James1980

Thanks for your reply Paddy, Yes the coin is the correct size and weight and I’ve no reason to doubt the supplier. I did some browsing and I figured on a realistic value of around £450 IF it was certificated but as it appears to be of some quality I was considering getting it graded and put by for the little one. on the assumption that grading fees would cancel out any added value at today’s prices would this be a worthwhile investment for the future? There’s so much I’m not sure of for example, I believe less than 20,000 proof coins where struck but I couldn’t tell you if that is a particularly low mintage or not! James

Also uploaded a short video to on the same link comparing the coin to what is known to be just a bullion coin as it was easier to capture fine details

Hi, ive uploaded photos to Dropbox on the link below. Sorry, I only have my camera phone and can’t work out how to resize images https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iuc5wuyenm2h5gk/AAB8qdhGF6HpWgTf1Oll1Mtpa?dl=0 james

Hello all, Firstly apologies for what what is probably a silly question and secondly, apologies that it’s regarding a modern coin. So a little background, I’m not a coin collector but I do trust gold more than the conservatives to provide me with a pension and for the obvious tax advantages I buy U.K. bullion coins. While browsing my usual online retailer I saw a 2005 Sovereign and purchased it as I will often “flip” sought after dates or designs to further add to the afore mentioned pension. So, the coin arrived and immeadiately I notice it’s in a plastic capsule which is not normal for my retailer but I didn’t think too much of it untill I got the coin out of the safe to show my daughter who dose take an interest in coin hunting/collecting. “This ones special daddy” was the considered response from her so I asked why and she pointed out that the relief was frosted as per the silver proof 50p’s I bought her to kick start her collection. After some brief online research (aka google images) I see that the bullion grade coins do not have this frosting and the only coins I’ve seen with this detail are proofs. So my question is this, have I stumbled upon the worlds cheapest 2005 proof coin (I paid 2% over spot) or is it a BU coin? As far as I can work out the mint only released bullion and proof grades of this year but I’d like some advice before I think about grading it for my daughters collection. Thanks in advance