Abyss

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

My recent pickups, 1 made it into the album
If anyone has any silver world coins they want to let go cheap in similar condition, let me know 😀

Actually got it yesterday from Alun but took till today to transfer the Britannia's over to it, I'm threeshort of a full collection, the mule, the dog and the pig privy but it looks sweet and has a few years of growth left in it.
 

The elusive snowman, in my view one of the most beautiful 50p designs.

Nice collection in such a short space of time.  
You do realise however, in catching the Silver bug, soon you will be walking around in rags, the soles of your shoes will be flapping about with every step you take and you'll soon be questioning whether Heinz beans are worth the premium, or could you save a few pence on a Value alternative.  You'll find your car doing a few more miles between servicing, and you'll forgo that morning bacon butty on the way to work...you won't hear what your wife has to say as you beaver away looking for bargains online, and it'll soon become more compelling to have a visit to local tat shops instead of a walk in the countryside or along the promenade....but on a much brighter note,  your Silver collection will grow and grow...

This is the start of my stack bought over 8 weeks. Joined the forum recently and bought another 20 x 1oz dragon bars immediately (I should of joined earlier!). Also bought a 10oz stocksdale bar, a few eagles and my first libertad. I work away a lot but hopefully they will all of been delivered by the time I next get back so I can post some unboxing photos 👍🏻

Thanks to Sören of @muenzdachs for the fabulous service he provides. He only received the 2019 set in stock on Wednesday in Germany and arrived here in Yorkshire today.

Thanks @arshimo2012 once again. 
 
 

Nowhere near as many as @Jamesd but think the addiction will take hold 🤣
Many thanks to @richatthecroft

1Thanks @richatthecroft. Can't get enough of libs. 1983 and 2009

Disappointed.
You came on here as an unpaid member and picked the forum's brains as to the content we desired. We liked the idea and helped you to improve your website.
Why is your country United States?

Today I received:
1oz gold Queen's Beast Griffin (£1325 bought on this awesome forum from @kneehow2018)
500g silver Geiger bar
4 Perth mint dragon bars (to fill up my tube)
Silver stuff came directly from Geiger. I paid a hefty premium on the 500g bar but I just had to get one!
I'm debating with myself whether to take off the vacuum sealed plastic around the 500g bar. I probably won't.
2p included for size comparison.

Was a sucker for the first Germania series and the new Allegories are equally as beautiful ❤
 

Looks good despite the long journey.
 
 

Lunar Series I finally complete and a 1997 Gold £2 bought from the Collectables category on eBay, using the 10% voucher, so came in 7% under spot. Hoping conservation can do something about the dark spot.

I’ve been waiting for these boxes for a while. Big thank you to @Alun for knocking these up for me 👍
Love them !

Couple of parcels today.First some more walking liberties from @Silverscrooge.

2019 Libertad Proof/Reverse Proof Set, and a 10 oz bar.

All bullion coins don't have any graded coins or proof sets. My two months stacking PM

Tubes that I have


Gold in my PM stack

500 oz silver and 3oz Gold
I have some hand poured silver forum bars but the two pieces I love from @BackyardBullion called Antiqued Pirate Round and Antiqued Jolly Roger

Well I got a surprise today from the wife, and I was really surprised, she knew I was after some silver Reichmarks from the Third Reich era and that I had been having 'fun' trying to get some on here, but usually leaves me to find this kind of stuff as I am very picky about condition and whether or not the item is genuine or not as I am when buying any militaria.
While she was away on business she visited the towns market in her lunch break and saw this among others for sale and decided to take a risk and buy it me, when she told me over the phone I was like 'oh god what has she bought and how much has she spent' , she only paid £6.50 for it so it wasn't any hardship if it was rough or fake, but I was pleasantly surprised when she finally arrived home, I am more than pleased with it, no idea what grade it would be, but to be honest I am not bothered as I just wanted a nice one.
Doing a little research from books and the net I came up with the following info about Third Reich era Reichsmarks coins (blame them if any info is wrong ),
In 1933 Hitler comes into power, the 2 & 5 Reichsmarks coins are the same until about 1934/35 when small swastikas appear under the wings of the Imperial eagle.
In 1936 the old Imperial eagle is replaced by the Third Reich eagle, Hindenburg's portrait remains on the back of the coins as before.
In 1939 production stops of Reichsmarks coins, as silver and metal is needed for the war effort and are replaced by paper notes
Hitlers portrait never appeared on any Third Reich era coins for some reason, it did on some postage stamps but never coins, I don't know why (if anyone does let me know)
The 2 Reichsmarks coins were made in .625 silver
The 5 Reichsmarks coins were made in .900 silver
As a consequence the larger and softer 5 Marks seem harder to find in better condition than the smaller 2 Marks coins.
During the Third Reich era there was 7 mints in Germany making these coins, each one had its own code letter which was on the left hand side reverse of the coin under the date of Hindenburg's reign, below is the codes and mints they were allocated.
A = Berlin
B = Wien (Vienna)
D = München (Munich)
E = Muldenhütten (Dresden)
F = Stuttgart
G = Karlsruhe
J = Hamburg
 
Around the rim of the 2 & 5 Reichmarks coins is the inscription 'Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz' which roughly translates to 'The community comes before the individual' 
The 2 Reichsmark coin is roughly the same size as a modern UK 10p coin, I have shown it next to a 1939 production Walther PPK for scale.
 

 

 

This small but mighty £1 coin (19g) is the final piece in might efforts to recreate the silver set but in gold. Excuse the dodgy photo-montage at the end 😁 Others are at NGC.



 
 

Finally tracked down one of these to complete my set that didn't break the bank.
A high price for the cardboard compared to just the coin which itself is relatively expensive for bullion silver.
Now battling with customs to have them apply the correct 5% numismatic VAT and not the 20% charged.
 

Bought 6 mystery Brits from @arshimo2012 the other day. Thought they’d be 2018s or 2019s. Nope! Got a 13,14,3 15s and a 16. Here is the amazing toned 14!
 

The 3 coin proof set Lunar S2 year of the dragon 2012. Found this set for a fair price on Ebay.

 
@motorbikez now i regret i didn’t bought your 5oz coin. 

Quickly followed byfrom @silverstan.