Cornishfarmer

1779 guinea. Paid too much but it's the year my family bought our farm and it seemed an omen 

1779 guinea. Paid too much but it's the year my family bought our farm and it seemed an omen 

1779 guinea. Paid too much but it's the year my family bought our farm and it seemed an omen 

2011 China World Heritage Series - Shaolin Temple PF69 Ultra Cameo.  Few scratches on the slab so will have it rehoused sometime in the future.  Piked it up because I really like the reverse but I've got a bad eye at the moment so everything is blury

My first Pre 33 gold a Saint-Gaudens double eagle from HGM    1914 with s mint mark

My first Pre 33 gold a Saint-Gaudens double eagle from HGM    1914 with s mint mark

My first Pre 33 gold a Saint-Gaudens double eagle from HGM    1914 with s mint mark

My first Pre 33 gold a Saint-Gaudens double eagle from HGM    1914 with s mint mark

My first Pre 33 gold a Saint-Gaudens double eagle from HGM    1914 with s mint mark

My first Pre 33 gold a Saint-Gaudens double eagle from HGM    1914 with s mint mark

Last 1 of the alternative designs proof half sovereigns got.  Happy days ?.

@Cornishfarmer - from my photos posted on the US section you can see that my favourites are the $5 half eagle Indian Heads, from 1908-1916.  They have a nice variety of Mint marks, with varying mintages each year allowing plenty of fun if you like chasing down a set across a year, or all the mintmarks.  Most important - I reckon it's up there with the $20 StGaudens double eagle design for beauty - but with the smaller size you can collect more (obviously). Where to buy them? Well - it's been said by Numistacker and others that most of the good ones available in the US are already entombed in slabs...,,and that any raw coins you come across should be treated cautiously - as they may well have been graded as Details / worse and then unscrupulously broken out of slabs and pitched again to the next unsuspecting buyer! Good to bear that in mind but don't let it paralayze you from buying good looking coins.-- they may well be the "rare jewel" that was never slabbed and is in good condition. 
A good way to start is to buy from Apmex where they have all quality ranges available, but of course that's not as much fun as searching them out elsewhere. More common are the Liberty Head design half eagles - which are also nice and affordable at just under a quarter ounce - and clear mintmarks   
From my grading disasters with the 1850/1860s US gold $1 coins I can suggest that they are NOT a good place to start your pre-33 US gold collection ( I have a Details grade and a fake so far! ).  
Hope this personal view helps! 
Lindeman. 

Not Metal, but cool... 1917 and a 1928...

Few other HGM pickups arrived today, two sov dates that are proof only (1984,1987), IOM half sov (1973), and a 5g pamp bar





 

Yes

@Sovereign what does repaired mean on a graded coin?

1oz QB Dragon from Bairds.  Originally wanted to buy from RMB but since spot is up I decided to go with a cheaper dealer.  Chose Bairds because they seal into tamper evident holder and I assume part of the reason they do this to keep coin minty fresh.  I'm sure someone here had a sealed coin with an issue and they replaced it without hassle.
Cracked it open to put in a capsule.  Comparison with the 1/4.  Scales are much easier to see with the bigger size.

Hmm let's try this...

A few recents

Created in Birmingham by @GoldBenj this 4oz silver bar was a birthday present for my father. It has the full Birmingham Assay office hallmarks. A beautiful paper weight or just fun to play with 
 

@Cornishfarmer there are different explanations for it:
- http://www.error-ref.com/tapered-planchets/
- http://www.coinsgb.com/Error_Coins/Thick_And_Thin_Planchet.html

I thought it too that this coin could be interesting especially modern gold coins with weight errors are rare. But I'm completely new to error coins.

Today arrived the 2010 China Lunar Series 4 Tiger. It's the 2nd in the series.
 

Just a panda

2012 & 2013 China Lunar 1/10 Gold & 1 oz Silver Commemorative Coin Sets.
Looks like they changed from the wooden style to the plastic style box after the dragon.