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Today I received my first order from goldsilver.be.
All good and well pleased.

Latest arrival for the collection a Caracalla Roman Denarius son of Septimius Severus minted in Rome 209 AD. Caracalla ruled as Roman Emperor from 198 to 217 AD, he was assassinated by a disaffected soldier in 217 on a campaign against the Parthian Empire. The reverse shows Liberalitas the Goddess Virtue of giving freely and generosity holding an abacus and cornacopia. Another 3 grams of silver for the stack

 

Arrived from the royal mint today. 
Two beautiful coins. 
Una and the lion. 
Very satisfying. 

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Just won this at an auction. I think it's a must have for any 10 oz bar collection. 🤓
 

Today picked up this invaluable resource.
 

My Christmas caprice !!!
Very happy that I stumbled on a Balboa and 50 f Hercule by accident !
Gold coins of various sorts ; mostly financed by a sale of some of my (unnecessary ) Dutch coins.

What started out as a joke about a llama (Vicuña) with another forum member back in July 2019, has led me to start collecting one particular gold coin from South America....
The Peruvian Una Libra (One Pound) KM#207 
Weight : 7.9881 gms
Fineness : 0.917
Obverse : Shield within springs with radiant sun above
Reverse : Head with headband facing right (Manco Capac)
Edge Description : Reeded
Initially, I thought I would just get the one, and managed to buy one off the forum (thanks to @Cornishfarmer) and recently had it graded.




Basically, this coin is the Peruvian equivalent of the British Sovereign...but much rarer in some cases, and way cheaper to buy😃👍!
The second Una Libra I bought (1968) came from Ebay, (for under £300!😃). A quick trip to NGC via Numi, and it comes back a great grade...MS64.

To be continued...
Looking forward to see what you all have tucked away from South America...there must be lots of interesting gold coins to be revealed!
 

Recieved the tin and last coins today. 1914 princess Mary Christmas tin. Coins from 1914-18. Thanks to @Tommmmy555 for the remaining coins. 

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

A few new acquisitions  

Libertad Friday.
Thanks to Sören of @muenzdachs for this little lot of Banco De México's finest Silver. 
The 2017 35th Anniversary of the Libertad Silver Bar & Coin Set is a step nearer to me holding one of each of the releases that the Mexican Mint produced that year.  




 





 

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Not in this case 😂

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Maybe the person encapsulating thought the shield was so nice, it should be upright... I had coins in NGC slabs moving during transport (usually soft 24K gold so i guess they are a bit less firmly gripped) but a sovereign spec coin shouldn’t move, hopefully 🙄

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.

Three out of three from NGC (via Numi)...Huge relief! Nicely aligned in their slabs unlike another recent acquisition...

This beautiful coin arrived from America not long ago, It will have to go to NGC as I can’t live with the annoying alignment!

It was encapsulated several years ago apparently, so I am guessing this doesn’t / shouldn’t happen now!
If it cross grades the same,  it will be the second highest in the NGC registry, so well worth the effort and cost.