at today's prices.

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[silverin]

2 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

At £260 these shields are by far the best buy at the moment. They are trading at the same prices as they were when gold was £100/oz or even £200 cheaper.

If gold drops again, I've no doubt they'll hold their value. If gold rises, the price of these coins will have to go up as well.

Absolutely agree. Ive been watching shields on eBay being sold for about the same amount pre the recent gold rise. 

There appears to be a more gradual rise and low with shields. Making them a good stable investment in my opinion.

[prophet800]

2 hours ago, Numistacker said:

Sovereigns are generally pretty common and the pandas will be pretty common too. 600,000 is a lot but 1/4oz pandas do seem to vanish more quickly than most. I think both the 8g panda and the shield are premium but if you can find an unc shield for circ money then that's a good buy at today's prices.

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Sovereigns are generally pretty common and the pandas will be pretty common too. 600,000 is a lot but 1/4oz pandas do seem to vanish more quickly than most. I think both the 8g panda and the shield are premium but if you can find an unc shield for circ money then that's a good buy at today's prices.

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Just picked this up for just less than £254 with delivery. Hopefully I havent payed way over the odds

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[FriedrichVonHayek]

I have bought 4 Gold wedding bands from eBay for slightly over spot.

[sovereignsteve]

22 hours ago, prophet800 said:

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Just picked this up for just less than £254 with delivery. Hopefully I havent payed way over the odds

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1872 London is a common year and a little more worn than you'd like. Only 6.7% premium on spot at the moment though

[prophet800]

45 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

1872 London is a common year and a little more worn than you'd like. Only 6.7% premium on spot at the moment though?

You live and learn so to speak. Hopefully the first of many ?

[Kman]

23 hours ago, prophet800 said:

 

Just picked this up for just less than £254 with delivery. Hopefully I havent payed way over the odds

 

As Steve said it's a common year and not in the greatest of condition, id say it's on the higher end of what you would want to pay generally, I would have guessed it was worth around £225 a couple of weeks ago, but compared to spot atm it the price you paid seems very reasonable

 

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[prophet800]

As long as I haven't been ripped off I am happy. I think I need to do some research before my next purchase.

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[silverin]

@prophet800 there is a very good thread on sovereigns in the premium members section that might interest you. Started by the aptly named @sovereignsteve ?

[sovereignsteve]

Happy to give advice prior to purchase.

[sovereignsteve]

1 minute ago, silverin said:

@prophet800 there is a very good thread on sovereigns in the premium members section that might interest you. Started by the aptly named @sovereignsteve ?

Funnily enough, I came by that name when my mate who was merely a coin collecting acqaintance at the time, had me as "sovereignsteve" in his mobile phone.

[prophet800]

Excellent. Thanks for all the info/advice etc everyone it is much appreciated ?.

[silverin]

6 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Funnily enough, I came by that name when my mate who was merely a coin collecting acqaintance at the time, had me as "sovereignsteve" in his mobile phone.

Cool name! ?

[HighlandTiger]

One of my biggest Sterling silver buys on ebay.

A 492g sterling silver salver, which works out as around 14.6 ozt at about £12.27 an ozt delivered. 

Another under spot buy

 

[HighlandTiger]

Another ebay snaffle of 4.67ozt of sterling flatware, for £12.31 per ozt.

My plan for the future is NEVER to pay any premiums for silver whatsoever.

[prophet800]

My first shield arrived today and I must admit I love it. The first of many I hope ?

[oliversw5]

1912 5 Dutch Gulden for £84 landed. 

This is going in the private collection, Ive wanted one of these for a very long time

[stackspot]

1 hour ago, oliversw5 said:

1912 5 Dutch Gulden for £84 landed. 

This is going in the private collection, Ive wanted one of these for a very long time

Is that not almost a 1/10th

Looks like a good price

[Oldun]

Actually yesterday but site was down so couldn't post -

 

Edward sov

2003 QEII anniversary sov with stamps

5g Turkish biscuit

1/20 maple

[oliversw5]

20 hours ago, stackspot said:

Is that not almost a 1/10th

Looks like a good price

Its just under, I think I paid under spot landed. 

A guy was selling on eBay, it looked fake due to the camera angle. I dropped the guy a line and he said he was more than happy to refund me if I didn't like it and he had no issues with it as he had bought it from a Jewellers. Diameter is right and weight was dead on so pretty chuffed with it.

Its not for sale though, I lived in Holland twice and always have loved the the 5 and 10 Gulden.

[Lindeman]

It's that "Libertad pre-order" season , where you pay now and hope to see a nice proof coin sometime later?

Bought two 5 ounce Mexican Libertad silver proofs from a US dealer. $200 each for US delivery...I dare not calculate the premium over spot on these beauties. However, they are as safe an investment you can make in my opinion, value goes up every subsequent year (with the assumption that the Mexican mint has not fooled us all and tripled the production?!). 

 

[KevinG]

I bought a 2008 Kookaburra and a 1/4 oz gold Britannia mixed dates. I have asked for a couple of different dates. So hopefully they have them in stock. 

[Keithoil]

I bought 1 oz silver coins, mixture of Taku turtle, Maples, Eagles, Kangaroo, Panda (1995), Kookaburra, SBSS, and a few others worked out at £13.5/oz, around 24 coins.

Total is now over 2400 oz.

[Cornishfarmer]

Welcome home @Keithoil.   Is that 2400oz of silver or gold??!!!