CadmiumGreen

1 hour ago, TheBeast said:

@CadmiumGreen The coin arrived one hour ago. Thank you so much for helping me without any hesitation.

Very Very happy with this one!

 

@TheBeast, Awesome!  Pleasure to have helped out 😀. Thank you for letting me know your new beauty arrived safely...great addition to your 10 oz Lunars collection!

@sg86, your 1843 looks like a 3 over inverted 2, more than anything. Your 1845 is really hard to tell with that much wear on the 5...almost looks like 5 over 4...here is where an SEM might come in handy😀.

3 hours ago, Bullionbilly said:

Lets see what people think. I hear what you are saying. 

It could be changed if it proved popular to all be drawn the same day. In my opinion its better done dailey " advent style ".

All prizes can still be swapped theres no swap deadline so to speak. I cant see many items been swapped to be honest. 

@Willike are there any games in December that a winner wouldnt want to miss ?

Edit...Or do you have dates in mind for the prize , i shouldnt presume it was free in December .

 

Kinda like the advent style...and if I win Will’s mega ManU prize (sorry, not really well versed in football...I will take my floggings later) it will give me an excuse to go out and visit @Willike castle! 😀

2 hours ago, ZatStackz said:

Are US residents allowed?

For transparency, I was planning on covering both shipping costs to and from. 😁

@Bullionbilly, count me in! I will need to follow back up with the donation. Thanks!

Oh...and just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water...I bought a 2003 1/4 oz Gold Panda (MS-69). I couldn’t think of a good “Orca” movie analogy, Black and white...pandas...so I had to go with a “Jaws” movie phrase...like a dolls eyes.😁

The Royal Mint’s Nutcracker 2018 Advent Calendar for the kids...just slightly less expensive than The Royal Mint’s Gold Cracker Set.

Bansky achieved the ultimate statement yesterday with “Banksy painting Girl With Red Balloon 'self-destructs' after £1m sale at Sotheby's”...

https://news.sky.com/story/banksy-painting-girl-with-red-balloon-self-destructs-after-1m-sale-at-sothebys-11518809

I find this incredibly amusing, and can just imagine the reactions by those in the auction house...just awesome! 

Further, by extension, as mentioned in the article, I could see how the artwork would be worth even more, as I think it is now even more poignant to Banksy’s position in the art world.

Is it bad that I bought another 1/4 oz gold panda, pre-metric, random year? My last one arrived, but I have been separated from it for the past couple of days...anxiety 😟...I should be able to post this weekend!

@Turkish, thanks! Definitely agree with the  Rwandan’s do have the best Lunar Rooster...to be honest, the Rwandan Lunars are the only Lunars I have in my collection. I think you made a good choice with the Oriental border Britannias. And I have done similar with taking some sound advice from other savvy members on The Silver Forum. Of which, @coinosseur has a great book he has written and @caloundracats I believe may have a couple of copies left for sale. This might be of help as well...

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

rooster proof start to tannish

@Turkish, if I’m not mistaken, in photo, your Rwandan Rooster is BU...the Rwandan Silver BUs come in the sealed plastic “blister” packaging. The Proofs come in the capsules. Great selection though, and I really like the Rwandan Lunars and Nautical series. 

2 hours ago, Xander said:

 

My comments have disappeared. I think the obverse on these coins come under, rare variants? The die 71 is unrecorded.

@Xander, wonderful find! Definitely a rarity with the 1871 Half Sovereign (Noting nose pointing to the “T” in legend) unrecorded Die 71 in Marsh. I found there was one other sold at auction in 2014...

http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=146&searchlot=3057&searchtype=2

Also, your 1870 Half Sovereign is in beautiful condition!

Thank you, my recent Sovereign withdrawal has been saciated!

27 minutes ago, NRSovereign said:

Nice collection how long has it taken you to collect this stash!

@NRSovereign, thank you...this is the result of 10 and a half months...I was waiting to do a first year stack photo collection, but I can just do an addendum to this on the full years time.

26 minutes ago, Xander said:

Bought it, waiting on delivery, I thought it would have arrived yesterday. Panicking in case I now get an email telling me there's been a mistake. 

Awesome! Hopefully it arrives safe and very much looking forward to seeing your new Sov!

Another gold panda...this time a 1/4 oz, pre-metric, random year for $345...couldn’t wait for @Xander to buy the unrecorded die number Shield Sov 😁. 

9 hours ago, DanishStacker said:

But try to look at the handles, what do you think they look like 

Ummm...I think @SILVERFINGER can help us decipher what those may look like. 😁

2 hours ago, RogerBelmar said:

I’ll try to photograph my stacks from above somehow.

@mr-dead has to use a Predator to photograph his stack! 😀

My first gold Panda...8 gram, random year. 🤗