G'day Folks, On offer this time round some great Aussie examples of 22k Gold "Real Money" goodness A 1881 Melbourne Mint "Young Head" Queen Victoria Sovereign, a 1899 Sydney Mint "Veiled Head" Queen Victoria Sovereign, a 1913 Sydney Mint King George V Sovereign and a 1980 Royal Australian Mint $200 Koala Auction finish at 18:00 WST (20:00 QLD/NSW/VIC - 19:30 SA) - Sunday 30th May...Tomorrow Night!!! ALL Lots finishing at the same time!! *With the usual "5 minutes after Final bid" actual finish for each particular Lot (Forum Timestamp used) * Any valid bid for a particular Lot extends the Finish for ALL Lots!! ie. The Auction will be Officially over once ALL bids have finished!! *No edited Bids, please the Forum does indicate "edited" when posts are edited (look above the "Quote Reply" right hand side) so if you make a bid and it turns out the same or lower than a previous bid please place a new post for the bid to make it higher rather than "edit" the post with the unsuccessful bid - although editing to clarify a Lot # is fine * Due to no "seconds" showing on Forum time-clock any duplicate bids with the same timestamp will be "first in line" gets the spot Starting at ~SPOT price!!! Postage at Winner's Choice/Cost/Risk (at this stage...) BONUS – FREE 1oz Copper Round(s) for winners of Multiple Lots And without further ado, on to the Auction... Lot 1 - 1881 Melbourne Mint "Young Head" Queen Victoria Sovereign - $580 to start... (Thumbnails - Click to enlarge) Lot 2 - 1899 Sydney Mint "Veiled Head" Queen Victoria Sovereign - $580 to start... (Thumbnails - Click to enlarge) Lot 3 - 1913 Sydney Mint King George V Sovereign - $580 to start... (Thumbnails - Click to enlarge) Lot 4 - 1980 Royal Australian Mint $200 Koala - $725 to start... (Thumbnails - Click to enlarge) Thanks for looking and good luck to all
And we are off and running on ALL Lots Ahoy, Welcome Aboard and thanks for the bids @yuripuka getting ALL Lots out of the Starter's Gate With the Gold Spot Market close of $2469.60 (goldprice.org) ALL Lots are currently UNDER SPOT! Leader-Board Lot 1 (1881 M Sov) – $580 / yuripuka Lot 2 (1899 S Sov) – $580 / yuripuka Lot 3 (1913 S Sov) – $580 / yuripuka Lot 4 (1980 $200) – $725 / yuripuka
Most generous of you @adze67, for starting the biding at under spot, Abc is showing the spot at $2485.99 so yours are well under spot. I foolishly sold a lot of my shields in the last 2 years so need to restock. Lot 1 - $590.
Ahoy, Welcome Aboard and thanks for the bid @hardyakkagold taking the lead for Lot 1 - 1881 M Sov Technically they were all at "spot" when the auction started but the gold price had other ideas Leader-Board Lot 1 (1881 M Sov) – $590 / hardyakkagold Lot 2 (1899 S Sov) – $580 / yuripuka Lot 3 (1913 S Sov) – $580 / yuripuka Lot 4 (1980 $200) – $725 / yuripuka BONUS – FREE 1oz Copper Round(s) for winners of Multiple Lots (Thumbnails - Click to enlarge)
Ahoy, Welcome Aboard and thanks for the bids to @ppier (taking the lead bid spot for Lot 4 (the 1980 $200) ) and to @Oddjob (front-runner on Lots 1, 2 & 3 (The Sovs) ) Thanks for the kind words too @ppier , much appreciated I used to run a few of these, back in the day , have had a few peeps suggesting I should bring the format back Leader-Board Lot 1 (1881 M Sov) – $600 / Oddjob Lot 2 (1899 S Sov) – $600 / Oddjob Lot 3 (1913 S Sov) – $600 / Oddjob Lot 4 (1980 $200) – $729 / ppier
I remember these good old days-I was able to secure a few bargains from you as well ... Lot 1 (1881 M Sov) – $601 Lot 2 (1899 S Sov) – $601 Lot 3 (1913 S Sov)- $601
Ahoy, Welcome Aboard and thanks for the bids to @madaw1 (moving to the front of the pack for Lots 1, 2 & 3 (The Sovs) ) @ppier still holding the lead on Lot 4 (1980 $200 Koala) Thank you kind sir, I remember seeing your welcome presence in a number of those "long ago and far away" auction days along with several ventures into the "Winner's Circle" upon completion great to have you back in the running Leader-Board Lot 1 (1881 M Sov) – $601 / madaw1 Lot 2 (1899 S Sov) – $601 / madaw1 Lot 3 (1913 S Sov) – $601 / madaw1 Lot 4 (1980 $200) – $729 / ppier
Ahoy, Welcome Back and thanks for the bids to @Oddjob (charging back to lead all bidders on Lots 1 (briefly), but still holding Lots 2 & 3 (The Sovs) ) Ahoy, Welcome Aboard and thanks for the bids to @1for1 (taking the pole position for Lot 1 (1881 M Sov) for a spell ) and a Hearty "High-Ho" to @Silver Soul (new high bid holder for Lot 1 (1881 M Sov) ) Leader-Board Lot 1 (1881 M Sov) – $615 / Silver Soul Lot 2 (1899 S Sov) – $605 / Oddjob Lot 3 (1913 S Sov) – $605 / Oddjob Lot 4 (1980 $200) – $729 / ppier Happy to hear any comments/guesses on the grading of these great pieces of history, they are definitely not "bullion" examples
Saturday Night Bumpski Homework assignment...what does the phrase, shown on the old "real" money, "DEI GRATIA" mean? I only recently learned this, I'm sure some of our seasoned Stackers already know, but curious how many don't Bonus points for "REX" and "REGINA" as they go with the above mentioned phrase
Well done Squire, to the front of the class you go Interesting that our "old money" used to be "blessed" by the "Defender of the Faith" and by the "Grace of God" i.e. God's Money, Real Money Now, if we're lucky, we have "Company Scrip" (govmint fiat) or imaginary "1"s and "0"s They are desperately trying to convince you that "real money" (Gold & Silver) is just a "barbarous relic" "Don't waste your time holding that old stuff, get ya some of our 'new and improved' Fairy Dust" (much better, we can create this stuff out of thin air )
Rex. Regina. Same same is like in Gods we trust the King or Queen of any land. The gods hold gold and silver. And the peasants hold plastic legal tender monopoly IOU slips
Double Bonus Points Sir @Shlomo Goldberg , funny that this is ingrained in many GovMint Constitutions (the Articles we use to control them ) "Nothing, other than Gold and Silver, SHALL be used as Legal Tender" Agreed, but the Peasants can (at least for the moment) still hold Gold and Silver, which I think is making the "Rulers" worried
