ilovesilverireallydo

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

And here is the complete date run:

1879/1880 Monnaie de Bruxelles, 1886/1887/1888 Casa de Moneda Caracas 
1904/1905/1910/1911/1912 Monnaie de Paris
 
1879/80 and 1904-12 are alloyed with copper and then pickled, 1886-88 are alloyed with silver and from locally sourced gold (Guyana)
The dies were always made by the Monnaie de Paris; while all coins are reeded, the reeding varies from mint to mint with a finer and slightly higher count in Bruxelles, more of a cogwheel reeding from Paris and a rather rough one from Caracas. (I haven't bothered counting)

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

Well it’s pure silver and I was lucky to pick up 5 of them at spot a little while back. Much nicer than the other St George attempts. 

And another one for the stack:

Arrived today. A nice sovereign from @MikeSol - thanks Mike very nice - Also a got a Double Eagle from Hatton Gardens - wish i had noticed the graded one on the forum that is for sale before i bought this. Nice coin though.
 

Some more vintage ozer's

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

He is a gold tart, cheating on his silver, though I suppose if you are going to cheat it might as well be with something better or worthwhile 

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

@ilovesilverireallydo maybe opportune time for a handle change ‘ilovegoldireallydo’? 

I think the coin bug is winning lovely collection.

Late finish at work- but always nice to see the spoils of the last lot of overtime I worked.
Thanks @arshimo2012 for the Dragons and @Lea79 for the 2012 Half. 




More eBay Silver £1 Proof pickups

The collection is growing! 


And two deliveries from the Royal Mint including the fabled Victoria Celebration Sovereign. 

The Sherlock 50p Silver Proof and the Nations of the Crown £1 Proof (Discount code for 50% off the £1 Proof: DSC182)

And the very nice SOTD Sovereign




And in my change at the chippy on my way home from work

 

Delivered yesterday, 2019 Premium Sovereign Proof Set.


Also bought a couple of coins from the LCS.  An 1853 $1 Liberty Type 1, and an 1861 $1 Type 3 Indian.  I'm only missing the $1 Type 2 and the $3 Indian Princess to complete my U.S. gold type set.


And if anyone hasn't examined a $1 gold coins in hand, here is a pic of them next to the tip of a pen for scale to show how small they are.  How people back then could have transacted with these without losing them is beyond me.

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

Slightly off topic, but my friend who has the Middle Eastern coin collection fled Kuwait when Iraq invaded. His house in Kuwait was overrun and occupied and I think they tried to use it as a defensive position.  
When he returned post liberation, he fully expected to find his coin collection gone. The soldiers looted things like TVs, Satellite dishes etc and left the house in a dreadful mess, but missed the coins which were in a box in the basement

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

Obverse
Lettering: 
ملك المملكة العربية السعودية
عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن بن فيصل آل سعود
Translation: 
King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
'Abd al-'Aziz bin 'Abd al-Rahman bin Faisal Al Sa'ud
Reverse
Lettering: 
جنيه عربي سعودي واحد
ضرب في المكرّمة مكة
١٣٧٠
١
Translation: 
One Saudi Arabian Pound
Struck in the Holy City of Mekka
1370
1

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

Will do mate. 

If selling pm me, may be interested in a couple and would pay 1% over HGM rates no probs