MrTT

Something old and something new.
Elizabeth I, milled coinage, sixpence, 1562, mm. star, crowned bust D, curly Z in ELIZABETH, wt. 3.05gms. (S.2596; N.2027; Borden & Brown 27-01/R1).
Ex Studio Coins & Christopher Comber Collection. 


 

A nice half crown and some reading.

My second one of these sets, suspect these will be just moved into airtites to make storage easier though

4 more - arrived today - for my Perth Mint collection.
One close-up trying to capture the beauty, plus the 3 years (so far) from my Chinese Myths and Legends (haven't back dated the others)

All the buffalos are officially my favourite.

10 x 10oz st Helena bars 👀👀
All pre sold 👀😁😁

TfL just paid  £18.9bn for their newest tube!
😎

Heavy purchase over the weekend..

Today I received these from @James32 

2021 Gold Proof Nugget 35th Anniversary Set   Assembled in three stages.   With a total mintage of just 100, I believe this set may be something of a keeper.   With thanks to @arshimo2012, @James32and@davidcaia

Happy days with this 2012 Sov set. I think I’m slowly moving from a stacker to a collector 🤓

After seeing @Squalleonhart giveaway he's inspired me to do something nice and do a little competition.
Welcome to Voodoos Magical Mystery Maccaroni Jar.
Tell me how many maccaroni's are in the jar and you win 1oz of Silver for free. Easy.
Repeat answers wont be counted so check Prior to giving your answer.
If noone gets the exact amount the nearest one will win.
If more than one are the same distance off the winning number then i will enter the names into a hat and draw for the win.
Competition ends sat 9th
Good luck.
May the odds be ever in your favour.

 

Had my eye on this coin design for a while! Happy to finally have one even if it does have a tiny ding on the edge.

Today (recently, lol) I received...
This fantastic and scarce coin which for the time being is the crown jewel of my LMU collection.
The coin is an 1848 Republic of Venice (San Marco) 20 Lire. A one-year edition only, as the revolutions of 1848-49 sweeping Europe generally, and the Italian States in particular, turned out to be fairly short lived.
A total of 5,210 of these absolutely breathtaking 20 Lire coins were minted (I believe in Turin, but I haven't confirmed). The obverse is the Lion of St. Mark, and value within wreath on the reverse.
One thing that I have noticed with graded pieces is there is a prevalence of Prooflike designations for these coins. I've tried to capture the reflective, prooflike nature of this coin but its really difficult to do in photos. In hand, it is amazing to see. A very, very beautiful mirrorlike finish. Angle it in the sunlight the right way and you could signal an airplane with it! One of the nicest coins I've had the privilege to add to the LMU collection and one of the very few raw coins I would consider sending off for grading to validate and conserve it.
 
 

1g bar from Tavex, beautifully packaged free delivery using the code they posted on the forum and a little hand written thank you note

3 Buffalos off @entsor cheers

On this rainy miserable day there is a ray of sunlight in the form of these two beauty’s I’ve received from @ChrisSilver, lovely set I’ve been after from a while 👍

Three Britannias from @arphethean and a 🐯 1/10th ounce (they're so tiny) from Atkinsons while the price of gold dipped yesterday. Fast delivery and great service from both 👌

RM Gold Proof UK £1 Floral Icons Collection   Issued between 2013 and 2014 these four gold proof coins each weigh in at a respectable 18g AGW. When I saw them offered below spot by @shawy2510I decided to offload a few duplicate sovs and half sovs and fill all available boots.    Switching from RM bullion at spot+4% to gold proof at spot-0.5% has rarely been a tough decision. As a somewhat keen collector of PM round pounds this was a particularly felicitous bonus.

SO...... got my first Tavex order through today with a 1/10 year of the tiger
Could have got it cheaper from a strange man in Blackpool by a couple of quid 😂 but wanted to try their service and the packaging is great and with a steady hand with my Stanley knife, I put some other fractionals in plus my fav type of sov... a nice Gillick

Was 4.5k

2014 Brilliant Uncirculated / 'half proof' / mule sovereign. Interesting piece with one side proof like, and another side standard bullion.  

Last week's pickups. A quick snap before I dropped them off 

2021 RM Silver Proof Coin Set with Machin Ten Bob Bit   With a mintage limited to a maximum (and as yet unconfirmed) mintage of 550, I was pleasantly surprised to pick this set up at auction at a delivered price equating to a 60%+ discount on last year's issue price. Even for the RM that is a hefty tumble, so I am led to conclude that the auction house's decision to leave the set in its unopened state and offer only a photo of the outer cardboard box worked heavily in my favour.   Standing head and shoulders above the rest is the Decimal Day 50p with the Arnold Machin obverse, a coin only available in this set. A very good-looking coin.   The RM has clearly subcontracted its research to the likes of the criminally inept Gates funded Full Fact. Quadrupedal invaders are precisely what HG Wells did not describe. Notwithstanding, the coin - much like the Logie Baird 50p - is otherwise not unattractive.   The £5 crown and Walter Scott £2 coin both show the unmitigated lack of imagination that fairly represents the lack of thought so prevalent throughout the UK in 2021.

Some bits to add to different tubes I’ve got going 👍 thanks to @Gary5566 for most of it 🙏