Today I Received.....

[Dune69]

These arrived today

 

[morezone]

Various old European gold and a 2015 Platinum maple.

[daz]

 

1 oz high relief mythical creatures . And 1oz Rwanda meerkat

think i will have to save up for the 5oz mythical creatures , i think it would be pretty special

 

 

Edited December 3, 2015 by daz

[Cointreau]

A veiled head Victorian sovereign from Lubi.

[morezone]

My first £1 proof.  Thought it was a decent price at 7.3% over spot yesterday.

[morezone]

I didn't even know that this order had been shipped until it was delivered just now.

Hopefully a day of deliveries

I bought 2 of the 1/10ths to qualify for free shipping.  If anyone is interested, happy to sell the 2nd for cost price + postage.

[MickB]

Popped round to David's @Abbotssilvercoins to choose a ten ounce lunar horse and three 1oz 2016 silver Britannias.

He makes a good cup of tea as well

Now to put these away before my missus gets back from town!

[morezone]

Romanian 3 kings.

Some proof silver from Europe somewhere.  Anyone have any info on the series etc?

Last delivery today is the coin box which I've not opened yet.

[morezone]

Final delivery.  Coin box from mastercoincases in Germany.  4 layers of 16 cut to 45mm to hold H size Air-Tites.

[SilverSniper]

On 11/27/2015, 11:31:24, Lindeman said:

Nice haul there SilverSniper! So which us your favourite 1 ounce design? I don't have any 2016 designs yet - was tempted by that new Britannia design , but I guess I will get at least the Kookaburras - given their high quality. Do you have any silver Libertads?! Eagles also a classic. 

My favourite design from this delivery, on in general?  From this delivery I guess I like the Noah's Ark design the most.

I do have Libertads, Eagles, Philharmonics, Kookaburras, Pandas, and many of the Britannia designs, in my own collection.  I think the Pandas and Libertads are the best bullion designs.  

This is just bullion coins, I have an extensive numismatic collection as well.

Coin types I have no examples of: Koala, and any of the Lunars.  I'm also not keen on the colourised coins, so only have a hand-full of those.

 

Edited December 4, 2015 by SilverSniper

[SilverSniper]

On 12/1/2015, 8:34:01, Shinus73 said:

They look silver in that light.  Nice.

[SilverSniper]

On 12/3/2015, 6:40:24, daz said:

i love uk trade dollars , one of my favourite coins . i only have one though as they tend to be a bit pricey for me .

looks like a bombay mintmark

The British and US Trade Dollars have been on my wish list for quite some time.  I never seem to be able to get close to a descent example for a reasonable price.

[SilverSniper]

On 12/3/2015, 10:30:06, Numistacker said:

I am sure curly wurlys were larger when I was a kid!

Me too, I'm sure they were bigger when I was a kid.  Wagon wheels too.

[sovereignsteve]

49 minutes ago, SilverSniper said:

The British and US Trade Dollars have been on my wish list for quite some time.  I never seem to be able to get close to a descent example for a reasonable price.

I think I just "dropped on" on ebay one evening. There was another one from the same seller but I got outbid. Wish I'd bid more but I didn't know the value of these coins.

[silverin]

4 hours ago, SilverSniper said:

The British and US Trade Dollars have been on my wish list for quite some time.  I never seem to be able to get close to a descent example for a reasonable price.

 

4 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

I think I just "dropped on" on ebay one evening. There was another one from the same seller but I got outbid. Wish I'd bid more but I didn't know the value of these coins.

I have several British Trade dollars just watch out for replicas.

[Danny-boy]

Yeah, I almost bought a very convincing copy at an antiques fair last weekend.

Lots of copies apparently, many made from the right metal too.

[sovereignsteve]

Sounds like something to leave at "just one example" then! Can't say I would get that enthusiastic about collecting them anyway.

2 hours ago, silverin said:

 

I have several British Trade dollars just watch out for replicas.

What are the giveaway features?

[StackemHigh]

8 hours ago, morezone said:

Final delivery.  Coin box from mastercoincases in Germany.  4 layers of 16 cut to 45mm to hold H size Air-Tites.

Looks good. Was it expensive? 

[morezone]

1 minute ago, StackemHigh said:

Looks good. Was it expensive? 

Very. €388 inc delivery

[silverin]

1 hour ago, sovereignsteve said:

Sounds like something to leave at "just one example" then! Can't say I would get that enthusiastic about collecting them anyway.

What are the giveaway features?

Weight, poor rough details and the rim can be sharp.  I purchased an 1918 15 gold rupees coin and the trade dollars were part of the deal

[morezone]

[Oldun]

Went a bit LBMA registered yesterday.

 

 

Edited December 5, 2015 by Oldun

[MickB]

Today I recieved my 1/4 oz 2014 gold Britannia from BBP, with a scratch on it

So much for the plastic capsule it came in. You just know they knew it was there when they packaged it for postage.

Suppose it's only bullion, not proof thankfully.

[KevinG]

2 hours ago, Oldun said:

Went a bit LBMA registered yesterday.

 

 

 

Very nice, where did you get it?

[Oldun]

Ishifuku in Kanda, Tokyo. They even put it in a pleasantly designed pouch too, as well as the bar having its own registered number. LBMA registered company and been around since 1930. They have been issuing London Good Delivery 400 oz bars since 1982.

http://www.goldbarsworldwide.com/PDF/BI_2_GoldBarManufacturers.pdf

Edited December 5, 2015 by Oldun