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No it’s ok, I’ll stick to #13 and let you take #17 - I’m not very superstitious really 😂😂 Thanks for offering though!! 👍

What an amazing thing to organise, very impressed 🙏👍🙏👍🙏 looks like I’m unlucky number #13 then 😂😂

PM sent 👍

A nice 1927 Pretoria sovereign arrived in the post today, thanks @KevjustKev ! It's old and well-travelled, just like me.. 🤣

And also should be listed in the EU trade section if you are selling / shipping from Italy 👍 You can ask one of the Mods to move it for you I think?

Ack! You're right, there does indeed seem to be a loophole under the regs for 'fluctuations in the markets'... Still unfair I think, as a milked product is sub-standard by pretty much anyones definition...

Oh, you tease... go on then! I'll PM you 👍

Yep, Distance Selling Regulations apply (https://www.gov.uk/online-and-distance-selling-for-businesses), as long as you spend at least £42 (random, I know), so you have plenty of legislative cancellation / return rights, even if they say you don't!

Mine are still apparently stuck in 'processing order' status, so you're a lucky duck!! 😉

Thank you, that makes sense! Tiny quantities of ‘impurities’ but enough to matter then!

Thank you 🙏 I’m guessing that the 1 part out of 10,000 (in a four nines coin) is what’s causing it then, whether that’s copper or silver. I don’t mind copper spots myself - a bit of character!

I’m confused on this subject… I always thought that copper spots were essentially an ‘unmixed’ portion of copper inside an alloyed gold coin (i.e. less than 24k) - doesn’t affect the coin value particularly, as I understand it. Sometimes they are spots, but also sometimes stripes / smears if the copper was smooshed about during rolling etc. However, there’s a sales thread currently up that has pretty big copper spots on some Queens beasts coins, which are four 9’s purity, so how do they end up with copper spots if there’s no copper in the coin to begin with? Am I missing something in my understanding? Just looking to learn here 👍 Thanks!

Yes please, PM sent 👍

I wish! That would make the silver bar about 50kg I reckon 😂 He’s a little Hermann‘s 👍

Yes, but he always refuses to shell out for the bill 😂😂😂

Postie dropped off this little chunk of silver today, courtesy of @iacabu Tortoise is for scale only and wasn’t included in the purchase 😂

Ah, go on then 👍 I’ll DM…

A couple more 10oz bars added to the collection today - Nadir bars courtesy of @theman73 These are lovely in the hand and feel like a decent size for 10oz-ers. Nice ripples on one of them as well👍

Never seen these before either (I don't get out much to be fair). Just curious - are they the same diameter as the 1oz maples and a bit thicker, or are they a larger diameter?

I definitely am! Just bad timing, as the tax man has me in a very passionate embrace this month and my hands can’t reach my pockets (didn’t even buy me a drink first, cheeky so and so 😂😂😂). Hopefully I’ll get another chance next month 🤞👍

Another lovely sovereign in todays post to add to the collection - from @AdamDutton - a 1918 Bombay mint. Thanks Adam!

Nice little cast bar received today from @arphethean - I do love cast bars 😍

Ditto to the previous comments - you can deal with confidence with @COBRASTACKER 👍 Nice bar by the way 😍

I'll PM you in a mo 👍

Sunday bump and price reduction for the remaining Riverbank ripple bar