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This is my latest coin a 1941 dated, Australian Florin (2 Shillings), made from .925 silver, this coin featuring George VI was minted every year from 1938 to 1945, after 1945 the coins were made from only .500 silver, the coins were made mainly at the Melbourne Mint with a few being made in the USA by the San Francisco Mint during the war years.
The coin featured a low relief portrait of George VI on the obverse and coat of arms with a Kangaroo and Emu on the reverse. 
1941 was one of the slightly lower mintage years with 7,614,000 made, not an easy coin to find in unc/au condition most likely due to their softness being of Sterling .925 silver, this one has quite a few bag marks when magnified despite having all its mint lustre.
 


 

Pingu finally arrived from Poland! 

Pingu finally arrived from Poland! 

Pingu finally arrived from Poland! 

If you are holding out to buy a property dont forget to factor in the stamp duty holiday period.  May mitigate some of you PM gains if you miss the window.

Couple nice bits today. Something a little different from bank of mexico. Feel like I've been neglecting all things mexico lately. These are stunning in hand.also finally got an angel and another komsco through tbe door 

imagine the fun in years ahead if moves like this begin to be common occurrences with more gloom and doom porn news coming out 
for daftness sake if gold is at £100,000oz but society is like Mad Max - not going to be much to spend it on if everywhere is shut down ! 

Nice graded £2 proof many thanks to @terakris i think i may have cleared you out of these now
Thanks again for all your help
 

Santa came early thanks to @richatthecroft. Photos can't do it justice and thanks for the fun 18 layers of wrapping mate 😂

Just the one today. Nice ebay find at a great price . This is why I have a sigma. Can buy off ebay with no stress 😀

2009 Silver Proof $1 1oz Kangaroo
I received this rather pleasant fellow from @Stacker2020 in return for some BU Czech ag. This Silver Kangaroo was the third and final coin in the Aussie Artists set. As with all except the first few in the collection, this design was minted in both BU (also shown) and Proof. The latter gets my vote on this occasion.

Never seen Silver at over £16 oz for a long time Coinster's !!!!!!!!!

First auction win in a while 
Many thanks to @SilverMike  love the coins definitely  keepers for the stack but also was a hardcore game of pass the parcel the tape would have survived an apocalypse 
Thanks again

If you know me well, You know I appreciate TRUE ART in any form 🤤 (Amazing die engraving). 

Perth mint lovers (ONLY 500 struck) 🤩🤩🤩

My very first Australian Proof full gold sovereign mintage of 1000 😍😍😍

Congratulations @UnoWho  

Small logo JM Scotia.
A bit ropey, but will do until another comes up (which may take some time!) 

Cheers @AndrewSL76 and @trp!

Congratulations @UnoWho  

Im a bit in love with this, first and probably only medal i’ll have and probably over paid, but a gold (11.72g) 1897 Victoria Diamond Jubilee medal. Came with original box. Nice, alongside a sovereign for scale (act measures 24.3mm dia.) 




 

Two 1oz Platinum Falcons.  These came as shown in these capsules form Royal Mint bullion.

Bullion sovereign added to the stack. Thanks go to @LawrenceChard

The below is not a forum rule but simply a recommendation for sellers.

A seller of a coin (or other item) will have a much better idea of the condition and imperfections of the item, than the buyer has. Of course this is only logical as the seller has the item and the buyer hasn't seen it in person.

When I myself sell, I try to list every imperfection on the coin. Sure, this likely will put some people off from purchasing but I believe that it is important to be 100% honest. I also understand how it is from a buyers point of view. As a buyer, I (probably wrongly) assume that most sellers are like me and therefore if I see that there is no comment about the condition, I presume the condition is very good or at least good (in my opinion.) When however, an item arrives and there are issues or imperfections on the coin (or other item) it is saddening, but often not worth complaining over. I would however be cautious of that seller in the future.

In my opinion, telling the condition of a coin from a photograph is hard. Some members are exceptional at studying photos and picking up details, but I personally find looking at a static image quite difficult to ascertain the real condition of a coin. Often a photo will look like there are some imperfections on an item but the actual item looks perfect in real life, and vice versa.

Though the buyer also has a responsibility to ask the condition, as a seller you know more about the condition of the item. To avoid any issues and to keep the forum trade section transparent and honest we strongly recommend for sellers to disclose the condition of their item. i.e. mentioning any imperfections, spots, milk spotting, lint inside the capsule, damage to the capsule etc.

Of course, a seller can not state what grade the coin is (unless it is graded.) Those looking for absolutely perfect examples in their collection may want to consider graded coins. But a seller can state if their are any imperfections.

I already see a large number of members who always list every small detail about their item and I would like to say thank you for doing this 😊

5 oz Sunshine Minting bar