Today I Received.....

[Silverlocks]

22 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

Nothing too fancy today. 

I saw that today.  It was a nice little freebie.

[HillWalkerDundee]

10 hours ago, Silverlocks said:

I saw that today.  It was a nice little freebie.

Scary when we used to have these in change as kids.

[Silverlocks]

June Coin Fair So I bought a few bullion sovs and a rockinghorse crown, plus a 2005 OzSov that was in with some bullion.   1855 Shield VF grade or thereabouts, not bad condition cosmetically.  This was the pick of the bunch.

1919P George V sovereign

1929SA George V Sovereign

2005 Perth Mint Oz Sovereign

1935 'Rockinghorse' Crown

 

 

Edited June 4, 2023 by Silverlocks

[Steve62]

22 hours ago, Solachesis said:

I just got the one, definitely recommend getting the other if it's still there, they don't come up often and are stunning 

Still there , or was... will sit well with the Saudi Guinea....👍

[Coverte]

5 hours ago, HillWalkerDundee said:

Scary when we used to have these in change as kids.

 

Yes indeed, I don't recall ever handling any, but have a vague recall from when very young of the 'Golden Hind pre decimal half penny !!

I think their production was ended in 19667 and no longer legal tender a couple of years later, maybe apart from some special sets maybe.

Hard to fathom only 50 years later we then had a coin for 1/480th of a £GBP under the pre decimalisation Carolingian monetary system;

but a fantastic reminder how Gold has done its job during the same time period - I didn't have any of course, but think gold would have been under £70/oz in those early 1970's.

[TheShinyStuff]

17 hours ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

Nothing too fancy today. 

Is a 'sample' anything different from a regular penny? It doesn't look different to me?!

[Silverlocks]

9 minutes ago, TheShinyStuff said:

Is a 'sample' anything different from a regular penny? It doesn't look different to me?!

As I understand It's a sample coin in a case.  The coin itself is just an ordinary coin.

[GoldDiggerDave]

13 minutes ago, TheShinyStuff said:

Is a 'sample' anything different from a regular penny? It doesn't look different to me?!

No just a free sample I got from the NGC. 
 

[Silverlocks]

2 hours ago, Coverte said:

 

Yes indeed, I don't recall ever handling any, but have a vague recall from when very young of the 'Golden Hind pre decimal half penny !!

I think their production was ended in 19667 and no longer legal tender a couple of years later, maybe apart from some special sets maybe.

Hard to fathom only 50 years later we then had a coin for 1/480th of a £GBP under the pre decimalisation Carolingian monetary system;

but a fantastic reminder how Gold has done its job during the same time period - I didn't have any of course, but think gold would have been under £70/oz in those early 1970's.

£1 used to be quite a lot of money in the 19th century - a sovereign was legal tender for £1 and the bullion value of the metal was less than that.  In 1900 a typical house in London cost about £250-300.  It wasn't until WWI, where inflation saw the pound reduced to about a third of its pre-war value, that the bullion value of the gold first exceeded the face value of a sov.  They were never put back into circulation after that.

Edited June 4, 2023 by Silverlocks

[HillWalkerDundee]

1 hour ago, Silverlocks said:

£1 used to be quite a lot of money in the 19th century - a sovereign was legal tender for £1 and the bullion value of the metal was less than that.  In 1900 a typical house in London cost about £250-300.  It wasn't until WWI, where inflation saw the pound reduced to about a third of its pre-war value, that the bullion value of the gold first exceeded the face value of a sov.  They were never put back into circulation after that.

In 1962, I "earned" sixpence a week at primary school clearing the lunchtime dinner tables. That was 2.5p.

[CoinStruck]

My pick ups from the London Coin Fair on Saturday. 

[Charliemouse]

6 minutes ago, CoinStruck said:

My pick ups from the London Coin Fair on Saturday. 

🤣

I have ticket 729.

[GoldDiggerDave]

6 minutes ago, Charliemouse said:

🤣

I have ticket 729.

I got 0731🤣🤣👍

[HerefordBullyun]

wrong thread lol

 

Edited June 4, 2023 by HerefordBullyun

[HonestMoneyGoldSilver]

Think you might have posted in the wrong thread @HerefordBullyun 😂

[James32]

2 minutes ago, HerefordBullyun said:

Nice coins dude...

[HonestMoneyGoldSilver]

Unless you want your TIR to be a banhammer

[GoldDiggerDave]

5 minutes ago, HerefordBullyun said:

Today I received a ban from TSF

[stefffana]

7 minutes ago, HerefordBullyun said:

 

[TheShinyStuff]

Today I received a very much appreciated silver coronation crown as a birthday gift!

Also in the pic are 4 more KC3 brits from @theman73 for the tube (actually received a week or so ago) and a scottsdale 1oz bar, from Atkinsons pre owned lucky dip - I quite enjoy seeing what turns up, and again pretty pleased with the result.

 

Edited June 4, 2023 by TheShinyStuff

[SilverTanner]

The closest I have got to a silver coin lately, a silver certificate from Suriname during World War II, I expect these are probably not exchangeable for silver any more

 

 

[GoldenGriffin]

A PCGS parcel... what could it be?

Ooo, a wonky, yet top graded Lion of England 😍- I'll have to send that back as a mechanical error to straighten that up!  I did instruct them to align it straight, but hey, can't get it right all the time.

Red Dragon of Wales 😍 - if this was 100, or even 20 years old, the grade would sit better with collectors - today I'm very happy to even have one on my collection! 

And a memorial sovereign! 😍 

Edited June 5, 2023 by GoldenGriffin

[Ted1945]

Happy Monday😀

off to grading now 

big thanks to Goldiggerdave for sorting this all out for me can’t thank him enough - 

 

[bilko]

On 03/06/2023 at 20:45, Silverlocks said:

I saw that today.  It was a nice little freebie.

well when they stopped being legal tender my granny of all people somehow knew that the ciggy vending machines mistook the old pennies for 50p and sent us around the pubs and we made out like bandits....she was quite a character

[Goldfever20]

Top pop, thank you @GoldDiggerDave

 

Edited June 6, 2023 by Goldfever20