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Ansel

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    Ansel reacted to ant1882 in Blocked from buying gold   
    Just reminded me of that scene from Brazil where there is a mistake and the government snatch the wrong bloke. Buttle / Tuttle. Oops the AI made a mistake, sorry.
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    Ansel reacted to bluffer in Today I Received.....   
    am i really the first to get the coronation sov?
     
    the faint marks are on the capsules, not the coins, and as far as i can see changing the angle in the light, there are no obvious dinks, dings, missing bits etc.   so looking good.  ( from BCC )
    sorry for the pics.
     


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    Ansel reacted to Paul in Gold Monitoring Thread £ GBP only   
    Ooooooohhhh that sounds painful. Have several hours out in nature walking in the woods or along the coast instead 
    TV, newspapers, radio, social media etc are all mood hoovers 
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    Ansel got a reaction from Zhorro in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

    Thank you BYB, love it. 🥰
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    Ansel reacted to SidS in Shield Sovereigns   
    There's a very good reason for this. From 1838-1859 the obverse dies were shared between sovereigns and farthings. They'd start brand new striking sovereigns and once they'd reached a certain point they were then relegated to strike farthings instead. As such I should imagine getting sharply struck farthings in this era would be challenging.
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    Ansel reacted to CazLikesCoins in Shield Sovereigns   
    How about that. I like this forum. I'm alway picking up interesting facts that I didn't know. I'll never look at a farthing in quite the same way again. It's just a shame they're not made out of gold. 😃
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    Ansel got a reaction from Ducat916 in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

    Thank you BYB, love it. 🥰
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    Ansel got a reaction from Oddjob in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

    Thank you BYB, love it. 🥰
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    Ansel got a reaction from Tn21 in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

    Thank you BYB, love it. 🥰
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    Ansel got a reaction from Fenlander1 in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

    Thank you BYB, love it. 🥰
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    Ansel got a reaction from AL84 in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

    Thank you BYB, love it. 🥰
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    Ansel got a reaction from MaxeBaumann in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

    Thank you BYB, love it. 🥰
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    Ansel got a reaction from MrStacker in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

    Thank you BYB, love it. 🥰
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    Ansel reacted to BackyardBullion in Today I Received.....   
    Thanks my friend!
    We only have 1 left now!
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    Ansel got a reaction from GBStacking in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

    Thank you BYB, love it. 🥰
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    Ansel got a reaction from CySterling in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

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    Ansel got a reaction from TheShinyStuff in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

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    Ansel got a reaction from BackyardBullion in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

    Thank you BYB, love it. 🥰
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    Ansel got a reaction from James32 in Today I Received.....   
    It’s been a hot minute since I have purchased anything from @BackyardBullion, very excited to receive this beauty today. 
     

     

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    Ansel reacted to Seasider in 2023 Sovereign Release Date   
    No that's where the Quality Controllers will be drinking before their shift.
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    Ansel reacted to Britannia47 in How to collect every sovereign ?   
    Recently put this collection of 'nearly' all the Sovereign obverse/portraits since 1817 on 'Today I want to show.....' and thought it worth repeating on this topic.  Obviously this can be expanded to include all the mints/specials/date-runs etc Anything more ambitious is likely to be 'Mission Impossible!' Early sovereigns are going to be more expensive now, but this group is still achievable in the short to medium term (finance permitting) It may take a few years - but hey, whats the rush?! The 1997 was my very first sovereign.🤗

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    Ansel reacted to Stuntman in How to collect every sovereign ?   
    I've told this story before, but the first five sovereigns I owned were due to winning them as first prizes in two particular 10km road races, between 2003 and 2006.  The sponsor was a firm of goldsmiths and these (bullion) sovereigns would have cost them about £50 per coin in those days.  By 2006 the price of gold was beginning to climb again, and to the best of  my knowledge the prize of a sovereign for winning those races ended in 2007.
    Sadly I had to stop running altogether in 2006 due to long term injuries, but I still own all five of those sovereigns.  I won both of these 10km races in 2005, which was the best of those years to win the sovereigns!
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    Ansel reacted to shaunscoins in 2022 Fifty Pence Pride Coins Royal Mint Page - New Release Coming Soon   
    As a gay coin collector, I’m more than a little disappointed with the reception this coin has had here. 
    Firstly, I'm actually pretty happy with the overall design. I can’t be alone in that I expected a dumpster fire of ideas but it’s come together pretty succinctly. Given the royal mint’s recent offerings, this has fallen in the “oh thank the lord it’s fine” category!!

    More importantly though, this is a means of celebrating a deeply important moment in LGBT+ peoples history - a history most of us had to learn for ourselves given it was illegal to be taught we were valid human beings at school (see section 28/2A). 
     
    Jokes about “identifying” as this or that may seem flippant to yourselves, but to the people who live those lives it’s anything but. I won’t entertain all comments but I will say I’m not the only LGBT+ coin collector who dreaded opening social media today. And shockingly enough, a fair amount of LGBT+ persons are coin collectors. 
    I value this forum as a place of numismatic discussion, not a way of societally punching down. Again - I’m disappointed. 
     
    🏳️‍🌈✊🏻🏳️‍⚧️
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    Ansel reacted to GoldDabbler in Thinking of buying in store but I’m paranoid.   
    Some millionaires are the most scruffily dressed buggers you'd ever be likely to see, and also some unemployed women love wearing designer brands. Never judge a book by its cover and all of that. Wear what you want lol it's nobody's business. 
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    Ansel reacted to auleAboutNumismatics in Sov - Capsuls or RM certi-card / blister pack   
    If the 2022 sovereign comes with a special Platinum Jubilee edition certicard / blister pack, that might be nice.
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