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UPS has just turned up with these bits at almost 6pm.  Spoke to the driver and he's told me that it's reached the point that his round is just about doable and I was one of the last 5 today.  Over the last 10 years, this round has gone from a single van to 3 vans covering the same area and on top of that, the vans have increased in size to accommodate the extra capacity.
2017 1/10 Kangaroo, 1 oz Gold UK Lunar Rooster & 1 oz Gold Australian Lunar 2 Rooster.  As expected, the UK Rooster has a few marks on it.  The Royal Mint is a bit of a joke in every aspect (bullion, proofs, packaging).

Received from morezone 

The plain old silver version of the Humble Administrator's Garden from the Chinese Classical Garden Series
 

Panda 1/10 - 2015
Panda 3g - 2016
Elephant 1/10 - 2016
Canadian growling Cougar 2015 (to complete my 3 set)
Bunch of sovs, 1910, 1913, 2015x2, 2016
Isle of Man Angel 1/20 - 2016 (last in series)
have received a bunch of other stuff but not taken any pics!
 
 

5 half shields, 3 jubilee and 2 young head. Need to buy marshes half sov book as i'm not sure what dates are rare etc, the young ones are 63 and 75 (die 17) if anyone fancies sharing!
Varying conditions, didn't pay that much for them so happy overall, such nice little coins i need some more now but they seem to go for a hell of a premium
 




 

Picked up a capsule for my 5oz Libertad, many thanks to @Shinus73

The Hulk has decided to join his friend Captain America. Thanks @calandlew1 top work fella ??

4 1/10 ounce Britannia's. Six more on their way. Trying to complete my set with coa's

Back to my roots. Bog standard sov 2015. Cheers @Ollie1016
Came in a nifty square coin holder perfect for sovs and which i am now using for my 1832 William IV (fine) sovereign

My second graded beast :-)




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Today's post. :-)
Queen's beast silver and Darth Vader. I think just 11 USD more for a graded beast compare to the cheapest raw version at the moment USD46.30, that's okay for me. but won't pay the price for a MS70 version.

I love this coin. I was very lucky and won the auction. [emoji4]




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Ok not part of the stack but a very cool item nonetheless

A 2016 high relief Somali Republic elephant. Really like how concave it is plus a mintage of 1000 only.
Also another Canadian proof dollar to the collection. ?

A recent pick-up just over 5oz

 
 

Justed picked up some Fun Show pandas from Parcel Force. Has a charge but still waiting on the letter but I'm in the area so all is good.  Wonder if this letter will turn up as the last one still hasn't.
 

Little silver YuanBao. Just 20g but is hollow so much bigger than if it were a solid piece. Just a novelty item really.

Ok not part of the stack but a very cool item nonetheless

Ok not part of the stack but a very cool item nonetheless

Think we might be looking at a leg up in gold and silver over the next few days and week or so.  But, if so, I suspect it will be combined with a rise in the £vs$ which will tend to keep the price in £'s pretty static with only a small rise.  Essentially the big drop seen in gold and silver priced in US$ has been as much to do with a strengthening US$ as it has a fall in price.  I think that wind is about to be reversed but the net result for us in £'s will be not much... lol
BB, How did you buy your Euros?  Is it possible to do a transferwise or similar to yourself.  They seem to have a decent rate for retail forex.  I have always found the xchange shops in the airports and high street in the UK to have quite literally the very worst rate in the entire world.  I've done a quite enormous amount of travelling over the last 20 years with work to a very large number of countries all over the planet and I'm always struck by how totally unacceptable the exchange rates in the UK are.  It's ironic given that we are supposedly the financial capital of Europe!!  In the rest of the world these shysters would be had up for Usury for fleecing the people so badly on retail holiday money.

Ok not part of the stack but a very cool item nonetheless

Ok not part of the stack but a very cool item nonetheless

Ok not part of the stack but a very cool item nonetheless

Ok not part of the stack but a very cool item nonetheless

Ok not part of the stack but a very cool item nonetheless