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Grabbed one of these today whilst I was in town. 

Nice little proof sixpence.

Today I received my final  pieces to finish the fantastic BYB Tetris set, absolutely love it. Thanks BYB for the installment plan 10 months soon flew by 😁

A little update for today

Following on with my Pre- Decimal Crown collection (1820 through to 1960) and whilst I do some reading and get a better understanding of Crown issues prior to George III,  I have decided to move forward with Decimal issued Crowns (or £5’s). 
My aim is to collect all the modern Commemorative Royal issues- to date- and in as many formats as possible- Piedfort, Silver Proof, Proof FDC & Base Metal.
By my reckoning there have been 39 different Monarchy themed Crown issues since 1972- this should keep me busy for a while, so if you don’t here from me, that’s what I’m up to 😂 
These arrivals came over the last several days.  With thanks to @Richym99 for the eight Piedforts and the freebie display case was appreciated (I’ll need it!).  And thank you @PapaLazarou for the Crowns.  A couple more were eBay pick ups.


Piedforts 


Crowns- Silver Proof & Base metal

Also nice to get together all 6 of Her Majesty’s Portraits in the Crown sized coin.

 

And these… perseverance has paid off on the 1979, ive graded many many 1979 proofs to get  to a 70 🤩

I had some spectacular grading results back of some beautiful coins today, so before they go off to the safe I thought id share this special set. @Chrisplym 🥳😉
 

Great start of the new coin series

Got this little half dollar piece today...1803 large 3 draped bust 50c.
 

An awsome arrival today. my last delivery to this house as finally moving to my new digz tomorrow 
1oz Plata from M6 metals 

Silver Eagle and Alien are still waiting for a griffin without milk spots

Got my first 1/4 gold Britannia today courtesy of @Tn21 just need to get a 1/2 and 1oz to complete a little britannia collection

Received this today from @Jamesd and would just like to simply say "awesome", and will totally agree with @Mrpound comments above.

Just arrived. Seems to be nothing special, but this is the beginning of my Sovereign collection.

Today I received this lovely item beautifully packaged by our very own @Jamesd aka liquid metals uk 🙏

1899 Halfcrown
My first silver coin, inspired by the Crown collection of @richatthecroft. I would also like to thank him for all of his help,advice and resource sharing, cheers mate!

Got carried away with myself once again over the weekend and ended up picking these up. 

couple of nice coins today. Crowns inspired by @richatthecroft gorgeous pick ups.








 

Ultra rare coin today 
Persian (Iran) Safavid Tahasp 1/2 Miqhtal (1524-1576 AD) this particular coin is 1568 (453 years old) 
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces128884.html
Rarity 100 on numista
In stunning condition, intricate full lustre belter 
 
 
 
 
 

something a little different today 
2013 Day of The Dead 1oz silver proof domed round 
 

This isn’t so much a ‘today I received’ post but it’s close enough.
Whilst going through some very old Victorian family photos from my late grandparents house, I found these at the bottom of the box.
I’m intrigued where the 1907, sadly drilled dime came from. I’ll never know.
The 1887 shilling has a nice finish to it.
They put a smile on my face, they wouldn’t grade well but I think they were my great grandfathers.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, now I know where I get it from. 😊

After spending 13 days at customs, I finally received my 100 gram bar from @BackyardBullion thanks mate, it looks great with the other bars!!

Nice little gold addition and plastic addition haha
a lovely little 1945 dos pesos to go with my other pesos’s thanks to @Tn21
and a package from the states containing 20 dime tubes! what I couldn’t find over here, only got a tube full currently so I’ve got something to aim towards 🤣

Another 45g of panda goodness! 

2014 Royal Mint UK Silver Proof Collection   This attractive set of 13 coins holds the little recognised record of having the lowest mintage of any UK silver yearset. Just 368 sets were sold, making the 1p - £1 coins the rarest silver proof coins ever issued in GB, only the BU silver £1 coin of 2009 (mintage of 359) has a greater scarcity among British argentine numismatics.    Needless to say, this set is particularly sought after by collectors and resulted in my having to fork out a not inconsiderable sum in pursuit of my 112th and penultimate ag round pound, the shield pictured below.   Despite numerous  appeals on my part, it appears that not one member of TSF is in possession of a 2012 silver BU pound coin. I am fully chagrined up.