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Just started started collecting South African coins and received these from @GoldElliott today. 
 
Very happy with them! It may not be a lot but it’s a start 😅

American coins rock. You get a much better choice of low cost circulation coins too compared to the UK, lucky! 

My silver coin is too big for my collection 😄 It's in times like these though that we all need a hobby and release

I thought the same thing. Either you have some very adventurous and rewarding hobbies or you bought them 😂 no idea where though

beautiful and something completely different

I bought a 1971 Bahamas 9 coin set because I wanted the 50c, $1, $2, and $5 (all .925) for my collection however there is a problem...
The $5 is an absolute mammoth of a coin with a diameter of 45mm! (and a whopping weight of 42g! of .925 silver)
Now whilst it's great to have a coin with well over a Toz of pure silver in it, I store my coins in lighthouse flips in plastic sleeves in a folder and the largest lighthouse flips made are 39.5mm- significantly smaller than the diameter of this massive coin (a crown is 38.6mm for comparison).
The reason for posting here is that I can't think of a solution to this problem and wanted to have one in place for when the coin arrives. If anyone can help with this there is a small prize (don't get too excited) for the best solution to make the coin look in place in my folder (attached).
Currently the best I can think is to cut out a 46mm circular hole in the lighthouse flip (2"x 2") and somehow use clingfilm to create the plastic sheet 😂
 
 
 
 
 

Oh, yeah, how could I have forgotten?!?! I did also receive this golden oldie numismatic, a fantastic piece of milled coinage, thanks to excellent service from Benjamin at Wessex Coins! A beautiful Gold 1766 George III Guinea in superb condition!

Keep on stacking! Received these mixed PMs over the past couple of days...
Really enjoying the Austrian Mint’s Philharmonic design with my first 1996 Austria 1/4 oz Gold Philharmonic BU.


A couple of 2010 1/10 oz American Gold Eagle (BU)...




And we have some bits of Silver starting off with the Peter Rabbit™ 2020 UK 50p Silver Proof Coin. This only took five weeks to arrive from The Royal Mint...



My very first Kookaburra with this lovely 2016 1 Oz Silver Australian Kookaburra Perth Mint (BU)...


We also have added five 2018 1 oz Russian Silver Saint George Coin (BU). These look truly bullion quality, but with an enjoyable St. George and the Dragon design .


 


 
Also, picked up a sister series of the Chinese restrikes, with five 2020 China 1 oz Silver Shih Kai "Flying Dragon" Restrike (PU). This could probably have easily been incorporated into the original series hence the reason I added these...




 
Lastly, a tiny bit of Platinum with these two 1988 1/10 oz Platinum The Australian Koala (BU) in original adjoining capsules...


 

Just started started collecting South African coins and received these from @GoldElliott today. 
 
Very happy with them! It may not be a lot but it’s a start 😅

Just started started collecting South African coins and received these from @GoldElliott today. 
 
Very happy with them! It may not be a lot but it’s a start 😅

Just started started collecting South African coins and received these from @GoldElliott today. 
 
Very happy with them! It may not be a lot but it’s a start 😅

Some very fancy coins today, 4 of the 5 Eternal Sculptures from PowerCoin - just waiting for the final one to be released in a month or so to complete the set.

Just started started collecting South African coins and received these from @GoldElliott today. 
 
Very happy with them! It may not be a lot but it’s a start 😅

Just started started collecting South African coins and received these from @GoldElliott today. 
 
Very happy with them! It may not be a lot but it’s a start 😅

Just started started collecting South African coins and received these from @GoldElliott today. 
 
Very happy with them! It may not be a lot but it’s a start 😅

Just started started collecting South African coins and received these from @GoldElliott today. 
 
Very happy with them! It may not be a lot but it’s a start 😅

Few more world silvers...
Crazy to think that the Russian coin was made in the aftermath of the Russian famine where over 5 million people died of starvation and many resorted to cannibalism.
Due to the hyperinflation at the time it would have taken 1,280,533,333 of these coins to make £1 in value at nominal exchange rate at the start of 1923 and 33,599,999,999 by the end of the year!