Today I Received.....

[watchesandwhisky]

I have one single 1oz coin and its pretty nice really:)

[Panicbuying]

2x 2016 Maple for GBP 7.57 (with a bit of help from ebay with a GBP 25 gift voucher)! 

[Uwink]

Just received my competition winning half panda (1993) thanks DavePanda!

It's my first silver coin (other than maples) and I really like it...might of started something here !

[UraaniBarbaari]

Series I tenth oz dragon. Now have mouse, dragon and the monkey 1/10 oz from the series one. All very good value buys- don´t collect the set actively.

 

[morezone]

Can't really afford to stump up for a mint carded 2007 Roo so this will have to do. Not mint but more affordable.

3 more to go.

[DrDime]

Picked up a $5 half eagle from 1900. Wouldn't normally go for these but the price was reasonable and it's fairly nice condition. The seller also had a 1908 incuse version for the same price that was beautiful condition - except that someone had deliberately scratched the field, probably for an acid test

[sovereignsteve]

People who vandalise coins in this way should be sent round to @goldbones house dressed in stripes wearing a mask

[shemyaza]

Sovereign Steve, I bought my Cassie's at £55 per coin. On ebay the prices now range from £100 to £450 each (Edit: This is a short term spike and will calm down). I have waited for these since RAM replied to my email about a new series of Northern Hemisphere coins which would be popular in Europe and North America. I'll hold these as these are my favourite coins and are beautifully better than the previous 3 coins. The market will do it's own thing. I see Zeus coins are nearing £1000 each. I will only trade into Gold when the time is right as I am dividing my stack into Hold and Breeding stacks using the G:S ratio. Luckily I don't have the cost of feeding my Gold or Silver. I'm holding my Gold. I like my Gold but will skip selling it into Silver and buy Silver instead.

Edited December 19, 2015 by shemyaza

[sovereignsteve]

8 minutes ago, shemyaza said:

Sovereign Steve, I bought my Cassie's at £55 per coin. On ebay the prices now range from £100 to £450 each.

Excellent well done, I wish I'd got in on them early like you. At those prices, I would sell them all now.

[shemyaza]

All my Silver Maples (A mistake as a beginner in stacking Gold and Silver) will all go into Breeding. The Milking is something which is natural but my coins will be left alone as it is part of the aging process. I especially wanted these Cassie coins as I really like them, I thought they'd do Perseus or the 7 Sisters (Subaru as the Japanese call them) first but this is a great choice. So whatever the market does it doesn't matter. I like them. Sovereign stick with what you like, I still appreciate my Wandering Albatross' but are unwanted elsewhere. I like them and are part of my Hold stack.

Edited December 19, 2015 by shemyaza

[goldbones]

On 12/19/2015 at 14:49, sovereignsteve said:

People who vandalise coins in this way should be sent round to @goldbones house dressed in stripes wearing a mask

Sure send them round for dinner, i've set the cutlery on the table ready:

 

 

[morezone]

Star Wars Classic Han Solo in silver and 1/4 gold.

Very surprised Parcel Force delivered today.  Saw a van drive past on the way home and thought it was odd.  When I arrived home a couple of minutes later I find a box by the front door.  They just left it there.  Luckily it's a fairly safe and low traffic area and the parcel was of minimal value.  30 mins later Parcel Force turn up again but this time with this order which contained other coins as well.  Good job they didn't just leave this one out.

[Cointreau]

@morezone

Can you explain the design? Is Hans Solo drowning?

[morezone]

@morezone

Can you explain the design? Is Hans Solo drowning?

Frozen in carbonite.

[BaldyBob]

4 hours ago, morezone said:

Frozen in carbonite.

You forgot to add the appropriate symbol , has to be the only non bullion coin I truly like.

[Guest]

Picked up a $5 half eagle from 1900. Wouldn't normally go for these but the price was reasonable and it's fairly nice condition. The seller also had a 1908 incuse version for the same price that was beautiful condition - except that someone had deliberately scratched the field, probably for an acid test

On the one hand it looks ms63 and on the other the bun shows wear so probably au58.. What do I know?

[DrDime]

@Numistacker - yeah I was wondering whether it would be worth getting it graded as I saw an NCG ms64 one today that looked in worse condition. I got it for not that much over spot. TBH I wouldn't have bought it if I hadn't watched your videos, so thanks for that.

Is it the bun of the hair that shows wear first? It looks better to the eye than in the photo but there does seem to be some wear on the top third of the bun.

[Guest]

@Numistacker - yeah I was wondering whether it would be worth getting it graded as I saw an NCG ms64 one today that looked in worse condition. I got it for not that much over spot. TBH I wouldn't have bought it if I hadn't watched your videos, so thanks for that.

Is it the bun of the hair that shows wear first? It looks better to the eye than in the photo but there does seem to be some wear on the top third of the bun.

This one was bought as an Ms61

This one was bought at Ms64

Will be breaking them out of non NGC/PCGS slabs and grading but look at bun and fields

@Numistacker - yeah I was wondering whether it would be worth getting it graded as I saw an NCG ms64 one today that looked in worse condition. I got it for not that much over spot. TBH I wouldn't have bought it if I hadn't watched your videos, so thanks for that.

Is it the bun of the hair that shows wear first? It looks better to the eye than in the photo but there does seem to be some wear on the top third of the bun.

This one was bought as an Ms61

This one was bought at Ms64

Will be breaking them out of non NGC/PCGS slabs and grading but look at bun and fields

[Oldun]

Unexpected tax rebate came through today, sooooo it happened to coincide with a 10% off everything sale at my local numismatic shop. Got the lot for 120,000 yen which is a google exchange price of about 660 quid.

 

Picked up

a gold Britannia proof 2009 1/4 oz gold  with coa and box

a 1996 proof sovereign with coa and box

and a 2008 proof sovereign no box or coa

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Edited December 21, 2015 by Oldun

[DRooster]

On 19 December 2015 at 16:26, shemyaza said:

All my Silver Maples ... will all go into Breeding.

I wish my coins would breed, all they seem to do is lie around.

[Oldun]

Another 2009 1/4 oz 25 pound gold proof from the same dealer. I couldn't resist. 2,250 mintage.

 

Edited December 23, 2015 by Oldun

[Oldun]

Twins ! 

 

Edited December 22, 2015 by Oldun

[morezone]

1/10th LOTR Crown.  I may just leave this as it is rather than breaking it out.

2012 Half Sovereign.  For some reason you don't see these very often although there were supposed to be 250,000 minted.  Came with a price tag but the collector in me is daft enough to pay it.

[KevinG]

Three 2015 Maples three 2016 pandas, and one 3 gram gold panda.

 

 

[oohshiny]

2016 Kookaburras.

A few 1oz coins and a nice meaty 10oz coin.

 

Edited December 23, 2015 by oohshiny