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Picked up a few dimes today

I have never really been a fan of fractional gold (except Sovereigns or Indian Heads), ... and never paid any attention to Chinese pandas. 
So yesterday I broke my rules after seeing this playful panda, and bought my first Chinese gold : a 1/4 ounce 1985 gold Panda. Probably not my last either, now that I have started to look at the different panda designs! 
 

1/2oz proofs S2

2015 1/4oz lunar goat.
 
 

1/2oz proofs S2

My first ebay buys:
Kookaburra 1oz and 2oz 1995 and 2oz 1994
Lunar II 1oz mouse and a 2oz dragon
All 194€ inc shipping

2016 Proof, First Release, RM Year of the Monkey, 1 ounce Silver. 
Coin 017 of the release. Sorry about the poor photos - nice coin though. 

Lunar 2 Monkey 1/2oz to 10oz set.

Monkey proofs.

Nice coins John?

A 1/4oz rhodium bar, feels cool to hold something so rare.
 
 

The last 2 BU RAM Roos to complete the date run.  I've taken them out of the cards so they can sit with the others and the cards will be stored with all the other coin packaging and bit and pieces.

More 1 oz proof kooks, the embyonic collection is starting to take shape.

 

Something a bit different - a few lovely old square silver dirhams dating  from the Almohad dynasty that ruled over North Africa and Southern Spain from 1130-1269. 20p for comparison allows you to see the detail and size! Just fun to have when we all think of early Victorian coins as "old"..

Today i've received three colored, 1 oz year of the monkey goldring edition monkey king.
 
 

1/2oz proofs S2

Reload S1 tigers

1/2oz,1oz,2oz S1 proofs.

Monkey proofs.

Monkey proofs.

Monkey proofs.

Monkey proofs.

Monkey proofs.

Monkey proofs.

A couple of nice aussie mint sovereigns in good nick.
A 1875S in EF+ grade (depends how much the edge nick depeciates it) and a 1884M in genuine UNC condition, pretty much as it left the mint.