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From the last drop in silver spot:

 
Heimerle cast bars (very unusual to have ripples) and 1/4oz Britannias 

From the last drop in silver spot:

 
Heimerle cast bars (very unusual to have ripples) and 1/4oz Britannias 

From the last drop in silver spot:

 
Heimerle cast bars (very unusual to have ripples) and 1/4oz Britannias 

From the last drop in silver spot:

 
Heimerle cast bars (very unusual to have ripples) and 1/4oz Britannias 

From the last drop in silver spot:

 
Heimerle cast bars (very unusual to have ripples) and 1/4oz Britannias 

From the last drop in silver spot:

 
Heimerle cast bars (very unusual to have ripples) and 1/4oz Britannias 

2 years, 4 months, 6 days as a Forum member and investing in PM's I have hit three kilos of Gold milestone now breached 👍
With thanks to the wider Forum 🙂 and The European Mint where I have purchased a large majority of my Queens Beast coins.
I have had to sell large proportion of my Silver and part of my Gold stack to finish off remaining 1oz Gold Queens Beast coins and a special thanks to everyone traded with me/provided help and advice:
@richatthecroft @Gordon @Kritika @Josh @silversky@Bizzle@AlphaBeast@SilverStan@MrScottsdale@kneehow2018@arshimo2012@Jamesd@Rugbyplayer@UKStacker@StackSellRepeat@Darr3nG @Downs523@Gildeon@woody65@Roy@louisfinlay@swanky@Neelam@Elements@db570uk@pyperb@GSTrading@RYAN05@Sharaf@Mox@GavinDevon@Airgead@BackyardBullion@Gabriel13@Jonno@jacksj1@Sparrowlegs4@Munzy247@brya0123@Disentme@newbysilver@Bambi7684@dicker@Airhead@juansanto7@adamthetaller@SilverDrum@Shazzam9@Jayjay@marco88@ram64@MuddyOfCoventry@Piggybank@GoldenEagle@Peet@SJones@Silverman2U@Poppy@DynamitesUK
All coins safely stored in non-banking private safety deposit box. Apologies lighting the photos were taken in the secure storage facility and I had 15 minutes access my safety deposit box due to covid restrictions.
5 oz Gold in Special Year Designs in bullion Britannia's

 
Drum roll please for the main attraction.......
100 oz Gold Queens Beast bullion coins

1897 Russia 7.5 Roubles one year type (20 Francs)


previous 1884-1896 5 Roubles were also struck to the same 20 Francs spec

1897 Russia 7.5 Roubles one year type (20 Francs)


previous 1884-1896 5 Roubles were also struck to the same 20 Francs spec

1897 Russia 7.5 Roubles one year type (20 Francs)


previous 1884-1896 5 Roubles were also struck to the same 20 Francs spec

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like

1897 Russia 7.5 Roubles one year type (20 Francs)


previous 1884-1896 5 Roubles were also struck to the same 20 Francs spec

1897 Russia 7.5 Roubles one year type (20 Francs)


previous 1884-1896 5 Roubles were also struck to the same 20 Francs spec

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like

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. 
 

Last year I wound everything down with the final purchases of the QBs gold bullions.  Then recently the QB completer came out so had to grab that as well and that should have been the end.  But...there was one coin which I should have picked up years ago but there was always something else to buy so I'd always put it off for another day.  Over the bank holiday weekend I decided to make one final purchase and here it is.  I already have the 2, 2.5, 5, 10 and 20 but just needed this to finish off the set. Unlike it's little brothers which are stored away and haven't been seen for years, this beast is going to be my fondling piece which will sit at my desk.  Hopefully the .900 alloy will hold up well otherwise it'll end up getting a bit dinged and scuffed.

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like

10 $ William IV

with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like