MickB

A couple of items arrived this morning.

From the Royal Mint, three, one gram gold bars – ready to be Christmas presents for my niece and nephews.

And an early Christmas present for myself, a well-used silver 1821 Crown with no unsightly scratches or edge knocks – a good, honest, two hundred year old, piece of history.

Not much happened in the year 1900, though apparently £1 in 1900 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £136.61 today. So based on that you'd probably have been able to buy a low end smart phone or just about a tank of fuel in your Ferrari for a mere £1, the face value of one of these 122 years ago.
Source: https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1900?amount=1
Best value sov


 
 

A little bit of silver thanks to @arphethean and @LiquidMetalsUK

1888 Half Crown to add to the set.
This one has a little more toning than i'm used to, but its growing on me (i think)
 

Absolutely Flawless - 2008 Gold Proof £1 Coat of Arms   An auction success brought this pristine specimen to me for spot including delivery. The early bid catches the worm.   Also included was the original invoice, showing that 14 years ago the Royal Mint were selling new proof issues at 62% over spot, compared with about 70% today.   The condition is quite sublime...even dust particles fear to tread.   This familiar (to those who have attained puberty) design is that of the inaugural 1983 £1, but one of just two auric appearances.

Some shiny

Started stacking current year sovereigns and 1oz CGT free coins when I had spare money at the end of the month, as a way to store wealth outside of the system and to save a bit more for retirement
Moved to doing date runs on sovereigns and selling most of my 1oz coins, Brits & Krugs and only keeping anything what I loved.  Currently concentrating on pre-1900 sovereigns, full and half but will also buy anything that is well priced if I don't already have it.  Exception being special year sovereigns and Gillicks, which I tend to stack then sell on when I need to fund a bigger purchase and I don't have the cash
I also moved from storing in a mates safe to an insured safety deposit box and had my own safe installed for anything I buy between runs to storage as it is 40 minutes away
Now realised I am hooked, but justify it to myself as its just turning money into different money.  And if I didn't do it I would be buying a new iPhone every year, new gaming PC components, new metal detecting gear etc. etc.  Since I started I don't waste money on those things, I only replace what is broken and I feel better for it.  I reckon I have put a fair bit of cash into PM's that otherwise would have gone on what are essentially consumables 

Finally now to claim my £73 back ! 

Rarely buy bullion but had to have this JM by Gieger. Thanks to @Panda6Packfor this one 

Got this lovely little coin from @PapaLazaroutoday. 1987 1/10th Brit
my first ever Britannia coin! I had thought it would be my first ever 999 fine gold (only ever stacked Sovs and Eagles) but it seems these were 22k also!
Lovely coin though, like new!

mexican libertads in it`s pure beauty just arrived....

Thanks to @Prodigy for this kilo bar.

My first Silver Eagle.
Another date run i'll need to collect now i suppose? 🤔
 

Received this today my favourite QB design thanks @GoldDiggerDave

Hello dear coin friends, yesterday I received once again a package with coins that are beautiful for me personally. I wish you a nice weekend and greetings from Maxe. 😉

Was going to get the 100g but opted for the 250g. Lovely bar. Thanks to @Mox

Today I paid £40.96 for this 2022 sovereign from Costco. Well, if you ignore the food purchases but include the 2% cashback rewards that I built up over the last year that went towards it, this makes it the cheapest sovereign I've ever bought. 😄

Hadn't bought anything for a while, had itchy fingers over the weekend and saw Atkinsons had pre owned 1oz silver bars. I quite like a wee bar  so thought I'd take a punt for £28 and see what I get.
This is what I got...

Could have been worse, was never going to be a nice Pamp, but still happy enough. Itch scratched for a while...

Came today, courtesy of the hoover..... bet your household hates you wrapping xmas pressies you bugger!!!! 
anyway...... great addition to my 10th's collection and much prefer the type 2 over the type 1 for these fractionals...
cheers matey...

Had this arrive back today from @GoldDiggerDave after using his grading service. Flawless service and a flawless result. Top marks all round 😁

2022 Bullion Double Ronseal   This attractive example arrived today, courtesy of@ChardsCoinandBullionDealer. "Minty +" grade.   Tidy coin but unsurprisingly, imo, it pales in comparison to the proof sovs and 2015 au £1 coins. One for the stack. @trp   With a premium lower than that of any other dealers on single sovs this was a straightforward decision given the paucity of offer on TSF at the time.   The process from@LawrenceChard& co. was straightforward, efficient, polite and swift. Thoroughly professional - a company I would be happy to recommend.   Addendum: Free postage would have been nice..

Early 1oz Silver Libertads - Bargain    Anybody looking to start collecting Mexican silver - or just after superb value early Libertads - will probably have a good wait ahead of them if looking to better the current offering from@AgD.   I picked up four, hoping to find at least one '86 to add to my Tad collection. All four were in superb condition and nigh on BU. At £30 each this is outstanding.   I believe he has only a few left.   Should anybody have an '87 or '88 Tad they are looking to offload, please send me a DM.

Today I paid £40.96 for this 2022 sovereign from Costco. Well, if you ignore the food purchases but include the 2% cashback rewards that I built up over the last year that went towards it, this makes it the cheapest sovereign I've ever bought. 😄

Big thanks to @Colnago for this entry into the world × 1/4 oz run.
Not the easiest coin to get and going by a bit of research after the fact...a bargain. 

This 1938 Australian Crown arrived today. Mintage was only 101,600 coins.  I will send this for grading.