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A nice little delivery for me this morning. A few more ozs to add to my newbie stack.

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. 
 

A stunning 2020 1oz @BackyardBullion bar number 183, from ebay of all places. Never thought I would be get hold of one, is it too early to be put. Down for next year 
Fingers crossed for the 100g bad boy? 10oz now that would be epic 

Battle of Britain 1oz silver ingot arrived in the post and a 1982 half sovereign from my local high Street dealer today. 

Today I got this little nice number! Ying and Yang!  

Today I had these shoved through my letterbox. I ordered the 2016 cougar and they gave me the copper coin free. I thought that was a nice little touch by them. Thanks to Sarnia Silver!

Today I had these shoved through my letterbox. I ordered the 2016 cougar and they gave me the copper coin free. I thought that was a nice little touch by them. Thanks to Sarnia Silver!

2014 Silver Proof 1oz Kangaroo in the Outback
This elusive marsupial is the eleventh and penultimate coin of the complete twelve coin set and is the last of the six  proofs. It is the rarest member of the dodecad  with just 1,000 of the 5,000 limit actually minted. The condition has been been masterfully captured by @CadmiumGreen , beautifully portraying the impressive detailing on the kangaroo itself. Further thanks are due to @jultorsk   If anybody has a 2010 BU silver 1oz Kangaroo at Sunset that they would sell, please PM me.

4 , 1kg Southern cross bars.
My first kilo bars 😁

Today I had these shoved through my letterbox. I ordered the 2016 cougar and they gave me the copper coin free. I thought that was a nice little touch by them. Thanks to Sarnia Silver!

Today I had these shoved through my letterbox. I ordered the 2016 cougar and they gave me the copper coin free. I thought that was a nice little touch by them. Thanks to Sarnia Silver!

Today I had these shoved through my letterbox. I ordered the 2016 cougar and they gave me the copper coin free. I thought that was a nice little touch by them. Thanks to Sarnia Silver!

Today I had these shoved through my letterbox. I ordered the 2016 cougar and they gave me the copper coin free. I thought that was a nice little touch by them. Thanks to Sarnia Silver!

Today I had these shoved through my letterbox. I ordered the 2016 cougar and they gave me the copper coin free. I thought that was a nice little touch by them. Thanks to Sarnia Silver!

Today I had these shoved through my letterbox. I ordered the 2016 cougar and they gave me the copper coin free. I thought that was a nice little touch by them. Thanks to Sarnia Silver!

Today I had these shoved through my letterbox. I ordered the 2016 cougar and they gave me the copper coin free. I thought that was a nice little touch by them. Thanks to Sarnia Silver!

I’m done for a while- so here’s my little lot collected over the last 32 months.  Video rather than photos, hope that’s okay? 
 
 

Several great additions to my 1967 collection, sourced in US with the help of @augur and @Lr103, with all my thanks. 🧐
 

Last image showing the internal area and some NGC boxes. It will fit around 130 slabs, depends how the internal area is configured. Not sure how this will be done at this stage... Any ideas welcome!

2012 Royal Mint Diamond Jubilee Silver Proof Set   Following the sell-out popularity of the 2008 "gold silhouette" (gilded) silver £1 anniversary set, the RM decided to mark HRH's jubilee with a variation of that theme. The entire mintage of 2012 was quickly sold and includes the only examples of these surprisingly attractive gilded definitive (1p - £1) decimal silver coins ever produced, the shield being prominently silhouetted.   My own particular quarry was the £1 coin, representing the 74th and penultimate member of the 75 silver round pound variations.   The accompanying blue outer and leather display boxes were also introduced with this set. Their own popularity was slightly shorter-lived and the design has yet to make a second appearance.

A bit different for me, the 2001 1/4 oz Gold Sugar Maple with hologram.

Royal Mail found these Fantastic Beasts today and dropped them off at my door (thank you, @JamieW3838):

 
And a big shout out to @Jamesd for the lesson in GSR :

Another pay cheque, another little 'clink' as this one joins my 'junior' stack!!  It made me smile anyway!!

2018 Silver 1oz Maple Buffalo Privy
My sixth and final RCM Silver 1oz Maple Privy in the Canadian Wildlife series. My twelve coin set is now complete.
Further splendid artwork from the Milky Bar Mint.