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Visit to Dublin coin fair today and some pick ups: 2 x 10 oz bars (love the ingot type one, although know nothing about it), an IoM half sovereign, the latest QB for my son's set and a coloured 2€ coin.
 

1880 Venezuela 20 Bolivares 


2nd year of issue since Venezuela joined the LMU in 1879. There were 3 variants: 18 apart, 18 clos and 88 tight. This one is probably 18 close and 88 tight? 

And it is also a 1 over 1 and 8 over 8 but that seems to be standard for this year. 

I received today the long awaited "Hephaestus" , third coin in the "Gods" serie from mint of Poland 

Some near spot LCS pickups - love these 1984 Engelhard rounds, two designs in same year. Never say no to a JM bar or the lovely old toned Pamp 1 ouncer. In original wrapper 1963 Canadian dollar (.8 silver).  
Then other pickups - proof Rwanda Nauticals from 2018 and 2017.  A slabbed Yale and my favorite - a 1993 Mexican 1 onza. Mayan design on the back is stunning! Happy days. 

Just bought five of the new Perth Mint 1oz silver Dragaon & Dragon billion coins (mintage 50,000). This is the third of this type of Perth Mint coin the first being the "Phoenix & Dragon", the second the "Tiger & Dragon" and now the "Dragon & Dragon". Not sure what they will do for the forth coin, perhaps an Australian theme - Emu & Dragon or Koala & Dragon??
Also bought the second of their Birds of Paradice 1oz solver bullion coin. 

Ding Dong,
 
Say hello to my comrades, Who have come all the way from Mother Russia 👏👏👏👏
 
 

Today I received some silver building blocks from forum member @OlliesSilverBars.
Recently I posted that I had bought some blocks made by Monarch, but was a bit disappointed that they don't interconnect with real Lego bricks. In another thread someone mentioned that Ollie's bricks do, so I bought some to test that out for myself.
As the pictures below show, the bricks arrived nicely packed in little black bags, and are the same size as standard 2x4 Lego bricks. They even have the tubes underneath that give Lego bricks their "clutch power" but on the silver bricks they aren't full size. But they do indeed stack with real Lego bricks so it's possible to make a structure mixing up the silver and actual Lego. Being hollow, the bricks are lighter than the solid 1oz Monarch blocks. 
Of course, the presence of such treasure inevitably draws attention from the criminal fraternity, although small-time criminals are likely to make blunders when in pursuit of their nefarious activities that are likely to bring them to the attention of the law. Better hope the king is feeling merciful...
 
 

Arrived yesterday. An 1863 Italian Vittorio Emanuelle II 20 Lira. Another LMU coin checked off the list.

Another $10 face to the stack

Received today from @sg86

Took me a bit of time, but hey

1888 London Mint 1st Obverse, Shame about the scrapes on the obverse.

3oz of Perth Mint silver coins courtesy of @Wackattak924 and @DonkeyKong. 2nd Prize in the recent Children with Cancer UK giveaway.
-2019 1oz Australian Koala
-2019 1oz Australian Kookaburra
-2019 1oz Dragon Bar
Thanks also to @BackyardBullion for assisting with 'protection' and delivery.

Plus, a few of these (acquired at launch before the price hikes) ...

And, more of one of my recent favourities ...

NeutronJack

My new baby arrived in all her beauty.
 
 

Thanks @Marc for this little coin. Nice coin and grade. Machin portrait my second favourite after Mary Gillick. 

This beautiful pamp gold honeycomb bar found its way into my hands today. I have seen this bar a lot in silver but this is the first one I’ve seen in gold. Very rare bar
 

Today's arrivals three full sovereigns from Harrington & Byrne. Also Una & The Lion from the Pobjoy Mint, One Proof and one BU silver coin
 
 

From @Sovereigns lucky dip. Couple of my faves:
I was lucky enough to get a 2oz QB

 
And it took me a while to work out what princess Leia had to do with the Titanic 😛

Big thanks to our very own @MikeSol lovely young head Victoria shield. 

Got my lucky dips from @Sovereign this morning and I got exactly what I wished for, the Mickey Mouse 😁🙏😃
I only paid for two coins and received 3 coins, can’t complain, can I ?
Thank you so much sovereign.
 

 
 

Received today, my first graded coin to start my new collection ☺️     
The coin was purchased form Drake Sterling.
                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 
 
 
 

Received this today from @Harry
Great looking coin. Cheers.

5oz pamp silver bar 
to join the collection.. building up nicely 👍

Received some items today / over the last week.
Thanks for the prize @Wackattak924 part of the Silver giveaway Children With Cancer UK 3rd prize two 1 oz Silver Britannia's.

Collecting different 1 oz Silver Bars bought from @arshimo2012 @StackSellRepeat @BackyardBullion


 

Nothing rare about this Bronze Medal but it was great to pick this one up in such delightful condition, both the medal and the case.