GrahamDiamond

Can you do a group picture with all the other 1oz gold beasts?

My Coin also arrived today, thanks Augur.

My Coin also arrived today, thanks Augur.

My Coin also arrived today, thanks Augur.

My Coin also arrived today, thanks Augur.

1oz gold proof Queens Beast black bull of clarence thanks to @SilverStan

My Coin also arrived today, thanks Augur.

My Coin also arrived today, thanks Augur.

My Coin also arrived today, thanks Augur.

My Coin also arrived today, thanks Augur.

My Coin also arrived today, thanks Augur.

My Coin also arrived today, thanks Augur.

I would like to thank @woody65 from Yorkshire Bullion for supplying this coin and for the all round great service!

Received an Isle of Man 1980 one pound 22ct proof yesterday  
https://colnect.com/en/coins/coin/80486-1_Pound_Triskele_Over_Map_-_Gold-I60_-_One_Sovereign_1_Pound_Bullion_Coinage-Isle_of_Man
at bullion price paid last week @arshimo2012. Had a helluva job cracking it out of its plastic covering without damaging it. There was some very heavy bond/glue to undo (see pics with flecks of material on outside and  pics once removed). Right at the end, I managed to fingerprint it but was planning to send it off to ncs for conservation anyway.
I could find only one graded on either ngc or pcgs and that was a pr67 on pcgs https://www.pcgs.com/pop/pcgsnolookup.aspx?s=520796....and will be taking it to my lcs tomorrow to see if it can beat that and then the 2-3 month wait begins.....
I had a choice of a couple of coins but went for the one most people wouldn’t have probably. I like British coins and the bullion price with a young queen’s head on it from the Pobjoy Mint that has lost the contract now makes this one a getting rarer and rarer addition (it is already almost 40 years old).....and in “sovereign” 22ct gold with a one pound designation. The Triskelion over the map is a striking design and I did go to The Isle of Man back in the early 90s to watch Norton win the TT for the first time in decades !
https://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/Events.aspx?meet_code=TT92 &era=
 
What a tremendous climax to TT week 1992 when the A McAlpine (IoM) Senior TT provided a race-long battle between Steve Hislop on the Norton - The White Charger - and Carl Fogarty on the Loctite Yamaha. They swapped the lead practically every lap - and finished up setting a course record lap and the fastest ever speed between them.
At the end of the first lap Carl led Steve by 1.2 seconds with Robert Dunlop (Norton) just 3.4 seconds down in third place - and all three had lapped at over 121mph. 
At the end of the second circuit Steve led Carl by 2.8 seconds with Robert some 15 seconds down in third place. By half distance the lead had changed again - Carl had a one second advantage over Steve with Robert still in third place.
Lap four saw Hislop back in front by 7.4 seconds. For the first time in the race the lead did not change at the end of the fifth and penultimate lap - and the gap between first and a second was now 5.4 seconds, with Robert Dunlop still holding on to third, brother Joey having retired on the previous lap.
And so to the final lap - Fogarty set a new absolute lap record in 18 minutes 18.8 seconds equal to 123.61mph. Hislop was just a second slower, and also inside the old record, and took victory by 4.4 seconds to give Norton their first Senior TT win since 1961.
It was a hell of a two weeks and I rode round the TT course on “Mad Sunday” when there are no speed restrictions whatsoever.
 
Indeed , our bike gang jackets had the Treskelion design with “Mad Bastards” written underneath it and the “59” black and white patch on the shoulder (British bikers will get the significance of that one).
 






 

Hello, received three coins in the post today.
One is the 1931 Perth Mint sovereign. 1931 was the last of sovereign produced by the Perth Mint as a British branch mint. It's not a rare coin but have wanted to get one as the first sovereign I ever bought was the 1899 Perth sovereign which was the first produced by the Perth mint. So now have the first and last!
Also received a 2015 Indian bullion sovereign and the 2014 half sovereign. 

Beautiful coin, picked one up the other day.  You'll love it!

Ordered a 2018 1 oz gold Britannia with the oriental border from JM Bullion yesterday while they had it on sale.

Most recent acquisition.