GoldenGriffin

Here is a picture I took earlier this year on a 10p for scale. 😎

Really happy to add Sovereign 1887 year - Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria to my collection 😀

2021 EIC Three Graces
From @Panda6Pack, arrived a little while ago but I've just got around to doing a shoot.


2021 EIC Una and the Lion
Also from @Panda6Pack

Finally I was able to collect my two undelivered letters...Little Beauty and the Beasts by @Richard82 and @KevjustKev 👍
 

Thanks to @arshimo2012
Sorry Chuck, I did give you an 8 minute headstart 🤣

Got my first William IIII yesterday. Its got a fair bit of wear and may have even been cleaned at some point in time, but got all the Monarchs back to George III now. Got to work on filling the gaps in the Guinea's back to my 1673 Charles II
 As usual. I'm in the special class for my pictures 

2018 Canadian 1oz Proof 200 Dollars Edward VII
A really unusual coin this.  Very pure 99999 fine gold, bright yellow.  And a treat to see a large Edward VII portrait in gold.
Again, I was very surprised this has survived 5 years to make it to an unscathed PF70UCAM.

2021 St. Helena QEII 95th Birthday "double sovereign"
A great homage from EIC to the iconic Tudor Rose sovereign design.  Delighted it graded as PF70UCAM.

Well it stands a good chance when you photograph it. If I took the pictures, spot -5% posted.

2023 Reverse Proof 1oz Coronation Coin
The prettiest coronation coin?
Collected a bunch of graded coins from our very own @GoldDiggerDave, including this beauty.

Proof for comparison.

2024 1/4oz Gold Proof James Bond You Only Live Twice
As I am sure I've mention, I'm a huge Bond fan, so won't be able to resist buying the others.  I wonder which films they will feature.

 

Todays arrivals from @BriEarl


The 1872M is a very interesting coin indeed, I have put a close picture of the obverse below to see if the eagle eyed among you can see what has got me so excited about this coin

Earlier this week I received three 1 oz RAM Australian Coat of Arms from thier series. Will collect them as time goes by as they look wickedly detailed. 
Bought them from Martin at the.silver.trader.co.uk some good stuff there. 
 

2024 Proof & Reverse Proof 1oz Silver Tudor Beast Seymour Unicorn

Welcome to the happy coronation sovereign club 😛
 

My spoils from the recent Bullion By Post Black Friday promotion.
A collective saving of £296 off the Royal Mint issue price for the Sovereign & Half Sovereign- and the offer sweetened further with 2 free 1oz Silver Britannia- one for me, and one for the Goldfish in their ‘refer a friend’ promotion.
Essentially the Half Sovereign weighing in at only £45 after factoring in the savings and the freebie Silver- well, it justifies my unplanned purchase. 



 
 

Received these today, something I wanted on release but I was not willing to pay the £750 rrp.
Limited to 500 mintage the set is really really nice in hand.  I did already have one of the Charity and Patronage I had managed to pick up but these were up as a set at a price I could live with

 
 
 

one last look at these before they go  into secure storage 😍
Not sure if I should send them for grading or just leave them alone 🤔 
The 5 sovereign is amazing 
 

My newest piece, picked it up for the same price, as the bullion Sovereign costs from the Royal mint plus postage.
Few specks of frosting missing however overall really happy.    

Couple of sovereigns from @BackyardBullion had little interest in the coronation sovereign but I do like to combine postage
 
And a couple of memorial proofs which I am picking up while the prices are rock bottom for the long term stack.  One from the @CoinsOfTheRealmAuctions BIN email and one from Cameo Coins

KCIII Coronation Sov from BBP cant fault it tbf, credit to @Paul and @Fishface220 for the tip on gold deal thread.

I like a carded. So bought this to go with my others from 2023. A last treat to myself this year probably.......maybe......

A 1913 Indian head $5 cracked open from NGC slab thanks to @Leonmarsh

Received from @stackerp5 this morning my first Non British gold coin a Swiss 20 francs with stars on the edge 😍
Thanks mate 👍🏻

the best shield sovereign i could "easily" source and buy in very high grade. Of course a 1871