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On 5/2/2018 at 01:04, ilovesilverireallydo said:

It’s £2 an ounce but I love it. Now to wait three weeks before I get to see it!

Cool.  Great potential for a series.   Fight!

12 hours ago, sg86 said:

What a lovely day to sort through a new batch of shields. These are in particularly nice grade so excited!

We need a "jealous" emoji !

On 4/15/2018 at 00:58, ShaolinStacker said:

Today I recieved 1955 Rhodesia & Nyasaland proof set

That half crown reverse is cool!

8 hours ago, Lowlow said:

Another 500 mercury dimes

Leave some for the rest of us!

11 hours ago, prophet800 said:

May I ask where from?

http://talismancoins.com/search.php?search_query=tuvalu+antique&Search=

2 minutes ago, sixgun said:

There are lower limits on redemption. i don't remember the lower limits but they aren't something huge

Very interesting, thanks sixgun.  I'll try to find out what the minimum redemptions are (or if you find out let us know).  Reasonable physical redemption is the only way to truly keep things honest imo.

1 hour ago, sixgun said:

There 1x KAG = 10g silver, 1x KWS = 1000 oz silver, 1x KAU= 1g gold and 1x KWG= 1kg gold. The W denotes wholesale coins. You can hold these coins on the Stellar blockchain network, (KVT's are held on the Etherium blockchain and the currency will be Stellar) you can just hold them, you can spend them, you can send them to someone else, or you can trade them through the German stock exchange

Thanks for the explanation sixgun.  Can someone who holds a digital coin convert that into a physical coin in any way? 

I like Greg Hunter, he does good interviews for the most part.  But I watched this hoping for some explanation of how Kinesis works and why it will be any different than promises to be "backed by gold", but it seemed more like a PR/sales pitch to me.  Getting people to accept a digital form of gold, especially those who understand how rigged the Comex system is, will require a lot of explaining and Trust.  I think whistleblower Andrew McGuire is there really to instill Trust.  I'm just not buying it yet, but maybe I'm still in the mindset "if you don't hold it you don't own it".  Will be interesting to see how things shake out anyway.

Some Canadian proofs that I had graded:

21 minutes ago, augur said:

Is the 888 at the beginning supposed to be a lucky number? I guess the 88800088 would be the one to have 

Yes, in Chinese, the number 8 (ba) sounds like fa , which means to prosper or be wealthy.  The number 4 is bad though, as si sounds like the word for death.

Good vs Bad money...Venezuela

14 hours ago, Sovereign said:

1911 full proof sov 

1911 half proof sov ?

Great job on the photos!  Very nice, really want a 1911 proof!  On my hit list for next year for sure

My latest acquisition:  Year of the Dog!

9 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

Nice set but it'll cost a lot to have them all conserved. You may well have your reasons but is it worth it?

Good question.  I think so, at least for me.  A few reasons:

1.   NCS will most likely only choose to do anything with about half the coins (I'm guessing here, I could be wrong, but in my dealings with them they are honest and aren't looking to stick me with conservation fees for nothing). 

2.  I really like the history behind the coins (Abdication crisis, 1936 was the year of 3 kings ). A short BBC article on George VI here

3.  This is a really nice set.  I've seen others for sale that looked like they've been handled quite a bit.  This one looks like it just sat in a vault for 80 years.

4.  I want to be able to pick them up and enjoy them without worrying that I'm damaging them (so slabbing them makes sense).

5.  Eventually, when I go to sell them (or hand them down to my son), they will be every bit as nice as they are today.

Maybe not the best decision from a strictly financial standpoint, but its worth it to me.  I'll post pics when I get them back from NCS/NGC

2017 1/2oz Proof Libertad. 

1988 Olympics Gold commem

11 hours ago, Numistacker said:

 

From what I hear the 1/10th will have a mintage of 300 and the 1/4oz will have 500 but with Mexico it could be double or half.

Those are likely to be the two lowest mintage gold BU coins this year.

Darn, Numistacker must move markets (or bought them all for himself! ) Can't find the 1/10 anywhere on the usual online dealers (but did pick up a 1/4)

My grandfather picked these up on his travels during the 50s and 60s

Ordered a 1955 unopened US Mint Proof set flat pack.  Hopefully will get a cameo or something extra interesting ;-)