MickB

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

Well broke my virginity and got my first full sovereign. Goes well with my 2 quarter sovereigns I got the other day. Gonna aim for a full sovereign each month. Brought it on here from andrewSL76. Fast efficient service. Pleasure doing business with you mate.

My latest PCGS submission came back. These are the regular size slabs (two are double thickness), I will present the large ones in another post. Some notes:
One came back as "Details", it seems I can't avoid these completely but I have become better... 🙄 The Austrian medal had come back as "non eligible" from NGC and now it got a great SP69, nice surprise! 😎 NGC had also refused to grade my Iranian gold coin. Something that had to do with sanctions, which I couldn't understand, as this was from before the Islamic revolution. And they have graded several such Pahlavi coins. Anyway PCGS had no such issue and got a respectable MS65. 🧐 I am glad that the peculiar octagonal medal was graded, I was not sure about that. It sits a little sideways in the slab but maybe it has to do with the unusual shape. Two went in thick slabs and especially glad about the Spanish medal, again was not sure if they will slab it. Overall pretty happy and it proved that if one company refuses to grade something, you can always try the other one. PCGS seems very knowledgeable with European medals but I had problems with some American ones. I send all the US medals to NGC now and if something fails, I will try PCGS too. 
 

I have previously picked up this beautiful Gods of Olympus Poseidon Coin. I sadly missed out on picking up the first designs of this beautiful Gods of Olympus coin series. I am hoping to go back and pick it up at some point in the future.

This little beauty turned up today

1891 jubilee sovereign 
1864 francs napoleon 
Shane the napoleon has been dipped why people do this I don't know imamfualte condirion though 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop. 

I should avoid my local high street when only visiting town for a short trip. Picked this 1912 half sovereign earlier in the local bullion shop.