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10 2oz Silver Bullion Queens Beasts Completer..............Like bullion coins can handle and take photos without stressing of damaging
What a stunning coin

2021 5 Sov, matt BU. Nice touch to have the Pistrucci added, as well as the crown privy. 
 

Was interested to see how the 10oz Britannia looked up close so had to go and get one of course and then compare it to the 1oz.

Soemthing different 
This silver Hemidrachm of Tabaristan comes from the Kingdom of Tabaristan. This Kingdom was located along the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, which is currently Northern Iran. The 7,000 miles long Silk Road linked Constantinople with the heart of China. This route was used by merchants to transport luxury goods, precious metals, art objects, and ideas between China, the West and Middle East. The Silk Road ran directly through the Kingdom of Tabaristan and many of these Hemidrachm were used in trade all along the road.
Tarbaristan at the time was under Muslim occupation, however the coin continued to be modeled after coins from the preceding Sassanian Empire. The obverse shows a right facing bust wearing a winged crown in the style of the Sassanian King Khusru II. The reverse depicts attendants flanking a Sassanian style fire altar, with a border of three concentric circles.
The Silk Road Hoard includes coins minted in Tabaristan and may have been struck under the rule of Haroun al-Rashid, AD 786-809. Al-Rashid’s name is mentioned in several stories from the collection of tales commonly referred to as Tales of the Arabian Nights. This example is graded Mint State by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC).
Up for sale in the graded section with a free bonus coin offer 
 

Still supposed to be selling. Oh well. 
1895 M and 1912 sovereigns to add to the collection.

1/4 Gold QB set arrived! Few hairs.  Would have liked to see an 11 coin set with a centre completer surrounded by the 10 QB.
Both my sliver sets have been delayed, so hoping they will send them soon.  







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All back from grading 😀

Chuffed with these! Got a few silvers in PF70 (wanted to make sure I got at least 1 ☺️) so I’ll probably post them for sale soon

She's putting on weight nicely the old silver box...
And a bit of yellow. 
Cheers

Received this beauty back from NGC  Thanks @ChrisSilver and @CoinsOfTheRealmAuctions!
 

2oz Completer received today from the Royal Mint .  Lovely coin.


 

Just had the Bullion Completers delivered... very nice.....
 

Just got 2 of my 2oz bullion completer coins come today , got to say I love them 😍 will go nice with my full queen beast set 😁

You have too much gold. May I suggest you donate it someone who only currently owns one soveriegn and few 100 ozs of silver to balance my portfolio out...
I am willing give you an NFT recording of my flatuence in exchange and I will make it days long if needs be, or even live record it for you.
Please let me know in this once in a lifetime offer! 😁💨

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Day 3 Ladies’ Semi-final
One lucky winner will receive The Britannia 2021 UK Premium Exclusive One-Ounce Brilliant Uncirculated Coin.

Day 3 Ladies’ Semi-final
One lucky winner will receive The Britannia 2021 UK Premium Exclusive One-Ounce Brilliant Uncirculated Coin.

I'm still trying but if I don't it would be nice for someone on the forum to win.

Tennis Prize Draw (royalmint.com)
Had this email just now. 

I was working for a German investment bank in 1998 / 1999 when they 'fessed up to finding large number of gold bars that were Nazi in origin.  I cant remember if it was EUR60M or EUR200M in value but it was a lot for the bank to have 'found' after all those years.
The same bank regularly published 'from the archive', but curiously the archives from 1939 - 1945 were never explored or published.
I attach an article from the Bank of England internal magazine from 1997.  Worth a read.
Best
DickerOld Lady article on Nazi Gold.pdf
 
 

Thanks - has anyone ever won on these Royal Mint draws?

There was a thread about this topic maybe a couple of years ago. Some people get hot under the collar. Personally i have something of a morbid curiosity for such things. i am sure i have some.
If you are interested in these coins for whatever reason, i would collect them. Why not? No reason at all. The more some people get hot under the collar the more i would collect them. 

Finally got them back! 
Thanks @CoinsOfTheRealmAuctions and @ChrisSilver
 

Massive shout out to @Clockpuncher for this one. The 1997 1/4oz gold Britannia. That now concludes my collection of the 5 Philip Nathan Britannia designs. Was inspired by a comment by @Roy a while back to collect these. Lovely crenellated border design which brings them together as a collection

Received a 2013 silver proof libertad set. Beautiful coins. Will be sent for grading.