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It is an excessively rare, 1893 pattern gold sovereign. The coin was produced by Allan Wyon, as a proposal for, what would become, the “Old Head” Sovereign.

First off, the design; I am not convinced that the portrait of Victoria is as good as the version, which eventually went into production ( we all know so well). The crown on this pattern seems a little two dimensional.

However, the Reverse is exceptional. The dragon is truly incredible, with intricate detailing in the scales. I wonder in fact if this design was the inspiration for the 2012 gold sovereign? This If it was, then the current engravers have failed to live up to the standards of the past ( how many times have I said that in recent years?).

So, how rare is this coin, and how accurate is the guide price?

In 1927 Baldwins recorded that THREE of these coins existed.

However, in 2003 when the Dr Jacob Terner collection went to auction, among the great rarities was a version of this coin, but in silver.

Half way down this page, you can see a reference to this coin. Here is a quote:

“In more than 20 years of searching, Dr. Terner never located this pattern in gold.”

So, one of the greatest collections of coins IN HISTORY never managed to obtain THIS COIN!

And quoting further “Which in gold is R7, only 1 or 2 known”.

So, between 1927 when Baldwins identified 3 of these coins and today, at least one seems to have gone missing.

I think a bidding war will ensue!

Til next time,

Happy gold coin collecting,

Paul

www.BuyBullionCoins.com

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The Bentley Collection Catalogue!

Posted by viking12 on Wednesday, 18 April, 2012

FINALLY! I have written before that the incredible Bentley collection of gold sovereigns is coming to the market soon. The first sale is due to commence in early MAY- so not much time to get your money together. Looking through the catalogue, MANY of the pieces are extremely affordable. So this is a great chance to acquire a specimen which will have an incredible provenance.

You can find the online catalogue here.

Tile next time,

Happy gold coin collecting,

Paul

www.BuyBullionCoins.com

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Sometimes you have to look a little further….

Posted by viking12 on Tuesday, 10 April, 2012

I often talk about how small the UK coin market actually is. The fact that the Bentley collection needs to be broken up sold over the course of a year, shows how few collectors there are in the UK with REALLY deep pockets.

However, it is a different story in the US. Besides being a collector market, it is also an INVESTOR market. Now, I am the first to admit that this brings with it a lot of drawbacks. Prime amongst them, is that real collectors often get priced out of the market.

However, such a market bias means that so much of the best quality material – including English hammered and milled gold, shows up for auction in the States. To the normal collector, what appears at auction often has the ‘drool factor’, being outside their price range. BUT, if I had some truly great coins, which I wanted to get the best price for, I would send them stateside to sell.

Here is an example of what I am talking about.

Til next time,

Happy gold coin collecting,

Paul

www.BuyBullionCoins.com

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A Couple Of Interesting Articles!

Posted by viking12 on Monday, 9 April, 2012

I have a couple of interesting articles I would like to share with you;

The first is about the discovery of a hoard of ancient Jewish coins in Israel. As you know, I am a fan of Israeli gold coins, but this is a truly ancient discovery.

You can see the clip here.

It is in Hebrew, but subtitled into English (don’t panic, it’s only a 10 min. clip!).

The second article concerns the price of gold. In recent weeks, gold has pulled back about $100 an ounce and I keep getting a lot of questions about the future direction. As I always say, I really don’t know……but this article gives an interesting perspective.

Til next time,

Happy Gold coin collecting,

Paul

www.BuyBullionCoins.com

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The Key Year For The Gold Britannia Is…

Posted by viking12 on Sunday, 1 April, 2012

1999. As you know I am a fan of the gold Britannia coin, either in its one ounce incarnation or in its smaller sizes. However, it is instructional to look through the mintage figures for this coin. Some of the issuances have been VERY low. For example, on Lawrence Chards wonderfully informative website, he points out that in 1999 only 1,277 coins were produced. Of course, 1999 was the year when gold prices reached an all-time low and there was essentially no interest in these coins. How things have changed! Today, you can buy some of these low mintage coins at little over the spot price of gold. This makes them unbelievable bargains.

Til next time,

Happy gold coin buying,

Paul

www.BuyBullionCoins.com

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Yet ANOTHER Hoard Of (Mostly) Gold Coins!

Posted by viking12 on Sunday, 1 April, 2012

I keep writing about the hordes of gold coins that seem to be popping up. Just like busses, nothing happens for ages, then three come along at once!

Well here is the latest story of newly discovered coins…..and looking at the picture, some nice James 1 Unites amongst them. I bet we will see those at auction soon!

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