Today I Received.....

[BigSid]

5 each of mum and son Britannias from @Chards

[LiquidMetalsUK]

Massive thanks to @Pandaofor this beautiful set. It's been a week of rarities for me and this set is no exception 

[James32]

Last but not least... haven't checked properly yet as I've had a great delivery morning ( and not looking to be in a bad mood 🤣)

First impression.. packaging has improved. Sovereign box absolutely stinks..so it's literally not long been lacquered.

Coins are not even facing the right orientation, so obviously been rushed.

Will take a better look tomorrow, but impressed so far. Surprisingly the smaller coins hold/show the details very well. It's a busy coin for sure,but one that should grow on us!

[paulmerton]

16 minutes ago, James32 said:

Coins are not even facing the right orientation, so obviously been rushed

They could have rotated by vibration in transit.

[James32]

Just now, paulmerton said:

They could have rotated by vibration in transit.

Have you video evidence to support such sorcery?

 

[Littlemac]

So the madness has begun, first silver coin has arrived, did you know that this time 10 years ago the spot price foe silver was higher than today? I wonder what the premium was like then?

[Fenlander1]

1 minute ago, Littlemac said:

So the madness has begun, first silver coin has arrived, did you know that this time 10 years ago the spot price foe silver was higher than today? I wonder what the premium was like then?

It's a slippery slope that is fun to slide down.

[GoldDiggerDave]

1 hour ago, James32 said:

Last but not least... haven't checked properly yet as I've had a great delivery morning ( and not looking to be in a bad mood 🤣)

First impression.. packaging has improved. Sovereign box absolutely stinks..so it's literally not long been lacquered.

Coins are not even facing the right orientation, so obviously been rushed.

Will take a better look tomorrow, but impressed so far. Surprisingly the smaller coins hold/show the details very well. It's a busy coin for sure,but one that should grow on us!

Is there not a sovereign missing from that box @James32?  🤣

[James32]

2 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

Is there not a sovereign missing from that box @James32?  🤣

Ouch...

[Charliemouse]

My 4 coin set arrived from the Royal Mint.  A couple of quick pics.  Will check them out carefully, and do some higher quality pics later.

 

Edited February 1, 2023 by Charliemouse

[James32]

1 minute ago, Charliemouse said:

My 4 coin set arrived from the Royal Mint.  A couple of quick pics.  Will check them out carefully, and do some higher quality pics later.

Very saturated pict.... never mind

[Goldfever20]

7 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

Is there not a sovereign missing from that box @James32?  🤣

 

[Charliemouse]

4 minutes ago, James32 said:

Very saturated pict.... never mind

Cheeky b....

[Charliemouse]

11 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

Is there not a sovereign missing from that box @James32?  🤣

Four coin sets are rarer.  Better, yeah?

[goldmember44]

On 27/01/2023 at 11:09, JamesH said:

Couple of gorgeous 1918i King George Sovs. Young Queen Vic shields (1 top draw, the other meh) and another 2002. Have a great weekend people 👍🏼

I just now realize how similar the 2002 sov design is to the Vic shields. I guess what makes it look rather different is that the 2002 doesn't have the writing all along the edge. Overall it looks less intricate than the old ones, to me at least.

[paulmerton]

1 hour ago, James32 said:

Have you video evidence to support such sorcery?

 

No, but it works. Try leaving an encapsulated coin on top of a washing machine. It works best with larger coins like 5-sovereigns  

[Charliemouse]

7 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

No, but it works. Try leaving an encapsulated coin on top of a washing machine. It works best with larger coins like 5-sovereigns  

Just put it in the washing machine.  Even quicker.  Explains RM's QC.

[paulmerton]

1 minute ago, Charliemouse said:

Just put it in the washing machine.  Even quicker.  Explains RM's QC.

I didn't think we were allowed to discuss money laundering on here.

[Petra]

35 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

No, but it works. Try leaving an encapsulated coin on top of a washing machine. It works best with larger coins like 5-sovereigns  

That’s one hell of a vehicle to vibrate like that, wouldn’t want to be the driver🤔😮

[Charliemouse]

8 minutes ago, Petra said:

That’s one hell of a vehicle to vibrate like that, wouldn’t want to be the driver🤔😮

Well, a truck driver managed to drive along a highway in Australia so hard that it fractured the bolt of a hardened container and meant a capsule of caesium fell out and got lost (now found).  Think what that road would do to coins.

[Petra]

1 minute ago, Charliemouse said:

Well, a truck driver managed to drive along a highway in Australia so hard that it fractured the bolt of a hardened container and meant a capsule of caesium fell out and got lost (now found).  Think what that road would do to coins.

mmm! and not too far from Perth mint🧐🤔

[Silverlocks]

2 minutes ago, Petra said:

mmm! and not too far from Perth mint🧐🤔

You've never been to Australia, have you?

[Petra]

6 minutes ago, Silverlocks said:

You've never been to Australia, have you?

A country the size of Australia a few hundred or odd thousand k all pretty by the by. Going by the pictures of people on the road ‘searching’ the road actually looks better than a lot over here.

[Silverlocks]

12 minutes ago, Petra said:

A country the size of Australia a few hundred or odd thousand k all pretty by the by. Going by the pictures of people on the road ‘searching’ the road actually looks better than a lot over here.

Perth is a long, long way away from pretty much anything else.  It's the most isolated city in the world as more or less everything else in Oz is right across the other side of the continent.  It's quite a lot further from Sydney to Perth than from Sydney to New Zealand.

Edited February 1, 2023 by Silverlocks

[Paul]

Received my four sovereign set

Very, very happy with these in hand - The £5 is going to be amazing when it arrives