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Another girl joins the crew.
 

Nice to finally see the arrival of my 1/2oz proof 2020 lib. Its beautiful!!
 

My first sovereigns of the new year to add to my date runs thanks to @Leonmarsh
Two nice proof 2008 and 2011 to keep filling the blanks.

Some lovely Dos Pesos and a 1g bar from @matt1r and a nice 20 Francs from @lostlemming. 
 

First few purchases of USA constitutional and European circulated silver. All courtesy of @DuncanWylieWilson 

First silver of the new year - Perth Mint 10oz Type C with all the trimmings 😁🇦🇺
 

German 20 Mark Gold Coins (Wilhelm II - Kingdom of Prussia)   A trio of sov-sized 90% gold coins received courtesy of @Mox  ;  superb, friendly service and immediate dispatch.   I don't have much to say about these old coins beyond the above title - mainly because I currently know bugger all else. I saw them in the forum's sales thread, liked the look of them, liked the price and bought them.   -Ends

Received a few days ago from matt1r. Great bars, that 0.1gram gold bar is wicked, thats the way notes should be, if they couldn't pop one out..lol
 

Mixed lot today. Some pieces I've been waiting on from over the pond. As well as some of my favourite uk friends 😀
An awsome MKBARZ production
Some lovely vintage from @ilovesilverireallydo
a 2020 proof lib from @TheCoinConnection
and a cute little gold piece for my daughter 
Big thanks to all 

My purchases from the Dec 27th @TheCoinCabinet auction arrived this morning. 2 1856 $1 pieces. Same coin, one raw and 1 graded. I really like old American gold coins.

Perth mint marvel series Wolverine

Series so far.....

A couple of snowmen for my kids and a 2oz bu libertad for me. Possibly this year's underdog for the 2020 libertads with a mintage of 5500 and the 3rd smallest mintage for the 2oz bu's

My single most expensive silver coin so far. The prices I have seen are above 1000€ for raw and 1500€ for slabbed. Waiting to get it in my hands and send it for grading. 🤞 
Copying from the internet:
The Australian swan was a Pinches production that is both beautiful and has commanded strong bidding in sales we reviewed. When decimal currency came to Australia in 1966 no dollar coin was planned so a competition by a numismatic magazine (Australian Coin Review) resulted in this winning design by Andor Meszaros. The Australian mint did not mint a dollar coin until 1984. Competition organizers decided to issue the swan dollar privately (1500 BU and 750 Proof) and it has become a sought-after part of Australian numismatics.
More info from Perth Mint site: https://www.perthmint.com/andor-meszaros-1967-goose-dollar.aspx
 
 

Just these in from Power coin. Was looking for ages. These coins are the coolest ever!! the gold records  ... very cool. May put one up for sale at some point. .
 
 

A few more to add to the stack. Start the year off in the right direction. 

This awesome bar from @Stacker2020. Many thanks😍

1809M Napoleon Italian 20 Lire - the variety with the 5-pointed star on the reverse 🙂
 

USA mail call
This dudes silver is insane 😀😀

The Jubilee Medal I received today is the smaller .925 Silver variety 25.75mm diameter and I believe that it was ordinarily issued in just the envelope- but likely the plush red box could have been purchased as an extra at the time?
 I know this was the case for later sets of coins for example, the 1902 & 1911 Proof Coronation Coin Sets were issued in cardboard presentation cases unless upgraded at extra cost for the plush box.  Purchasers of earlier special RM issues had to rely on jewellers and Gold or Silversmiths to produce fitted boxes- there’s quite a trade for them- hundreds of pounds for some of them. 

Photos below of the impressive larger .925 Silver 56mm Medal- a weighty 87grams as well as the 22ct 13g Gold 26mm Medal and the smaller Silver.   I’m looking out for a nice Bronze example and it would be nice to own the larger 56mm Gold weighing in at over 94g  I’ll await the lottery win first of all! Here’s one that sold recently at Sovereign Rarities- I think it was around £9k. 

 

 

It's actually 28g crown size. It was a gift and came like this. I think direct from RM so probably horribly overpriced...

It is very nice though.

Festive purchases/gifts. Happy with this lot.

3 Phil's from @kamik0zi for my plan to fill a tube. Have 8 now (anyone who has an empty tube to sell please let me know). Also got some caps from @WILLIG666. My first of no doubt many Forum purchases. Also my first fractional gold which I hope becomes the first of many...

Just received a nice platinum britannia set 2007. Just 250 sets & looks very nice. See how it graded next.

 
 

A teeny, tiny Silver Jubilee medal in its original RM envelope 
 

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