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Also thanks to @James32for the blister packs and tube of Brits. 

Thanks to @matt1rfor these Brits! 
 
 

More Brits from @PercyItsGreen
 

Just been to deposit box with this 2011 Brit and a few new sovs 

Been staring at this one for like a month and decided to finally pull the trigger. Happy I did!

The 50p is the probably the only one I'd be interested in from these. Not to keen on the others. 

Kinda looks like a man in drag 😂

Meow

A further foray into numismatics - Tudor beasts lion and some of Germania Mint's offerings.


Still no proofs.

Received yesterday, a very nice and special Five Pound Piece.



 
 

Just a simple wee addition to the stack today and continuing the series.
Superb service from Martin at Silvertrader as always.
Coin is immaculate, all the wee blemishes are on the capsule 😊

Another little indulgence from Germania mint - Knights of the Past Malta.  In many ways I prefer these to Germaina's gilded and technicolour offerings.  If Malta were to mint Euros with Templars on the reverse I'd be ever so happy.

Fun fact: I had sheep's brains for dinner in Malta once and bought a bottle of prickly pear liqueur.
 

2 lovely envelopes today. Firstly another 2 krugs from @Prodigy, and a 2022 sovereign from Atkinsons.

The krugs go here...

and the sov goes here...

Bullion 2022s, quarter to double. Along with the proof sov, that completes my 2022 pile. I hope the 2023 is stalled for a while so I can afford some!

And my first real foray into numismatics - a set of Royal Mint Legends: Robin Hood, Maid Marian and Little John.

I did promise myself not to get into numismatics.  I haven't bought any proof coins yet.  Honest.

Britannia Proof to add to the colection, courtesy of @watchesandwhisky

I am reliably informed (by the internet) that a group of dragons is called a "thunder".
The three on the right arrived in the last week.  Of all the QBs, I have the most different types of the dragon.

Thought I'd have a little bit of fun with this one and do a selfie.
Specials thanks to @Lucylucy for helping me complete my 10oz QBs.  I don't think I'm going to be able to take a photo of all three sets together (2oz, 10oz & 1/4oz).

Not unlike an expectant father again, I’ve anxiously waited for this Sixpence to arrive from the USA, it having been held to ransom by the courier, initially demanding 20% HMRC VAT/Duty.
Now it has finally landed, I don’t think I have ever been so thrilled to receive a coin.
An exceptional example of a Charles I (1625- 1649) Sixpence. Briot’s First Milled issue 1631-32 mm Flower & B. obv. His crowned bust left with falling lace collar and VI behind.  Rev. Square topped shield/ long cross dividing arms. 2.99g, 26mm,  Spink 2855
I feel fortunate to own this lovely Sixpence, I’m not sure I’ll find another 400 year old coin in such condition.




 

Got home last night to a pile of packages, opened them all this morning and would like to thank @James32 (achilles) little keychain im sure iv seen on a post a few weeks back from another member....is it on tour? 🤣
Also @Panda6Pack (furure french and st michael)  @Rashka (dogo and free brit) after a post last week i was thanked for a 1st time sale by rashka and also done the same with a brit for being his first buyer. i plan on paying this forward thanks man also@Gary5566for the pre decimal.

Got this awesome gift from my son for my first Father's Day.
Massive thanks to the Mrs, and of course@BackyardBullion
Edit: I should also mention that my birthday is 15th March, hence the 3.15ozt

well this is the big one for me, some of you may remember I enquired about a chess set and @BackyardBulliontook care of me, this morning I received my 1st set of pawns and the chess board with storage underneath and I can't tell you how happy I am with the package, you hope it will be great, you see the pictures of previous sets and are excited but just wow!!! 1st thing is the quality of the board and @BackyardBulliondad deserves an incredible amount of praise, its stunning even after I went a wee bit extra and enquired about storage and he nailed it, next the size, its incredible and totally matches the pieces and is really heavy!! the pawns are superb and have felt bottom to save scratching the board which was a nice touch and now I'm sure if anyone has read this far of me waffling the pictures (oh forgot each piece comes in its individual pouch!) and everything was superbly well packed.

Some nice bits this week. Gold silver and platinum 

Today I received...
Well, ok, they didn't all show up today, they've been assembled over a six month period. But the last one DID just show up this week, so I'm posting anyways.
Here's a nice mini-collection of Romanian gold pieces in terrific condition. Eastern European gold coinage can be tough to collect, with its unfortunate combination of low mintages and war/revolution/political unrest.
The coins:
1. 1883 20 Lei - LMU standard 0.1867AGW - Minted in Bucharest, 185,290 pieces. King Carol I on the obverse, crowned and draped coat of arms on the reverse. Edge lettering that reads "PATRIA*SI DREPTUL*MEU" (Homeland And My Right).
2. 1890 20 Lei - LMU standard 0.1867AGW - Minted in Bucharest, 196,000 pieces. King Carol I on the obverse, crowned and draped coat of arms on the reverse. Edge lettering that reads "PATRIA*SI DREPTUL*MEU" (Homeland And My Right).
3. 1906 circulating commemorative 20 Lei - LMU standard 0.1867AGW - Minted in Brussels, Belgium, 15,000 pieces. Obverse and reverse both portraits of King Carol I. Milled edge.
4. 1944 Ardealul Nostru medallion, a commemorative issued to mark the liberation of areas of northern Transylvania that were annexed by Hungary in 1940 with the support of Nazi Germany.
Nominally assigned a value of 20 Lei, although not to LMU standards - it mirrors the same size/fineness/weight of the debased 100 Franc - 21mm, 6.55g, 0.1895AGW.
Obverse depicts overlapped busts of Michael the Brave, King Ferdinand, and King Michael. Reverse is a crowned eagle surrounded by the coats of arms of the annexed Transylvanian counties. Edge lettering that reads "NIHIL SINE DEO" (Nothing Without God).
Minted in Vienna, 1,000,000 pieces, though its anyone's guess how many survived the end of WWII and all that came after in this part of the world. Many thanks to @DuncanWylieWilson for this piece that completes my little Romanian mini-collection. Off to deep storage for my ungrateful heirs to one day auction off 😂😂😂

Big thanks to @paulmoore