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Like @AgD, also received a 2 oz silver Aztec Calendar from @SilverStan
Nicely goes with the rest of the family!

If anybody wants one I can buy one on your behalf but you will have to pay postage from me to you. 
I'm going to see if I can order one for myself and will leave this open till 21.30 tonight.
(I believe it's a max of 3)
So space for 2
 

Today I received a massive old coin collection that used to belong to my three of my grandparents and my parents. 
Here are a few pics of some of the more interesting coins I have dug out so far. I’m a little new to numismatics so would appreciate some help identifying what’s what. 

They are excellent mate and in very good condition, I would not be surprised if there is a bit of silver in that lot, I'm sorting and trying to identify my money at the moment.
These websites were a big help to me.
https://en.numista.com/
 
http://worldcoingallery.com/
 

1887 half sovereign 
NGC MS64 

My second prize just arrived from @5huggy.
I bought nearly 2 tonnes of silver!!
By 5huggy,  September 13 in Silver

I can’t wait for your next competition....many thanks sir👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Received 2 deliveries today 3 half sov shield backs from @silversurf thanks for these as I have been after some for a while👍
Then 2 half sovs from @Pete again thanks so much really happy with these too 👍

This @BackyardBullion seems to keep being recommended/mentioned an AWFUL LOT!
MUST BE because he is such a damned "GOOD GUY" and MASSIVE representative of the ethos of  THE SILVER FORUM!😉
BUT WOT DUZ AYE KNOW!~??
🙄

NOPE!  - - 1051 grams of PURE! - - - >>>
@BackyardBullion

 

And is that a kilo in the middle 😁

Cheers @BackyardBullion, took delivery of these today. They are great. 
Im ether going to gift them to a couple of new borns coming this year or keep them for my daughter as a starter for her stack. 
👌🏼

All the way from the West Balkans...I have wanted one of these for sooooooo long!
A 1926 Albanian 20 Franga Skanderbegu..a truly fantastic coin!


 

Not much appreciation here, alas, very disappointed for such a lovely design - I will probably pick up a third successive tube (if the premium's not huge, like the first two years) but the first one the quality was dreadful on the ones I received (sealed tube but all dings and black spots in the exact same places on all the 'coins'). I didn't even bother opening last year's to look, just stored it away. Stupid from the Perth Mint but they always seem to fail with straight bullion, we expect it on the Roos but not on things like this (at least I don't), and such a shame on what should and deserves to be, imvho, a premium product.
No idea how/if it will affect the gold but I must say those have looked glorious from the start imo, wish I had/could afford those!
 

Thanks to @BackyardBullion for creating this Gairsoppa shipwreck recovered silver hand poured bar and round.
The bar is just over 1kg at 1075g
The hammered round is also Gairsoppa silver at 5.05oz and is designed as a tribute to the Bombay Mint stamp on the orignal 1000+ oz bars sunk then recovered.
The wooden box is an ebay cheap one with a 3D printed insert I designed, printed then flocked for a smooth velvet feel.
The QR code takes you to BYB's pouring video on YouTube and it also contains a micro SD card with hi-res images, videos and forum links to the bars creation process for provenance.
 

 

... the bar that shall not be named

and a little sibling to give an idea of scale. 

These kg+ ripple bars are absolutely tremendous and the next best thing is probably watching the 4K clips that @BackyardBullion put online. 
In the past I was wondering about a 100oz bar but since he clearly has risen to the challenge (and @5huggy almost acquired 2t of silver) a 1ton bar should be what all aspire to 😉 

Nice addition yesterday 1823 double Sovereign 

Actually got it yesterday from Alun but took till today to transfer the Britannia's over to it, I'm threeshort of a full collection, the mule, the dog and the pig privy but it looks sweet and has a few years of growth left in it.
 

Pre-Owned 2009 Australian 20th Anniversary Kookaburra 1oz Silver 20-Coin Collection
 
https://atkinsonsbullion.com/pre-owned/various/pre-owned-2009-australian-20th-anniversary-kookabu

The obverse side of this coin has the real "pirate" 🤪🤪
 

Cracking stuff @terakris, in fact if iirc you alerted me to these (thanks so much!), they just cannot be properly photographed, can they (at least not by me)?
Likewise this absolutely lovely delivery that arrived this morning from our very own @BackyardBullion, my two lovely 100g forum bars to continue the collection!
Love them both but apologies for the 'photography', I wanted to get the whole presentation in one shot, because it has been a great step up this year as a delivered package imvho, and actually while the bars didn't come out too well, there are pro shots on BYB's website anyway
They are beautiful and I can say that year on year the quality and production values just go up and up, the presentation and delivery are simply the ultimately professional icing on the cake. Well done squire!!!

Now, which of you cheeky beggars has number 13 eh?

Cracking stuff @terakris, in fact if iirc you alerted me to these (thanks so much!), they just cannot be properly photographed, can they (at least not by me)?
Likewise this absolutely lovely delivery that arrived this morning from our very own @BackyardBullion, my two lovely 100g forum bars to continue the collection!
Love them both but apologies for the 'photography', I wanted to get the whole presentation in one shot, because it has been a great step up this year as a delivered package imvho, and actually while the bars didn't come out too well, there are pro shots on BYB's website anyway
They are beautiful and I can say that year on year the quality and production values just go up and up, the presentation and delivery are simply the ultimately professional icing on the cake. Well done squire!!!

Now, which of you cheeky beggars has number 13 eh?

eBay mining. The last week or so focused on French 5 francs (modern). 
Nice little stack built  

Thanks once again to the superb  @morezone

Markedly.  Like cheese and chalk- I do hope that all the Forum members who ordered receive such nice examples.  


 

Received these three beautiful coins today.  Apologies for the photos- very poor light and iPhone camera not the best. 
The 200th SOTD Matte Anniversary Albert Celebration Sovereign & the Silver Victoria 200th Anniversary Silver £5.  
First impression is that the RM Quality Controller has served me well.
And as always, thanks go to @terakris for the 2005 Sovereign- you can never have enough 2005 Sovereigns.