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Managed to pick up two beautiful "As Struck" Edward VII Sixpences.  Can't wait to see what NGC says about these!
1909

1910

1 oz Palladium ? 

1989 Five Sovereign BU & 1897 Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal (the 93g version!)
 
Not my images, i'll take some when they are in hand

1820 Full Sov NGC AU58 
another coin coming from the U.S.

A bit of gold porn, the bars are starting to arrive (from Canada).
Due to shipping insurance limits they ship each bar individually and 2 packages at a time.
I have another 2 bars due for delivery tomorrow then another 4 bars to come soon.
Would be cool if I end up with 9 different mints
Also got a peli case so when all the bars arrive I can pop out the foam squares to fit the bars correctly.
 

Proud Papa just got the word from NGC that my little guy (please make no other references) weathered Irma in Sarasota and is ready to come home freshly graded!

Ladies and Gents...I'm super excited to share with you my most recent acquisition and easily one of the rarest coins in my young collection...the 1866 Sydney Half Sovereign.

TLDR: I got a rare coin cheap.
Per the updated Marsh Sovereign guide, this coin is rated R2 - Very Rare.  I was initially put off by the grade but additional research revealed that there are around 1,000 specimens of this coin surviving and it is most often found below VF.  Downies, an Australian dealer, has one in aUNC and they're asking £7650 and one in VF asking £590.  Drake Sterling has a specimen in PCGS F15 condition asking £265.  The best part is I picked this one up for £243.
Here's a bit more information I found while researching the coin...
"Royal Mint reports indicate that no half sovereigns were minted in 1866 but 62,000 were minted in 1867 and a further 154,000 in 1869. As it is known that there are no 1867 or 1869 dated coins, it is presumed that they were struck with 1866 dies, indicating a total mintage of 216,000* which would seem consistent with the relative survival rate of the date. The date is one of the easier pieces to source with an estimated survival rate just shy of 1,000 and examples do turn up around XF from time to time, though finding examples at AU and beyond can be quite a challenge. The date is often found with a bold obverse rim paired with an undetailed central reverse strike. These examples came off the recycled proof dies of the year as during the year the Sydney mint struck two proof half sovereigns for the Inter-colonial Exhibition in 1866 and the International Exposition in 1867 as products of New South Wales."
*The Marsh Sovereign guide places the total original mintage around 154,000.  
The pieces of information I didn't find that I'd be very interested in learning is, if over 150,000 were minted, how are there only around 1,000 surviving today?  Were they melted down (this appears to be the case..."as the gold coins became worn, they were withdrawn and melted down")?  And why is the avg condition of the coin so low (was it truly a circulation coin)?  A census search of both NGC and PCGS has just 28 coins in better condition with AU58 and MS64 being the best examples between NGC and PCGS respectively.

Very nice indeed! Great start

My first foray into sixpences...

A few recent pick-ups.  I'm only needing the 1918 Sov from Melbourne and Perth to complete the 1918 set...

And I couldn't pass up picking up the 1917 Ottawa Sov with a mintage of 58,875

Too many good coins available at the moment, having to save funds for some things next week! 
Every September (and January etc) it would be easy to spend £500K, pity I only have £500?

Congratulations, as you said you were after one of those!

Too many good coins available at the moment, having to save funds for some things next week! 
Every September (and January etc) it would be easy to spend £500K, pity I only have £500?

Congratulations, as you said you were after one of those!

Jubilee Bust 1913 Prussian 2 and 5 Mark
 

Today I bought...
A 2017 silver libertad 5 coin proof set. 
Won it on ebay from @muenzdachs  
It says the shipping will be made around mid September. 
I am anxious to see them. 

Second package. 
It took ten days for me to receive my 2017 silver libertad BU coins. 
I got the 2 oz and the 5 oz coin from a local shop but couldn't find the fractional coins, so I had to order them on ebay. 
Now it matches perfectly with my 2017 gold libertad BU 5 coin set. 
Looking at the photos I think maybe I should have used the direct fit capsules rather than ait-tite ones. 
 

1885(s) Full Sov NGC MS62 ?

Two won bids. These are Catalan coins from the 17th century called Croats and they are silver of course 
- 1693 croat
- 1612 half croat

Freshly returned from NGC, my 2017 1/10 oz Gold BU Libertad!  The luster of the Gold in contrast with the sky blue label and the image of the actual statue really makes for a great presentation.  The MS69 doesn't hurt either 

Back from grading from NGC and 70s across the board.
2002 Jubilee £25 and 1/4 Platinum Koala were just loose coins in caps so thought I'd might as well neaten them up.  I hadn't noticed the Eagle privy on the Koala until I saw the label.  The £25 is same the same spec as a sovereign.
2000 Isle Man and Gibraltar coins were bough close to spot and are 1/5 oz each.  Not really my cup of tea but it was something different and a good size and price.  Minted by The Royal Mint and came boxed with COA but took up a lot of room.
2010 Piedfort Maples came boxed and again too up quite a bit of space.  The gold is the main coin but thought I might as well get the silver done as well and keep them as a pair.
2017 Chinese Rooster Medal.  Came boxed etc and is a keeper so thought I'd slab it to make for better viewing.
2017 Rwanda Rooster.  Only 100 minted so might as well.  If it had been normal high volume minted bullion I wouldn't have bothered.  Well happy to get a 70 with this one with it being such an expensive coin in the first place.
2016 & 2017 1/4 Korean Tigers.  Boxed with COA etc and are keepers so slabbed to reduce space and make for easier viewing and storage.
 

Just means they were submitted on the same invoice - different line, and hence coin, numbers i.e. the 002 and 003.
Thanks to Numi there will be lots of coins, such as 2017 sovereigns, with the same invoice number?

Just means they were submitted on the same invoice - different line, and hence coin, numbers i.e. the 002 and 003.
Thanks to Numi there will be lots of coins, such as 2017 sovereigns, with the same invoice number?

Something a little different a 1788 two Escudo. 6.7 g 


 

Bought one of these a 1788 two escudos