MickB

Maybe it has nothing to do with taxes......... maybe it is a matter of quality control and getting the vakue you are paying for. I got a 2021 monster box of silver Brits and 159 were bad to awful....and non returnable.  I never gat a bad Maple, Phil or Eagle in a monster box. See pic of the worst below! How did that one get out? And I was lucky enough to get 2 of these. Well done, RM.

Hello dear silver friends,
today we have received some nice medals, 2 oz silver Ultra High Relief Sekhmet Egyptian Gods Series in BU and Antique Finish. The 2oz Achilles in the curved shape of a shield is an eye-catcher. Then a 10oz silver bar from the Wallstreet Mint in its original welded finish.
Have a nice weekend and best wishes from Maxe.







 

An absolute Choice 1911 proof florin.

Today I received an email off Louise at CoTR with the results of grading submissions. 
I really needed a lift having been unwell for a couple of weeks. This did the trick.
1930 sa mint sovereign   ------AU58 2018 India sovereign -------MS70 DPL 2019 India sovereign -------MS70 DPL 2000 proof sovereign --------PF70 UCAM 2007 proof sovereign  -----PF70 UCAM 2006 proof sovereign ----PF69 UCAM 2001 proof sovereign ---PF70 UCAM 2003 proof sovereign ----PF70 UCAM      

Today I received another lovely shield half sovereign for my collection dated 1892 thanks to @lxy70713
and a valcambi Suisse 1g gold bar to go with my assayed gold collection slowly getting around the 🌍 

1 tube Maples 2021.
2 Australia Sovereign, 1870 & 1861.
Pictures are not to good, they are really nice 🤠🤠🤠

Won this in a auction for £750, strangely no one was bidding on it, can’t think why 😂 
definitely some profit to be had on it 
 I love it, so it will be buried in the garden with the rest of them 

Just received these two lovely coins. Will try to get a five pound and a full in future.
Not sure why the 2 Sov didn't get CAMEO grading... I  believe the cameo contrast looks very similar.  

Gorgeous proof sixpence.
 
 
 

Some mixed bullion and some bargain slabbed Morgans. The toning on the MS63 is lovely.

Absolute belter today and rare 
1814 Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy 40 Lire minted in Milan with the coat of arms 
When parts of Northern Italy were under the rule of napoleon 
What a coin for 207 years old, bit of further info for those interested 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(Napoleonic)

Couple of lovely lots delivered today! Firstly thanks to @PatrickV for a wonderful tube of 2021 Brits! 
@ilovesilverireallydo thank you very much for this stunning piece of gold form the former country of Yugoslavia I think it will be in my stack for a long time to come! Thanks to both of you for helping to build my stack! 😁

I can answer this. Its based on his profile picture wether hes in the profit or loss. When his profile picture is showing him stood in his underpants, hes at a loss. When changed hes making a few bob.....
No need to thank me for the insightful comments.... my service is fee free!

Picked this up in town today, not bad for £100

Picked this up in town today, not bad for £100

🌟 Today I received a business bank account and am trading under the name Wilson Numismatics as a sole trader! 🌟
I will provide my new details to new and regular buyers alike as and when an order is placed. 
I kindly request that all orders be paid for using bank transfer to my new business account.
Other than this I will continue to operate as usual selling wonderful gold and silver coins to the community here on The Silver Forum!
Thank you! 🌟

Picked this up in town today, not bad for £100

Picked this up in town today, not bad for £100

Picked this up in town today, not bad for £100

Picked this up in town today, not bad for £100

Picked this up in town today, not bad for £100

A full tube of each......

We have seen increasing quantities and variety of fake coins , made in China, of many different types of coins, for about the last 10 years.
Producing replica / counterfeit / imitation coins, and almost anything else, seems to be big business in China.
China does not participate in copyright, design, or patent protection, with a few possible exceptions. All this is apparently perfectly legal in China, and almost certainly encouraged by the Chinese government, possibly to undermine western democracies, or as part of an economic trade war.
Mostly we have encountered these from owners who have bought one or more on ebay, or sometimes from the guy in the pub, an "antique shope", flea market, car boot sale, Amazon, Facebook, and the rest. Sometimes they have paid hundreds of pounds, thinking they were getting some rare coin at a bargain price, others have paid £20, £10 ore even less, and are still happy when told they have a fake, even when told that they could have got the same thing, generally via Ali Express, for a few pound, even taking postage into account. I am usually too polite to tell them bluntly how stupid I think they have been, and it is frustrating that mostly they are not interested in buying any genuine coins, but still expect to pick my / our brains free of charge.
For many years, I / we have been highlighting some fake coins on our websites, for a number of reasons, mainly for education, but in an attempt to help spread some knowledge and experience, hoping it might help some people from being ripped off. This is time consuming, and I have not always had enough spare time to do it, until the last year or two.
In recent months, I had been thinking about buying a selection of modern Chinese fake coins from China, but was spurred on by a topic post about a month ago about 1841 fake gold sovereigns being offered, and sold, on ebay. I contributed to that discussion. I received a package of about 30 to 40 various fakes last week, in one delivery consolidated from 9 different suppliers. Somehow I seem to have missed the 1841 sovereign off the orders, so I need to get back on and add one.
A TSF member asked if I would start a separate topic here, so here goes.
The two posts I have already added, under Today I Received, were:
A 1933 Penny
 
and a 1934 Crown:
I will be adding information such as the cost from China, plus notes about reseller prices in the UK, and probably a few choice comments about the greediness, lack of ethics of the advertisers / sellers, and possibly about the buyers, all while trying to keep it polite, which could require considerable restraint.
As always, feedback, questions, and comments are welcome.
🙂

My local bullion dealer was telling me that hardly anyone is selling gold or silver coins to him lately and was unsure why. Same for the market stall trader. Quiet times.