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Received this wonderful Proof Sovereign  today.  Very pleased. 
 

Very nice 1843, there is just something about the smaller head pattern that I love 

 

London coin fair buy. Got today 

Adding to my endeavor for a 1979 to current full Sovereign proof run, received the 2013 Gold Sovereign PF66 Ultra Cameo from the @Numistacker Collection.

And for a little play on words...also received a 2018 Rwanda 1 oz Silver Nautical HMS Endeavour Proof and accompanying five Rwanda 1 oz Silver Nautical HMS Endeavour BU.

A few pickups from the last few weeks. Starting with a nice piece of old Swiss gold together with a modern shiny Swan. The 10 francs Vreneli is not one you see so much of, compared to the 20 francs. 
Then some auction pickups. Nice haul of bullion Libertads in a mixed lot: happy to find some of the old and lowest mintages (1999 was second lowest year @95,000) and cool to see the transition from 1999 to 2000 in the Mexican coat of arms. In the same lot were a dozen Kookaburras - all in perfect shape. Most interesting was this 2008 in its original card. That happens to be my favorite Kook design ! 
A really characterful 8 reales from 1763 (with a chopmark in the globe), love these historical pieces. May not grade it though because NGC will probably find something to downgrade: these coins had a colorful life so i dont really care what the grade could be?.
Was after a different year (1860s)  - as i already have one, but picked up another 1870 Australian sovereign (this one probably better than my earlier one). 
Finally - at a price less than the going rate for the single proof, a 1989 double sov proof.  Did not realize how low (2,000) the mintage was - so hopefully these will go up over time.  This one is definitely headed to Numistacker for NGC??

Hello, the new 1oz silver tiger and dragon coin started selling at the Perth Mint today. Nice coin, picked up five of them. The cashier at the bullion room said I was the first buyer, so as the mintage is 50,000 there's still 49,995 left! 

They were part of my stepson's stack. He is buying a flat and has to liquidate.
We don't want a greedy dealer getting them do we. 
I still love the halves more!

Five George V full sovs. 
 
 

Received 3 x 2018 swans from Arshi

Received 3 x 2018 swans from Arshi

Received 3 x 2018 swans from Arshi

Received 3 x 2018 swans from Arshi

Very pleased with my coins back from NGC, Courtesy of @Numistacker

This beauty of a Morgan dollar courtesy of @MikeSol


Plus a couple of 5 Franc pieces that tell the sad tale of France's troubled nineteenth century:

Liquidated a lot of my medals and bits and pieces to get my hands on these lot.

No, wait...here it is! Actually opened it up yesterday and it is a beauty!
 

Oh that is an absolute beauty ??

During the ‘Great Silver Forum “Outage” of 2018’, I received a, still sealed, 2007 Gold Sovereign Proof from eBay auction.

Hello again, a few of the graded modern coins I picked up this week. 2002 and 2005 £2 proof coins and the 2017 £5 BU coin (mintage on this one was 1,000 coins). 

A  1901 UNC Half sovereign from Cambridgeshire Coins

A  1901 UNC Half sovereign from Cambridgeshire Coins

Hello, a 1992 proof sovereign arrived in the post today. Purchased this one earlier in the week from EBay. Very nice coin. 

A good day indeed going into a three day weekend! Received an 1883-M Young Head Victoria St. George Gold Sovereign in MS61 won in an eBay auction...looks like a nice crisp short tail with incomplete BP.
Also two Sovereigns from APMEX “lucky dip” average circulation...
A 1912 George V Sovereign and another 1925 George V Sovereign.