UltramanArgent

I decided to carry out a little experiment with a wide variety of coins, after hearing of a few horror stories regarding ratty and spotty Maples. I purchased a bunch of Eagles and Maples, as well as a mix of Morgan and Peace Dollars for comparison.
One of the things that surprised me the most were the two O mint mark Morgans - a very welcome surprise, indeed!
 

Here's one of the larger orders I've made for my collection so far, as well as one of the largest I've filmed for my channel - A big bundle of silver! I was quite surprised by the mint years for the cull Eagles APMEX sent me, most notably the '95 - It's got a rather noticeable milk spot (although I don't mind it too much ), but an earlier Eagle is always a nice surprise.

I decided to order some War Nickels from APMEX and have them shipped over to the UK for me - the postage speed was blistering compared to the failures of Yodel, that can be said for sure. No gloves this time, as most of the coins were pretty grimy, as these apparently tend to be judging by other videos around YouTube!

Those are some absolutely gorgeous Eagles! One of my long term goals is to own a full tube or two for my own collection

I made sure to double check to make sure everything was as it should have been - I can congratulate the seller for making sure the tube was packaged with serious care - The parcel itself hadn't been tampered either, which was a serious relief. During the height of the repeated delivery attempts, I was worried that the parcel being delayed over and over again may have meant that in reality, someone with nefarious intentions at Yodel may have stolen the contents for themselves - I wouldn't put it past them after the hassle revolving around this order!

After Yodel refused to deliver yet again, on my last webchat with them I hinted at getting the Ombudsman involved, and the day after, this parcel finally arrived. I can now safely say that I have a third full tube of 90% silver halves in my collection now  
Guest starring the PF 66 1963 from my last video - I was hoping to have these show up together in my last video, but Yodel's incompetence didn't make that happen, so it's here too, to make up for that.

Thanks to Yodel dragging their feet and repeatedly refusing to deliver a roll of Silver Franklin half dollars from the USA (This is the sixth day running where they've refused to deliver with the exact same excuse ), I was unable to make the video I wanted, but fortunately a few other new additions came in the post over the last few days, so I've made a video on those
Since my sister is studying Korean Language Studies at the University of York, I decided to order some Won for part of a Christmas gift, plus a few other banknotes for me - I'm quite impressed with how crisp and new the $10 and $1 bills were! My personal favourite item out of the ones in this video has to be the PF 70 Eagle - I love cameo coins, especially when the fields appear to turn black under the right light.

It's not gold or silver, but I found this vintage roll of Japanese 1 sen coins from 1943 for sale on eBay UK, and knew I had to pick it up - listings like this don't come around very often!

Sounds good to me! Thanks for all the advice  I grabbed up the gloves for an inexpensive price on Amazon, but I can definitely see the advantage of having something that's a better fit - attempting to open the press-seal bags a lot of coin dealers package their coins in can become quite frustrating with them on!
I'll also hesitate on cleaning the bars, as you suggested, too.

My Half Sovereign finally arrived; this is the first piece of gold in my stack! This video also guest stars the 1906 F 1/2 Mark coin that I showed off a few pages back in this thread. I'm really quite impressed with this purchase, as I expected it to be quite a bit more worn than it turned out to be!

Here's what should be the last few silver arrivals before the first gold coin in my collection (a George V Half Sovereign!!) arrives tomorrow - This includes the Canadian Silver Dollars that came yesterday, along with a Krugerrand and Libertad from last week, as well as some capsules for my 1oz bars
I apologise for all the dead thrips under the glass desk cover - Over the last few months, those little bastards got into everything. They even got into some of the capsules I ordered earlier in the summer!

Speaking of Germany, here's another fairly recent purchase of mine - it arrived last week! Here's an absolutely stunning 1906 F (Stuttgart Mint) 1/2 Mark coin - It's 90% silver, in at least AU condition, and has the start of some multi-coloured toning around the edge of the reverse! Apologies for the blurry photos; my iPhone wasn't playing ball

I tried out Silver Gold Bull UK for the first time, and ordered 10 dollars worth of 80% silver Canadian coinage - I didn't expect it to be in the form of dollar coins! All of these are from 1962 to 1967. I have to say, I'm quite impressed with how tidy some of these coins are, too

Here's my newly-completed 1964 Kennedy half dollar tube, with the nine coins I ordered from @ilovesilverireallydo having finished the set!

It's not silver, but still very shiny - I managed to find this 1996 Mint Bureau Japan Proof Set on eBay going for quite a low price, and jumped on it as soon as I had the chance - for some reason, Japanese mint and proof sets don't show up on eBay UK that often, and given the situation with the outbreak changing every day, I thought going for a UK seller would guarantee it can get to me before shipping really gets weird. I'm very impressed with both the condition of the set - all the inserts and leaflets are present in addition to the set itself
 

I know they're all aftermarket modified coins, but I'd quite like to own something like this one day. Nice find!  

Thanks to eBay's GSP being horrendous at getting stuff sent to me in the UK from the USA, I now stick with sellers who send stuff out with trusted carriers if I'm buying from the US, and decided to order some coins direct from APMEX on the 17th earlier this month - just arrived today...
 You can't go wrong with some constitutional silver!



Some quite interesting things were found in the roll of walkers too, including a well-worn but nowhere near cull (I'd grade it as being G) 1917-P, and a very shiny (possibly High-XF/Low-AU) 1942-P! I also found a dateless Type II SLQ (1917 - 1924) in the Washington Quarter roll.

All in all, not a bad haul if you ask me! Even though I'm much further afield than the majority of APMEX's customer base, I've never had a bad experience ordering from there! 

Here's one of the larger orders I've made for my collection so far, as well as one of the largest I've filmed for my channel - A big bundle of silver! I was quite surprised by the mint years for the cull Eagles APMEX sent me, most notably the '95 - It's got a rather noticeable milk spot (although I don't mind it too much ), but an earlier Eagle is always a nice surprise.

It's not silver, but still very shiny - I managed to find this 1996 Mint Bureau Japan Proof Set on eBay going for quite a low price, and jumped on it as soon as I had the chance - for some reason, Japanese mint and proof sets don't show up on eBay UK that often, and given the situation with the outbreak changing every day, I thought going for a UK seller would guarantee it can get to me before shipping really gets weird. I'm very impressed with both the condition of the set - all the inserts and leaflets are present in addition to the set itself
 

It's not silver, but still very shiny - I managed to find this 1996 Mint Bureau Japan Proof Set on eBay going for quite a low price, and jumped on it as soon as I had the chance - for some reason, Japanese mint and proof sets don't show up on eBay UK that often, and given the situation with the outbreak changing every day, I thought going for a UK seller would guarantee it can get to me before shipping really gets weird. I'm very impressed with both the condition of the set - all the inserts and leaflets are present in addition to the set itself
 

It's not silver, but still very shiny - I managed to find this 1996 Mint Bureau Japan Proof Set on eBay going for quite a low price, and jumped on it as soon as I had the chance - for some reason, Japanese mint and proof sets don't show up on eBay UK that often, and given the situation with the outbreak changing every day, I thought going for a UK seller would guarantee it can get to me before shipping really gets weird. I'm very impressed with both the condition of the set - all the inserts and leaflets are present in addition to the set itself
 

It's not silver, but still very shiny - I managed to find this 1996 Mint Bureau Japan Proof Set on eBay going for quite a low price, and jumped on it as soon as I had the chance - for some reason, Japanese mint and proof sets don't show up on eBay UK that often, and given the situation with the outbreak changing every day, I thought going for a UK seller would guarantee it can get to me before shipping really gets weird. I'm very impressed with both the condition of the set - all the inserts and leaflets are present in addition to the set itself
 

It's not silver, but still very shiny - I managed to find this 1996 Mint Bureau Japan Proof Set on eBay going for quite a low price, and jumped on it as soon as I had the chance - for some reason, Japanese mint and proof sets don't show up on eBay UK that often, and given the situation with the outbreak changing every day, I thought going for a UK seller would guarantee it can get to me before shipping really gets weird. I'm very impressed with both the condition of the set - all the inserts and leaflets are present in addition to the set itself
 

It's not silver, but still very shiny - I managed to find this 1996 Mint Bureau Japan Proof Set on eBay going for quite a low price, and jumped on it as soon as I had the chance - for some reason, Japanese mint and proof sets don't show up on eBay UK that often, and given the situation with the outbreak changing every day, I thought going for a UK seller would guarantee it can get to me before shipping really gets weird. I'm very impressed with both the condition of the set - all the inserts and leaflets are present in addition to the set itself
 

It's not silver, but still very shiny - I managed to find this 1996 Mint Bureau Japan Proof Set on eBay going for quite a low price, and jumped on it as soon as I had the chance - for some reason, Japanese mint and proof sets don't show up on eBay UK that often, and given the situation with the outbreak changing every day, I thought going for a UK seller would guarantee it can get to me before shipping really gets weird. I'm very impressed with both the condition of the set - all the inserts and leaflets are present in addition to the set itself