GrahamDiamond

My first bit of gold:

And the family portrait:

 
Apologies for terrible camera phone pics!

My Gold Stack, so far.
 

Hello, two Pandas arrived in the post today purchased from an eBay seller in the US. 

Chiwoo Cheonwang 2018. After two delayed launch dates, finally got them and picked up today. Significantly different from the vivid painting effect as shown in the marketing pictures, but looking from different angles, change in the light reflection presents interesting contrasts.

Did you have issues with you delivery from Goldsilver.be? I ordered some gold coins on the 30th April and they seem to be stuck at the delivery centre in Belgium.  I messaged Eva and she said they have had a postal strike and it will be back to normal shortly. 

These little beauties and a not so little beauty arrived today.  Thanks @Roy. 

Also some pick ups over the last several weeks, thanks @arshimo2012 for the Half Sovereigns & @Goldmick for the Elephant. 
eBay hand poured  finds, a @SilverStan 2oz and a @BackyardBullion Baby Ripple

The love affair with Marrianne continues....

And some bullion Silver mostly from gs.be and also @arshimo2012, @MikeSol 

 

Arrived on Saturday.  5 BU 2018 Silver Swans and 2 proofs.  Added the gold swan i received last week for comparison shot.

Two more packages arrived today.
One has a 1974 sovereign I purchased on eBay for a little above spot price. Happy with it and will probably have it graded.
The second package contained the 1963 sovereign graded MS65 and the 2017 Indian sovereign MS69 (am only missing the 2014 Indian).

Think you might get a 70 most have been I've got a 70 with wrong slab to 

Received this 2017 strike on the day BU sovereign purchased from a US seller on eBay. Have another one which was just graded PR69DCAM by PCGS (was rated as a PR coin although it's a BU coin) and so will have another go with this one and hope for the elusive 70 grading.  

2018 Silver Swan (5)
2012 1/10oz Gold Eagle
1886-S $5 Gold Liberty BU
 
Mail man was busy today
 
 

This morning started of dry and cloudy then about 10.30am three young Victorian ladies from Melbourne came a calling. Sorry for the poor pics but they ladies will be encapsulated later today. My thanks to Nimistacker for my new interest in the Melbourne ladies. 

These have been delivered mostly over the last few days from @MikeSol. I forgot to thank you for the DF Airtite capsule - thank you, Mike.

I purchased an LED magnifying glass recently, it gives some interesting results when taking photos:

 
I also purchased some lovely "junk"from Mike:

 
My OCD wouldn't allow me to have $1.75 in quarters so off to eBay I went for this rather worn example:


 
Last but but not least, a 1904 London Eddy   bullion sov:

1915 Sovereign BU, beautiful coin! Sovereigns are growing on me like the $5 Liberty's...
 
 

2x Elephants

Picked up the 2018 1oz gold and 1oz silver Swan BU coins from the Perth Mint today. I hope the photos are OK as it nighttime here in Perth.
Background for the photos of the coins side by side is the standard Perth Mint shopping bag. 

WTF !!!!!
 

Holly bad. Where do you get such large quantities from? And if I may be rude to enquire - do you pay retail prices? 

I've had a pot of money sitting from the saving scheme that some of us on the forum did a while back, and finally splashed it today on a Perth Mint 1oz gold rectangular dragon coin. Looking forward to this one, which is by far the most I've spent in one go on PMs. Looks a beauty 

Various different items from Silver forum members and a few of Ebay

My favourite one m8 

To date, all beasts captured!

Today I received my Perth Mint 1oz gold dragon coin bar. Beautiful piece 

I got the 10oz lion!!! My photography doesn't do it justice, but I really love this coin 

Received my exquisite 1885M Young Head Shield Gold Sovereign from the venerable “@Numistacker Collection”...hopefully some of the proceeds went towards his beautiful 1887 Proof Sovereigns! Thanks Numi!