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Got this lot for 1% over spot delivered, thanks to the HGM Black Friday sale. Got a little over excited adding stuff to the basket, no more purchases for me for a long time! 😂

 
Some close up pics; 

Got this lot for 1% over spot delivered, thanks to the HGM Black Friday sale. Got a little over excited adding stuff to the basket, no more purchases for me for a long time! 😂

 
Some close up pics; 

Got this lot for 1% over spot delivered, thanks to the HGM Black Friday sale. Got a little over excited adding stuff to the basket, no more purchases for me for a long time! 😂

 
Some close up pics; 

Received one of the 3 "rare" silver circulation Escudos coins today (1937 10$00 Escudos).
Not cheap, but certainly paid a lot less than those listed on eBay and the local Portuguese dealers for a similar grade. 
Only 7 left to complete, including 5 currently on their way in the post! Problem is, the other 2 are c. £350-£500 each..... 

2 x shillings however one weighs in at 5.59 and the other 5.61g any thoughts?
And 2 x 6d’s

Tried to show the relief on it. Happy with this

Just the one, yet doesn't seem quite right somehow

Some special and semi_key Pandas
Elusive Bimetallics : 
Hard to find the 1996 Munch coin show  (mintage 1500) at 25/30% below market price
 
 
The bimetallic 10 Yuan 1994 Mintage 3000. Beautiful overall and nice silver  toning for a nice price,  but will need conservation if graded

Semi key  1/2oz 2006 with 10% premium

Key 1/10 oz Panda 2006. I bought it at Metal Market Europe (first time and last time buy). But very disapointed with the quality and MME reply when I asked for a refund. They said that Pandas are only bullion coins and not numismatic coins, when I argued about the (high) premium, they said it's normal for fractionnal coins (150% premium, ouch....). I hope to send it back however and everything will be fine
 

Got this lot for 1% over spot delivered, thanks to the HGM Black Friday sale. Got a little over excited adding stuff to the basket, no more purchases for me for a long time! 😂

 
Some close up pics; 

Nothing too exciting these last few weeks. Likely to go on a little spending spree on Friday to round off 2019. 
My first 1oz Dragon Bars (2018), thanks to our very own @Guybrush

And a single 2020 1oz Britannia as a gift to a good friends baby over in Portugal to continue a date run for her birthday 'rainy day fund'. 

Speaking of international coins, latest additionS to the family: 
constitutional $5 1987 proof
lowest mintage bullion 1 Rand gold. Mintage under 4K. 

Thought I ought to get next years Britannia’s underway.

Oh flower of Scotland...
Mintage of 275.

Chards also on Napoleon III shields
https://www.chards.co.uk/gold-twenty-20-franc-bullion-french/1569
and Marianne 20 Francs
https://www.chards.co.uk/gold-twenty-20-franc-bullion-french/1568
That's better than their C-grade Sovereigns

To truly understand my obsession with world and fractional coins you have to just see my this months acquisition  
Thankfully dropping this lot off to be parked in long term storage tomorrow.
Apart from the two Timothy Noad half sovs and the Paul Day quarter sov, it’s all stuff a stacker shouldnt be hoarding lol. 
 

Received these 2016 1/20th Libertads today care of @ilovesilverireallydo Thanks. 

I bought this 2017 1 Onza Libertad from @kneehow2018 in Summer 2018, But only submitted it recently- back today from NGC- and very pleased with the PF70 UC result.



And at last, the 2017 Libertad 5 coin ‘set’ altogether.  
All bought individually from the Silver Forum over the last 18 months or so.  Thanks to @augur, @austack, @kneehow2018 & from the USA @mongo28 for parting with them. 



 
 

Some more good deals on HGM today - available at or below 1% over spot at time of posting; 
https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/gold-sovereign-five-pound-coin
https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/quarter-gold-krugerrand
https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/tenth-gold-krugerrand

Very cool 😀
Beautiful piles of silver! 

Latest silver dragon and its coppery friend to take up residence, courtesy of @BackyardBullion
 

It was time to balance silver exposure over gold. 200 ounces of QB lions from the European mint splitted over 2 orders. Super satisfied for the quality and European mint service.
 
 

Can't believe I got this nice bit of history from the SS Gairsoppa ship 🚢  That went down in 1941 in Irish waters 💦 
 Struck down by a German U-boat.
 Silver recovered in 2013 from the depth of 15,000 feet...

$5 Gold Half Eagle Liberty Head BU (Random Year) and an Iran 1 Pahlavi Gold Coin AU/BU (Random Year)...wow, the dichotomy of these two purchases.😏

BLACK FRIDAY WEEKEND DEALS  All gold coins / bars 1% over spot this black Friday weekend (excludes shields, proofs & stock marked online only)
Please note whilst we are running the black Friday sale all other vouchers / offers are not valid
 
Awesome black friday sale! 
5 half sovereigns still available at 0.8% over spot - https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/half-gold-sovereign
£5 proof, 5% off - https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/british-five-pound-gold-coin-proof
50 Peso 0.9% over spot - https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/mexican-gold-50-peso
£1 gold coin 0.8% over spot - https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/one-pound-gold-coin-uk
1oz UK lunar dog 0.9% over spot - https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/1oz-gold-lunar-dog-coin
1/4 oz Maple 0.9% over spot - https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/quater-canadian-maple-leaf
Various Sovereigns 0.8% over spot - 
https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/full-sovereign-gold-edward-head
https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/full-sovereign-gold-george-V
https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/gold-sovereign
1/4 oz Britannia 0.9% over spot (1 available) - https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/quarter-gold-britannia 

Got some treasure 😄☠️
 
 

That's been out of stock all day, since before I posted the 4 hours ago anyway 🤠