adamthetaller

Another bit of @BackyardBullion poured silver for the pile, loving those deep ripples.

On 15/05/2020 at 18:18, Darr3nG said:

Saw a few closeup pictures today and now I want them all!!! This is gonna cost me so much.

... Sorry... 😂

They are very nice. Looking forward to the leopard as I expect that will be a stunner if they get it right, though I expect the original release of August may get put back a bit due to the current circumstances.

23 minutes ago, zhoutonged said:

Just out of interest when did you bag the Britannia that took so long to dawdle along, Ive got some that have been dawdling a while. Very nice BTW

Around the start of March.

34 minutes ago, GoldElliott said:

Lovely coins and amazing photography. I'm guessing they're not taken on a blackberry like my photos 😂 really brings out the detail in the coins

A Nikon D3300 with a Sigma Macro lens... Camera's pretty much entry level DSLR and the lens is a recent bargain addition I'm getting to grips with.

Some phone camera's are phenomenal nowadays (if you want what the presets give you) but I'm not too sure about a Blackberry! 🤣

31 minutes ago, Darr3nG said:

Thank you @adamthetaller - I never appreciated how stunning these 'Big Five' coins were before, having only seen listings with them in their plastic wrap / card.

Wow! I so want to get my hands on them now!  

They are far more detailed than I had expected... Here's a close up of the rhino (the one that seemed least detailed on first look):

Aside from an 18th birthday gold necklace... Mine started with realising we had more coming in than out, the banks were offering zero real interest, and I was far too tempted to spend spare cash on 'collectable' junk. Start of 2019 bought a couple of 10g bars from Royal Mint then started doing my research and funneled my need to collect into something with more intrinsic value than pop culture plastic collectables.

Wish I'd gotten in around the 2014-2016 lows (well, early-to-mid 2000s lows would have been nicer but I couldn't afford much then!) but happy to have got a couple of sub-£1,000 1oz's and sub-£230 sovs considering today's prices!

1 hour ago, Frenchie said:

Amazing set though  I can't understand why they did not do well until now. It's really unique and beautiful pieces of Art. Thanks for the pictures 

Well I suppose they are relatively pricey if they're not your sort of thing and I wasn't 100% sure until I saw what the entire set would look like - didn't want to have to choose between finishing the set with an ugly one or leaving it one short!

9 hours ago, Melon said:

Not entirely sure what these are, but they look nice! 

😄 1oz silver coins with pretty pictures on them - the two with gilding are particularly nice in the flesh.