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1/25 oz 2006 Isambard Kingdom Brunel 200th Anniversary Coin. I wasn't going to buy much more but managed to get it for £35 which is pretty much spot

Real silver (sort of) and gold in the form of a Gold 2016 1/10 RAM Kangaroo, 2012 Kook with Dragon Privy & 2016 Maple with Tank Privy.
Then a selection of 18 rounds and a 5oz Shotgun Shell.
 

Another brass medal set but this one is from the Mint of Poland.  The 2 medals interlock and are housed in a wooden frame.

A couple of 90mm brass medals.  The one of most interest to me is the 2016 Sinosauropteryx (Chinese Bird Lizard).  It does form part of a 4 medal Prehistoric series from the Shanghai Mint beginning with the Mammoth in 2015.  Originally I didn't pick up the mammoth because it was a big of a fail.  The mammoth is a fairly decent design but the back was very plain and low relief.  Since I picked up the Sinosauropteryx I decided to go back and pick up the mammoth to keep up to date in case the next 2 end up being cracking designs.

I promised myself I wouldn't collect any other series other than the Rwanda Wildlife, but today I received 3 lunar series 1 coins to add to my monkey, I am choosing to see this as an investment and not a collection as the 4 coins set me back £150.

Received these two cute pandas today. Thanks to @mondy41 ?
 

The latest in the Chinese Classical Garden Series 2016 Liu Yuan.  I will be braking it out of the OMP later.
The 2016 150g Chinese Panda.  Ended up buying it from China.  I passed on Muenzdachs.de original cheap pre-order since I was going to order it from EMK and expected a similar price as with previous years.  Unfortunately the price kept creeping up and EMK's offering was €279 which was more than I wanted to pay as it was a significant increase from previous years.  Luckily it is still a reasonable price from China.

1852 shield
1857 shield
1879 S shield
2015 1/4 panda in omp
 

Been away this past week and came home to a few packages which my dad was kind enough to take in for me.  I think he just wanted to hang around my place to get away from my mum.
2016 Isle of Man Angel Reverse Proof - Quite nice.  Need to dig out the normal one to compare with.  Each master sheet comes with a hologram but I don't know how many coins there are to a master sheet.  Pretty sure my ten has been cut from a larger sheet.
2016 Burkina Faso Crocodile - Yet another one of the many many coins from Africa which MCI are knocking out at the moment.
2016 New Zealand Mint Endangered Species Giant Panda - I'm glad the series is now complete.  They were releasing far too many each year.
2008 1/4 Chinese Panda - Big thanks to @Kman spotting this at Atkinsons and posting in the deal section.  Came in a capsule but has been well looked after so I'm pretty happy with it.
 
 

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I blame @Numistacker for this one, ?. I bought a 15g baby panda, I really like the design on these.
It would be nice to get the 30g version but with a mintage of only 200, I can't see it happening.
 

Received two more of these cook island kilos from silberling.de bought when spot was 10.60 - finally some luck on my timing! Standby for silver prices to collapse now that I have jumped in again 
Also received a 2015 sovereign bought on Ebay with the 20% off voucher a while back, tests as 22 ct gold, right measurements all looking good. £178.50 delivered. Took ages to sort out because of my miscalculation on the required paypal balance which led to an echeck being initiated. Seller was very accommodating though, excellent in fact. Worth the wait at that price. 

1996 and 1997 sealed 1/20 Pandas.

2016 Congo African Lion.  Follow up to 2015 Brundi African Lion.
2015 Xmas Round.  A little late.
2015 Einstein privy 1/10 Gold Maple

Recieved my ebay purchases today, nice and quick delivery as It was only thursday the offer was on

This arrived yesterday, now it needs friends.

eBay discounted purchases:
 

1862 Shield from Atkinsons.  Not sure what's wrong with it as it was priced up cheaper than their usual shield sovereign price and worked out cheaper than HGMs Shield+postage price.

2  1/10 gold maples and 1 of each of 2015,2014,2013,2012 lunar series 2 . 1/10 gold these are the first 1/10 coins i have received surprised how small they are . just stated to buy gold as iam struggling to store my silver.

Received a special delivery today from @KDave
Me first gold! Aye!
They are so small... but have to take baby steps, I guess.
1 x 1/20 oz Maple Leaf 2001
1 x 1/20 oz Maple Leaf 2006
1 x 1/20 oz Isle of Man Angel 1990
(All bullion with caps)

Productive week.
Today I took delivery of various quantities of the following Bullion coins from STG:
2oz Nuie Turtles 1oz Perth Lunar monkey  1oz UK Year of the monkey  1.5oz Maples Leafs 1oz Red Tailed Eagles 1oz Libertads Also won a bid on eBay for a 2015 UK year of the sheep.
I have to say that the Libertads have quickly become my absolute favourites. They are absolutely beautiful, the design on the front is a classic (no need for annual revision), the detailing on the reverse is exquisite, and the sheen finishing is very distinctive. I love them!
 

 

1996 and 1997 sealed 1/20 Pandas.

1996 and 1997 sealed 1/20 Pandas.

1996 and 1997 sealed 1/20 Pandas.