mr1030

Have bought anything in a while really so treated myself to this gorgeous 1887 crown.

At a good price, and more than just two that are better than nice.
 

Very pleased with this amazing little 2oz bar from RPM

2010 1 oz AGE for $20 over spot.  Good price for AGE's.

Fully agree
check out the videos from RCM, the background field is impressive
 

2021 Samoa - Pacific Mermaid
Mintage: 15,000 BU AG/ 5,000 Antique


 
2021 EC8 Anguilla - Sailing Regatta
Mintage: 25,000 AG/ 2,500 AU

2021 EC8 Dominica - Nature Isle - Sisserou Parrot
Mintage: 25,000 AG/ 2,500 AU

 

2022 Canada - Peace Dollar
Proof Ultra High Relief AU mintage 500
5 oz. AG Mintage: 1,000/ 1 oz. AG Mintage: 5,000

1937 specimen set in its original red case 
 

2015 UK Silver Proof Commemorative Sets
Joe Public has been led to believe the 2009 Kew is a real rarity. "Key-date", my arse. The Kew 50p is over 11 times more common than this 50p, whether base metal or silver proof numbers are considered.
The Benjamin Britten silver proof is only the second rarest such commemorative £2 coin.
@SilverMike  @terakris



 

1986 IoM Gold Proof Angel
Many thanks to @jultorsk for this splendid wee Angel. 
Before the Tower Mint took over with their twee transangel design, the Pobjoy Mint in Sutton produced beautiful Manx coins involving good old-fashioned toxic masculinity.
The world was a happier and better place then.

Been looking for this one for a while, the elusive 2014 gold Libertad proof 1/4 oz, graded PF70. At only 250 coins, the lowest mintage in the series (tied with 2020).  Now just waiting for the next hunt for the 2021 proofs …
 

Welcome to the latest arrival to the family!
Thank you @Pandao!

Today something nice came into my collection again. I love the excellent quality of the Polish mint Germania Mint.
Maxe wishes all silver friends a nice weekend.









 

More uncirculated Venezuela treasure and sad reminders of the present! Guess which ones are still holding their purchasing power.......

Great numbered certificate too!!!  

Today I finally got my 5oz Tudor QB Seymour tiger replacement coin. Will need to monitor closely for milk marks appearing. 
 
 

62, 80, 81, 82 and 2000

Not today but a few deliveries this week.... gotta keep chipping away!!

Ive got a number of fondling pieces, this is a beautifully toned (rather than horribly tarnished) silver shield round, complete with a couple of delightful dings.

Haven't seen any of these on the forums yet. Collecting these bad boys.  Anyone else collecting them as well? 

hey everyone these are my homemade coins that are made from 999 silver some weights vary between 2.9 to 3.1 grams I've used the old medieval way to make them the hammered style to bring the medieval feel to the modern times. as you can see i've added the Nottingham castle to represent my home city of Nottingham. whats everyone thoughts on them any advice is welcomed 

Here it is.
I’ve spoken about this ‘rock’ on a few occasions on the forum and yesterday I found it!! I knew it was here somewhere and I found it. I don’t think I’ve seen it for 3-4 years.
So what is it?
It has travelled half way around the world, it was found in Australia and belonged to my grandfather. My grandparents went to visit family in Perth some time in early 80’s. As a child I was fascinated by it, I remember on many occasions looking at it. To me as a child it just looked like a rock with ‘sparkly bits’. It was always on a shelf in the kitchen, I apparently used to always stand on a chair to look at the ‘sparkly rock.
Many, many years later I visited my grandparents and my grandad said, as I was leaving, “I’ve got something to give you” as he handed me this rock. I declined it and he said “No you must keep it, it’s from our holiday in Australia in the 80’s”. He insisted I took it and reminded me that I was, in his words, obsessed with looking at it as a child. Maybe that’s when the seed was  sown. I like sparkly bits maybe, no, that doesn’t sound right.
So here it is. My grandad passed away around four years after he gave this rock to me and I still miss him and his stories of The Second World War.
I thought I’d share it here with you all.
For me it has such huge sentimental value. I guess and this is a guess, it has maybe a few grams of gold in it.
Would I smash it open? No.
Do I wonder what it’s gold content is? Yes.
But the memories are more important to me and I intend, curiosity aside, to pass it onto the next generation. I am, afterall, only the guardian of this rock.
My grandad means much more to me than a rock, of course, but I intend to pass this onto the next generation as it was handed to me. Intact and a mystery as to just how much gold this rock holds. For all I know it might have a large nugget inside.
(excuse the bad photos, taken with the flash on)

I have been asked in this thread and elsewhere about QEII sovereigns, and Gillick portrait ones in particular.
Yesterday I happened to test a few 1968 sovereigns, here are the results:

The important number is the 4 ppt of silver content, which is why it looks a pleasant yellow instead of rotten red.
Here is the reverse photo of the same coin:

and the obverse:

I will test more when I get the time.

https://www.thesilverforum.com/topic/13090-20-franc-coins-of-the-lmu/
The above is (hopefully), a link to one of the most interesting threads on this forum, everything you would want to know about LMU coins …well worth a read. @Centauri167
Having just looked on the Chards website (where I bought lots of my LMU coins from), they are sold out of 20Fr roosters, and angels (as always!), so demand for them must be strong.
 
I am sure if I ever decided to part with my modest collection,   @LawrenceChard would be interested in making me a generous offer 😉. Although maybe not for the rarities…1888,1896 torches’ , which carry a significant numismatic premium.
How can you not want to collect LMU coins:-
Roosters

Angels (less the two rarities)

 

My LMU coins 🙂