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Ouch. This is what I dread :/

Wow to that 1817 ❤😍👍

Mail delivery today was this very nice AU beauty from @Tozer. Much appreciated!

Especially when they were struck by the Papal States! 😂😄😄😄

Today I received a number of fantastic world gold pieces from @Leonmarsh It would be hard to pick a favorite out of this batch but I'm going to do it anyways and give a special shout out to the Tunisian 100 Franc, for more reasons than one. Not only is it a beautiful design and in flawless condition, but its face value and metal content can't help but get you thinking. Unlike a true LMU 100F minted in the decades previous (even into the late 20's in Italy), which were 35mm and contained nearly a full ounce of gold (0.9335ozt), this 100F measures 21mm, weighs 6.55g, and contains 0.1895 ozt of gold. Of course, fellow LMU nerds will immediately recognize this as essentially a 20F, though its not dead on. So when is 100F not 100F? You might say its when it goes from nearly an ounce of gold to a fifth of an ounce. In Europe, it happened during and after the first world war. Ironically, because countries tried hard to maintain a fixed point of reference using gold, and the gold (or silver) was literally in the coin, you can see very clearly the points along the way where these devaluations/debasements happened. Moving into the post WWII era, Bretton Woods, and into modern times, those points become difficult to see clearly, with little or no fixed points of reference. Its interesting to think about today in terms of the inflation we see all around us, the $1M price tags on houses, people feeling priced out of absolutely everything. Is it even really possible to know when $100 is not $100 anymore? Or £ or €? At least in France (or Tunisia, lol) in 1935, if you held a 100F coin in your hand that used to mean an ounce but now meant a fifth-ounce, you knew exactly where you stood in the world, economically. You probably didn't like it, but you knew! Sorry for the rant folks. Not only did I receive these beautiful coins this week, but I also filled some diesel trucks at work with fuel at historically high prices. Puts me in a philosophical frame of mind and reminds me why I like precious metals!

Ill go Option 2 with 2oz for the pot. Ive not purchased anything from you before so pls PM me your payment details

Thats Prince William? I thought it was Elvis. Staring lovingly into the eyes of Gollum from Lord of the Rings.

Oh wow. I've never seen that coin before and now I wish I hadnt. Thats a shockingly bad rendering of her. Cant believe someone signed off on that!!

Today I received a few nice pieces of world gold, starting with this fantastic 1916 Peru Una Libra courtesy of @Leonmarsh. This is the first of a handful of coins on their way across the ocean from Leon. I had to judge from photos to decide on this piece and I must say, his photos dont do this coin justice! In person it looks as if it could've been minted in 2016. Clean luster, only very light marking from being stacked in tubes or in bags over the decades. Wouldnt be surprised if it had spent considerable time sitting in a vault or collection undisturbed. Would easily grade on the MS spectrum, IMHO. Mintage of approx. 500,000, same dimensions and gold content as a Sovereign. Second piece is one of my favorite old school bullion coins, the Mexican 50 peso. Im not sure how common or popular these are in the UK or Europe. Even in North America they get almost no love. The modern Mexican Libertads are well known for their low mintages and high premiums, but these older pieces are all but forgotten. 37mm in diameter with a whopping 1.2057 ozt, these coins are absolute bricks! You know you're holding gold when you hold one. They were minted mostly during the 1920s and early 30s, and then again towards the end of WWII. Afterwards, they minted numerous restrikes using the 1947 date mold.

Postman was good to me this week. Received the first items purchased though this forum, they made it safely across the pond to their new home in Canada The 2012 Sovereign courtesy of @James32 And a pair of nice 20L - Vittorio Emanuele II. 1865 & 1855, Italy and Sardinia respectively. Thanks @stackerp5 , for the coins, and for welcoming me to this forum. I stumbled on it accidentally and may have just moved on without digging in, except for his welcome and showing me around. And I would have missed out!

South Africa mint?

Well I guess I just found something to sell on here if I ever get the urge to sell rather than only buy, hahaha. I've piled up lots of the US90% and CAN80% over the years. Never imagined anyone would have an interest in those coins outside of American survivalists 😄😄😄. I usually grab some when interest in silver falls off and you can pick it up for melt

That's interesting! Is stacking 90% US silver common in the UK/Europe? They go nuts for it over here, its a big deal for the US stackers . So much so that it's usually not worth buying bc they drive the price up too much lol

Greetings fellow coin nerds Here's a recent addition. Its a collection of 7 King Willem III Dutch 10 Gulden coins, years 1875, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1886, and 1889. The coins are in average circulated condition. What I find interesting are the wide range of mintages over the years, from 4,110,000 in 1875 to 35,585 in 1888. Some years in between had none minted at all. I included obverse/reverse closeups of the 2 rarest ones from this group of 7 - 1880 (50,100) and 1886 (51,141)

Here's a recent addition to the collection - I figured this forum would appreciate it, being a Sovereign 1911C, minted in Ottawa, capital of my home country Canada. Most C-minted specimens are comparitively rare, though I believe 1911 is the most common of them. Its a circulated coin, but in abnormally good shape for something that turned up in a store randomly. Likely an estate sale or part of a collection being liquidated.

No idea if I'm posting this in the right spot. My apologies in advance if I messed it up, I'm still new here. Today's arrival to my collection. 1896 Swiss 20F (non restrike). Beautiful XF condition. Lettered edge reading DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT (The Lord will Provide) Minted in Bern, 400,000 pieces

Good afternoon/morning/evening, New member here from Canada. My interest is primarily, although not entirely, LMU gold coinage. This is not always the easiest or most available in North America, so I stumbled on this site in my quest. Hoping to find reputable sellers who would be interested in a new customer across the pond. Thanks! Ryan