Bullionaire

@Weirdfish9 your bid of 262.50 was the closest.
gotta admit though when @Lyrinn put 269.69 as a joke qnd became closest for just minutes haha.
 
Piggy bank has £264 so far and running out of room
 

After seeing @Squalleonhart giveaway he's inspired me to do something nice and do a little competition.
Welcome to Voodoos Magical Mystery Maccaroni Jar.
Tell me how many maccaroni's are in the jar and you win 1oz of Silver for free. Easy.
Repeat answers wont be counted so check Prior to giving your answer.
If noone gets the exact amount the nearest one will win.
If more than one are the same distance off the winning number then i will enter the names into a hat and draw for the win.
Competition ends sat 9th
Good luck.
May the odds be ever in your favour.

 

Finally had the money taken for this and a despatch email! Only 4 months late

First minted bar I've owned.... And what a stunner it is! Thanks to @Scootermuppet for today's delivery. 

RM Gold Proof UK £1 Floral Icons Collection   Issued between 2013 and 2014 these four gold proof coins each weigh in at a respectable 18g AGW. When I saw them offered below spot by @shawy2510I decided to offload a few duplicate sovs and half sovs and fill all available boots.    Switching from RM bullion at spot+4% to gold proof at spot-0.5% has rarely been a tough decision. As a somewhat keen collector of PM round pounds this was a particularly felicitous bonus.

I have been blown away by the communities kindness and generosity of late on atleast 4 different occasions all of which unprompted.
I have decided to pay it forward in a similar style to something i had done a few months back in the form of a give away. Anyone can enter wont cost you anything and no particular knowledge of coins needed just good old fashion luck.
I have been saving loose change in 50p,£1 and £2s for a few month now to put towards a dated sovereign for a run.
Il attach pictures of daughters piggy bank in question, closest guess to amount wins and no multiple guesses of the same number if i dont clock 2 of the same numbers claimed il take the 1st person who called it.
Prize is a free 1oz silver britannia i cover 1st class recorded.
I did recorded a time lapse of the coins being counted but phone slipped and caught none of it and im not counting them out again haha. 
 
Draw ends friday so enough folk have time to enter say 9pm 
Edit *to promote the random surprises life sometimes throws you*

I love gold.... I like spoons....
A 1/10oz 999.9 gold spoon is a perfect addition for my addiction. I love it!🥰🤭🥳
From only 1000 minted, one is mine!

2022 Sovereign - Make Mine A Double! A really stunning thing, a big spend for me, but so, so worth it.

And a nice box & caps for it, and space for its smaller siblings in the hopefully not too distant future.

Ok.. Just one more photo

2021 RM Silver Proof Coin Set with Machin Ten Bob Bit   With a mintage limited to a maximum (and as yet unconfirmed) mintage of 550, I was pleasantly surprised to pick this set up at auction at a delivered price equating to a 60%+ discount on last year's issue price. Even for the RM that is a hefty tumble, so I am led to conclude that the auction house's decision to leave the set in its unopened state and offer only a photo of the outer cardboard box worked heavily in my favour.   Standing head and shoulders above the rest is the Decimal Day 50p with the Arnold Machin obverse, a coin only available in this set. A very good-looking coin.   The RM has clearly subcontracted its research to the likes of the criminally inept Gates funded Full Fact. Quadrupedal invaders are precisely what HG Wells did not describe. Notwithstanding, the coin - much like the Logie Baird 50p - is otherwise not unattractive.   The £5 crown and Walter Scott £2 coin both show the unmitigated lack of imagination that fairly represents the lack of thought so prevalent throughout the UK in 2021.

Just like David Beckham............Comes in a posh box!!!

Just don't put it in the recycling will you?!

Just don't put it in the recycling will you?!

Just don't put it in the recycling will you?!

I'm either a genius...or have too much time on my hands 😂

Dont really venture out of the buy and sell page much  and i have never posted in here, think i get over whelmed with how big the forum actually is 😅🤣.
Anyway i received a loverly message from a member about a week ago, wanting to give back as i was their 1st feedback and regularly like posts. The message also offered me an at cost (with evidence) really good buy of something i had wanted for a while. I explained how this was a really nice gesture but i was saving to have time off with the new edition in the days to come and wouldnt sell the item to make a profit as it wouldnt sit right being a gesture so i kindly declined. I asked if they really felt they needed to give back just give me free p+p on a sale at some point in the future.
I was pushed for my address as they wanted to send a small token for the new addition to the family. Got home today to a 1/25th gold coin and 1/10 silver coin to start off the stack 😲. Dont know if they would have wanted to be named and shamed so i wont but if i could shake their freakishly large hands i would ☺
 
This place is amazing and if someone taught me how to add gifs and memes to a message i will definitely make a more conscious effort to visit more parts of the site and chat to more of you after the stacker gets here 🤘

USA arrivals today
@zz_metals at it again with the 🔥🔥🔥 best skulls out there hands down. Also the first bar in ZZ_metals new series 
 

2021 35th Anniversary Gold Proof 1oz Nugget & Minions   With an absurdly low mintage of just 100, the opportunity to pay spot+1% for a proof 1oz coin with a recognised pedigree was somewhat of a "no-brainer".    Many thanks to @James32 who also provided the two 1/4 proof Nuggets (mintage 300) at an excellent price.   My only qualm is that the Perth MInt's idea of "proof" is somewhat inferior to that of the RAM - Betty's complexion on all these coins seems to be on a par with the surface of the nugget.

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.

Here's an update on a chess set made recently!
Dad has out done himself on the board with a storage box underneath it.
If anyone wants to get on the Monthly Chess Club - or even just get a whole set made up then let me know!
 

10oz and 2x 2oz lion of England. A single eagle (because…premiums 😱) and even a 007 bar just for fun. 

More a "Today I found", but there wasn't a thread for that... cleaning out the wardrobes/loft today and came across these...
 
 

Todays delivery to the stack 🥸 2x2002 came in the bundle well chuffed with that 😀

Received this a couple of weeks ago but thought I’d hold it back for Jubilee weekend. The 2oz Gold Queens Beast Completer in PF70. A mintage of only 100. What. A. Coin!!! The longest reigning monarch surrounded and protected by the countries beasts. I don’t think there is a better original modern coin design that has been produced by the Royal Mint during Queen Elizabeth’s reign. For me it sits alongside the Una and the Lion, Three Graces, Rocking Horse Crown and 2014 Britannia as stand out designs. Amongst modern coin engravers Jody Clark has created some designs that will be revered for many years to come. The jewel in the crown for my modern coin collection for sure

I received this the other day, it's a 2014 Brilliant Uncirculated Double Sovereign. I think that it is an interesting coin because one side looks like a proof version and the other side does not, it is not an exciting design or anything, but it is quite pretty. I have tried to get a good picture of both sides, the Queens head looks just like a regular bullion version, and the other side looks like a proof version to me.