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Bring on the silver short squeeze 😄... my stake in it and first bullion ive bought in a while, thanks@arshimo2012 the Schone bars are very nice 👍 
 

Another nice selection of South American silver plus a coin from Mozambique from @DuncanWylieWilson, who seems to have an endless supply of really nice coins.

It’s been a big week this week receiving the 1887 proof half and 2021 proof sovereign shown in earlier posts.
The last two coins for this week are a 1923 Melbourne sovereign and a 1909 Melbourne half sovereign.
i bought the sovereign from a Queensland based auction house. Lovely coin with a 511,129 mintage that year. 
The Melbourne half sovereign came from an eBay auction. Condition is a bit worn but it was a circulation coin. I keep a lookout for Australian half sovereigns as the mintage levels were usually low and the coins were used as money and many melted when too worn. For example the mintage for the 1909 Melbourne half sovereign was 186,094 versus over 3 million for the 1909 Melbourne full sovereign. 
 

x6 Graces arrived  
Lovely product, great service & fantastic packing by @BritanniaCoinCompany
 

Today I received a very bizarrely flip-toned 1923 peace dollar. Love it!

Missing a bunch of stuff that's in Pelican cases but here is a good snap of the stack 

well as we close to the end of 2020 this is my haul for the year not sure what next year will bring but have a good one merry Christmas and a happy new year 

Here's mine at the moment.  I think I've done most of my physical buying now. 
I'll add a bit more gold in 2021 and 2022 and maybe a bit more Platinum.  
The second picture includes a couple of BU 5 sovereigns (2017 and 2018) plus a BU 1/10 oz 2016 Monkey, and a 2005 sovereign that I won as first prize in a 10km race that year.
The coins at the bottom are spares/duplicates and are effectively the stacking element, to sell when I choose to.  I see most, or all, of the rest of it as a collection, to sell if I absolutely need to (hopefully never) 😉 

This is what $690.80 in silver dimes looks like.

A tube of new silver 1 oz rounds from Asahi Refinery
 
 

The newest member of the family, welcome miss 1934....now half way through the date run at 65...she's a beaut.
 
 

Received in the last week, thanks @SVcollector & @sovereignsteve for their efforts in delivering this lovely condition Gillick Portrait Sovereign and a Coin Cabinet purchase. 


 

Big thanks to @SVcollector again for these cheap one ouncers  

Some modest buys. At the tail end of a 5 week month that included xmas. Still got to scratch the itch though...

Finally got round to picking up a 2019 oriental. They sit well in a repurposed case.

And these spotless 2012 dragons. The half and the full ounce. At £36 the pair from a local guy I couldn't not buy them.
Itch scratched. Only days until payday again...

Thanks to @SilverMike for providing the opportunity for me to acquire another iconic Sovereign Set, less than a week after my last. 😀 
This time the 1989.😍


 
This NGC graded four coin set compliments my existing three coin 1989 Proof Set and 1989 Brilliant Uncirculated 5 Pound Sovereign👍. 
 


 

RAM 2007 Gilded Silver 1oz Kangerolf   With a mintage of just 5525, this souvenir of Australia's favourite paedophile has had a rather volatile price history since it was first issued by the Royal Australian Mint. After steady rises in its value, a picture of "Can you guess what it is yet?" turbulence developed following the prosecution in 2014 of the avuncular TV Ozzie.   The wannabe vet was found guilty of serious crimes against art, music, song-writing and comedy. Prices tumbled across the numismatic world except in Germany - where it has long been established that none of these four concepts have been understood for over a hundred years. On the contrary, many serious criminals have become iconic figures in the Teutonic culture and this coin has achieved an almost cultish (sic) following in Saxony, the current mid-construction gulag capital of Europe. Rumours of continuous looping playbacks of "Two Little Boys" are being investigated by Amnesty International.   Many thanks to @CoinStruck for arranging delivery of this addition to my collection.   (My apologies for any unintended tagging, This is down to careless use of an earlier template - I have resolved the issue now.)

Thank you @TheCoinCabinet for these. Arrived today:
 

Last two bits for my gold stack this year. 
 

Little arrival this morning.

Here is the 1923 South African mint proof sovereign, this one graded PF65 by PCGS. Mintage of only 655 coins. 
I have been on the lookout for one of these for a while now. Thanks Eric @drakesterlingfor this one, I will be keeping this a core part of my proof sovereign collection. 
 

I didn't actually technically receive this, but... I went for a walk (local) with my dad and his dog today and we chatted for a while. He quite likes silver himself, in fact I got into it through him. On last weeks walk we got chatting about the Una & the Lion craziness. Today when we got back to his (I didn't go in, stood at the conservatory door with my mask on!) he said he had something to show me, then he produced this. Sorry about the photos but it was the best I could manage under the circumstances.

1kg proof. Gobsmacked. The most beautiful silver I have ever seen, let alone held. Great day!

Firstly, i've shed a fair bit of Gold weight lately to make way for a very special purchase and I would like to extend thanks to all the forum members who purchased coins from me to make it possible.  You know who you are, and it was very much appreciated 😀 
And secondly, and once again, thank you very much for all the effort, time and patience! That @SilverMike, @Roy & @Elements provided, in terms of helping to guide me into making this fantastic acquisition 👍😃
So, what exactly is in the box? 🤷‍♂️  

 
It needs no introductions...
 



 
And maybe, just maybe that 5 Pound is Ultra Cameo?  The Obverse certainly meets the criteria! 😉

5oz Black Proof Tiffany Art Isfahan 2020, this stunning series is now over and the 3 oz (proof)and this 5oz finish it with beauty (I'll post pictures of the 3 variations later  when I'll have
all them in hands (proof, black proof and antiqued) 
 

Wow thanks @RiverbankSilver