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Atkinsons pre-owned mixed years Austrian Philharmonic 1oz silver, at £14.65 each including p&p has to be some of the cheapest silver I ever bought.

Atkinsons pre-owned mixed years Austrian Philharmonic 1oz silver, at £14.65 each including p&p has to be some of the cheapest silver I ever bought.

Atkinsons pre-owned mixed years Austrian Philharmonic 1oz silver, at £14.65 each including p&p has to be some of the cheapest silver I ever bought.

Atkinsons pre-owned mixed years Austrian Philharmonic 1oz silver, at £14.65 each including p&p has to be some of the cheapest silver I ever bought.

Atkinsons pre-owned mixed years Austrian Philharmonic 1oz silver, at £14.65 each including p&p has to be some of the cheapest silver I ever bought.

Atkinsons pre-owned mixed years Austrian Philharmonic 1oz silver, at £14.65 each including p&p has to be some of the cheapest silver I ever bought.

A 2002 half shield at 3% over spot, happy with that plus some ingots for my collection and bought half a kilo of 50% silver which included two semi mini coins, a 20 escudo and a Bermuda crown.

My first PAMP silver bar - 10oz of beautiful shiny courtesy of @StackSellRepeat

1900 sovereign, veiled head, from Hatton Garden Metals. Also came with rather nice box:

Two golds from @arshimo2012. Thanks bud (My OCD isn't happy with you giving me 4194 and 4196 serial numbers though 😛)
 

Hmm. But dark in this car park. Try it again with the flash...

'ats better! 
 

A good day. Bought a loose double sovereign 2005 proof at an auction before the summer for £490 landed. Looked like this (cf pic from the auction website). Sent it in for grading after a bit of TLC at home, plus conservation at NGC and just came back 3 months later at PF70 Ultra Cameo...a perfect coin (£490 plus £65 grading fees). Only 10 PF70UC or DC graded in total thus far at NGC and PCGS respectively. Well worth the punt on grading from effectively a bullion coin buy plus a bit. A rarity. Not a massive win in the great scale of life but a nice result either way and a good chunk of bullionesque level British Sovereign gold
A fun day 
 


She is lookiing better the more ale I drink but all the birds always do  Joking aside, this is the first proof coin  I have of this year and to see it in PF 70 is engaging.

A little festive gift to myself. Not strictly PMs, but paid for with proceeds from selling something on the forum:

Today I received a load of hassle from a Parisienne coin dealer...sold me this coin as TTB+....you can get your fingernail under the crack!
Caveat Emptor indeed...return opened so let’s see how it goes with you know who and PayPal..
Beware a scanned image and not a photograph...they can hide such a lot!
 

1977 commemorative silver jubilee proof, from the local coin shop

Early Xmas present, ordered as part of a European group order. Thanks for organising @BackyardBullion
The 10oz Queen's Beasts really are something! 

2017 Half Proof Sovereign...
 

Thanks @Roy
 

A 2002 half sovereign
 
 

They look very nice m8 

Better late than never: some nice coins from the group order ( I do love those Rwanda nauticals) and a few fun ones for a Christmas treasure hunt for the kids.

2012 Proof Sovereign PCGS PF69 
bought of ebay the full sovereign sold for more money than the double ... 
 

Big thank you to BYB for finally making making some nice buttons (or rounds) and the free silver (almost 1/4oz in one but most are pretty much spot on)
 
 

A late 70s 50gm Italian silver bar with awesome toning, more casino silver strikes and a few early year Brits to nearly complete my all years set

My secret Santa at work sent me bags of gold crowns and silver sixpences! 

HGM providing sovereigns with a free box over Christmas!