Today I Received.....

[LawrenceChard]

12 minutes ago, kimchi said:

I got the Coin Yearbook 2022 as well, have you noticed any problems with it? I have but not sure it deserves its own thread (?). It's very sloppy in places - I was very surprised when I started digging in. It misses some coins entirely (e.g. the Piedfort Proof Sovereign 2019 - but there are more missing). The Strike on the Day Sov section is muddled, incomplete, and badly-written. It gives prices, and says recent releases are given an issue and not market price (BUT it doesn't tell you where the two values in each section change!). Page 249 lists the 'fiive pence'! @LawrenceChard - as an advertiser - if you know these people and they need an editor/proofreader please feel free to send them my way!

I will do if and when I get the chance.

It might be worth you mentioning it direct to them, via their website.

They are nice people at Token Publishing. I guess it is a struggle to keep up with all the recent RM releases, and as most of us know the RM seem to be very selective about the info they do release.

The Britannia book also looks interesting. I look forward to seeing a copy of it when I get home.  

[kimchi]

Many thanks @LawrenceChard, I shall be in touch I think - hopefully they'd like to make their book more accurate and user-friendly, and not have ridiculous typos like 'fiiive' in it

[LawrenceChard]

2 minutes ago, kimchi said:

Many thanks @LawrenceChard, I shall be in touch I think - hopefully they'd like to make their book more accurate and user-friendly, and not have ridiculous typos like 'fiiive' in it

Perhaps it's advance notice of a top secret Royal Mint error coin?

😎

 

[kimchi]

Just now, LawrenceChard said:

Perhaps it's advance notice of a top secret Royal Mint error coin?

😎

 

I am the last person on Earth to accuse someone of being a 'conspiracy theorist', but surely it's beyond even the mighty powers of the Royal Mint to manage to back and change all the five pence pieces from 1968 to 2008 (p.249) to being 'fiives'? 🤣

[Midasfrog]

A bullion Unicorn from the first Queens Beasts series 🧐

[MikeG1978]

Received this half- my favourite design 

Another for the kids stack

Many thanks @AdamDutton

[Dazlenk]

A nice half sov (bought off Facebook) to go with my full and 2 queen silver coins. Thanks to @SilverLoaf for those.

[paulmerton]

I placed several orders with the Royal Mint just before Christmas, and they added a free gift to each order.

While I'm pleasantly surprised, I'm guessing the lack of variety is not a great sign for the collectability of the Elton John £5 coin!

[Leonmarsh]

Lovely 1806 NGC Ms60 half military guinea from @Dougall1 a great guy to deal with and my first British coin in my stack!! 

 

[Scaffstacker]

Super playing catch up due to some bad news before christmas,

 

a flawless ms61 1873 (open 3) princess head $1 

amazing coin only weighing 1.77g with a hefty premium but rare in this state and with quite a low mintage,

thanks again to @screamingeagle

 

some more awesome hand pour goodies from @LiquidMetalsUK And some fractional silver from stateside,

and lastly some super fractional gold to add to my half filled Pamp box.

hope everyone has been enjoying there break.

 

[entsor]

Received two unexpected 1oz bullion silver bars from a family member in the post today, which is always nice.

 

[PapaLazarou]

20g Ronseal

Excellent price as ever, courtesy of @ST1986

Edited December 30, 2021 by PapaLazarou

[LawrenceChard]

Not coin or P.M. related, but...

The pastries arrived gratis with my coffee.

I only ate the small Danish.

😎

 

Edited December 30, 2021 by LawrenceChard

[paulmerton]

Fresh from the Boxing Day sales!

It's quite big: Silver 1969 half-dollar embedded in the back of the coin for scale  

[paulmerton]

I also got these today in a boxing day mystery box. I've never seen these before but they look quite nice and come in neat rectangular capsules.

Does anyone know anything about them, or who makes them?

[LawrenceChard]

1 hour ago, LawrenceChard said:

Not coin or P.M. related, but...

The pastries arrived gratis with my coffee.

I only ate the small Danish.

😎

 

There were 2 copies of the photo because the first failed to upload according to TSF, but it appeared in the posting.

I tried to edit the post and delete the duplicate, but it reappeared.

Still, two for the price of one can't be all bad, which reminds me of a recent news item:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59826345

Santander: Bank hands out £130m in Christmas blunder

The error occurred when payments from 2,000 business accounts were made twice.

Anyone on TSF received £2,000 twice over Christmas?

😎

[AgD]

1 hour ago, paulmerton said:

I also got these today in a boxing day mystery box. I've never seen these before but they look quite nice and come in neat rectangular capsules.

Does anyone know anything about them, or who makes them?

@morezone  had some for sales a while back I believe, he might know a little more about the silver note's 

[GoldDiggerDave]

19 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

There were 2 copies of the photo because the first failed to upload according to TSF, but it appeared in the posting.

I tried to edit the post and delete the duplicate, but it reappeared.

Still, two for the price of one can't be all bad, which reminds me of a recent news item:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59826345

Santander: Bank hands out £130m in Christmas blunder

The error occurred when payments from 2,000 business accounts were made twice.

Anyone on TSF received £2,000 twice over Christmas?

😎

Double bullion orders from Chards incoming !!!!!!!!

[Gruff]

1 hour ago, LawrenceChard said:

There were 2 copies of the photo because the first failed to upload according to TSF, but it appeared in the posting.

I tried to edit the post and delete the duplicate, but it reappeared.

Still, two for the price of one can't be all bad, which reminds me of a recent news item:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59826345

Santander: Bank hands out £130m in Christmas blunder

The error occurred when payments from 2,000 business accounts were made twice.

Anyone on TSF received £2,000 twice over Christmas?

😎

I wish, that would have been long spent  

[AgD]

20 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

There were 2 copies of the photo because the first failed to upload according to TSF, but it appeared in the posting.

I tried to edit the post and delete the duplicate, but it reappeared.

I thought you was playing a game of spot the difference 🤣

[Midasfrog]

Theres a rat in my house today 😲

[MaxeBaumann]

13 hours ago, paulmerton said:

Frisch aus den Boxing Day-Verkäufen!

Es ist ziemlich groß: Silber 1969 halber Dollar, eingebettet in die Rückseite der Münze für den Maßstab  

Hi Paul, I love this type of medal, very nicely done. May I ask how heavy it is? Greetings from Maxe and have a good new year.

[Silverman2U]

On 21/12/2021 at 19:51, TheShinyStuff said:

When you get @BackyardBullion in the Christmas draw and ask for a mirror bar, this is what happens...

it is stunning. I'd like to formally request BYB again next year...

Looks stunning! 

[Silverman2U]

On 24/12/2021 at 13:38, Mrpound said:

Got these earlier in the week- not normally what I go for but I have to say I am very happy with them! Especially now they are at home in some airtites (if you know you know)

would have more to show but I think my postie has taken the past few days off 😞

If you ever look to sell these or any pre-1850 British coins look me up.  

[Silverman2U]

Just received a nice bit of silver just in time for the new year. Many thanks to @Gypsy for the nice proof 1986, @modofantasma for the 2011 silver Brits. Now if I can only remember who I bought those 5 dragon bars off! Lol. I loved the vacuum seal idea for posting. Solid as a rock, no movement. 

Edited December 31, 2021 by Silverman2U
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