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DrDime
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DrDime reacted to Silvergun in Today I Received.....
1909 and 1911 1/2 sovereigns an 1872 shield back full sovereign and my favorite a 1/2 eagle
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DrDime got a reaction from KevinG in Today I Received.....
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
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DrDime reacted to walesdave in Gold Monitoring Thread £ GBP only
If anyone's interested, Atkinsons are in th eoffice early today and already answering the phone!
Just got directions for a quick drive up later today to dump my stack....
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DrDime got a reaction from HelpingHands in Today I Received.....
The second looks like a (replica of?) a 4th century Boeotian coin depicting the labours of Hercules
http://www.ancientcoinage.org/the-labors-of-hercules.html
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DrDime got a reaction from HelpingHands in Today I Received.....
BOEOTIA. Thebes (c.425-395 B.C.), Silver Stater, 11.80g. infant Herakles. (image courtesy of NY sale 27)
B.C that is
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DrDime reacted to MickB in Today I Received.....
Popped into Sharps Pixley today for a 1/4 oz gold 2015 Britannia & one of their 1oz silver bars.
Quite a friendly place to visit. Just as I was about to leave, the doorman gave my wife a free hardback book called; 'The Ages of Gold'.
Now that's enough to make me visit again
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DrDime reacted to oliversw5 in Today I bought.....
Just picked up a roll of Lunar series 1 Tigers for 44 and change a piece, the guy has saved me a roll of Ox series 1 for 38.70 a piece.
That will bring my investment to pretty much my 5k target and thus is the end of my stacking journey for now.
150 Pandas 40 Lunar horses 20 S1 Tigers and 20 S1 Ox. With an average of £21.57 (Ouch :P)
its been a pleasure guys, I will probably disappear back into the world of shares soon
Oh BTW,
If anyone wants an Ox or a Tiger the guy has spares that I can pick up...
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DrDime got a reaction from UraaniBarbaari in Today I Received.....
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
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DrDime got a reaction from Agpanda in Today I Received.....
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
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DrDime got a reaction from ApisMellifera in Today I Received.....
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
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DrDime got a reaction from sovereignsteve in Today I Received.....
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
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DrDime got a reaction from KDave in Today I Received.....
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
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DrDime got a reaction from morezone in Today I Received.....
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
1991 and 1995 silver pandas
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DrDime reacted to sovereignsteve in Why are newer sovereign's 'browner' ?
Not seen that before, although I have seen some data from Chards on an informal basis.
A few interesting points;
The small (5 -8 ppt) silver content of the late younghead sovs have a huge influence of the colour, compared to modern ones.
The first modern day sov, 1957, has nothing in but gold and copper and isn't the red colour of current issues which have an identical composition.
The very large amount of silver in the Sydney mint aussie style coins certainly shows in the colour, and to a lesser extent in the early London ones.
One thing that does appear to be true though; you don't need that much silver to have a huge influence on the colour, tempering that awful copper tone.
The early 20th century coins from Edward and George are similar to the late Victorian ones (1887 onwards) in that a lot of them are quite reddish but you also see a lot of very yellow ones. Would be interesting to see data from these.
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DrDime got a reaction from ApisMellifera in Why are newer sovereign's 'browner' ?
According to these guys older sovereigns had small (less than 1% it seems) amounts of silver and other metals. This might account for the colour as refining techniques have probably improved allowing for a more pure gold + copper mix.
The chart does not show analysis of george5 or Edward7
https://goldsovereigns.co.uk/goldcoinalloyanalysis.html
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DrDime got a reaction from sovereignsteve in Why are newer sovereign's 'browner' ?
According to these guys older sovereigns had small (less than 1% it seems) amounts of silver and other metals. This might account for the colour as refining techniques have probably improved allowing for a more pure gold + copper mix.
The chart does not show analysis of george5 or Edward7
https://goldsovereigns.co.uk/goldcoinalloyanalysis.html
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DrDime reacted to ApisMellifera in Today I Received.....
@DrDime Ow waw nice. Love the design of this one!
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DrDime got a reaction from ApisMellifera in Today I Received.....
Got this medal / badge set from the Royal Mint Fleur De Coin Club. It was given to members around 15 years ago. Each has the name of the member etched into the edge of the medal and their initial on the back of the badge. Total of just under 3oz.
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DrDime reacted to oliversw5 in Today I Received.....
I promised myself I wouldn't collect any other series other than the Rwanda Wildlife, but today I received 3 lunar series 1 coins to add to my monkey, I am choosing to see this as an investment and not a collection as the 4 coins set me back £150.
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DrDime reacted to sovereignsteve in Today I Received.....
1/2 oz lunar S1 pig. Last but one for complete collection, rabbit on it's way
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DrDime reacted to Cointreau in Today I bought.....
Hey there!
Just ordered an IOM gold noble from Atkinsons.
I've wanted one for a long time.
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DrDime reacted to mr-dead in Gold stacker
Been a while since I pulled my stack out of the safe and posted a full stack picture, been quietly stacking away in the background and have now hit :
53.32 oz gold
85.1 oz Silver
3.1g Platinum
The only thing missing from my pic is the 1oz Lunar horse as I havent picked it up from my brother yet.
