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**AuricGoldfinger** · Saturday at 17:46

1 hour ago, AuricGoldfinger said:

Who the hell is buying gold bars on FB. Probably filled with tungsten.

There is no way I would advertise something like that or buy something like that on FB.

From the comments, I think they are very well known buyer and seller in that group. I expect it to be legit, even if it is pretty shocking.

**AOB** · Saturday at 11:59

Someone on FB bought this yesterday, within minutes of it listing.

Anyone here got 61 grand sitting around doing nothing?

Someone's got money.

**Aldebaran** · Thursday at 08:38

5 minutes ago, stefffana said:

Thank you, @James32 for this beautiful silver set!

Good quality at peanuts price!

I love silver under spot!🥰😍🤩

Wen flip?

**9x883** · April 22

13 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Modern proof dies are all laser cut these days, so the details in tiny coins doesn't impress me as much as it would have done on older coins.

The lone individual craftsman capable of producing one item has always impressed people more than the long series of individual designers and engineers who incrementally created the technology capable of doing the same thing en masse. Both are impressive to me.

**9x883** · April 22

16 minutes ago, stefffana said:

I haven't seen this coin for sale on the Buy/Buy section!🤔

Underground market, huh?

Reported!😁

It was offered on the open forum, in a wanted listing.

I wouldn't dream of conducting shenanigans. 😉

**paulmerton** · April 22

12 minutes ago, 9x883 said:

Could you take a picture of it with another coin? Trying to appreciate the scale of this micro marvel 🧐

Sovereign for scale?

**ZRPMs** · April 22

Just now, James32 said:

How many in a oz?

Let's just say I'm very glad it's in a slab, or I'd lose it when the door opened.

**Ashes** · April 22

2017 1/50th ounce proof Krugerrand - PF70 UCAM

Thanks to @ZRPMs. Purchased to both break my personal record for the smallest coin in my collection, and as a photography challenge.

I've used the microscope to take these pics, since as you can see, the coin is less than 10mm diameter. I will try with the macro SLR rig some time this week, to see if I can a more arty picture.

Remarkable a coin this size can be created at all, let alone it achieve the highest grade.

**Skelator88** · April 20

10 minutes ago, Skelator88 said:

They have been on the Perth mint website I’ve bought 3 of them direct. The latest one I got from apmex. There are a couple of overpriced ones on popular auction site.

Perth all sold out now. I'll pick them up as and when. Not desperate enough for eBay.

**Skelator88** · April 20

23 minutes ago, Skelator88 said:

All the current dragon 1oz silver coloured versions. Brisbane release came out today!

Very nice. I haven't seen them pop up on any web sites yet. Perth certainly don't list them. If anyone was buying, I'd certainly be interested in sharing the postage costs. If they are in the UK yet, I can't find them.

**Aldebaran** · April 19

13 hours ago, Darr3nG said:

Dipped in Dave's secret sauce

It's just Bisto.

April 18

£256 for 5g is currently -16.7% premium.

59 minutes ago, SiCole said:

Dispatching invoiced goods and then requesting extra payment nearly half a year on. That might just be the straw that broke the camels back with a lot of their customers.

Yes, if you paid the invoiced amount, they would need to invoice you for the difference. Assuming they could show they had some agreement with you that further payment would be required.

**ak74** · April 15

57 minutes ago, goldhunter said:

Just received this 5oz silver Zodiac coin direct from the Perth Mint.

Very straight forward ordering and amazing quality.

Only slight problem is the FedEx delivery guy forgot to charge me the import duty.

Not sure what to do about the 20% import duty shall I send it direct to Jeremy Hunt at number 11?

Using the waybill number on the docs, you could phone them. I assume you've checked the docs on the parcel for an invoice.

I have had issues with FedEx before. They didn't invoice me, and the first I knew was a letter from a debt collection agency, invoicing me for the duty, FedEx collection fee, plus the agency's own fee. Very unimpressed.

I'd be tempted to be proactive.

April 15

1 hour ago, FFposh said:

Has anyone any inkling as to when the bullion are coming out? Getting a bit steep to get 3 x 1/4 every time, especially going forward for the next few years.🚀🌙. Nice problem of course👍

Probably right after the Panthers. 🤣

Seriously, no idea. The schedule for the TBs seems to be all over the place.

**Upsidedown** · April 15

21 minutes ago, Upsidedown said:

What do you think happened to the ones you returned? Repackaged and sent back out to someone else? 🤔 or restruck and originals destroyed?

Only those in the know at RM will... er... know.

Since they sent them out before, then really there isn't anything preventing them from selling them again. They obviously met their quality control standards the first time, however low they may be, so they could simply inspect them again for any additional damage caused by the extra round trip.

The replacements have invariably, in my experience, been better than the originals. So who knows?

**ak74** · April 15

17 minutes ago, James32 said:

These are growing on me tbh

Same. When I first saw the dragon design, I wasn't too keen. But like all the Tudor Beasts, especially the P+RP sets, they are really nice in the metal.

**TheShinyStuff** · April 15

2024 Tudor Beast Dragon - 1oz Silver Proof and Reverse Proof

These are replacements for the set I returned.

April 14

BY THE KING A PROCLAMATION DETERMINING THE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGNS FOR A NEW SERIES OF FIVE HUNDRED POUND SILVER COINS CHARLES R. | Proclamations | The Gazette

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(a) a depiction of Prince Regent George of Britain (later King George IV), Emperor Francis II of Austria, Emperor Alexander I of Russia and King Frederick William III of Prussia, facing left surrounded by symbolic scenes representing peace; or

(b) a depiction of the Duke of Wellington and Prussian Commander Gerhard von Blucher, represented as two horsemen accompanied by a representation of Nike, the goddess of victory and the chariot of Zeus, surrounded by figures of men with serpent legs.

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BY THE KING A PROCLAMATION DETERMINING THE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGN FOR A NEW SERIES OF TWENTY-FIVE POUND GOLD COINS; AND A NEW SERIES OF FIVE POUND SILVER COINS CHARLES R. | Proclamations | The Gazette

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for the reverse a depiction of a lion, unicorn, stag and a dragon surrounding a crown

April 13

19 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

These two are interesting. Not heard of these designs before.

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4594822

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4594812

Yeah, I just read those exact ones. Interesting, although it's quite hard work ploughing through all the noise.

**neilthenurse** · April 13

6 hours ago, paulmerton said:

There was a proclamation published yesterday: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4594824

(a) a depiction of James Bond driving a hovercraft set against a background of James Bond titles with the inscription “007”; or

(b) a depiction of the snow plane from the film Spectre set against a background of James Bond titles with the inscription “007”.

Thanks. This hobby just goes deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole, when you need to monitor royal proclamations.

MBTPSilver · April 13

10 hours ago, paulmerton said:

Griffon 2000TD hovercraft.

Good guess. (or insider knowledge?)

Bit of a tragic film to immortalise on a coin. But I can't think of any other vehicles that would do.

Craig era doesn't do gadget vehicles other than Astons.

**AL84** · April 12

2024 Six Decades of 007 - The 1990s - 1/4oz gold and 2oz Silver Proof

The replacements arrived, and are in pretty good condition. Love the boat chase up the Thames; one of my favourite Bond scenes. A good choice for the 90's. What do they pick for the 2000's?