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2 X glass domes arrived to display my doubloons.

Really happy with them and a nice way to display some coins.

Gold 4 Escudos cob type (hammered coin)
Double Doubloon of pirate fame.
King Phillip II.
Dated 1556 to 1598
Mint: Sevilla
Weight:  13,50 g
diameter:  32 mm

Gold 4 Escudos cob type (hammered coin)

Double Doubloon of pirate fame.

King Phillip II.

Dated 1556 to 1598

Mint: Sevilla

Weight:  13,50 g
diameter:  32 mm

Recently purchased the 2 Escudos so now have to get the 1 & 8 Escudos to complete the set. 

The premiums on these really hurt, this baby works out at nearly £7k/oz

Just had a floating frame delivered to display my gold doubloon.

"A special silicone membrane stretches around the collectible and offers a quick, unique, and reusable storage solution"

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Empty-Coin-Frame-Acrylic-Box-3D-Floating-Fram-Box-7x7x2-cm-inside/112250033075?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Spanish 2 Escudos - Cob type (Gold doubloon)

Philippe II

Toledo Mint

1556 - 1598

My raffle win arrived today (got stung with £18 import duty from the US)

2017 150g proof panda.

Finally got a pirate gold doubloon

A Spanish 2 Escudos Philippe II (cob type), dated between 1556 and 1598.

Crappy picture, will take a better one when it arrives from France.

Wonder if its worth getting this one graded as the detail on the cross seems better than most.

Monster box of 2018 Brits finally arrived after being stuck in France for 3 days due to snow.

Satisfyingly heavy.

Not strictly a "bought" item as I won this in a raffle on Bitcointalk

A 2017 150g Silver Proof Panda :

Monster box of 2018 Britannias.

Silver just seems stupidly cheap at the moment so loading up.

5 X 1kg silver bars (4X Metalor + 1 X Heraeus)

Silver proof RM R2D2, BB8 + C3PO

I have added some pics of the reverse of the coins as there are no pics on the RM website. 

The mintage of these is only 750 so if anyone is thinking of buying grab one quick as my R2D is no. 614 and C3PO is 408 and I ordered a couple of days ago.

5 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

That poor sovereign looks soooo small next to the pound note!

Yet both have a face value of £1, one is practically now worthless the other is worth about £240.

Demonstrates fiat nicely.

7 X 1oz Brits and a 1/2 oz Brit.

One 2009 in the mix so a different design to the usual.

Another 1kg bar thanks to @Sovsaver

7 X 1oz gold Britannia + 1 X 1/2oz gold Britannia from Hatton Garden.

Why the half? to cross the 400oz gold finish line

Total gold stack = 400.06oz

Got to have some self discipline now and stop buying gold and get the silver stack up to target goal.

Will post some full stack pics when they arrive Tuesday.

Just picked up my Brits from the post office after missing the delivery yesterday :

A bit of a long winded one with a bargain at the end.

I spotted a "Centenary of Winston Churchill - This Was Their Finest Hour" Gold 2 X Medallion Set by Christopher Ironside on ebay @ £570

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/centenary-of-winston-churchills-birth-two-coin-set-21-carat-gold/183029671894?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Coin details : 1 X 17.5g + 1 X 3.5g made from 900 gold (stamped on the coins too) so fine weight = 18.9g, however as they are produced outside the UK they are listed as 18ct.

After a little searching for a price check I notice Chards had a 2 coin set and a 3 coin set listed as 18ct.

So basically got the the two sets with a fine weight of 2.66oz for a total of £1.72 over spot for the lot