Today I Received.....

[Richard82]

Does anyone on the forum sell nice coin boxes? 

[James32]

1 minute ago, Richard82 said:

Does anyone on the forum sell nice coin boxes? 

@Alun makes sovereign or queen's/tudor beasts boxes, might be worth sending a pm.

[Richard82]

Just now, James32 said:

@Alun makes sovereign or queen's/tudor beasts boxes, might be worth sending a pm.

Thanks I will do.

 

[AaaGee]

Just now, Richard82 said:

Thanks I will do.

 

Great quality too 👌 

[mik]

More great booty from CobraStacker's YouTube auction....

[Richard82]

6 minutes ago, AaaGee said:

Great quality too 👌 

Can you get them custom made to what you want to put in it?

Edited December 4, 2023 by Richard82

[AaaGee]

7 minutes ago, Richard82 said:

Can you get them custom made to what you want to put in it?

Not sure. I just had his standard Queens and Tudor beast boxes for my silver collections.

[MaxeBaumann]

On 3.12.2023 at 20:52, Silverlocks said:

Germania Ritter der Vergangenheit 2023 Aus@Panda6Pack, kam letzte Woche an. Das ist jetzt das ganze Set.
Bonus 2021 und 2022 Ritter

These are beautiful coins, it's just a pity that this series has already come to an end. Thanks for the great pictures.

[MaxeBaumann]

I think this is also a good investment for the future. The first Krugerrand coin in silver from 2018, here in a tube of 25 pieces. Greetings from Maxe.

[TheShinyStuff]

12 minutes ago, MaxeBaumann said:

I think this is also a good investment for the future. The first Krugerrand coin in silver from 2018, here in a tube of 25 pieces. Greetings from Maxe.

Nice, but the 2017 was the 1st silver krug. These 2018 were the first sold by the tube though.

[MaxeBaumann]

12 minutes ago, TheShinyStuff said:

Schön, aber der 2017er war der 1. Silberkrug. Diese 2018er waren allerdings die ersten, die in der Tube verkauft wurden.

Ok, that's right. But the 2017 is the 50th anniversary Privy Mark and is limited to just 1,000,000 pieces. I think only 600,000 were minted. Sorry for my little faux pas. 😊

[James32]

Big thanks to @Silverman2U for the Christmas items 👌 and @Richard82 for the sovereigns.

[PapaLazarou]

2015 Gold Proof Fifth Portrait £1 Shield

 

As with the silver proof pound coins, several gold £1 shields can often be extremely hard to track down as they were never issued as individual coins. This 2015 Fifth was only offered within the 8-coin gold proof Circulating Coinage set, mintage just 245.

 

I'd never seen this particular coin offered on its Tod before, so I was a tad delighted to pick it up from the

@CoinsOfTheRealmAuctions auction for spot+ postage.

 

Shame about the mortuary slab.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 2023 by PapaLazarou

[TheShinyStuff]

Santa swag from @MrMidas arrived today. 😀

As always thanks to @trp for the much appreciated time & effort.

[paulmerton]

Gold Britannia with a black spot. On closer inspection it turns out to be a mint error, with a black blob struck through into the surface of the coin.

[James32]

1 minute ago, paulmerton said:

Gold Britannia with a black spot. On closer inspection it turns out to be a mint error, with a black blob struck through into the surface of the coin.

I know this is up your street and likely a positive, but it's still dismally executed from the RM

[Gruff]

4 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Gold Britannia with a black spot. On closer inspection it turns out to be a mint error, with a black blob struck through into the surface of the coin.

That to me looks like a hole in the coin, not a blob on top of it

[paulmerton]

3 minutes ago, James32 said:

I know this is up your street and likely a positive, but it's still dismally executed from the RM

Yes and yes  

[paulmerton]

Just now, Gruff said:

That to me looks like a hole in the coin, not a blob on top of it

I can't really show it any better unfortunately, but it is definitely a black object or substance (grease? fluff?) that's been struck into the coin thus causing the hole.

I guess that makes it mildly more interesting as a mint error, as most strike throughs don't retain the struck through object.

[TheShinyStuff]

7 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Yes and yes  

How can you be sure this happened in the minting process, and not afterwards? Would a dunt from a (semi) pointed object not leave a similar impression?

[paulmerton]

1 minute ago, TheShinyStuff said:

How can you be sure this happened in the minting process, and not afterwards? Would a dunt from a (semi) pointed object not leave a similar impression?

I guess I've seen enough strike through errors to be absolutely positive that it's not a dent. There are no parts of the coin outside of the volume of space that the die would permit, and the struck through object is still embedded in the coin.

I will take a closer look with a USB wotsit later.

[monkey]

42 minutes ago, TheShinyStuff said:

Santa swag from @MrMidas arrived today. 😀

As always thanks to @trp for the much appreciated time & effort.

what a lovely win! Top draw to @trp for organizing the draw!

[Brit2023]

33 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Gold Britannia with a black spot. On closer inspection it turns out to be a mint error, with a black blob struck through into the surface of the coin.

 

28 minutes ago, Gruff said:

That to me looks like a hole in the coin, not a blob on top of it

Finally definite proof of the existence of black holes.........RM achieved what Stephen Hawkins couldn't.

[Gruff]

12 minutes ago, Brit2023 said:

 

Finally definite proof of the existence of black holes.........RM achieved what Stephen Hawkins couldn't.

Now I want to know what the RM are using Vanta Black for  

[paulmerton]

4 minutes ago, Gruff said:

Now I want to know what the RM are using Vanta Black for  

It does make it look like a bottomless hole a bit! Using a 10x loupe, it doesn't look that black (and the error is much more obvious). The problem with taking pot-shots like these from a phone camera is that the phone itself blocks out loads of light when you hold it that close in macro mode, so I had to angle it to get light in from the window and then the contrast goes bonkers! My USB microscope has a poor-man's LED ring light around the end so hopefully that will show what's going on a bit better, although it's not always great at showing up holes/cracks clearly unless you tilt the coin slightly.