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Do you keep all your collection on display in a glass cabinet? 

Collar for a cat? 

Johnson Matthey 1985 LTS, didn't realise it was a proof til it arrived! Have seen a few boxed ones, but never seen one of these with this assay or capsule before. 
 
 

Got these nice JM bits over the last couple of weeks. 


Another 100g Garantito, estimated mintage <500.  
250g Garantito, estimated mintage <200. It feels great in my hand, but has created a problem - there are seven sizes of Garantito bar from 5g to 1kg. I now have four of them, so past the halfway mark, and even though I swore off buying collectable kilos, if one comes up... you know...
Montana Big Sky Country. Mintage of 3k for Engelhard version, JM version probably similar number. 
JM 5g pendant. The 1g version has an estimated <100 mintage, the 5g  is not listed on AE so I would imagine similar. 
The bars stack nicely. Need more. 

Is that a bar made from a stack of bars smushed together? 

Received today from @arshimo2012, JM Garantito (2k mintage!) and a Maple variety C to go with my variety B's (will put some pics up in the Bars Photo thread). Been a great week for Englehards! 
 
 

No I was just going to say, I would be interested to see your USA coins, 19th century US coins are my favourite! 

@GoldElliott did you say you were collecting all world silver coins earlier in the thread? 

NICE! 

Is that a JM prototype? 

Great coin

These 2 little beasts all the way from Italy 😍
If I have read allengelhard correctly, the 100g has estimated mintage of 500, the 50g has estimated mintage of 100!
 

First up, a 1952 Lebanese 50 Piastre. I noticed a circulated one on ebay for a few quid, so obviously an hour or two later I had paid many times over spot for this one, which seems to only have a couple of bag marks. It features my favourite tree on it, the Cedar of Lebanon, which also appears on their flag (Cedrus libani for you gardening enthusiasts). 


Next is 4 boxes of Montreal Olympic silver stamps. There were meant to be 5 of these, but someone at Royal Mail decided to open the parcel, help themselves to a box, and tape it back up! Thankfully it was a duplicate of one of the others.
Two sets were made by Johnson Matthey & Mallory, two were made by the Jacques Cartier mint, which is difficult to find any info on. I think there is another JM set out there to collect. Each stamp is 15.5g of 999 silver, and three of the boxes have the actual postage stamps, which I forgot to take a photo of. 
 

Stunning 1923 Peace Dollar, looks so much better than the photos 😍
Also got an RCM bar in OMP and a couple of coins from MikeSol on here from a day or two ago. 
 
 

JM Liberty bar, ~107k mintage, 1982. I could not resist OMP and certificate 😍

My first Engelhard purchase was one of these. Its still probably my favourite bar

A well circulated 1889 Morgan (for every day fondling purposes), and an unusual Shanghai Expo 5x30g bar set in a fancy little box. I bought this because it was under spot, I have no idea if its anything more collectable than bullion.

A fresh pillow. Wanted one of these for ages, glad I could get one before they became out of reach. 
And 2 little 1g PAMPs from @Shamatti
 

Caviar 😍
 

I have broken two commandments here:
1. Buy on condition
2. NO Royal commemorative stuff, unless its at spot
But... it came in a JM box, and the portrait cracks me up

Kennedy half and another 20F. I actually prefer these to sovs! 

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