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No coins today, just this lovely Royal Engineers swagger stick with steling silver cap and base 

2016 plain fields Britannia

Congratulations on coin @JCRJM! The 1989 sovereign is an absolute stunner.
In the meantime I received a coin half the face value but double the weight. 
 

And a nice scene reminiscent of real life in Southern Africa - 4 lions chasing a Springbok , all safely tucked up in their Apmex bags mind you , so i reckon the antelope will survive 😊.
Those shiny Chad lions were on my “ 2018 must have “ silver coin list - a great image. Will need to get them out of their bags to see how clean the fields are - as there is a lot of surface where marks can occur.  Wish me luck.  

Two very small Mexican gold coins (2018 1/10 BU Libertads) and for contrast - a stunning 2 ounce silver Mexican mint aztec calendar.  
Then a 1 ounce QB Griffin - in platinum.  Probably not getting all of them in platinum, but this design is very striking in it. 
 

something I picked up for my dad, in preparation for Xmas.

Lucky dip from Atkinsons...
 

And a few in PCGS Holders.....

It's been a busy few months with a few nice arrivals......

Ebay pick up.
Engelhard Canadian Maple Leaf logo bar.
This is the T2 - 5,000 mintage variety. 😍
 

Finally got the 5 oz silver proof Lion to complete the current queens beasts series.

Likewise from Roy, Purefine 50g silver bar and two 2015 silver Pandas

Courtesy of @Roy got these from his 31 days in October Thread...
1999 Brit           2014 Panda
2003 Brit           2015 Panda
2005 Brit
2011 Brit
2014 Brit
2015 Brit

Backdated some of my Rwandan African Wildlife Silver 1 oz Silver (Rwanda Hippo 2012) Bullion Coins arrived today (ordered from Germany www.bekomunzen.de using google translate from German to English and paid via paypal) 49.90 euros per coin and 16.90 Euros delivery I wish someone told me when I started don't collect a series that has been going for years because it will cost you an arm and leg to backdate the coins . Not planning to backdate any further than the 2012 Hippo due to premiums.

Added to my stack other existing Rwandan African Wildlife series collecting






Started a new series come out recently Rwanda Nautical Ounce (Santa Maria/Hms Endeavour) and premiums low so I have bought ten of them.

I must admit that I do love the Rwandan BU coins.

I love finding oddities. This sterling silver Quaker Oats medallion fits the bill...

This months buy - purely for the weight:
5 Scottsdale 1oz bars
2 Scottsdale 2oz stacking rounds
2 Royal Mint 1g bars
I just love the lion head on these 2oz stackers. The obverse shines just as much. The 1g gold bars are quick and easy to liquidate when required. 
 

If I could would make most of my stack of these lovely Mexican silver coins. Got a fresh stack of the onzas and pesos. 

10 oz silver bar from Provident Metals and a 2014 bullion sovereign.  The sov was a "random date" 1911-2018 buy.  Would have liked an earlier date Elizabeth II as I don't have any of those obverse types, but the price was good and at the end of the day, gold is gold.

Two additional 1 oz Gold Beasts landed into my collection (Lion & Dragon). Seller is not a member silver forum and the coins did not have any capsules but still in pristine condition. My lonely Red Dragon of Wales now has brother. Still on the hunt for 5x Lions / 4 Griffins and 8 Dragons in 1 oz Gold. In my experience the Dragon proven the hardest coin to backdate on the secondary market.

I have asked reputable European dealer to price match 10 x 1 oz Queens Beast Gold Coins for Falcon / Black Bull and Unicorn of Scotland with a not so well known/reputable dealer selling 1% over spot and they did. Reputable dealer then retracted the price match but still offered a significant discount so I pulled the trigger. The next photo of the mighty 1 oz Gold Queens Beasts will showcase 43 oz Gold in a couple of weeks time.

Some new silver pieces for the stack -25 2018 Silver Britannias, 20 QB 2 oz 2018 Falcons, an Emu (not as bad as i thought...), another BU  2017 Swan (love that design) - all bought when silver price was very low 😊. A 2018 1/4 ounce gold Falcon shown here - and a better one that will go for NGC grading. 
Then at auction today - some old gold bullion, nothing special: a 1905 sovereign and an 1858 shiled half sovereign.  That 1858 has the characteristic dot just above the middle cross  (not that i have been looking at Marsh like a sovereign nerd......😉😉). 

Two more 1967 coins, a silver proof from Malta and a non-silver but quite rare and beautiful proof from Sudan!
 

Arrived safely today , what a stunner!

Thank you @Sparrowlegs4 for today’s arrival of this wonderful Sovereign. 
The bottom photo is of my 2017 collection so far. 



 

Something for everyone with these tiddlers. 😁
A few firsts for me in this lot.
Pandas, Kangaroo, Maple and Krug.