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So it finally arrived...phone for scale lol

A smart Turk would hoover up all the pennies he could get his hands on.
For £1 you can buy 2000 1 kuru coins which has about 4kg of copper.
Extract it and melt it into a bar and sell on ebay for £100+.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_Turkey

So I’ve been told a release date for the 2023 sov. the date I’ve been given is 13th Nov 2022. This is from a fairly reliable source! Let’s see if they are right! If they are we only have just over a week to wait 🤩

No plans to bring any of the metals back to earth, so they just randomly chose that asteroid and it just happened to have a ton of gold and platinum in it 😀
I read recently that NASA were firing missiles at asteroids to see if they can divert their path to stop another dinosaur extinction event from happening, they could always use that technique to divert this one closer to earth.
If that amount of gold did end up on earth wouldn't it basically turn golds value into something similar to tin or aluminum.

Not yet received but a big thanks to Louise @CoinsOfTheRealmAuctionsfor another pair of top grades  ( I just wish NGC would take better photos ) 

Bars from Arpathean/Haven, old & new coins from Tavex (splendid packaging that is a delight to open!).

My tiny wee gold stack that was sadly lost RIP gold 
I will have to buy some more. 

I'm not seeing the resemblance myself, if that did happen at least Meghan wasn't on the scene, what an eye sore that would be 😀
I think the Royal Mint could re-do the 2001 and 2003 proof Britannia's, I don't think they work with one side being a matte finish and the other side being proof.
Really nice coin designs and subject matter though.

Popped along to visit my modest collection again today, and thought I'd share a new addition...

Finally received my Double 2022 bullion sovereign in blister pack, so now have the full bullion set ☺️

Entirely agree about Meghan, but I suspect that Philip Nathan, being an artist with obvious taste, would not have considered her, especially for a profile as her nose looks like a ski slope, to my eyes anyway.
Good point. I had vaguely wondered about that angle.

It could also come out as two part set like last release so double bubble profits for the royal mint. 

Few more pointless coins arrived that you can't even spend in the shops. 

I bought 3 of these coins, I think they look unique.....
Fiji 2022 $1 1oz Silver Welsh Dragon NGC MS70 Dragons of World Label

It's still on there isn't it? I'm looking at my £20 right now and it says it on the Queen facing side right below where it says Bank of England. Not sure exactly what it pretends to be promising now though? 20 pounds of shrinking illusions? Now that's a promise they can keep their word on!

This guy is selling 22 of those SYO memorial 50p coins and they were only released the other day:-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/boselectacoins147
That's Del Boy Trotter levels of flipping 😀
 

The gold portion of my stack, started off with the sovereigns, then came to love foreign gold 

No, the SYO changed to the QEII Memorial 50p with Charles obverse on 28 October and will be running until 20 November, after which I expect it will change to the Snowman and Snowdog 50p.

Received my Gold Proof Tutankheman £5 today.
I was delighted to discover RM has gone back to the screw type capsules.
Pity about the coin though, lots of missing frosting so back it goes.

So it's all agreed. Nobody knows, what is next in the series. We are really just speculating and guessing 
 My money is on a 'diversity built Britain ' crystal maze 50p reminting. Since the last was that  popular it didn't sell out, yet won most popular coin of the year allegedly in RM awards. 
 

I guess that is the problem the RM face, there's so many to choose from, they could produce a few more Wyon coins and they haven't even started with the Pistrucci designs yet.
I always thought the intention was to show case the engravers work, so it was really about the engravers themselves.
On top of that they're probably the best re-strikes you are going to get from ridiculously priced and hard to come by originals.

Check them again could easily have become more dramatic since you last looked 😬

After ebay stopped using paypal there is very little use for it nowadays.

I do think they have nailed the snow effect! 

After ebay stopped using paypal there is very little use for it nowadays.

I'm sure they've already thought of that 😀  No doubt they will soon announce the British Monarchs set going up from 21 coins to 22 to complete the run with Charlie boy added to the end it.