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Over the moon that I've finished my collection of the QB series with these two.  Many thanks to @GSTrading.  For a long while I didn't get why the Griffin commanded such high premiums compared to other QB's but now looking at the detailing in the breast and wing feathers, the relief of this imprint really 'pops'.  It's a lovely looking coin.
The Yale, however looks a bit underwhelming.  I'm not sure if this is what you get for bullion grade, but no matter how I lit it or moved the camera, I couldn't get the 'warty goat' to look good.  Meh!   On the other hand, he obverse of the later QB's is definitely smarter with the anti-forgery milling round Her Maj's head making a really smart finish.
What next...?

Over the moon that I've finished my collection of the QB series with these two.  Many thanks to @GSTrading.  For a long while I didn't get why the Griffin commanded such high premiums compared to other QB's but now looking at the detailing in the breast and wing feathers, the relief of this imprint really 'pops'.  It's a lovely looking coin.
The Yale, however looks a bit underwhelming.  I'm not sure if this is what you get for bullion grade, but no matter how I lit it or moved the camera, I couldn't get the 'warty goat' to look good.  Meh!   On the other hand, he obverse of the later QB's is definitely smarter with the anti-forgery milling round Her Maj's head making a really smart finish.
What next...?

Over the moon that I've finished my collection of the QB series with these two.  Many thanks to @GSTrading.  For a long while I didn't get why the Griffin commanded such high premiums compared to other QB's but now looking at the detailing in the breast and wing feathers, the relief of this imprint really 'pops'.  It's a lovely looking coin.
The Yale, however looks a bit underwhelming.  I'm not sure if this is what you get for bullion grade, but no matter how I lit it or moved the camera, I couldn't get the 'warty goat' to look good.  Meh!   On the other hand, he obverse of the later QB's is definitely smarter with the anti-forgery milling round Her Maj's head making a really smart finish.
What next...?

Over the moon that I've finished my collection of the QB series with these two.  Many thanks to @GSTrading.  For a long while I didn't get why the Griffin commanded such high premiums compared to other QB's but now looking at the detailing in the breast and wing feathers, the relief of this imprint really 'pops'.  It's a lovely looking coin.
The Yale, however looks a bit underwhelming.  I'm not sure if this is what you get for bullion grade, but no matter how I lit it or moved the camera, I couldn't get the 'warty goat' to look good.  Meh!   On the other hand, he obverse of the later QB's is definitely smarter with the anti-forgery milling round Her Maj's head making a really smart finish.
What next...?

Over the moon that I've finished my collection of the QB series with these two.  Many thanks to @GSTrading.  For a long while I didn't get why the Griffin commanded such high premiums compared to other QB's but now looking at the detailing in the breast and wing feathers, the relief of this imprint really 'pops'.  It's a lovely looking coin.
The Yale, however looks a bit underwhelming.  I'm not sure if this is what you get for bullion grade, but no matter how I lit it or moved the camera, I couldn't get the 'warty goat' to look good.  Meh!   On the other hand, he obverse of the later QB's is definitely smarter with the anti-forgery milling round Her Maj's head making a really smart finish.
What next...?

This is my latest pick up a Netherlands 10 Gulden made in 1933 from .900 gold, this version of the 10 Gulden came out in 1925 and featured the final mature Queen Wilhelmina portrait, it was only made in low mintages in 1925, 1926, 1927, 1932 and finally 1933 which was also the last year of circulating gold coins in the Netherlands.
The coin is a similar size and weight to a full British sovereign.
Mintage for the year 1933 was 2,462,101
Bought the coin from Bullion By Post as a Christmas present to myself and they were superb, they got a selection out of the best condition coins they had and photographed them for me to pick one, and had it delivered to me the next day, all the dealers I contacted on here couldn't even be bothered to get back to me.
Pics don't do justice to all the original mint lustre still present.
 

10oz QB Silver Lion of Mortimer A duplicate for me, but I hope it will prove to be a swap for the next - and post Brexit cum VAT - 10 ozzer.

Ok not exactly got it today but 9+ hours of fun later...

What a beautiful work of art!!

25th Anniversary 2018 5oz Gilded Silver Kangaroo   This stunning 5 ozzer was released by the Royal Australian Mint as one of three addenda to the Kangaroo series, the other two being the 3oz Roobar and the BU F15 Silver 1oz version of the Summer "Seasons Change" series.   The mintage is generally accepted to be 1,993 but - probably due to the prohibitively high issue price - a mere 1,022 were actually sold. I tracked my quarry down in Oz, from where @CoinStruck once again played a blinder in arranging delivery to the UK.   As many will be aware, heavier silver coins have an attraction all of their own. This one is a true joy and none of the photos come close to doing it justice.  

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!

It is time for the 2020 Christmas Prize Draw entries. Last year there were over 85 entrants I believe, you can see last years Christmas Prize Draw topic here, to have an idea as to some of the prizes. This year we are keeping the same 1oz minimum silver entry but increasing the cash value of any alternative prize that is entered, due to the increase in spot price and the value of 1oz of silver.

Anyone wanting to be entered please list your interest below, before the end of 25th November 2020 (UK time) ONLY PEOPLE WHO DONATE A PRIZE WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE DRAW.

Everyone who enters the draws will receive a prize. And everyone who enters will need to donate a prize as per the conditions at the bottom of this post. 

Last year, each day running up to Christmas there were draws and each prize that was donated was matched up to a winner. This year as @Bullionbilly is unable to run the draws, we may decide to run them in a more simple way and release the names in batches or in one go. This has yet to be decided, but we will update this at the end of November / beginning of December. The draw(s) itself/themselves will be in December. All prizes will be assigned randomly to the winners, either by using a random number generator or using a spreadsheet program to randomly match up prizes to winners.

If you already know what the prize is that you will be entering into the draw, please feel free to post the prize below. This will help to encourage more members to join the Christmas Prize Draws and to donate good prizes   If you are unsure the prize you will be entering but know that you would like to enter you can still state your interest in joining below, to be included in the draws, and add prize details later.





Conditions of entry:

Minimum prize value of 1oz of silver or £25 GBP / $30 USD / applicable currency equivalent cash value of an alternative prize.

Members entering must hold Premium Membership. As well as Premium Membership helping to support TSF to grow, choosing to only allow Premium Members to enter also means that there is less risk of an entrant defaulting on sending their prize. Any members who enter but do not follow through on their entry risk their account status. We do not anticipate that there will be any issues this year  Feel free to purchase Premium Membership to then enter the draw below. 

As TSF is a worldwide forum, any member who enters does so under the condition that they agree to post the prize worldwide to to the winner and to cover the cost of standard world-wide shipping. It is the receivers responsibility to pay any applicable taxes and import duties etc that may be imposed by customs when receiving an international parcel.

Entry is available to any Premium Member in any country worldwide. 

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!

I love this mate, I'm sure your daughter will love it

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!

I did the same for my son, bought him a coin from the reign of the emperor justinian...his names justin..duh..apparently a submissive emperor who was trod on by those close to him.

Lovely pick up here from the same random place, both with a nice bit of provenance (I didn't buy from either of these places and I certainly didn't pay £12 for the sovereign 😄, but did get it at another very reasonable price looking at the coin):
1) An Alexander III Silver Tetradrachm, picked up for now looks like a bargain. Amazing to think its somewhere around about 2350 years old, i'm not getting into this at all but I just liked the coin and fancied something a bit different



2) Lovely George IV 1825 Sovereign, in far better condition than I originally thought based on the photos (and the price):



 
and together to get an idea of size, the silver is a decent ‘chunk’:

 

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!

My daughter turns 16 in a few days.  She's mad about the classical world and civilisations and Romans and that sort of thing, and one day, wants to study or get a job related to that.  Anyhow, she was telling me all about the vicious life of one Emperor Caracalla who was known as Rome's ugliest Emperor and who, by all accounts lead a pretty brutal, miserable life, ( I had to google him!) and who, after murdering his mother and brother, was assassinated by a centurion.  She found this story hilarious for some reason.... So I was blown away when I managed to find this little beauty.  I keep looking at the CoA and shaking my head because I can't get my head round the fact that this little scrap of silver is 1800 years old!!  She's going to love it.  Can's wait to see her face when she realises who's scowling, grumpy head is on this coin!!