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Recieved this Lunar 10oz 2007 Pig. 
I think it’s beautiful!

I have no idea too it just looks really nice.

Recieved this Lunar 10oz 2007 Pig. 
I think it’s beautiful!

Recieved this Lunar 10oz 2007 Pig. 
I think it’s beautiful!

Recieved this Lunar 10oz 2007 Pig. 
I think it’s beautiful!

Recieved this Lunar 10oz 2007 Pig. 
I think it’s beautiful!

Recieved this Lunar 10oz 2007 Pig. 
I think it’s beautiful!

Recieved this Lunar 10oz 2007 Pig. 
I think it’s beautiful!

Received this a few weeks ago from baldwins. Thought id share 1801 Columbia Eight Escudos.
The five pound sovereign is for size comparison. 
 
 
 


 


 

Beasts!

I have a yellow one!
 

Queens Beasts 2oz Silver Gilded Black Ruthenium.

Just a little bit of table candy delivered today!
 

I haven't really bought anything since splashing out on the Star Wars statuettes back in April but after a few days of contemplation I decided to pickup the Cola coins in 1oz silver and 12g gold.  They don't look as good as the 6g coloured one but they're still nice.  The premium is a bit of a killer on them though
 

This weekend I all of a sudden remembered that I had some silver in possession long before I started stacking. It doesn't properly fit in any other categories I think so I put it in this topic. I think it's special enough to share with you all.
It is the first ever silver postage stamp worldwide. There are enough comparable items nowadays, but this was an actual stamp you could use. (could be used for registered mail) It was the last Dutch guilders only stamp (that's why they wanted to make something special). The stamps after this were both in euros and guilders. The value is NLG 12.75 which coverts to 5.70 euros. Nowadays you can find it for less online (from about 5 euros), so wouldn't have been a good investment (like all the other stamps I have...).
Minted at the Royal Dutch Mint. 999 silver 21 x 25 x 0,1 mm mintage 1 million (not rare at all...) Fun exercise: it's 52.5 mm3 or 0.0525 cm3. With the specific weight of 10.5 grams per cm3 that should be 0.55125 grams. So at the current silve price a value of 23.6 eurocents. Put against the original value of 5.70 euros that's a premium of 2,320%.  The edges are tarnished, probably partly due to me handling it with my fingers (forgive me, I was young). However, what I've seen even the ones in sealed packaging have tarnished on the edges by now.

Hello, Today I received (well last week actually ) the start of my QB 2oz Silver collection from a well know dealer.
I know, I know....I could have got them all cheaper if I had shopped around and bought them individually. But I thought this would be the best way to kick things off and be my best chance of getting some good specimens. Well I was lucky, they all are pretty perfect except the Lion which has a mark on the outer ribbed edge (gutted ) I suppose I should think myself lucky really as 4 out of 5 bullion coins being good is not bad at all. Don't Suppose someone would like to swap me for a better Lion out of a full tube of them you may have lying around...I will pay the postage and a coffee .  
 

20 x Australia sovereigns

Came back today from my holiday at Gran Canaria and the mail man brought me some pleasant surprises.
My fifth Lunar 1 10oz 2005 the Rooster. 
And a nice storage box for those shiny beauties! Thanks @Gildeon

1994. 1oz. proof

 
And the new 2018 Kookaburra.


 
 

My gilded Kookaburra collection. So far 1991,1992, 2007-2017
 
 

Gilded Koala from 2007-2018 (no gilded version for the first one)
 

Square!

 

4 new Silver Dragons, 

Came back today from my holiday at Gran Canaria and the mail man brought me some pleasant surprises.
My fifth Lunar 1 10oz 2005 the Rooster. 
And a nice storage box for those shiny beauties! Thanks @Gildeon

Came back today from my holiday at Gran Canaria and the mail man brought me some pleasant surprises.
My fifth Lunar 1 10oz 2005 the Rooster. 
And a nice storage box for those shiny beauties! Thanks @Gildeon