FunkyChicken

I have been placing a couple of orders with my Belgian friends over the year, which I left in storage there to save on shipping. Recently, it was time to send all of those orders to me, so hereby a selection of all the goodies I have now. 

Ditto. Not that I expected anything else when I was number 3978 when I started in the queue...

Going for gold-will be happy with silver-likely end up with f-all

Oops i did it again.
Avoided a hand shot this time due to the relentless abuse i got last time 😃
 

My first ever hand poured silver.
The start of another slippery slope methinks 

Far from exciting but at sub £300 then one didn’t take a lot of thought.

A frivolous purchase for the Christmas tree!
I wasn't expecting it to come in a star-shaped capsule, so that's nice.

Surely the porn industry must use the .co.ck 
Must be money to be madev there!

They've done alright out of that. I feel sorry for the Cook Islands who have the suffix .co.ck

And there's order two of two from the European Mint. Again some capsules in poor shape, so I will definitely take on @silverdocket's advice of contacting the European Mint about this.
Other than that, I'm enjoying my special edition of the 1oz Britannia, five 2oz White lions of Mortimer, one 10oz black bull of Clarence, one 10oz unicorn of Scotland, and one 10oz Valiant. 

Received the first of my two orders at the European Mint today. Had to plough my way through 8 layers of tape before I could open up the box, but then you're in for a treat. 😂
Honestly, I must say I'm not overly enthusiastic about the state of some of the coin capsules, some will definitely need to be replaced. Not sure if that's a normal thing to happen at the European Mint, but it will make me think twice before ordering with them again.
Luckily the coins themselves do appear to be in good shape, so all and all I am happy enough with my 1 Maple Red maple leaf, 3 Queen Anne's, 1 Perth Mint Homer Simpson, 4 landmarks of London, 1 Canadian Lynx, 1 Canadian Superman, and 1 Niue Darth Vader. 

yes, not bad at all...it’s getting more and more difficult to buy metals in UK at good price, I am happy with paying tax as long as I will get a good deal first. 😃🤙

So the Royal Mint can claim it is at the cutting edge of coin production!

Got it! Only 100£ custom charges, I had to give them a value of the parcel. Spot price of course 😭

VAT on investment bullion silver sucks so much that I haven't been buying any bullion silver all year outside of my hand poured silver raw material.
This coin though....with VAT works out under £29.30/Oz and that is a decent price all things considered, even with VAT.
So, proud to say that coming to a YouTube channel near you soon....
1 kilo Queens Beast Completer!
 

A random morning when your not expecting....going off current experience 

Thanks for your reply, yes, that’s the one I meant. Netherlands Post, I should use the NL shortcut. It has been sent with that exact service. Insured up to €5000. Hopefully it will arrive up to 7 days. Thanks 🙏

Never sent precious metals to the UK before, nor have I heard of NR Post before, but the numerous of other things that I have sent from here in the Netherlands to the UK, I have simply yet always successfully sent with PostNL; https://www.postnl.nl/tarieven/Pakket/GB/2-5kg

Having said that, you can insure up to 5500 euros worth of goods this way. Not sure if this will cover all of the contents in your 3 kg box?

4/500 for this? I think i'm good with the 1 OZ. 

#3 is in 😊

Here it is, just a quick pic from the phone.  

The series continues. Spotted the third issue of the Black Flag series with "The Red Flag Fleet".
source: Apmex

Bought today a tube of ST HELENA 1 oz silver The QUEEN'S VIRTUES VICTORY
BU coin from the East India Company, first in a series of 6 coins. Mintage unknown
I like the field pattern, it reminds me the Spade Guinea or "cash India wildlife" series and highlights the design
 
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For me as an Irish buyer from European mint in the past I personally feel that since they stopped doing storage they have lost a small fortune  in orders that I would've put with them but went elsewhere as their postage is too expensive for a single order of between 100/200 euro.they are very competitive but when you factor in the pnp it's not worth it.there are other dealers that may charge more for the coin but less in pnp.
It was a bad move in my opinion to remove the storage option and I'm sure I'm one of many in the same boat.

Bought some fractional gold (AE, Krug, Pesos, Philly) recently and then we see PM shooting to the skies. love it when it all comes up correctly for once 😂