SILVERFINGER

Last week I received two nice items, but very different from each other.
The first is a nice coin from Burundi from the Baby five series. I've been looking for a coin from Burundi for longer, but I really don't like their design in the African lion series. I managed to get this one for a reasonable price in an online auction. It came without the original box, but I think the price makes up for it. I really love the design on this one. The high relief combined with the antiquing really makes it pop out. In real life it looks a bit better than photos with the light playing of it.
The other one is a cool item is native silver of a calcite base. Not for stacking of course, but nice to have the range of silver in it's original form, bars and coins. I love the fine detail on it.

1936 Olympic Games Athlete's Participation Medal
 

Continuing the China medal theme. Second release in the high relief Prehistoric Animals Series from Shanghai Mint. 
Archaeopteryx comes in 2 oz antique silver along with 50 and 90mm brass. Silver has a mintage of 500 and sold out at the mint. One or two on offer by Chinese dealers via Ebay  

New Zealand Post Maori Art Series....sporadic and beautiful. Boxes and coins - all stunning. 

Various Chinese Medals

2010 Kazakhstan silver irbis 1 Tenge.


 

1888 prussian zwei mark ,27mm  0.32oz .900 silver, numista rarity value =71

US 1oz Eagle


Austrian 100 Corona

Restrike 4 Ducat
 


IOM 1oz gold angel


US Buffalo

They are not as rosey as that in real life, the photos always come out really tinted for some reason. 

That would have been nice, or maybe not looking at the Royal Wedding coins; interesting is the denomination:
5 Sov £5

 
 
5 oz gold £10

 
 
1/4 oz gold £25

Nothing too spectacula – just the standard £25 proof obverse with the first releases hologram 

(dot in the middle is an artefact from NGC photography)
 
and for completeness:

What high relief 1 oz coins 

Few new bits arrived today:
Tree of life;

Couple of random egyption style pieces


Some more dragons:

Even more dragons:

And some of these nice Spade Guinea

I have an original kicking around somewhere in mint condition (the cupro one) and it does not look anything like that silver one, in colour or quality, very nice coin didnt realise they ever made a silver version, now my wife has a sterling silver necklace frame with one of the cupro coins in kicking around somewhere.

For information Goldsilver.be has really good prices : 49,85 Euros

Not precious but got something interesting in my change today:

Then bartered this one from a colleague:

A 1925 sovereign from Sharps Pixley and 3 x silver Bitcoin rounds from Arshi arrived today. Cheers @arshimo2012 

Nice and unusual piece.

This just arrived in the mailbox. Bought it off pmsforsale.

 

A nice JM bar to add to the collection. Proper cooling lines.

3d 3 Oz Templar Knight Bar

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