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$5 Indian. Ebay purchase for £244 inc postage. Came in a nice wooden box too.
 

1901 Swedish / Norwegian 10 Kronor gold piece.
Bought at London Coin Fair today from M.Veissid & Co.

Also from the London coin fair dont mind telling i paid £270 young head shield not bad cond to 

My only pickup from the LCF

Arrived today. A nice sovereign from @MikeSol - thanks Mike very nice - Also a got a Double Eagle from Hatton Gardens - wish i had noticed the graded one on the forum that is for sale before i bought this. Nice coin though.
 

My purchase from the London coin fair today. 1887 half-sovereign.
 

Some more vintage ozer's

Added a whole bunch of 1/25s to my fractional collection. A nice varied selection 

Stragglers arrived this morning thanks again to @Lea79 for the die crack-tastic Victoria Half and another eBay pocket money £1 Proof. 

Late finish at work- but always nice to see the spoils of the last lot of overtime I worked.
Thanks @arshimo2012 for the Dragons and @Lea79 for the 2012 Half. 




More eBay Silver £1 Proof pickups

The collection is growing! 


And two deliveries from the Royal Mint including the fabled Victoria Celebration Sovereign. 

The Sherlock 50p Silver Proof and the Nations of the Crown £1 Proof (Discount code for 50% off the £1 Proof: DSC182)

And the very nice SOTD Sovereign




And in my change at the chippy on my way home from work

 

Delivered yesterday, 2019 Premium Sovereign Proof Set.


Also bought a couple of coins from the LCS.  An 1853 $1 Liberty Type 1, and an 1861 $1 Type 3 Indian.  I'm only missing the $1 Type 2 and the $3 Indian Princess to complete my U.S. gold type set.


And if anyone hasn't examined a $1 gold coins in hand, here is a pic of them next to the tip of a pen for scale to show how small they are.  How people back then could have transacted with these without losing them is beyond me.

Obverse
Lettering: 
ملك المملكة العربية السعودية
عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن بن فيصل آل سعود
Translation: 
King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
'Abd al-'Aziz bin 'Abd al-Rahman bin Faisal Al Sa'ud
Reverse
Lettering: 
جنيه عربي سعودي واحد
ضرب في المكرّمة مكة
١٣٧٠
١
Translation: 
One Saudi Arabian Pound
Struck in the Holy City of Mekka
1370
1

OK I have a bit of a weakness for Maples.

Got two packages in the mail today. Really happy with the Oriental Border 2018 Gold 1 oz coin and who doesn't love a nice kilo poured bar. 👍
The best though is the poured Jason mask from a great pourer on Instagram! Awesome beyond words!
 
 

Received my 1st Tube of Brits this morning along with the 2oz Yale of beaufort coin, thanks to Mr & Mrs @BackyardBullion for the great service as always.

Many thanks to @BackyardBullion for some group order goodies. Some Yale’s and a unicorn 
Also thanks to @arshimo2012 for this stunning 10oz from the Perth mint 

I got these today, Nice little set of Ukraine silver banknotes, 9 in all. Can anyone tell me anything about them , they are 7.78g or 1/4 ounce. I have seen the equivalent 4 ounce ones but nothing on these.

Three lovely 10oz Magnificent Maples - 2017 - 2019. These coins are really lovely with such deep detail that hopefully comes through in these pics

Picked up some U.S. Modern Commemoratives at the LCS today, including a couple of special ones I couldn't pass up once I saw them.  2000-W Library of Congress $10 Gold/Platinum Bi-Metallic in Proof and BU.  In silver, the 2000-P BU Leif Ericson $1,  2001-P BU U.S. Capitol $1, 2002-W BU West Point $1, and the 2002-P BU Winter Olympics $1.

Three lovely 10oz Magnificent Maples - 2017 - 2019. These coins are really lovely with such deep detail that hopefully comes through in these pics

Today I inboxed a complete sterling silver set from the Franklin Mint (1981) of the World’s Greatest Airline Emblems - (bought this as a gift for my brother - but I think I may keep it for myself-😉

Had this come through the door today. It is a commemorative set of Canadian quarters that was released in 1992 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Confederation. Each quarter features an image chosen to represent one of the provinces or territories that make up Canada. This is a special one for me. I remember these quarters coming out in 1992 and trying to collect all of the cupronickel versions in change. I wasn't even 10 yet when I started collecting them in 1992 and it took years to get them all through change but this is the first set I ever collected. There isn't a lot of value here due to how many were minted but it is a very nice thing to have in hand. Lots of nostalgia for me.

Just had another delivery courtesy of @Agpanda
1989 Silver Panda.
2007 Silver Panda.
2008 Silver Panda.
 
 

Arrived today- recent eBay pick ups, and coins from @fiveshotdon & @arshimo2012.
The 2012 Half was purchased on behalf of a Forum member who lives outside of the UK but he has kindly agreed to swap it with me for my NGC Graded Half- I now have all this Sovereign year date PCGS graded.
The 2002 Double in time, will be going off for conservation & grading as it has fingerprint marks.  

Today I received:
100g Geiger bar from @RowanRK6
5x Buffalo coins from @SilverStan
I have to say the Geiger bar is my favourite 100g bar I have so far. Much better seeing Geiger bars in the flesh!
The size comparison between the other 100g bars (see last pic) is pretty interesting. Makes me want to get more Geiger bars!