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My coins arrived from the latest grading as well, thanks to @Numistacker
Generally very satisfied, some notes:
Once again I had a Details grade. Unlike the previous one, which had clear hairlines once I looked more carefully, this one didn't. I may post detailed pictures elsewhere trying to get some more expert opinions. ? The Sovereign did as expected (low MS, bought as bullion). From the remaining six silver coins, five have the highest grades in the census. Three of them (Austria, Germany and Switzerland) are the only ones! ? Overall I believe I am getting better at picking them, with a minor glitch every time... ?

My missus keeping a beady eye on my spending after our 3 week holiday in Croatia

No, I meant trading your daughter in for it ?

There is a difference in the finish if you look closely at one of them you will see in places that it has a proof like finish which came out in the end as a minting error by the Perth mint so that one demands a higher premium 

My first graded coin ever, plan to keep hold of this until next year, I bought it as I felt like spending money so I would rather spend it on something I can get my money back on than something I can't.

Got my coins back from Numistacker

Here are a few of the favorites from the PCGS grading. 
2017 plain edge Pistrucci sovereign. Bought this from a US eBay seller ungraded and it achieved 70DCAM so am very happy with that. Also a well traveled coin going from the Royal Mint in the UK to the US onto me in Perth Australia, then I sent it to a dealer in Sydney for submission to PCGC so then back to the US and finally after grading then back to Aus!
1981 sovereign graded PF70DCAM, bought this for a few dollars over spot as an ungraded coin. 
1974 bullion sovereign that a achieved a respectable MS64.
The 1983 £2 at PR69DCAM. This came from the three coin set, the other coins did not grade so well. cc
 
 

I got my first order from Eldorado coins based in Germany (I believe). Postage was pretty good on 20 coins (£8 odd) - ordered at the weekend and arrived (tracked) today. I haven't been over them all with a fine tooth comb yet but absolutely delighted to open this well-packaged parcel (comms have been great too). I am dead chuffed with all these coins - I never thought the Marvel ones would grab me (I only know the Spidey comics and haven't followed the films), but a few videos changed that and I think they are very cool indeed- very different from what I normally stack
They are all an ounce, I just had to take a shot at a weird angle to (try to!) show off some of the lightplay on the Marvels (my phone camera is rubbish), but really stoked with all so far. The Marvel at the top are also part of rolls, so higher up and it distorts perspective. The Niue 'double dragon' was very cheap and is nice I think for what it is, much better than some of their other stuff, so both obverse and reverse for those are shown at the bottom, please ask me if'd like close up just on those
@Bullionbilly and @Oystonout might be interested as we had been chatting about some of these coins and this new dealer:
 

My sister comes to see us with her kids, comes straight in, sits down and gets on her phone. Her eldest now does the same and middle one comes in with his tablet and can't even say hello.
After a few hours when they feel like they've done their 'duty' to spend time in the same room as us and they run out of things to look at on facebook, or their friends are too busy to message back, they get bored and say they're off. They might as well not come at all, and we'd actually communicate more if I used Facetime etc - purely because then they're communicating through their phone, it seems to be all they can manage.
They're very useful things but at what cost? OK now if I want to research some papers in, say, a US museum, I don't have to make a transatlantic trip perhaps, but actually that idea sounds quite romantic! It's strange how the internet has widened the horizons so much electronically, but at the same time made many of us so socially insular.
@mr-dead will you be keeping us up to date with how Glint goes?
 

Will do,
So far it seems to be working ok. 
Positives
1) I transferred funds by bank transfer and they were credited to my account within an hour or two. 
2) Switched from GBP to gold in a few clicks and balance adjusts to reflect changes in spot price (although not in real time).
3) Customer service has been quick to answer questions via facebook messenger and by phone.
 
Limitations found so far:
1) You cant change the card pin number at a cash point so stuck with the default pin.  The pin can be accessed through the app if you forget it.
2) You cant check your balance at a cash point only through the app.

Its a 2 edged sword, technology has also given the masses access to more information that at any other time in history.
If it wasn't for the alt media online then mainstream media would be free to pump the population full of propaganda unchallenged and people would believe the cr*p  the government spews out on a regular basis.
I like my smart phone, sat nav in my pocket, camera on family days out, calendar for all my appointments etc.
Where would you all buy and sell your gold and silver if there was no internet

Technology is certainly a 2-edge sword. Great for so many things. But...... for all the good things there are corresponding bad ones. Re mobiles, I am personally sick to death of hearing other people's conversations - no respect for privacy... I don't want or need to hear about the ins and outs of peoples lives, what they did last night, how the house purchase/divorce/holiday plans are going etc. To my way of thinking, a conversation on a mobile is still a private communication between two people and not for the world to hear about. How often do you see people in the supermarket ringing wife/husband/partner..... do we need such and such. Surely they have some idea of what they are going to buy when they leave the house. As for people walking down the street glued to their mobiles... don't get me started! 
Yes, they are wonderful in so many ways but by the looks of the general population who seem to be glued to mobiles, I despair. Totally absorbed without a clue of the real life around them. Fed a lot of ******** by large social media organisations. No wonder the country has gone downhill. Many cannot think for themselves and have to follow the crowd - rather pathetic in my opinion.
However, they do allow us to access some much information that we would previously not had access to. And communicate with people across the globe. I do wonder what will happen if all signals go out for some reason, satellites fail, sun spots. or some other reasons.  How will the mobile phone generation cope? They can't even read a map! Rant over.

I thought nothing could beat the delivery of a Metalor 1kg bar.
Well today has been 3 times the fun!
Courtesy of @Keenstacker (many thanks) my first ever aged/toned bars, oh if only they could talk and tell me their stories!


 

It's all bad imvho - analogue all the way - these 'conveniences' have only led to a complete dumbing down of the entire population if you ask me.
When I was at school we used things like rulers (I know, real antique stuff huh?) - ask a kid nowadays and if their phone or tablet doesn't have a signal they will have no idea what one of these things even is.
Very scary.

I agree, I live under a rock tech wise and I like it that way, I even use a basic non smart mobile phone, the battery lasts 2 weeks, I wanted a Nikon microscope, I could of afforded one of the latest all singing and dancing electronic ones, but I didnt like them and had to go hunting the antique path to find what I wanted that was all mechanical and manual, I dont trust this smart tech, its invasive and not secure, and I agree its dumbing down a nation and even a world.

I thought nothing could beat the delivery of a Metalor 1kg bar.
Well today has been 3 times the fun!
Courtesy of @Keenstacker (many thanks) my first ever aged/toned bars, oh if only they could talk and tell me their stories!


 

I thought nothing could beat the delivery of a Metalor 1kg bar.
Well today has been 3 times the fun!
Courtesy of @Keenstacker (many thanks) my first ever aged/toned bars, oh if only they could talk and tell me their stories!


 

Just got my coins back from heritage nice one ngc you got them the right way round lol

Thank you to @DaveWheat89 for these beauties!

My first attempt to grade some sovereigns turned out quite successful, the little beasts did ok, too. 


(The 2018 is the plain edge SotD, in case you wondered)

I thought nothing could beat the delivery of a Metalor 1kg bar.
Well today has been 3 times the fun!
Courtesy of @Keenstacker (many thanks) my first ever aged/toned bars, oh if only they could talk and tell me their stories!


 

I thought nothing could beat the delivery of a Metalor 1kg bar.
Well today has been 3 times the fun!
Courtesy of @Keenstacker (many thanks) my first ever aged/toned bars, oh if only they could talk and tell me their stories!


 

I thought nothing could beat the delivery of a Metalor 1kg bar.
Well today has been 3 times the fun!
Courtesy of @Keenstacker (many thanks) my first ever aged/toned bars, oh if only they could talk and tell me their stories!


 

I thought nothing could beat the delivery of a Metalor 1kg bar.
Well today has been 3 times the fun!
Courtesy of @Keenstacker (many thanks) my first ever aged/toned bars, oh if only they could talk and tell me their stories!


 

I thought nothing could beat the delivery of a Metalor 1kg bar.
Well today has been 3 times the fun!
Courtesy of @Keenstacker (many thanks) my first ever aged/toned bars, oh if only they could talk and tell me their stories!