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One of the finest Swedish 20kr I received so far. Very shiny.

Just got this 
1925 full sov MS65 

So that's a new collection with a coin from each mint then?

One US auction house labels things as 'metal samples for research' which is true, they just tend to be round and made of silver or gold

One US auction house labels things as 'metal samples for research' which is true, they just tend to be round and made of silver or gold

One US auction house labels things as 'metal samples for research' which is true, they just tend to be round and made of silver or gold

One US auction house labels things as 'metal samples for research' which is true, they just tend to be round and made of silver or gold

The other marks on the rims are more typical adjustment marks and are very very common on Napoleonic coins. NGC seem to ignore these for grading purposes unless they are excessive but they seem to generally not like damage to the portrait, whereas tolerate it to the rims - if it gets a clean AU grade that will be a brilliant result.
In this case it looks like the mint worker slipped with the file and took a small gouge out of the portrait and hoped no one would notice as it still ended up in circulation?
It shouldn't need conservation. 
As everyone seems to have been bidding today (I have been stuck in meetings ?) anyone have plans for tomorrow? there is one item buried in a mixed lot that I have been after for more than 20 years, it is very low grade and not worth anything, other than personal reasons, so I will have to have it!

Congratulations!
I looked at this myself as it is in a good grade (AEF - the VG and KM are the reference book numbers).
I just wasn't sure how NGC would view the mark on the face???  which is probably why the estimate was so low at £120-150 as without the mark and in that grade it could have easily been more than £700!
Upgrading will be difficult?
 

Very nice grade, I am glad it is not just me that sets the alarm for 3am?

Guilty, my coins although I guess my name probably gives it away!
I have been sending a few to Numi each grading, now slowly running out of ones that I think will benefit from slabbing, I probably don't need 15 MS slabbed 1866's although it might make it easier to sell the extra ones if I decide to abandon the high grade die number goal?
 

Die numbers?
There are quite a lot of die number collectors out there - me included! Although it will be no surprise I started collecting the sixpences rather than the other denominations and as far as I know no one has managed to get them all for each denomination although I know someone who is very close to the full set for florins, shillings and sixpences. There are ~800 basic ones for the sixpences and I started to get regularly outbid for rare numbers and/or high grade examples which meant after 20 years I have almost given up - last time I checked we do have all the sixpence die numbers between my collection and a couple of others. It does mean lots of lower grade coins though?and a slabbed full set would be of immense numismatic importance - if it wasn't for the cost I could send at least another ~600 to Numi for grading??
The recent Bentley collection of sovereigns significantly updated the list of known die numbers for these.
I could go through all the possible reasons proposed for die numbers on coins from 1864-1879 but that's a longer story?

Different county, but same boat ST! 

I am also currently overpaying the mortgage, but less than I was, despite the low rate, to try and clear it in 10 years. Extra funds are mainly going into P2P as, at the moment, the return easily beats paying off the mortgage. As we are 'up north' the mortgage is only small anyway, or even tiny, and probably equivalent to a year or so of payments down south! The base rate would need to go up by more than 3% to switch back to paying the mortgage.
Moving to a bigger house will need a lottery win as at my age I would rather have some savings and coins? (which could always be sold on retirement to provide a lump sum to invest for income if it came to that)

I think the Bentley collection has been the best attempt to do this for the sovereigns and even with his very very deep pockets he didn't get there. He really did try - having a list kept with every dealer/auction house with the numbers he had missing! Others do this for the other denominations - even me?
I wish auctions/dealers would consistently put the actual die number on the listing and the TPGs on the label rather than just 'die number' as the pics don't always allow you to see it - it is very annoying having to keep asking what it is only to get told you are the 10th person to ask today (pet hate?)

My first gold coin - ever - arrived today.  The 2017 Half-Sovereign Proof with Pistrucci's original garter design.
I will keep it in safe custody. Thanks to the seller, you know who you are! ;-)

Beautiful large coin but thin, it is really easy to bend them!

2008 gold 1/4 proof brit.  A tiny finger print smudge just above the queens crown and a few white specks, but for 290 posted bargain I'd say ?.

I've been wanting the 2017 for a while because of the new design.  Luckily I never did buy it and the limited 30th Anniversary Privy was recently released so it made much more sense to get this one instead for the extra few £.  Decided to buy from RMB as it was only £4 more expensive than elsewhere and for that extra I would get a capsule and be entered into the prize draw.  Unlike the Queen's Beasts, the capsule is not the screw type and is just a push fit with a little moon cutout for opening.
Shipped yesterday with a scheduled delivery for Tuesday due to the Bank Holiday.  Delivered today, a Saturday by DHL.
The field design is much better than the dimply effect of the previous couple years.

Now you are in trouble!
Hammered, early milled, post 1816, by monarch, by denomination, key dates, gold, silver, copper etc etc ???

Now you are in trouble!
Hammered, early milled, post 1816, by monarch, by denomination, key dates, gold, silver, copper etc etc ???

The gateway to a new addiction...

1992 10 oz proof Kookaburra 

It would be good if the price would correct to sub $17 - I have some cash in my SIPP at the moment which would be very happy in a silver ETF!
I know you can't hold it in your hand but it is alot easier to buy and sell and there is no VAT?. 

Not even silver or gold but cupro-nickel!
1947English and 1951English shillings in BU which completes my George VI shillings which I thought I had done long ago ?