KevinFlynn

20 Mark, Wilhelm II (German Empire)

(reverse)

(obverse)
Colloquially known as a Goldfuchs (literally "Gold Fox")

Welcome to the forums 🙂
What coins did you collect so far?

Hi all, I'm James from Wiltshire in the UK. I have signed up to the silver forum as recently I've started to expand my collection of gold and silver bullion coins. I don't have a huge collection that some people on here do, but everyone has to start somewhere. 
Heard about the forum form different YouTube videos I've watched, so thought I'd sign up so I can gain some knowledge on my coins I all ready have and future purchases. 
Looking forward to chatting with you all,
James

I'm in with 1oz of Silver coins

1986 IoM Gold Proof Angel
Many thanks to @jultorsk for this splendid wee Angel. 
Before the Tower Mint took over with their twee transangel design, the Pobjoy Mint in Sutton produced beautiful Manx coins involving good old-fashioned toxic masculinity.
The world was a happier and better place then.

Been looking for this one for a while, the elusive 2014 gold Libertad proof 1/4 oz, graded PF70. At only 250 coins, the lowest mintage in the series (tied with 2020).  Now just waiting for the next hunt for the 2021 proofs …
 

They are not 24 carat as most of these coins were meant to be used and pure gold would have been too soft for that.
A little alloying means it is much more robust to daily wear and tear.

A small section!  Many books On treasure wrecks are cheap as chips because they are from the 1960’s onward and are second hand and out of print.
Some books are expensive because of small print runs or were privately published.  I recently purchased “Money of their own” By Murray Teigh Bloom about counterfeiters after finding a reference to is on @LawrenceChard’s website.  A fascinating read with a good chapter on a Sovereign counterfeiters!
Best
Dicker

And thus, a goldbug was born 😁

Looks quartzy to me, which would be the correct gold bearing mineral. Such a nice piece, with family history attached 😊
 

I just read the title and wanted to post "Dicker, @dicker has books!".

Hello all,
today I got all my gold out of storage, let me know what you think 
 
I also made a YouTube video going through each item here https://youtu.be/95AtRKuHL78

More uncirculated Venezuela treasure and sad reminders of the present! Guess which ones are still holding their purchasing power.......

62, 80, 81, 82 and 2000

Not today but a few deliveries this week.... gotta keep chipping away!!

I’m in with a 1oz silver coin 

Ah yes the same man I met in a pub. He was the one with extremely long pockets and very short arms, espically when he bought a round in the pub. 

This sounds like fun 😁
I'm in, pledging a two ounce Queen's Beasts Silver coin (BU):
Winner's choice, one of
Unicorn of Scotland
Black Bull of Clarence
Falcon of the Plantagenets
Yale of Beaufort
White Horse of Hanover
White Greyhound of Richmond
or the Completer Coin
Disclaimer: depending on the coin it may have a little milk spotting, will consult with the winner

Anecdote: somewhere in the 1980s or 90s, a couple found hidden under the timbers of their attic a bundle of 20 Mark Banknotes, a couple hundred Mark hidden away by possibly their grandparents. Hidden away for a rainy day. If the cache had only contained the same in 20 Mark Gold Coins...

20 Mark, Wilhelm II (German Empire)
I think I've never shown one of these on here...

(reverse)

(obverse)

I'm in! I'll be offering approximately 34g of sterling pre 1920 coins (just over 1oz fine silver content), OR a random 1oz silver coin. Winner's choice.

This sounds like fun 😁
I'm in, pledging a two ounce Queen's Beasts Silver coin (BU):
Winner's choice, one of
Unicorn of Scotland
Black Bull of Clarence
Falcon of the Plantagenets
Yale of Beaufort
White Horse of Hanover
White Greyhound of Richmond
or the Completer Coin
Disclaimer: depending on the coin it may have a little milk spotting, will consult with the winner

2021 New Orleans Morgan Silver Dollar 
 

My entry this year...
3 x Sterling Silver Christmas Decorations
1 x Snowman 50p Change Checker
1 x Angry Birds Cupro Nickel Coin
1 x £25 Amazon Voucher
 
 

Well it's better than frankincense or myrrh.