richatthecroft

3 more full sovereigns added to the date run today, 1903 London, 1904 Melbourne and a 1905 Perth. It's my first Perth mint sov so I'm very happy with that, only a Sydney and SA to complete the mint set and I only need a 1902 and 1909 to complete the Edward set. 

2018 Silver Proof Swans (3) and 1882 Gold $5 Liberty in BU with Copper spots but paid spot for it. Beautiful coins!

Mine aren't for sale.

1926SA Half Sovereign

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

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Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Nice mix there Rich, keeps it interesting

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Todays visit to my local coin shop was productive but I have come home with coins that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.  
I intended all along to buy the two 1/10 Britannia and I now have a mini run- 2001 through to 2007 of these Proofs.  I was pleased he also happened to have a 2013 Proof Twentieth for sale also.  I have @JohnAnsink to thank?  for his inspirational post this morning of the Fiji Dollar bottle top and its low mintage, it was sat right there on the counter in front of me, so I impulsively bought it.  To finish off this eclectic mix,  a couple of Farthings!  Think I need to re-focus. 

Another from eBay, bought and delivered by a local, had a nice chat and coffee. Cost £125 and the coffee.
I knew about the damage, but was happy to live with it.
 

4 of these, in very nice condition.

EBay pickups in the last several days.  A Silver and two Bronze Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medals.  The Silver Medal is very impressive in hand, 85.7 gram .925 Silver, 55.7mm Diameter.  Pity the proud former owner apparently couldn't resist regularly polishing it instead of leaving it to tone similarly to its Bronze counterparts.  There's a Gold version of this medal.....

I broke my piggy bank to buy the Trade dollar gold proof coin from Goldsilver  
Really high price but a low mintage (200), a beautiful coin and the first of a serie of 5 coins (Trade Dollar GB, France,US,China and Japan)
 
 

Don't encourage me! The last thing I need is a tonne of Bronze lurking around! But seriously, they are pretty things, nothing not to like about them even in Bronze.  
I do like Bronze medals, particularly France Marrianne portrait, and some of the medals are fantastic looking due to the corrosion, hue and toning they have attracted over the years. I ended up the underbidder of the medal pictured below, thank goodness! Having got carried away On eBay the other day, but a fab looking medal, and regretting not bidding 'just one more time'.  To console me, I'm telling myself that it probably looks better in photo, as the seller clearly has good photography skills and got the lighting just right.

I already have a couple of the smaller sized Victoria silver medals in this design, but they are not in the best of condition and in the stack. 
Although the smaller medal might well have come in a presentation box, I have not seen any with one, they are usually loose or come with a little envelope, and a large, large premium for that bit of paper.   
The Gold version would be a great indulgence I think, as the premium to be paid is quite weighty of the auction prices I have been monitoring.