Aldebaran

@ccfcpaul Have you got any capsules for the 2oz and 5oz? 🖖

3 hours ago, SiCole said:

New beauties on their way back from the NGC. Always wanted the 1/4oz Jubilee.

A beautiful design - so lovely to see something different on both sides 🌞

1 hour ago, James32 said:

She's going to turn out like her....I'm double cooked.

You deserve it 😑

5 hours ago, James32 said:

Mmmmm

🙄

I love the iconography, the image on the coin is faithful to the icon 🌞

7 minutes ago, Gruff said:

It's OK, I'll just be on my jack jones in December, talking to myself in the echo chamber  

No you won’t - I will still be here, even though I have  already bought something, you know my type - I will have changed my mind about six times before December 😎

3 hours ago, Lolski01 said:

Today, I received a beautiful 1oz Silver Merlin coin, and I couldn't be more thrilled!

Feeling lucky and enchanted with this new treasure in my collection! ✨🔮

The lovely Merlin - said to be born in Carmarthen 💛

Could you post another photograph please, also which mint is this from.

Thanks 🖖

11 minutes ago, KevinFlynn said:

Today I added another to...

Gold Mark Kaiserreich - one to go for a bag of one ounce fine.

Beautiful photograph 🌞

On 26/05/2024 at 15:57, Bratnia said:

Son/daughter smoke pot one evening, neighbours complain of the odour and the police get a search warrant - during the execution of which they find gold coins and question the source of the funding of that gold. Gold, cash, cars etc. seized, bank accounts frozen, as potential proceeds of illicit activities - and you're left with having to demonstrate/prove otherwise, made worse by forensic trace evidence of pot having recently been present in the property.

A number of years back when HMRC were outsourcing investigations I was investigated, all turned out fine but the process was protracted and stressful, having to find all sorts of obscure paperwork for things that seemed to me to be totally irrelevant - within very tight timescales. Never found out why I was targeted, believe that they just scanned for less common tax reporting cases and randomly picked individual individual cases out of that to progress a fuller investigation. I believe they were rewarded on a prosecution percentage type basis so were most eager to find something/anything wrong.

Only people who have undergone an investigation will understand.

I understand - it changes one’s outlook for ever.

I cannot imagine what an investigation would be like if one had actually committed fraud. 🖖

16 minutes ago, Whitebulldog said:

I’ve always admired this Britannia which looks French or maybe Corinthian to me

This is a beautiful design - I love the 2003 and this 2010 reminds me of a mature version of her.

I think that I shall have to buy one for myself 🌞

1 hour ago, SilverToday said:

Well, I had my display name changed from SilverGlutton (which was just plain ugly) to 

SilverToday which I find more suitable for all of us lol. Anyhow, a few days back I bought

a 2024 proof-like 1/10oz Gold Niue Phoenix Coin that I showcased here at TSF and I really liked the 

design but ohhh so hard to see well enough so I decided to buy the 1oz Gold version which I received yesterday.

Of coarse everyone's coins in their stack/collection look much better in hand and so does this 1oz Gold Niue lol.

I can't say enough of just how attractive this proof-like 2024 1oz Gold Niue Phoenix Coin with frosted relief really is.

Truly remarkable imo. And the fact it's production was limited to only 10k pieces makes it even sweeter.

Compared to the pix below the Gold color is much more pronounced in hand. 

 

 

A stunning design both the Phoenix and the background.

Your name? Much better and I didn’t even realise that we could change them!! 🌞

11 minutes ago, James32 said:

IRB is the artist 'Ian Rank Broadly 

Do you know how to tell without a certificate?

22 hours ago, Charliemouse said:

2013 BU Sovereign - Struck on the Day - 60th Anniversary of the Coronation

Picked this up to add to my SotD collection.  It has some pebble dash unfortunately, but was a good price and you don't see too many around.

@Charliemouse - is there a symbol on the coin to show it’s struck on the day - IRB? 🌞

3 hours ago, Wampum said:

Got this last week 2017 Jersey Platinum Proof five pound, put a picture with the Platinum one pound which is the same size as a Sovereign for comparison £1 = 7.98g and the £5= 39.94g so same ratio with regards to sovereign and quintuple.

The mix is different with these being 995

Love the QEII and Philip Obverse.  

 

I love to see unusual coins.

The images of the Queen and Prince Phillip are probably the nicest of any that I have seen 🌞

Well done @CDH - thank you for taking one for the team 🌞

6 minutes ago, Gruff said:

17 more posts to go on this page before the magical 1000th page

Well get posting then😎

These are all beautiful coins, fab. 🌞

1 hour ago, Charliemouse said:

2024 Royal Mint D-Day 1/4oz Proof

Just when I was getting comfortable hating the RM, they do this to me.  It's an awesome coin.  Spotless, and what a beautiful design!

I love this design 🌞