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Finally joined the Panda tray club.  Couldn't put off the 2016 much longer with us already half way though the year.
Silica Gel pack and Anti-Tarnish pad at each end and then vacuum sealed ready for long term storage.

An Isle of man 1973 full sovereign and a few random year Britannia's from Nordfrim @ £18.50 a pop.

An Isle of man 1973 full sovereign and a few random year Britannia's from Nordfrim @ £18.50 a pop.

An Isle of man 1973 full sovereign and a few random year Britannia's from Nordfrim @ £18.50 a pop.

An Isle of man 1973 full sovereign and a few random year Britannia's from Nordfrim @ £18.50 a pop.

An Isle of man 1973 full sovereign and a few random year Britannia's from Nordfrim @ £18.50 a pop.

I see coininvest are selling "second choice" beasts which makes me wonder about the quality again from the mint given these are new coins. Coininvest have sold the likes of Vicky, Eddie sovs, second choice, but these are coins which have been in circulation I their past and the detail has worn down due to this. 

Received a second lion from Baird's. This was meant to be a 2016 Britannia, number 6 for the 10 coin tube I am working on, but they are selling the lions for £2 more and I could not help myself. 

Today I received... 
1 x Elizabeth ll sovereign 
And 
2 x king Edward VII sovereigns 

Well, well,well. I do love the education system we have today. About a week ago, I spotted a 1981 sovereign on an ebay auction, spelled "soveriegn". Starting bid of £195, So I bid that amount, thinking oh well someone else will spot it, but you never know.
But they didn't...
Another cheapie to add to the stack.
It's been a good few days for me.
 
 

My first sovereign! 2005 proof
 
 

 

5 Sovereigns from HGM

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

5 Full Sovereigns from HGM,

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.

My 1/25oz gold 2016 Philharmonic coin arrived today.
Placed it onto a 2oz beast for comparison as they are close to the same price each.
Sorry the image is blurred, best I could manage hand held.

2009 1oz proof Britannia.