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Today I received…I wish!
Great afternoon at the Royal Mint..

Gold down a little, Sterling up a little - what more invitation do you need for a cheeky unscheduled gold purchase?
A nice shiny 2022 half sovereign.

Only a week after picking up the double as well! Feeling like a high roller - if only I could maintain a £900 a week habit...😄
Anyway into the case with its big brother, only the full and the teeny-weeny quarter to go. (Won't be next week unfortunately☹)

Received this lovely little fella today courtesy of @Squalleonhart. Top forum member. Always nice to win a prize, even better when it’s a silver one! 
Thanks again for running the competition and making this forum a great place to be a part of. 

Any new piece of gold, in any shape and purity in more than welcomed in my house!🤗
 

Another for the collection

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.

Its a Royal Mint set, has the COA and booklet they just aren't in the picture.   Contains one of each design during that period

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

Would like to thank @richatthecroft for personally dropping this off and good to know theres a fellow stacker in the area. 1st graded coin and its not even mine......i can seriously see how easy (expensive) it would be to collect this type of coin 😅

after more than a week waiting for delivery from the Royal Mint got the Commonwealth coins through, individual and full set including the piedfort 50p and through in the pride for good measure 

Lovely little piece thanks to @arphethean
 

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.

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 👍

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

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 👌

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 🙏

I love gold.... I like spoons....
A 1/10oz 999.9 gold spoon is a perfect addition for my addiction. I love it!🥰🤭🥳
From only 1000 minted, one is mine!

Recieved today two belters for the collection 
1825 Ms63 1/2 sovereign 
1809 MS63 third guinea 

Had a double delivery this morning. A second 1/10 Elephant (2016) from @silverroller and 3 x 1/10 Brits (2021) courtesy of @RiverbankSilver. 
Still looking for another Elephant, very reluctant to pay the premium Atkinson's are charging for their '22.
Pulled the trigger on a few more last night from a certain dealer up in Lancashire, so the collection growing nicely 👊

So after eying up @Leonmarshwatch listing, I was sent down a rabbit hole of research, videos, reviews and online browsing.
I ended up with the following which came today. Not a coin but I thought I would share as technically, it’s Leon’s fault for sparking the idea of a new watch.
Omega Seamaster 300 2021