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A little deviation from the Gold Sovs... two lucky dip 1950 or 1957 Saudi Arabia Gold One Guinea, AU/BU. Hoping for at least one of them being 1950!

Just won in an auction the 2006 Golden Silhouette Britannia proof set.
 

1/4 oz gold QB Griffin.

During the week, I bought two more gold sovs from HGM. 1906 and 1981.
I think I 've got over 50 sovs now.

New to the panda family , thanks @Numistacker for bringing them across the pond 

Key date 1879 Young Head St.George


 
 

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.

Queens beast ?
 

Got my coins back from Numistacker

A fantastic surprise this morning courtesy of the lovely @Numistacker
PF70, great outcome for my first time grading

Hello, today received this 2002 1/2 sovereign graded 70DCAM purchased from a dealer. Have the 2002 sovereign in for grading so if very lucky it will achieve a 70DCAM also. 

Thanks Tim (Sparrowlegs4) for the 2017 SOTD Sapphire Jubilee sovereign. Was looking for this in 70DCAM. A lovely addition to the collection. 

Received these little beauties. 2009 Sov and 2x 1/10 Brits. 
Nabbed these just before the price hike so more than happy ?

My antique finish Queens beast 2oz silver lion arrived today from @arshimo2012  
I quite like this finish and will probably leave it out on display so I can handle it. Worth doing to silver spotted coins as it would give them a new lease of life.

If the 1841 wasn't rare enough, how about an 1863 - 827 on truncation?  ? ?
 

Wow just wow big thanks to the coin connection nice low coa to. Im well happy with it 

1841 - Unbarred As  ?

Yes the 827 on truncation instead of w.w.
There were very few of these minted, I believe the theory is they were minted from an ingot whose number was 827. G P Dyer wrote an article on this coin, he was a Librarian at the Royal Mint, it was published in a Spinks circular in the 70/80s, I've got a copy on it's way from @CadmiumGreen who kindly sourced it for me.
A very interesting and very rare coin indeed, very few in existence and virtually none in good grade.
 
edit:
"This intriguing variety first came to light in 1954 when an 827 numbered truncation with die number 22 reverse turned up in the Hatton Hoard of gold found in Derbyshire. This initial coin ended up in the British Museum Collection. This variety is termed the “second” variety of the “827” Sovereign coupled with the die number 22 reverse. These are called the second variety as it is thought that this die numbered “827” Sovereign was produced and struck from a second batch of re-melted “scissel” and scrap emanating from the Rothschild brittle ingots delivered to the Mint around November to December 1863. Of the very few specimens known the Bentley specimen is one of the finest extant"

 
"Returning to the 827 sovereign, it is fairly well established that the 827 on the obverse truncation was associated with a specific ingot that, like the gold from which the Ansell sovereign was made, was at first thought to be unusable. Records show that refiners Rothschild’s and Brown & Wingrove conducted further processing on two 200-ounce ingots (numbered 816 and 830) for the Mint, so it is thought that the initial batch of 827 sovereigns with no die number (S.3852F) were made from a similar ingot and proved to be acceptable for circulation. The subsequent 827 sovereigns with die number 22 on the reverse (S.3853A) were evidently made from the melted scrap and “scissel” (cuttings) left over from making the initial batch. Because of this, it is probable that all of the non-die numbered 827 sovereigns were produced and the results evaluated before full rate production of die numbered sovereigns began in 1863 (S.3853). Figure E shows the 827 on truncation that distinguishes the variant."
 

Back from grading my two standouts. Thanks to @Numistacker. The Sov is only one of 13 graded at PF 70 at NGC. Not too shoddy considering the COA was in the 9000's. Well done Royal Mint ?.

 

That year of the dog opal is absolutely stunning.

Also a 1989 Half Sovereign bought using the eBay 10% Discount.

1887-M Jubilee, 2nd Legend. Rare in Marsh


 

Few items arrived today;
Paddingtons (Silver) to add to the collection:


And then my grading results from @Numistacker 

All hail the latest release in the Provident Egyptian God series- Khnum.  
With thanks Thanks to Lee at: https://www.preciousgoldandsilver.co.uk/product-page/khnum-2-oz-ultra-high-relief-silver-round-egyptian-gods
 
 

20oz of the shiny stuff.  Thanks @kneehow2018