Today I Received.....

[Charliemouse]

From The Royal Mint, I picked this up.  I'm becoming fond of this series, although I may just stick to the 2-ounces - seems to be the sweet spot for beauty vs bankruptcy.  (Not sure 'beauty' is the right word here.)

[Charliemouse]

And finally for today, a pair of twins from @GoldDiggerDave, 2oz and 5oz.

 

[DrDave]

22 minutes ago, timsk said:

I'm pleased with this as it looks better in real life than the flat 2D images by the Royal Mint. Just wish I had DrDave's camera skills to do it justice!

 

Send it over. I'll do you a freebie! 😉

[augur]

A nicely toned AU 20 Bolívares, from when they were local produced courtesy of @Auronum

[Charliemouse]

19 minutes ago, DrDave said:

Send it over. I'll do you a freebie! 😉

I've tried that before; no one took me up on it.  Either my photos aren't up to it, or they don't trust me with their metal.

Either way, I'm not insulted, honest.

😭

[richatthecroft]

Picked these beautifully made coin trays up, they are felt topped and bottomed, a nice way to safely view and photograph coins.

And a couple of stragglers from the Royal Mint.  The Queen’s Reign three coin series is lovely 👍

 

[DrDave]

1 hour ago, Charliemouse said:

I've tried that before; no one took me up on it.  Either my photos aren't up to it, or they don't trust me with their metal.

Either way, I'm not insulted, honest.

😭

No, me neither! Never mnd. Their lose 😏

[Silverlocks]

So, today I got a George V Sovereign -

Obverse	A bit worse condition than the Gillick I got the other day - some dings in the rim and a few scuff marks on the obverse.  Reverse is in better condition.
Reverse
And really, really grubby.  Swabbing it with Isopropyl alcohol brought it up nicely, though, but a lot of grot came out.  @GoldDiggerDave might conserve coins but I'm just a pleb so I clean them.  Unfortunately I didn't have the presence of mind to take a before shot.

Edited October 28, 2022 by Silverlocks

[Silverlocks]

And I also availed myself of Tavex's PredatIntroductory pricing to get a bit of small fractional gold at a much smaller premium than one might normally expect.  The Tavex branded 1g bars are made by Nadir. Once I can get confirmation that they have, in fact canned VAT on gold, this is destined for Indonesia, where small fractional gold bars are pretty much where it's at.  Fun fact: Stacking gold is actually the approach to saving recommended in the Quran, and interest bearing savings account are technically usury.  Therefore, it's quite common practice to stack gold there and it effectively functions as a proxy for banking.  The gold industry is actually somewhat regulated there and there is a state owned mining company (P.T. Anneka Tambang) that produces retail gold products for this industry.

[Leonmarsh]

Nice little haul today 

 

[Earthmetal]

12 hours ago, Silverlocks said:

And I also availed myself of Tavex's PredatIntroductory pricing to get a bit of small fractional gold at a much smaller premium than one might normally expect.

Eh? I wasn't aware they did that, I'd have got the wife to register if I had!
Are you sure?

[JTerry3]

 

Edited October 29, 2022 by JTerry3
Photo resizing

[Silverlocks]

51 minutes ago, Earthmetal said:

Eh? I wasn't aware they did that, I'd have got the wife to register if I had!
Are you sure?

Take a look at their site.  They've got some small gold at fairly modest premiums.  I'm pretty sure it's introductory pricing to get them some market share (I think the parent company is Danish) and probably won't last forever.  However, as the saying goes, make hay while the sun shines.  As it happens, the family is based out of Indonesia for the next few years because reasons and small fractional gold makes sense there so it makes sense to get a bit of it.  Even if it's not needed it will still be pretty liquid here and the premium is low enough that one could likely get it back on the secondary market if one had occasion to flog it.

[Solachesis]

Not my best photo but it's very grey and miserable here. Today I received this Austrian 1 ducat restrike from @DuncanWylieWilson

[Nowhereman]

The other day I received my latest 3 oz SF round from @BackyardBullion and I put it with my others . It looked shiny and new whereas the others where toning . It made me think, to polish or not to polish.  The early toning on the kit kat bar is definitely giving it a new dimension. Side by side you can easily see the difference even though my photos don't do them justice.

[FFposh]

32 minutes ago, Silverlocks said:

Take a look at their site.  They've got some small gold at fairly modest premiums.  I'm pretty sure it's introductory pricing to get them some market share (I think the parent company is Danish) and probably won't last forever.  However, as the saying goes, make hay while the sun shines.  As it happens, the family is based out of Indonesia for the next few years because reasons and small fractional gold makes sense there so it makes sense to get a bit of it.  Even if it's not needed it will still be pretty liquid here and the premium is low enough that one could likely get it back on the secondary market if one had occasion to flog it.

I won't tag them in but they are on here I believe. 

[James32]

Big thanks to both @stefffana and @MikeGTA for today's arrival's.

[Smiler999]

10 x 2019 silver brits from A* best buy

[MaxeBaumann]

Freshly arrived today, I'm delighted. Maxe wishes everyone a nice weekend.

[lst65]

The Beasts have arrived…and a 2023 Queen Elizabeth II Britannia. Wahoo. Thanks again to Tavex. 

[Earthmetal]

3 hours ago, Silverlocks said:

Take a look at their site.  They've got some small gold at fairly modest premiums.  I'm pretty sure it's introductory pricing to get them some market share (I think the parent company is Danish) and probably won't last forever.  However, as the saying goes, make hay while the sun shines.  As it happens, the family is based out of Indonesia for the next few years because reasons and small fractional gold makes sense there so it makes sense to get a bit of it.  Even if it's not needed it will still be pretty liquid here and the premium is low enough that one could likely get it back on the secondary market if one had occasion to flog it.

Ah, I see. The Tavex branded 1g bars at £50. I did see those.

[Silverlocks]

23 minutes ago, Earthmetal said:

Ah, I see. The Tavex branded 1g bars at £50. I did see those.

They also have 10g valcambi bars at about spot+6.5% and 5g valcambi bars at spot+8.5%.  I think it wouldn't be too hard to recover that if you had to sell back onto the secondary market in a few years.

Edited October 29, 2022 by Silverlocks

[Smiler999]

11 minutes ago, Silverlocks said:

They also have 10g valcambi bars at about spot+6.5% and 5g valcambi bars at spot+8.5%.  I think it wouldn't be too hard to recover that if you had to sell back onto the secondary market in a few years.

Considering sovs are going at upwards of 8% spot by some dealers it's entirely possible 

[Orpster]

Todays haul from a trip into Town

[Petra]

Just now, Orpster said:

Todays haul from a trip into Town

Lucky you, local pawnshop here currently has everyday sovereigns at £450! Best is a local shop that specialises in medals more than coins has half’s at £200

Just now, Petra said:

Lucky you, local pawnshop here currently has everyday sovereigns at £450! Best is a local shop that specialises in medals more than coins has half’s at £200

ps. Nice coins😁