Bixley

Er, do you mean he got them from the Royal Mint? I thought milk spots were kosher.

It’s starts off with him saying he’s in the most remote part of the world where there is a huge concentration of gold.. I assumed the next shot would be chards in Blackpool. 🤣 but nah Canada apparently. 
jokes aside.. great production values, looking good. 

I mentioned this morning while on the tour about the "bird" in the kings ear. 
The tour guide thinks the portrait designer Martin Jennings did it on purpose. As the sign of the kings love for nature. He listens to the birds and the birds listen to him. 
Something like that. 😅

It is but I might buy it myself if gold goes up any higher 👀

Really? Here is George IV in context, by cartoon satirist Cruikshank in 1816
 + Laureate head 1824 and Barehead 1829 reverse)….🙂
 
 

A sovereign ring?

I’m very surprised that this tradition hasn’t been ruled as  or allowed by the council on the basis of:
- Health and Safety
- Lack of Inclusivity
- Cost
Long may it continue.
Best
Dicker

Maybe you should send one or two of the error coins back in order to get the rare correct coin!

I will contact the mint about this error, thanks
 

Freeman. Here's the preview sketch 

Bloody collectors, one minute they are crying to everyone that their latest purchase has a tiny speck on at x1000, magnification, next minute they are drooling over a dog of an error bullion coin. Send the bugger back to the mint, get a proper yin😄👍

For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 2 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year, and for the reverse a depiction of computer punch cards accompanied by the inscription “ADA LOVELACE COMPUTER VISIONARY 1815-1852 A DISCOVERER OF THE HIDDEN REALITIES OF NATURE”.
The coins shall have a grained edge and in incuse letters the inscription “· INNOVATION IN SCIENCE · LOVELACE” save for the gold coin where the incuse letters shall be accompanied by a plain edge.’

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4353522
Denominations available:
Gold - £2
Silver - £2 and £2 piedfort
CuNi - £2

Has my computer got the date wrong and it is actually 1st April?

Has my computer got the date wrong and it is actually 1st April?

Don’t forget that aluminium also once was more expensive than gold. Napoleon III had a dinner set made out of the rare metal as it was so exclusive. Not like the common gold stuff. 
The Washington monument is even capped with the stuff for the same reason. Apparently the emperor Tiberius was presented a plate of aluminium and then was so worried that this new precious metal would destroy the value of silver that he had the metal smith executed.
And I’m guessing most people know that platinum was originally totally discarded   By the Spanish looking for silver in the new world. Platinum literally meaning little silver (less than silver / fools silver). 
hence when new things come along that look sure fire speculative winners they can quickly disappear to nothing.. at least aluminium still has good use, something don’t even have that !

Gold and silver were mined in ancient times trying to find them as a native element (very rare for silver and more abundant for gold) or as a natural alloy with other elements.
The refining process of gold (native or in ores) was more facile than refining silver without chemicals. Gold was panned/collected in its natural form as sand and nuggets from rivers or panned as concentrates from crushed quarts rocks usually in a high purity. With a cupellation waas easy to increase its purity up to over 22-23ct.
Just imagine how difficult is to extract silver from an odd alloy or ore containing unspecified percentage of zinc, lead, copper, silver, bismuth and another few metals without acids...
This is the reason the ratio was from 1:1 to 4:1.

In gold and silver.
For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · DEI · GRA · REX · FID · DEF”,
and for the reverse a depiction of Our Royal Cypher surrounded by a floral motif with the inscription “SIXPENCE” and the date of the year. The coin shall have a grained edge.’
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4396851

In gold, silver and BU.
For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 100 POUNDS”, and for the reverse either:
(a) a depiction of the Tudor Dragon accompanied by the inscription “· TUDOR DRAGON · 1OZ · FINE GOLD · 999.9 ·” and the date of the year; or
(b) a depiction of Beowulf and Grendel accompanied by the inscription “BEOWULF & GRENDEL (the date of the year) 1OZ FINE GOLD · 999.9”; or
(c) a depiction of James Bond flying a micro-light aircraft accompanied by the inscription “BOND OF THE 60s - FINE GOLD - 1OZ 999.9 -” and the date of the year.
The coin shall have a grained edge.’
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4396844

Nice one again @westminstrel

They're advertising to tube passengers - they already expect random delays and no timetable.

Thought you guys might appreciate this little bit of history from the past.  Im enjoying a couple of pints in my local CIU club after work and there's Ray in an old chap who is nearly 90 i know is due to move this week over into the local sheltered accommodation close by.  He is in having his usual couple of daily pints & a natter and I say "Hi" as normal, and i notice a yellowed newspaper in front of him and his little clic of folk
I ask if i can take a look. He says, its what they found under the carpets of his house while moving his stuff out, and its a paper of the Daily Mirror from the second day of the War September 4th 1939
Glancing through it and i find an interesting bit on what happened with gold that day and some of the other financial related things that occurred that day
I thought id share here. Enjoy  
 


 
 

Well, my charlie arrived and it looks flawless

Yes that was the best bit of info I could find as well. Couldn’t find any correlation with the release dates. Seemed like they’re releasing them once they remember they’re actually doing a Tudor beasts series lol 

Arrived this morning, far too early! Sorry for quality of photos 

My thinking entirely.