Today I Received.....

[Gordy]

4 minutes ago, GreatCoins4U said:

I have a little fifty pence collection, I have not managed to get one of these ones from this year though yet, I will keep my eyes peeled. Are they rare or anything like that, or just new(ish)?

they're new out for Lizzie's jubilee but only available in post offices unless some use them in shops to spend with, and quite hard to get so getting 8 is a good show.. 

[GreatCoins4U]

2 minutes ago, Gordy said:

they're new out for Lizzie's jubilee but only available in post offices unless some use them in shops to spend with, and quite hard to get so getting 8 is a good show.. 

Is that why I haven't seen any in any of the shops that I go into. Well I will try and pop into the Post Office this week, do you just ask them if they have any on the off chance? I will pop in when it looks quiet and chance my luck, I dont know why but I started collecting the interesting ones for some reason.

[Gordy]

3 minutes ago, GreatCoins4U said:

Is that why I haven't seen any in any of the shops that I go into. Well I will try and pop into the Post Office this week, do you just ask them if they have any on the off chance? I will pop in when it looks quiet and chance my luck, I dont know why but I started collecting the interesting ones for some reason.

I went in to the post office i use on the day they came out just to see if i could pick up a couple for the kids but they are run by Sainsbury's and dont get cash off the post office ffs, so i put my mother on to it and she got 3 for my kids.. 

[DarkChameleon]

3 hours ago, Johnboysilver said:

PF 70   2021 Silver Fender Telecaster Guitar  - 75th Anniversary 😁👍

You got the set?.

[GreatCoins4U]

 

10 minutes ago, Gordy said:

I went in to the post office i use on the day they came out just to see if i could pick up a couple for the kids but they are run by Sainsbury's and dont get cash off the post office ffs, so i put my mother on to it and she got 3 for my kids.. 

Nicely done, well they sometimes send me to the Post Office for work and I go there when I need to post things, god bless them, but I will try and make a special effort to pop in and see them, when it looks quiet, so as not to upset the long line of people. Otherwise I will have to try and get a gold one, and they are very expensive, god bless it.

Edited April 30, 2022 by GreatCoins4U

[DarkChameleon]

24 minutes ago, GreatCoins4U said:

I have a little fifty pence collection, I have not managed to get one of these ones from this year though yet, I will keep my eyes peeled. Are they rare or anything like that, or just new(ish)?

I have one..so my collection is smaller then yours..lol..I think miss puddleduck.

[Alz111]

3 hours ago, StackerCollector said:

And just received another 2022 sovereign from Atkinsons Bullion. Don't trust the FED and other central banks that they will increase rates significantly in the near future. If they would, the stock market would take a nose-dive and Powell, Pelosi and others are heavily invested in the stock market. Can't go wrong with gold

Never purchased gold bullion would you think it’s a good investment for the future ?

and if yes why could you explain 

thanks 

[LiquidMetalsUK]

Some truly awsome vintage in today. Nothing better than silver you can touch. These 2nd gen A-Mark are immense.

FUN FACT: A-Mark where the first metals company given permission to melt and re purpose the silver from the Garsoppa ship wreck  😎

[Foster88]

55 minutes ago, GreatCoins4U said:

I have a little fifty pence collection, I have not managed to get one of these ones from this year though yet, I will keep my eyes peeled. Are they rare or anything like that, or just new(ish)?

They’re not so much rare, just a one off new design to mark the Platinum Jubilee.

I got a bag of them from my post office, but this was in February. I’d say the Post Office is still the best place to ask if they have any as that’s how they were put into circulation.

[GreatCoins4U]

1 hour ago, Foster88 said:

They’re not so much rare, just a one off new design to mark the Platinum Jubilee.

I got a bag of them from my post office, but this was in February. I’d say the Post Office is still the best place to ask if they have any as that’s how they were put into circulation.

I just wondered why I had not come across any of them in the real world, like in any shops or anything, but people are using cards alot more now and maybe working from home abit more. I will keep my eyes peeled in the shops and go into the Post Office this week to ask, what's it called, just a Platinum Jubilee 70 years 50p or something, will they know that is?

[Dakaras]

1 hour ago, Alz111 said:

Never purchased gold bullion would you think it’s a good investment for the future ?

and if yes why could you explain 

thanks 

Yes, wished I'd started years ago. Why? Simple as an long term investment gold's historically sound. Just check out years gone by spot prices. Second it's nice to own in bullion form and if interested in numasically sound coins, gold coins can often be had close to spot. I like planes, scooped a spitfire 9ct a few months ago for spot, I bet if I put it up for sale here at spot it would go sharpish and I've made a few quid.

But as with any investment, could go down, that's the risk you take .

[Foster88]

4 minutes ago, GreatCoins4U said:

I just wondered why I had not come across any of them in the real world, like in any shops or anything, but people are using cards alot more now and maybe working from home abit more. I will keep my eyes peeled in the shops and go into the Post Office this week to ask, what's it called, just a Platinum Jubilee 70 years 50p or something, will they know that is?

They should know what you mean. It might be easier to buy a bag of them, I think there’s 20 in a bag.

I don’t know if all post offices had them so you might have to try a few. If you get them in your change they’ll likely be battered.

The ones I got just had the odd scratch on them from the other coins in the bag.

[Chrisplym]

7 hours ago, Goldfever20 said:

Just received my City views coin. It looks so much better than on RM website. Love it 😃

Looks fantastic! Has anybody bought the gold 1oz?

[Slam]

24 minutes ago, GreatCoins4U said:

I just wondered why I had not come across any of them in the real world, like in any shops or anything, but people are using cards alot more now and maybe working from home abit more. I will keep my eyes peeled in the shops and go into the Post Office this week to ask, what's it called, just a Platinum Jubilee 70 years 50p or something, will they know that is?

Yeah just ask for the new 50p coins, was by chance that I remembered. I just said do you have any new 50p coins, lady knew and asked me if I meant the platinum jubilee ones. After catching the bug, I went into another larger post office thinking it be easy to get but then waited in the queue and when got to the counter the lady there said they don't and wont get anymore in because it was a limited edition, (Not quite sure on that information.) So think its pot luck. Best wishes

[GreatCoins4U]

Just now, Slam said:

Yeah just ask for the new 50p coins, was by chance that I remembered. I just said do you have any new 50p coins, lady knew and asked me if I meant the platinum jubilee ones. After catching the bug, I went into another larger post office thinking it be easy to get but then waited in the queue and when got to the counter the lady there said they don't and wont get anymore in because it was a limited edition, (Not quite sure on that information.) So think its pot luck. Best wishes

Alright cheers bud, I will report back if I have any luck in the week, you never know.

[MancunianStacker]

7 hours ago, Goldfever20 said:

Just received my City views coin. It looks so much better than on RM website. Love it 😃

How am I still waiting for my 2nd Monarch 1oz & 2oz coins??? 🤦‍♂️ 

[Gordy]

4 minutes ago, Slam said:

Yeah just ask for the new 50p coins, was by chance that I remembered. I just said do you have any new 50p coins, lady knew and asked me if I meant the platinum jubilee ones. After catching the bug, I went into another larger post office thinking it be easy to get but then waited in the queue and when got to the counter the lady there said they don't and wont get anymore in because it was a limited edition, (Not quite sure on that information.) So think its pot luck. Best wishes

limited to 1.3 million but post offices were rationed

[StackerCollector]

3 hours ago, Alz111 said:

Never purchased gold bullion would you think it’s a good investment for the future ?

and if yes why could you explain 

thanks 

I don't view gold as an investment such as a stock where you want to buy low and sell high. Gold is an insurance against governments printing too much money so they can spend it on wars, the pharma industry, etc. all the while eroding the value/ purchasing power of the money in my account I worked hard for. 

This is a good video on gold by EB Tucker (have read his book, can highly recommend it) 

 

[PapaLazarou]

Good Prices...Nuff Said

With thanks to@arphethean& @AurumArgenti

[MaxeBaumann]

21 hours ago, LiquidMetalsUK said:

Ein wirklich toller Jahrgang von heute. Nichts ist besser als Silber, das man anfassen kann. Diese A-Mark der 2. Generation sind immens.

NEBENBEI : A -Mark, wo das erste Metallunternehmen die Erlaubnis erteilt hat, das Silber aus dem Garsoppa-Schiffswrack zu schmelzen und wiederzuverwenden  😎

And we Germans were so fond of the D-Mark.🤣

[GreatCoins4U]

20 hours ago, Foster88 said:

They should know what you mean. It might be easier to buy a bag of them, I think there’s 20 in a bag.

I don’t know if all post offices had them so you might have to try a few. If you get them in your change they’ll likely be battered.

The ones I got just had the odd scratch on them from the other coins in the bag.

Just looked online on eBay, they seem to be going for £1 - £2 minimum, so looks unlikely to me that the post office will have any, but I will ask on the off chance this week 🌞

[dikefalos]

On 30/04/2022 at 12:04, StackerCollector said:

Something a bit different. Was a popular TV show so these go to PCGS as they are "first strike" eligible and I'll check back in 5-10 years if it was a good investment

 

Just a few words about those mintdirect PCGS eligible coins. They ain't guaranteed good quality coins. It's a nice packaging, that's why i collect some of them. After minting they get packaged in OMP, than they got send to APMEX and than they seal them into the mintdirect packaging.

So especially uncapsuled bullion will have the same issues, as always. The first APMEX/PCGS mintdirect release was the 2020 Eagle. Just realized, my both got toned on the edge, so maybe not the best sealing.

 

But i still like the packaging and will collect some coins i like as APMEX MD

Edited May 2, 2022 by dikefalos

[Midasfrog]

2018 Peter Rabbit added to the album today 👍 quite a difficult one to find in circulated change 

Also checking through the Shields a low mintage 2017 Shield 

 

[StackerCollector]

21 hours ago, dikefalos said:

Just a few words about those mintdirect PCGS eligible coins. They ain't guaranteed good quality coins. It's a nice packaging, that's why i collect some of them. After minting they get packaged in OMP, than they got send to APMEX and than they seal them into the mintdirect packaging.

So especially uncapsuled bullion will have the same issues, as always. The first APMEX/PCGS mintdirect release was the 2020 Eagle. Just realized, my both got toned on the edge, so maybe not the best sealing.

 

But i still like the packaging and will collect some coins i like as APMEX MD

That is one fine collection

[ryanp007]

Today I received this neat little piece of history for my LMU collection.

The coin is an 1860 Napoleon III 10 Franc in well circulated condition. Not remarkable in any way in and of itself. But like an enormous amount of Napoleon III circulating coinage, this piece has been defaced. In this case the word SEDAN has been counterstamped - a satyrical reference to the French defeat (and Napoleon IIIs capture) at the battle of Sedan, which would ultimately lead to France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian war.

These satyrical coins are a genre all to themselves. Some of them went far beyond simple "vandalism", and become essentially works of art in their own right. Fascinating little piece of coin history!