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Last one added to this killer set. The $2.5 stunner 
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My new 30" chain arrived today 😀

And now for something completely different..........
Inspired by the work of our resident silver pourers @BackyardBullionand @StBeesSilver i started to watch some youtube videos, and came across lost wax (investment) casting. With lost wax (which i can resin print) i can reproduce some of my warhammer figures etc which i couldn't do with sand casting.  Now this will be a relatively large layout for the kit, but i gotta start somewhere. So i've treated myself to a budget furnace, some tools and a bag of silver grain. I've fired up the resin printers with some basic rounds, and donned my asbestos pants!
If i don't post for a while, i'll update you when i get out of A&E 😂
 

I do think they have nailed the snow effect! 

That sounds like a godd idea, and i'm happy to oblige as best as i can.
I'll try to do a smartphone version with stuff you'll already have, maybe smartphone with some cheap kit, 'proper camera with no additional expense, and then a couple of 'pro'set ups (for those that are interested).
I'll look at some short video clips that i can host on Vimeo and embed into the post too. It might be easier to follow possibly?
Leave it with me.

I've got to share this, I just said to my wife: "The 'Today I Received' thread is 1,301 pages long."
She replied, "Is that all from today?".
😖

Sorry, but i couldn;'t resist posting another pic of the dice from @BackyardBullion
(other alcoholic beverages are available!)
 

Love the 1935 specimen crowns.


 
 
 

You can't imagine how happy you must be with charles. Not only because there's a quarter Greek in him, which could explain the early hair loss (I want Hercules on his coat of arms, not that white horse). If we had 1822, maybe Ernst August of Hanover would be sitting on your throne now, that would be fun. You can still see the distant cousin marriages of earlier years in him today.
I'm really not that knowledgeable about monarchy. But with the British Monarchs series, I will learn something about. Lesson one, it seems you don't like the first German King of England, George I. So this coin will never have a high demand.
I don't know exactly why I'm not actually king, but the King of Hanover was also automatically King of England from 1714 to 1837.
http://ieg-ego.eu/en/threads/european-networks/dynastic-networks/torsten-riotte-personal-union-and-transfer-great-britain-and-hanover-1714-1837
At that time, you didn't even have to speak English to be King of England. Then take me. No more VAT on silver and free delivery for all from day 1 of my regency.

EdwardVII. Without a doubt the best in the series so far! 

Hello, a completely different category, I don't normally collect these older coins, but what can you do if you like them?🤗

U.S. Coast Guard Silver Medal

I received these from @Panda6Pack 1 x 2 Oz and 3 x 1 Oz. I also need photography lessons from @DrDave . 😀

I received these from @Panda6Pack 1 x 2 Oz and 3 x 1 Oz. I also need photography lessons from @DrDave . 😀

I received these from @Panda6Pack 1 x 2 Oz and 3 x 1 Oz. I also need photography lessons from @DrDave . 😀

I received these from @Panda6Pack 1 x 2 Oz and 3 x 1 Oz. I also need photography lessons from @DrDave . 😀

I received these from @Panda6Pack 1 x 2 Oz and 3 x 1 Oz. I also need photography lessons from @DrDave . 😀

I received these from @Panda6Pack 1 x 2 Oz and 3 x 1 Oz. I also need photography lessons from @DrDave . 😀

I received these from @Panda6Pack 1 x 2 Oz and 3 x 1 Oz. I also need photography lessons from @DrDave . 😀

I received these from @Panda6Pack 1 x 2 Oz and 3 x 1 Oz. I also need photography lessons from @DrDave . 😀

I received these from @Panda6Pack 1 x 2 Oz and 3 x 1 Oz. I also need photography lessons from @DrDave . 😀

Exactly right. Always wise to wear gloves when handling nice coins. I asked my missus to buy me some and she got me a lovely pair.
 

Finally completed 🙌 poor picture but you get the idea.

i think it was originally called 'Iceland Foods'.

George II (1727-60) Sixpence, 1758, older laureate and draped bust left, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS. II. DEI. GRATIA. rev. crowned cruciform shields, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown. S.3711
A wonderful irredescent red colour a truly fabulous example UNC or Near so.
The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George II by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae ET Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun ET Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius ET Elector" and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire."