Sovereign

2002 full sov 
received few days ago 

2002 full sov 
received few days ago 

2002 full sov 
received few days ago 

2002 full sov 
received few days ago 

2002 full sov 
received few days ago 

Some fractional pickups
in my new capsules 

An 1884-CC $20 Double Eagle; I think it's a good candidate for NCS conservation and will be sending it across to them for a 'touch-up', and subsequent grading from NGC.  The red spot at the top of the coin is either a very dark copper spot, or blood. 
I'm not too sure on grade, but I think it might be able to achieve AU53-55.
Picked up from HGM, after a post on the Gold Deals topic.

1884 Greece 20 Drachmai.

Picked up my first piece of gold, a lovely 1/10 Libertad

Unicorn came today to go along with the Lion 
Very nice, no milk spots or problems phew
 
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My second sovereign this week
Gratefully received from @morezone

My sovereigns came in today

Was waiting for the last coin to arrive by mail, as it was won by a paper bid at auction a week ago - an 1826 George IV full sovereign (my first from that decade); it's a bit suspect around the rim (probably ex-jewellery or mount?). Still love the detail on the obverse.  
Then another first (and probably last...) for me: a 1784 full guinea (that's my oldest English coin). And then a bullion grade 1853 half sovereign. Those two were bought live at auction last week. 
Collector habit in full swing I guess....?

A bit of Krugerrand porn, 10 X 1oz's delivered this morning from Hatton Garden.
Just waiting on the capsules to be delivered.

2011 China World Heritage Series - Shaolin Temple PF69 Ultra Cameo.  Few scratches on the slab so will have it rehoused sometime in the future.  Piked it up because I really like the reverse but I've got a bad eye at the moment so everything is blury

More goodies today inc a stunning 1/10 Britannia.

A few more Morgans to fill holes in the date run.

Somebody order some 10oz lions?

@Quicksilver @mr-dead Yes are you checking your coins with a loupe? Both of my unicorns and my beast aren't good enough, they are all going back and i've just written a long winded complaint to say that if they aren't capable of producing true proof coins i'll have my 1.5k back and be done with the series.
Low quality images but still the issues are clear, the one on the Queens head is ridiculous, check your coins and make a stand!
note: the first images are scratches i have a great zeiss loupe!

Couple of coins arrived in the last day or two.
Perth S1 1/2 oz Proof Lunar Rooster

 
GSA 1883 Carson City Morgan Dollar, graded MS64 by NGC
Procured for me by a good friend of the forum over the water, he can own up if he wants to

Krugs arrived from Hatton Garden,
4 X 1974 + 1 X 1975 (My birth year)
Waiting on my Atkinsons + Royal Mint order now.

2017 full sovereign 

Well happy thanks byb got from here my first proof sovereign love it thanks backyard bullion 

1892 half sovereign sheild from Sg86
Fantastic fast service and item as described.
Cheers

Back to coins....
Some old gold and some new, some platinum and silver too?. 
A few gold quarter ounce QB Dragons/Griffins and 2016 Libertad proofs  (some for members on the Forum), along with a 2016 Perth mint sovereign. Will think about grading some of them in pursuit of 70s! Another ounce of Pt - this time the 2016 Austrian Philharmoniker, which I bought actually right on the price dip in early January....so well pleased with that, and a nice big coin.
Then silver - a stackers tube of 10 QB dragons, plus a few extras for capsules of the dragon and Griffin, and a slabbed Dragon.  Happy to report that no milky ones in the tube (I checked!). Shelled out the cash for a silver PF70 QB Lion one ounce proof, and a few more in boxes -  now I see why everyone goes gaga over this proof design ?. Some more irresistible 2016 Libertad silver proofs, and a few 2017 kooks (1 ouncers and a doorstop 10 ounce) and 2017 Britannias for good measure when the silver price dipped. 
The old gold: "mission accomplished" on the sovereign mintmark set as I just found a nice Ottawa C 1911 sov to complete the set. The Bombay I 1918 I picked up last week made me focus on that missing Canada one?!  1911 C by far the most common of the Canada years (1908-1919), but at 257,048 minted that is still a pretty low % out of the 40 million minted worldwide that year (numbers from goldsovereigns.co.uk). Got it along with a very nice 1912 London sovereign, and a 20 francs 1897 Lucky Angel.
Lindeman.