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Guys you gotta stop this. Every time a (for me) new coin comes by, I'm wanting it. My list is getting way to long!
Seriously, those Australian Sovs are very pretty, nice boxes as well, @richatthecroft!!!!

Snap! Well nearly.
I ordered two of the 2009 Proof Australia Sovereigns from Chards when on offer, the email order confirmation and the invoice that came with them cite the 2009, but I received 2x 2010’s!
I could start to collect these little beauties... lovely overall package. 

My Australian proof Sovereign from @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer bonanza week (hope we see more offers/deals like that in future). Plus I got two random year maples that were both 2012 and spotless! Literally (for all the talk of milk spots on maples, I've bought a fair few random year ones and none of them have been milky yet.) Anyway, back to the main attraction. This Sov a little stunner:

Five of my SilverForum purchases arrived in Australia. 2015 proof sovereign NGC70UCAM, an ungraded 2000 proof sovereign, 2013 bullion sovereign, a 2014 1/2 oz Chinese Panda and finally 1/10th oz Liberty coin (my first US gold coin). Lovely coins. 

1891 Short Tail Sovereign

1887-M Shield - Gorgeous specimen of this great rarity.
To be honest I'm not sure why this is only MS61, the prooflike nature makes this coin an absolute stunner, cannot seem to capture it in the phone images (sorry for the quality, they are focusing on the slab, but wanted to share). I'll get some better pics in the future!

 

I've been naughty and brought the last 2 sovereigns for my modern specials collection...
(as always, sorry for poor photos!)
1989 Full Proof Sovereign


2012 Full Proof Sovereign
 

Its been expensive but its now done and I can sit and enjoy them... no wait, I need to send them off to @Numistacker for conservation and grading so I wont see them for a while (thats why they are in flips) 

Not rare but nice. Having set up an eBay offer war chest, i picked some premium coins for bullion prices:


i also create some "unsellable" listings during eBay seller offer time and switch then the item in (e.g the 1887 is available as it is too good for my bullion bag but not good enough for grading)

Flippin' eck...Gold (and Silver) rush!      
This lovely little lot all arrived today, some of them belatedly due to the snow and postage delays.  But mightily surprised that the 2005 Britannia arrived in four days all the way from the South of France!  The Britannia 1/10's from eBay the Sovereign coins from Bullion dealers and thank you to @arshimo2012 for the 4 Emu's and  the 1kg of Belgium's finest Umicore 100g Bars.  Unfortunately, two of my boys took a fancy to the Emu's so only two left for me to stack! 



 
 

Received an older date Gold Sovereign and reborn silver...
An 1825 George IV Gold Sovereign in great condition with a grade of AU58.

And five 2014 Great Britain 1/4 oz Silver Britannia SS Gairsoppa BU, added to my 2013s.

1843 Narrow Shield - Exceedingly rare, an EF example of this coin commands approx. £25,000
For those who don't know this coin came about most likely from unspent pattern dies taken from storage. Nobody knows why this was done in 1843, and this pattern reverse is also different from the 1838 narrow shield.
 
 

The Isle of Man sovereign (with an old English sovereign for comparison). I love how 'gold' the manx one is! 

Arrivals the other day. Another 1oz Lion of England. And also feel so lucky receiving a beautiful 1 Onza Libertad. 



The Winged Goddess of Liberty flanked by the two Lions. Safe and sound.

 
 
 

My Coinex Pickups
2002 Proof Sovereign

1989 Proof Half Sovereign


1914 George V Half Sovereign (my first "older" sovereign).

And a book on sovereigns so i can read up and learn what the hell im actually buying hahah
Was totally out of my depth but at least i managed to get 2 out of my 4 missing items... the hunt for the 1989 and 2012 full sovereigns continues!

i'm a very happy young boy today thanks to europeanmint and backyardbullion
4 10oz and a kilo........... god i sound like a drug dealer

2016 PAMP Indian Sov.  My eye sight was really failing me with this one.  Couldn't make out the mint mark with the naked eye.  Used PMV to check it was genuine and used a macro lens to be certain.


 

More arrived today...

That looks like a farm yard 😁

Two shields got yesterday  not so good pics as still in cardboard holders they came in. 

2019 Rwanda 1 oz Gold Lunar Year of the Pig BU arrived from GoldSilver.be...joining her Rwanda 1 oz gold relatives!

And everything seems to arrive all at once, receiving a 2019 1/4 oz Gold Queen’s Beast Falcon of the Plantagenets BU. I think I prefer the proof’s look with the feather detail. 

A couple of 1988 Gold Sovereign Proofs. Didn’t have this date yet, and I think the proof St. George details from the 1980s mintages are a little more refined than the current years.

 
And lastly some Silver...2018 2-Coin Silver 1 oz Britannia Proof/Reverse Proof Set!

More vintage goodies today. A vintage fortuna bar without a serial, a splittable trade unit bar, vintage 1 ounce eagle bar, a strategic stockpile CC silver round. And some 50% crowns.