Today I Received.....

[Midasfrog]

6 hours ago, Gordy said:

Got my replacement from EIC today for their Gothic Quartered Arms, good customer service and great coin even if its not the RM version

This version of the  Queens portrait goes well with the Gothic Arms 👍 its lovely coin 

[MJCOIN]

Another recent purchase. 2016 proof half sovereign.

 

 

[TringSilver]

4 hours ago, LiquidMetalsUK said:

A very cool piece from Hitchen metals AKA OPM 

 

Are they tiny beskar bars in the background?!

[LiquidMetalsUK]

9 minutes ago, TringSilver said:

Are they tiny beskar bars in the background?!

Good eye 🤣 yea they are 1g beskar bars 

[PapaLazarou]

2006 Silver Proof Annual Collection #1 of 1

 

Before The Royal Mint landed upon its current design for annual year proof-set boxes - shiny black for silver, and the superior wooden veneer for executive proofs - it first ejaculated the 2000 "Millenium" and 2006 "80th Birthday" silver sets. Both sets included a silver 4-coin Maundy set and both boxes were heinously unattractive. 

 

So egregiously ugly, in fact, that I have decided to replace the original boxes with their wooden "executive" counterparts, jettison the Maundies, and offer safe harbour to the appropriate - and originally excluded- commemorative silver proof coins.

 

The 2006 addenda are the braces of Victoria Cross heptagons and the Brunel doubloons.

 

A marked improvement imo and considerably more in keeping with their modern counterparts.

 

The Maundy set will have to go.

Edited February 24, 2022 by PapaLazarou

[richatthecroft]

10 minutes ago, PapaLazarou said:

2006 Silver Proof Annual Collection #1 of 1

 

Before The Royal Mint landed upon its current design for annual year proof-set boxes - shiny black for silver, and the superior wooden veneer for executive proofs - it first ejaculated the 2000 "Millenium" and 2006 "80th Birthday" silver sets. Both sets included a silver 4-coin Maundy set and both boxes were heinously unattractive. 

 

So egregiously ugly, in fact, that I have decided to replace the original boxes with their wooden "executive" counterparts, jettison the Maundies, and offer safe harbour to the appropriate - and originally excluded- commemorative silver proof coins.

 

The 2006 addenda are the braces of Victoria Cross heptagons and the Brunel doubloons.

 

A marked improvement imo and considerably more in keeping with their modern counterparts.

 

The Maundy set will have to go.

Agreed on that hideous crushed velour finish of the Millennium Silver Set- I bought one only to liberate the Maundy Money into my collection- I was shocked by the presentation, it was like a 70's throwback-I can only think at the time, the product manager was on Acid- At least it was a blue crushed velour, could have been worse, it might have been Daytona Yellow like my Ford Cortina.

[ryanp007]

No idea if I'm posting this in the right spot. My apologies in advance if I messed it up, I'm still new here.

Today's arrival to my collection.

1896 Swiss 20F (non restrike). Beautiful XF condition. 

Lettered edge reading DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT (The Lord will Provide)

Minted in Bern, 400,000 pieces

[DarkChameleon]

4 hours ago, richatthecroft said:

Agreed on that hideous crushed velour finish of the Millennium Silver Set- I bought one only to liberate the Maundy Money into my collection- I was shocked by the presentation, it was like a 70's throwback-I can only think at the time, the product manager was on Acid- At least it was a blue crushed velour, could have been worse, it might have been Daytona Yellow like my Ford Cortina.

I'll have you know our mk3 Cortina was daytona yellow and ran on propane...back in the early 80s, we were so cool.....in our banana car...lmao.

[MaxeBaumann]

17 hours ago, Gordy said:

Habe heute meinen Ersatz von EIC für ihre Gothic Quartered Arms, guten Kundenservice und tolle Münze bekommen, auch wenn es nicht die RM-Version ist

A beautiful coin Gordi.

[Gruff]

So this just arrived... 

 

 

Thank you @ArgentSmith 

[Petra]

Thank you clockpuncher, great coin!

[Petra]

Just now, Petra said:

Thank you clockpuncher, great coin!

Just the Britannia! 

[Petra]

Finally a 1997 Britannia 

[bilko]

received this from @CatStudent, 1965 sovereign (birthyear) added to my small collection  great packaging and quick delivery 

[SovereignBishop]

16 minutes ago, bilko said:

received this from @CatStudent, 1965 sovereign (birthyear) added to my small collection  great packaging and quick delivery 

Nice! What case is this ? And does it only fit certain caps ? 

[bilko]

it was bought here. mate. one of. @Alunsuperb boxes which he makes for lots of different coins, this his Sovereign one that's amazing quality and looks stunning and can't recommend enough

Edited February 24, 2022 by bilko

[KevjustKev]

Ordered a few days ago, thankfully!

 

[James32]

Big thanks to @BullionMan89 for today's arrivals 

[Bixley]

The postie has just delivered:

[Loucollectscoins]

Today I received my 2oz Tudor beast bullion coin. Never had a problem with the royal mint but this is unacceptable to me  

[Loucollectscoins]

27 minutes ago, Bixley said:

The postie has just delivered:

How did you open the capsule?

[James32]

4 minutes ago, Loucollectscoins said:

Today I received my 2oz Tudor beast bullion coin. Never had a problem with the royal mint but this is unacceptable to me  

Send back as even that can't be described as bullion 🙈

@Gordy has some up on the forum, that will have been checked over before selling. 

[Bixley]

15 minutes ago, Loucollectscoins said:

How did you open the capsule?

With difficulty! A fine but strong blade between the halves and work it round until wide enough to get a fingernail in. There was some slight capsule damage by the time I got it opened. But I hate looking at coins through plastic so just had to get it open. The capsule has not been pressed firmly shut for storage so will open easily again.

[paulmerton]

2 minutes ago, Bixley said:

With difficulty! A fine but strong blade between the halves and work it round until wide enough to get a fingernail in. There was some slight capsule damage by the time I got it opened. But I hate looking at coins through plastic so just had to get it open. The capsule has not been pressed firmly shut for storage so will open easily again.

They look really nice. I didn't even realise they were bullion ones at first glance!

[Bixley]

25 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

They look really nice. I didn't even realise they were bullion ones at first glance!

I'm much more impressed with them in hand than I was from the promotional pictures. I had better add that it was only the silver capsule I had to prise apart. The gold is a screw capsule.