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Received this wondrous 1821 George IV Secundo Crown today.  
I'm absolutely over the moon with this wonderful addition to my Crown collection- the Crown tray in my Cabinet is filling up 😃

There has been a petition to change the country's name to its original Māori name Aotearoa
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/14/new-zealand-maori-party-launches-petition-to-change-countrys-name-to-aotearoa
So we came up with a proposed coin design:

Although I can't help thinking Aotearoa sounds like some kind of disease.
 

I love this coin, it really is a beauty. I have afew Canadian gold coins, some of them are really fantastic. Well done you, it is always nice when you can get something that is a little bit more exciting than just run of the mill, bullion type coins.......

I'm super stoked I was able to order this NGC graded gold coin from SGB.   Below are the website shots of the coin.   I will post up more pics when my order comes in next week.
 Link: 1914 $10 Canadian Gold Reserve NGC MS-63 Gold Coin | Silver Gold Bull Canada
Details of the coin as follows (from SGB website):
Description:
Buy this historical Canadian gold coin, slabbed and graded by NGC as an MS-63. Available for purchase through our online store, we ship worldwide.
For over 75 years a group of Canada's first gold coins were stored at the Bank of Canada as a part of the Government of Canada's Exchange Fund Account. These safeguarded coins became available to collectors in late 2012, allowing collectors a unique chance to own a piece of Canadian history. Each coin was struck over 100 years ago and remained untouched since then.
Approximately 245,000 of the $5 and $10 coins were found with only the top 30,000 coins being kept and made available for public purchase. The remaining 215,000 were melted down by the mint.
Each coin is struck on a 900 Fine Gold 26.92 mm planchet and weighs 16.72 Grams (.4838 oz Fine Gold). The obverse features a crowned portrait of King George V. The reverse bears Canada's Coat of Arms which was originally adopted in 1868.
Specification:
SKU 4654 Country Canada Manufacturer Royal Canadian Mint Condition Lightly Used Purity 900 Obverse Crowned Portrait of King George V Reverse Canada Coat of Arms First Released 1914 Diameter (mm) 26.9 Average Thickness (mm) 2.5 Legal Tender CAD 10 Metal Weight (ozt) 0.4838 Certificate Yes Certification Company NGC Grade MS-63  

 
 

Couple of little gems today to add to the collection these young head George ii shillings are fast becoming a favourite for me.
1741 shilling
1736 over 5 shilling
 
 
 
 
 

My second haul.....be kind, I am at beginning

I am a Tiger nut... These beauties arrived today and must say very pleased..

Second coin in CIT's lovely restrike series of greek ancient coins, the athenian Tetradrachm owl. Propably the most known ancient coin. First in the series was the restrike of the first silvercoin of the western world from more than 2000 years ago, the Tortoise /Aegina Stater. Or better the later ones. At first Aegina minted seaturtles on their coins. After Athens beat them around 456 bc they took Aeginas fleet. Aegina minted after this defeat no more seaturtles, but the tortoise.  I added a picture from the original coin from around 400 bc, unbelievable what they could strike back than.

Just received a 1872 young head shield sovereign, a very interesting one!
There's something on the Queen Victoria's face and it looks like an acne.... might be a mint error. 
Also an error message 'invalid cert number' showed when I tried to verify the coin by reading the NFC tag in the PCGS slab. I have inspected the coin under a microscope and pretty sure it's genuine. Already contacted PCGS and waiting for their reply.

Today's delivery, part 3 (final).
The first two years, from Lunar III series, in 2oz antiqued Silver.

Some dutch silver, love it 🤠
Mintage 49k , how many are left after 276 years 🤔
 

Hit the flea market today, a few small Mexicans and some Belgian junk that was well under spot
 

Lots of coins and bullion dealers sell bulllion by post, but I guess you mean Bullion by Post a.k.a. BullionByPost?
Another TSF membere has already suggested checking their other website first, and you could also try some of the price comparison sites and apps which exist, including the one on TSF.
It is just me who thinks that having two company names and websites, selling the same things at different prices, is just a trifle questionable?
I don't know if anybody knows why, but Is uspect that it is to catch out rookies who only see the first two or three results on Google, then buy from one of those, ignoring all subsequent results.
For once, @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer probably can't help you, as we took the decision that the premium on these quarter ounce gold QB coins was too high (on new coins), to be promoted as a sensible gold investment coins, and was more likely to sell in smaller volumes at higher premiums to collectors than to serious investors. There were other factors involved in the decision. I am aware that there is an argument for (the Mint) offering greater choice, even though this comes at a higher premium.
I also believe that using affiliate programmes is ethically questionable.
Anyone want to know what I think about the Royal Mint's ethics?

1814 Louis francs 
1898 5 roubles 
Stonking 1888 rare newfoundland 2 dollars 








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Well on Friday I blew the savings.. Don’t tell the boss 🙈
The Shields are going to grading

Had a nice trip to the London Coin Fair this morning and got this nice sovereign for my stack from The Coin Cabinet. Not a rare date, more for stacking purposes.

Looks on point to me - I have one and as far as I can see from the photos it looks the same.  
I have not seen any QB’s counterfeits - not sure about anyone else?
Always treat eBay with a degree of suspicion!
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Well, just trying to be helpful, which I have helped other members here before. But I totally can understand where you come from. Good luck. As I said, you could try Hatton Garden where it has lots of jewellery shops. 

That's a good price at £360 Bbp are selling them for £419 so a little Red flag there 🙄

Well that's abit awkward, I imagine you might be one of the most knowledgeable people on here, but no honestly I do not know either.
I can either return it in the next day or 2 (Monday now probably), or if anyone has one of these coins, a loose gold queens beasts gold 1/4 ounce, that they can ping or flick for me that would be really most helpful.
It is not that I do not like gold sovereigns, I have lots from different countries and years and everything, I just thought that 1 of these might be fun. I have some of the proof versions, but have not tried to test them ofcourse, you can tell they are real with their pretty shiny finish and there box and certificate and everything...

Ah!
I am quite tuned in to the sound of sovereigns, because I have checked so many in my time. Also when doing a large quantity, any dead sounding ones stand out for re-checking. This happens just when I flip them over from one hand to the other, and the spin test is more to demonstrate.
I hardly ever check through any bulk of 9999 gold coins in the same way, so I don''t actually know! 🙂

Hello, yes I took it to my local jewellers, and they only piece of equipment that they have is a set of digital scales, and it weighs about the right amount, so they were not much help really