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2 Full Sovereigns from The Bullion Centre. The little black pouch was a nice touch

Although stated as mixed years, received 2014. These are actually the first new sovereigns I've got - can't deny, love the shine.

Just seen this while searching for coins.
https://www.emk.com/en-us/collection/star-wars/death-star-1-kilo-ikniu521472?returnurl=%2fen-us%2fcollection%2fstar-wars%2f%23ikniu521472
 
Looks amazing even though I'm more of a star trek guy myself!
Really pushing the boat with what a "coin" is.

Silver from @FTYBR
Gold mapples from @PercyItsGreen
Thank you to you both.

These two bad boys arrived today all the way from Tokyo , thank you very much @Marc
 

Great to meet @silversurf this morning to complete on this purchase. Coffee and  coins, a perfect match 
And thanks to @MANJSK for the lovely silver 😀

A few more arrivals today. The Bond coin is in perfect condition, it is a guaranteed 70, no doubt about it. I have to congratulate the Royal Mint on this one, the quality and craftsmanship is impeccable. 
 

Like London buses...! These also arrived today from @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer!

Another for the JM family

Some real rarities just arrived today...3 from France, and 1 from Germany.....eventually!
The coin below will need a new entry creating at NGC census. The 1914 POZG and 1915 PVG will only be the second example to be graded by NGC...the last coin, the 1968 BBB ain’t too common either!

The Obsession Continues 😁😁

These 2 little beasts all the way from Italy 😍
If I have read allengelhard correctly, the 100g has estimated mintage of 500, the 50g has estimated mintage of 100!
 

8 months in the making and one more to go.....
 

All up to date with my 1oz Gold QB with today's delivery......

The postman just came around! 
Dropped off the 2oz silver Bonds, still waiting for the 1/4 gold. Oh, and a bullion sov to go with the gold price rise
The Bond coins seem fine on first inspection. 

Just a simple little pick up....but it all adds up!
Thanks to @greenrizz for my new addition.

I just can resist these ultra rare 2013 3-coin Strike on the Day sets, already own one but when this came up for sale I simply couldn't resist getting another!


Also another addition to the 1977 collection, a proof $1000 year of the snake proof. Have the bu already so this will go nicely with it. Off for ncs and grading first.

Got this 100 gram Royal Mint bar, thanks to @Ravoma. 

All the way from Los Angeles and many thanks to M6 Metals

Thankyou @Numistacker got these lovely coins to add to the growing pile 🙂

Thanks @arshimo2012 Stunning additions to my pamp box. Both bars are pristine 

My new fav. Want a full by Xmas!

If selling to a dealer then yes, they will often pay a good percentage under spot for Sterling as they'll count it as scrap in a lot of cases. Bullion By Post for instance will as of right now give you 55p/gram for .925 scrap when 92.5% of spot should be a spit under 63p/gram. Interestingly they're offering a couple of pence per Troy ounce over spot for recognised .999 coins.
That said a private buyer will often pay more than the dealers for Sterling and lesser silver content items for various reasons, especially if they are good condition proof coins etc. Just look at the premiums on the more popular piedfort proof £1's. From my observations there seems to be a mentality amongst a lot of silver buyers of "silver is silver" with a view to stacking the weight even if not pure with an eye on a big jump in intrinsic value. This way it's easier to justify paying the price for equivalent pure silver weight on things that a dealer would not. In my opinion 😁

Long break but I finally decided continue and complete my 1 oz Queens Beast stack and these arrived today......