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Thanks for the tip from @Oldun about their sale, got two U.K. lunar Rooster 1oz silver proofs from Island Coins. Bit of a reduction compared to the RM price, about £76.50 each.  Was on the lookout for them anyways! Still a few left.  

Today my French lunar rooster finally arrived.
Can anyone shed any light on this French series as I think I've completed the series. 2006 when I think it started was BU with a mintage of 10,000. Around halfway through the series it went to proof at 10,000 mintage then dropped to 5,000 mintage at proof.
It seems like a strange way to run a series and it'll be interesting to see what they do next year.

Finally arrived   2  x  2017 proof half sovereigns and  1 x 2017 proof full sovereign from Chards plus a bonus £9 cheque refund as both orders in same parcel

Simple. 2005 bullion half sov. 

Pre-ordered 2017 Proof Soverign at Chards finally arrived this morning?

My first panda a 1oz gold 2011, very pleased wit it to.

 

 
 

A 2017 silver Britannia from Yorkshire bullion on eBay. Got a 1oz Asahi silver bar from them the other day as well.

£30 is +3% on £1000/oz
including delivery it's only slightly higher than hgm?
 
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Nice little Indian 2014 sov,

Some 2016 1/10 Wedgies.  Couldn't wait for EU dealers any longer and was far too expensive to import just the 1 so bought a few as spares.  Will be offering a few here for any crazy collectors like myself.  Real shame they never did a 1/10 for 2014/15 and would be amazing if they did a 1oz in bullion.

Another couple of full sovs, 1980 and 2009 no dings on the edge of these!
Also was tempted by a low price for a 1/2 ounce 2001 proof britannia.
 

Old stock. Selling as bouillon.

Series 1 1996 1/4oz lunar mouse. May send off for grading just for fun. Looks clean under a loupe (despite there appearing to be a scratch on Lizzie's head which isn't on the actual coin) but doubt it's a 70 of course. With only 1390 of these as a declared mintage, it might be worth slabbing this one just to protect it. 430 quid delivered so happy with that regardless.

Got a bullion 2016 sovereign and a 2014 Indian I mintmark half sovereign. Strained my eyes to see if the 'I' was there 

Picked up a couple of IOM 1 ounce Nobles - 2016 gold and the platinum from 1987 (middle of the Noble platinum run which went from 1983-1989, 3000 mintage for 1987). Have to say - the gold noble has instantly become one of my favourites ! 
Took further advantage of the long drop in platinum $ price in early October (to lowest in 6 months) to pick up another ounce, this one a Canadian 2016 maple, and for metal diversity I got my first palladium coin - also a 1 ounce Canadian maple, from 2005.  Interesting to see that the palladium is quite a big bigger (less density than platinum). 
Also from Scottsdale - a 5oz chunky silver bar, and then the pretty awesome Chad King Tut 5 ounce Egyptian Relic Series with its chiselled look antique finish. 
From MCM when they got them back in stock - a few slabbed PF70 silver moon festival medals, which I was initially immune to ...but now appreciate more for the sheer detail packed into the 1 ounce. 
Two Asahi 10 oz silver bars - nice to see how they kept some elements of the Johnson Mathey design, but added some new design features. Core stack. 
Finally - a batch of QB Lion gold quarter ounces (still picking them up ...as I reckon they still hold a lot of collector potential). I am going to look closely under a loupe to see if any deserve grading. 
Need to lay off the PMs for a few days?..but especially enjoyed the dip in platinum, while adding to the collection and the stack. 

Received a few of these today.

Try shining a simple torch across it from the side. It may help when you take a photo? Usually works for coins out of a capsule. Not sure if in a capsule but give it a go ? Or buy one of those clip on magnifiers that go on a smartphone or tablet? I sometimes use the torch with a simple loupe but may end up getting one of the clipons myself.
 
Something like this http://www.nordfrim.com/magnifiers-lamps-and-microsco

At first glance when I got mine without anything to compare it to, I did actually check the cert to see it didn't say half sovereign lol 

2017 sovereign came today and it looks great. Wish it was the colour of old sovs but never mind.
Also a comparison with last year's proof, more detail on Liz but less on George.
Forgot to say when it arrived it was only a 48tracked service not even a bloody signed for!!!

I had to have a check up last night but will let you know what mine is like about 12ish.

Haven't been active for a while as I've been on nights. Just got woken up by the postie. I forgive him for the loud knocking as he delivered this??

Finally arrived...

Rushed pictures but my first HGM pickup arrived and I'm quite happy.
Got to love the shield's 

They look great, I got one a few days ago.