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Message:: [QUOTE="giorgio11, post: 1171414, member: 17094"]Well I think the above is an example of How to Kill a Good Thread. Nonetheless, I found this in rummaging around through old e-notes, and first want to say a long-overdue hello to John the Jute and Clive King. I wonder if you have given up on this thread, although I must say if either of you is a member of a premier U.S. grading service with four letters, I have started a similar discussion forum Over There just in case. I have had Gold Fever for a long time but it occurs to me that perhaps one could do worse than buying a few of the more challenging sovereigns for as close to melt as possible. I personally prefer graded pieces at this point, simply because I am unfamiliar with grading sovereigns. In recent weeks I have acquired several pieces, all PCGS: 1911-C (2), 1917-C, 1919-C, 1918-S, 1927-SA, 1925 (three in MS66). (Some of these are quite common issues, of course.) Which issues do you think are underrated, i.e. perhaps close to melt (and by that I mean "within 50% or so premium" for a nice graded piece, and I have also tried to stick with the rule "more certified in lower grade than higher, although obviously for the most common pieces one should also use common sense -- a lot of the higher-grade pieces have simply not been submitted for grading nonetheless), and which ones are perhaps less rare than generally believed? Again, best regards, and PLEASE KEEP THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SOVEREIGNS.[/QUOTE]