CoinStruck

Thanks to @Gordy for this bundle 😁 dinky little things, that are for a gift.

Here it is, King George I 1oz Silver Proof Coin. Managed to get all 3 so far in this series. Only another 20+ to go…. 😅

A recently acquired 1916 Perth Mint Sovereign. Generally problem free and in my opinion, a nice example.
The photos aren’t the best having been taken in fading daylight.
I’ve noticed that 1916 sovereigns are a date that are rarely discussed on the forum and seldom comes up for sale. The 1916 Perth Mint sovereign is rated as scarce by Marsh, despite a healthy mintage of over 4 million, many have no doubt met the melting pot.

FullSizeRender.MOV Notable events of 1916 were:
January 1st 1916 - The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
April 1916 - The toggle light switch is invented by William J. Newton and Morris Goldberg.
April 24th-30th 1916 – The Easter Rising occurs in Ireland. Members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood proclaim an Irish Republic, and the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army occupy the General Post Office and other buildings in Dublin, before surrendering to the British Army.
July 1st- November 18th 1916 – WWI: Battle of the Somme, opening with explosion of the British Y Sap and Lochnagar mines and the Battle of Albert: More than one million soldiers die, with 57,470 British Empire casualties on the first day, 19,240 of them killed, the British Army's bloodiest day.
July 1st-12th 1916 – Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916: At least one shark attacks 5 swimmers along 80 miles (130 km) of New Jersey coastline, resulting in 4 deaths and the survival of one youth. This event is the inspiration for author Peter Benchley, over half a century later, to write Jaws.
August 27th 1916 – WWI: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on the Central Powers, entering the war on the side of the Allies.
August 28th 1916 - WWI:
Germany declares war on Romania.
Italy declares war on Germany.
September 11th 1916 – A mechanical failure causes the central span of the Quebec Bridge, a cantilever-type structure, to crash into the Saint Lawrence River for the second time, killing 13 workers.
September 13th 1916 – Mary, a circus elephant, is hanged in the town of Erwin, Tennessee, USA for killing her handler, Walter "Red" Eldridge.
November 21st 1916 - WWI: Hospital ship HMHS Britannic, designed as the third Olympic-classocean liner for White Star Line, sinks in the Kea Channel of the Aegean Sea after hitting a mine; 30 lives are lost. At 48,158 gross register tons, she is the largest ship lost during the war. The sister ship of Olympic and Titanic.
December 18th 1916 - WWI: The Battle of Verdunends in France with German troops defeated.
December 31st 1916 – The Hampton Terrace Hotelin North Augusta, South Carolina, one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the United States at the time, burns to the ground.
(Above information of dates taken from Wikipedia, some details might not be 100% accurate)
However it gives an idea of what was going on at the time. Try it next time you buy a historical coin, you might be surprised what you learn.


 
Then sometime in all of the turmoil of 1916, this sovereign was minted.

A dealer in Queensland Australia bought a large collection of silver coins and I picked up a few of them. A bit of variety!

1582 6 pence. It's very worn out and lost a bit of it's weight in last 440 years. Still like it despite being worthy not much. I found it couple years ago.

Multi-Millionaire. Just don't ask what currency

A good friends birthday is coming up so I bought him his first gold coin. It’s small but it’s a start. He’s mentioned getting gram size gold before. 

So here’s a question. What do you think this would sell for on the TSF forum. I am in 2 minds. Sell here or just send back to the Royal Mint whilst I can. 

I am not sure I am too keen on the Tudor set, it’s just too much like the original QB series, just not as good.
Thoughts? 
 

Normally I show photos of gold, but today as a former bank-note collector I thought this might be interesting to show the first coloured helmeted  'Britannia' £5 note printed in 1957 the same year as the Gillick Sovereign. This has to be the best designed British banknote ever IMO. There is also a depiction of St George & Dragon, as well as a superb rendition of the reverse Lion/key and chain. Note that QE11 does not appear on this note. QE11 first appeared on the £1 banknote in 1960 and has been seen on all our notes for the last 62 years! and of course for 69 years on our coins. At the time this was the highest denomination banknote in circulation, and for some in 1957 this was a weeks wages! The £10 followed in 1964, the £20 in 1970, and the first £50 in 1981. The 3 Scottish Banks all print £100 notes. Anyone heard the death-knell of Coinage and Banknotes yet?😠
 

1989 - Gold Sovereign Proof Set and 2 x £2 Silver Piedfort Proofs + £1 Silver Piedfort Proof. Measured the thickness of the Piedforts = 6mm!  There's a debate on 'gold' section, somewhere, about whether the RM  should increase the diameter or the thickness of a Piedfort. I like these.
 
 
 
 

A few bits from down under 

Ten of my favourites from my collection 👍 
 

Had this delivered today.... Rare as rocking horse dung with mintage of 850!

Abit of hammered.

A nice little 3 1g bars arrived today………even got a hand signed note! 
 
Thanks @Paul you are a top man👍

A dealer in Queensland Australia bought a large collection of silver coins and I picked up a few of them. A bit of variety!

The .500 date run rumbles on...
Some half crowns from @modofantasma 

The difference in wear between the type 1, up to 1927 and later coins is incredible. This is seen above and in all the examples I have. Anyone know why?

Today I recieved from the royal mint all items that I had stored in the royal mint vault, 
sad to see all this go , might just look at it all for an hour or so before doing for sale post 😢😢

So today I received a 1/2 oz 2022 gold Eagle from @BleyerBullion
Finishes my set off nicely in the Airtite display case (one more still for sale)
Lovely feeling filling that last hole.

Catching up on my photos.  They're all in caps, so forgive the slight reflections.
Thanks to @stefffana (long overdue photos of the beautiful Perth Mint Sov), @Paul for the Lion, @Rat for the roos, and @ArgentSmith for the Angel.







 

A dealer in Queensland Australia bought a large collection of silver coins and I picked up a few of them. A bit of variety!

A dealer in Queensland Australia bought a large collection of silver coins and I picked up a few of them. A bit of variety!

A dealer in Queensland Australia bought a large collection of silver coins and I picked up a few of them. A bit of variety!

A dealer in Queensland Australia bought a large collection of silver coins and I picked up a few of them. A bit of variety!

A dealer in Queensland Australia bought a large collection of silver coins and I picked up a few of them. A bit of variety!