Today I Received.....

[Cully]

Received these two cute pandas today. Thanks to @mondy41 ?

 

[Guest]

Still curious why you think it needs "conserving"?

There is a small amount of copper spotting and they do a good job with that type of stuff

[HighlandTiger]

Still curious why you think it needs "conserving"?

There is a small amount of copper spotting and they do a good job with that type of stuff

Cleaning coins? tut tut........ You'll be chucked out of the coin club.

[Guest]

Still curious why you think it needs "conserving"?

There is a small amount of copper spotting and they do a good job with that type of stuff

Cleaning coins? tut tut........ You'll be chucked out of the coin club. [emoji6]

I think my Brillo pad should get it nice and clean

[sovereignsteve]

2 minutes ago, HighlandTiger said:

Cleaning coins? tut tut........ You'll be chucked out of the coin club.

Apparently not. NGC can do it so it must be OK.

At the end of the day re: cleaning. If any undesirable stuff can be removed without altering/affecting what's left behind, there's nothing wrong with it.

[Roy]

 

 

Edited May 17, 2016 by Roy

[silverin]

3 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

so is that area to the right of the temple a red "splodge"?

The older gold pandas were prone to copper red spots. NCS offer a 'conserve' service that can remove them and other such blemishes. It's not cheap, but worthwhile on the right coin 

[Kman]

On the topic of grading Pandas

When it comes to selling, as there are  a lot fakes, does it help to have the more expensive variations certified authentic by a coin grading company? 

^ All though I know it's preferred by some to have them in OMP 

 

 

[silverin]

48 minutes ago, Kman said:

On the topic of grading Pandas

When it comes to selling, as there are  a lot fakes, does it help to have the more expensive variations certified authentic by a coin grading company? 

^ All though I know it's preferred by some to have them in OMP 

 

 

Absolutely, especially with the rarer pandas. 

[Luker2]

CHINESE ANCIENT MYTHICAL CREATURES 2OZ SILVER ANTIQUED HIGH RELIEF COIN (Mintage 1500)

 

 

[motorbikez]

2008,2009,2014,& 2X 2015 plain fields Brits. That's the run done in record time for me anyway

I'll put a photo up when I get my airtites as at the moment I have a mish mash of different capsules

[Oldun]

Any clues for a decent priced 2015 plain field ?

[Shinus73]

My first gold panda.

[Guest]

My first half sovereign shield came in from HGM.

The reverse has tons of luster. I was expecting a young head but this is my first jubilee head.

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[HawkHybrid]

what's happened to the 'a' in brit'a'nniarum ?

 

is that a garnished shield?

 

HH

Edited May 18, 2016 by HawkHybrid

[Guest]

what's happened to the 'a' in brit'a'nniarum ?

 

is that a garnished shield?

 

HH

It is served without a sprig of parsley therefore ungarnished

[sovereignsteve]

1/2 oz lunar S1 pig. Last but one for complete collection, rabbit on it's way

 

[sovereignsteve]

9 hours ago, HawkHybrid said:

what's happened to the 'a' in brit'a'nniarum ?

 

is that a garnished shield?

 

HH

It looks like the top of the A has been lost somehow, probably during the making of the die. Or simply a damaged punch.

Yes, a garnished shield. All the shield halves have that design, as opposed to the shield surrounded with laurel leaves on the full sovereign.

[oliversw5]

I promised myself I wouldn't collect any other series other than the Rwanda Wildlife, but today I received 3 lunar series 1 coins to add to my monkey, I am choosing to see this as an investment and not a collection as the 4 coins set me back £150.

[sovereignsteve]

Less than £40 a coin isn't at all bad.

[oliversw5]

20 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Less than £40 a coin isn't at all bad.

Too bad I don't think I can pick the rest up for that price

[oliversw5]

Tell a lie, just agreed to purchase the goat and the ox for £ 85 Landed. Which gives me an average of £39 and change. Lets hope I can luck out on the other 6.

[FriedrichVonHayek]

I received 10x1oz Isle of Man Angels this morning from GoldSilver.BE and they are stunners!

They could be a great semi numi play as they are 100000 mintage which is quite low by modern standards considering the enormous amounts of coins pumped out nowadays by the various mints around the world.

The only criticism was the tracking as it was almost non-existent.

It was last tracked in Belgium on the 18th May at 2.50 a.m then it arrived at my house via Yodel this morning.

Edited May 19, 2016 by FriedrichVonHayek

[Shinus73]

First fake from EBay in a while. Advertised as 2009 Sovereign with a picture of a 2009 in the plastic RM packaging. Arrived as:

Edited May 19, 2016 by Shinus73

[Shinus73]

Just now, HelpingHands said:

Don't keep us in suspense.

Sorry, technical issues. Pictures now posted (in the wrong orientation).