Today I Received.....

[dazzerbooth]

Nice little Indian 2014 sov,

[morezone]

1983 1oz Singapore Dragon and 1/10th Carp.  Came in flips which may be from the Mint but I've rehoused them in Air-Tities.  Couple of red spots on the Dragon but the Carp is more or less mint.

[Jimmock]

Received my 2011 high relief proof roo. An e-bay find,got it for only £38:30 delivered,was only bidder. Add it to my 2010 + 2012.  

[Silverstackeruk]

2017 sovereign premium set..low coa

3 hours ago, morezone said:

1983 1oz Singapore Dragon and 1/10th Carp.  Came in flips which may be from the Mint but I've rehoused them in Air-Tities.  Couple of red spots on the Dragon but the Carp is more or less mint.

What are the red spots? Not received mine yet but I wouldn't be happy if it came with a red spot...will that lower the value?

[Quicksilver]

A few bits from @SilverStan 1974 USS constitution round, + the silverbug island rounds. Also the new 1oz silverbugs in space bar prospector bar and a silver shield round.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AuZeus]

Arrived from Atkinsons today 

1911 Melbourne full sovereign

1911 Sydney full sovereign

To go along with my Canadian, just the London and Perth for a full 1911 mint set.

Haven't used Atkinsons for a while, was excepting a jiffy bag with coins surrounded with bubble wrap instead was pleasantly surprised to find a good strong cardboard envelope, the coins in capsules and in plastic coin flips with tissue paper wrapping and branded sticker sealing it all together. nice touch       

[morezone]

1 hour ago, Silverstackeruk said:

What are the red spots? Not received mine yet but I wouldn't be happy if it came with a red spot...will that lower the value?

Oxidation of impurities.  Happens quite a lot with gold which you can look up.  There are ways to remove it but it doesn't bother me.  It's a 35 year old bulllion coin so things like that are expected.

It does reduce the value but since it was reasonably priced in the first place it doesn't make any difference.

If you are expecting A1 coins you really need to be looking at relatively new coins in some form of Mint packaging.

 

edit..come to think of it, this spot could be an acid test mark.

[Agpanda]

a 1991 large date panda and a 1993 small date Both NGC MS69

Getting closer to my goal to have all variation from 1989 up to date

2007 - 2016 I have MS70, and 1989 - 2006 I´m going for MS69

[Silverstackeruk]

4 minutes ago, morezone said:

Oxidation of impurities.  Happens quite a lot with gold which you can look up.  There are ways to remove it but it doesn't bother me.  It's a 35 year old bulllion coin so things like that are expected.

It does reduce the value but since it was reasonably priced in the first place it doesn't make any difference.

If you are expecting A1 coins you really need to be looking at relatively new coins in some form of Mint packaging.

Thanks for the information simon..I've never seen red spots on gold coins before..the photo showed one with red spots which is the reason I didn't buy that and went for the 1oz...I normally buy coins take a photo then there placed in storage until my kids are old enough to appreciate them..for all I know all my coins will have red spots...is this the same a white spots on silver? Tbh I didn't reliase gold can get spots ..I always assumed it was only silver..

 

[morezone]

33 minutes ago, Silverstackeruk said:

Thanks for the information simon..I've never seen red spots on gold coins before..the photo showed one with red spots which is the reason I didn't buy that and went for the 1oz...I normally buy coins take a photo then there placed in storage until my kids are old enough to appreciate them..for all I know all my coins will have red spots...is this the same a white spots on silver? Tbh I didn't reliase gold can get spots ..I always assumed it was only silver..

 

Spotting is no where close to the silver milking/spotting problem.  You see it a fair bit on old Pandas but unlike silver spotting, it can be removed.  I've heard there have been instances where the spots has gone away.  The gold spotting is also just a few spots here and there whereas on silver it can afffect the whole coin.

[Clens92]

Today I received two 2017 Premium Gold Proof Sovereign sets. I'm hoping to flip one quickly to bring down my net cost for my 'keeper'. 

 

It came via Special Delivery, in a padded box! 

 

 

Not the best pictures but you get the gist, hopefully. 

[sovereignsteve]

10 minutes ago, Clens92 said:

Not the best pictures but you get the gist, hopefully. 

Na, never seen them before

[Guest]

Today I received two 2017 Premium Gold Proof Sovereign sets. I'm hoping to flip one quickly to bring down my net cost for my 'keeper'. 

 

It came via Special Delivery, in a padded box! 

 











 

Not the best pictures but you get the gist, hopefully. 

Mine will be at the office when I get back ))) I need another nice [emoji403] box


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Today I received two 2017 Premium Gold Proof Sovereign sets. I'm hoping to flip one quickly to bring down my net cost for my 'keeper'. 

 

It came via Special Delivery, in a padded box! 

 











 

Not the best pictures but you get the gist, hopefully. 

Mine will be at the office when I get back ))) I need another nice [emoji403] box


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[Guest]

Today's deliveries here in the USA



2016 1/4oz proof Libertad



A couple of ANA proof pandas



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Today's deliveries here in the USA



2016 1/4oz proof Libertad



A couple of ANA proof pandas



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[Pipers]

9 hours ago, morezone said:

Oxidation of impurities.  Happens quite a lot with gold which you can look up.  There are ways to remove it but it doesn't bother me.  It's a 35 year old bulllion coin so things like that are expected.

It does reduce the value but since it was reasonably priced in the first place it doesn't make any difference.

If you are expecting A1 coins you really need to be looking at relatively new coins in some form of Mint packaging.

 

edit..come to think of it, this spot could be an acid test mark.

Copper spots as they are known can come and go on older Gold coins, and yes they do reduce the value of the coin but not as much as a scratch or a polished coin would.   

[morezone]

It has taken a while but I am now a member of the 2003 Panda club.

[morezone]

Some god and silver notes for my collection.  Parcel took 19 days instead of the usual 7-10 so had me worried.  

Greeting the New Century 2g Silver.  I already have a graded one but wanted a RAW.  It has taken a while but finally got one.  Still after the elusive gold one

 

Nanjing Mint 6g Monkey.  I already have the 5g version but this one has a different design and is a little smaller but comes in the same packaging.  I've included a comparison with the 5g.

 

CGCI 2g Lunar Sheep/God of Wealth gold note.  Comes with packaging from China Minsheng Bank so not sure if they've commissioned it from CGCI or whether they're repackaging and distributing a product already distributed by CGCI.  There are 2 COAs but they're in Chinese.

 

Finally I have a 1g Gold and 5g Silver Year of the Monkey notes.  They came loose with no COAs so have no idea where they have come from.

[Silverstackeruk]

Shanghai mint Ancient Egyptian Civilisation 2016 high relief  brass medal.

[sovereignsteve]

Not round. Medal...?

? sculpture.

yes I know, some military medals aren't round

Edited November 11, 2016 by sovereignsteve

[Pampfan]

The 2016 releases of the gold dime, quarter, and half dollar needed a reunion with their big sister.    An absolutely stunning $20 gold ultra high relief coin.   

[Chugnstack]

1912 Half Sovereign from HGM. 

[prophet800]

A couple of cheap and cheerful old silver coins, nothing expensive just love old stuff.

I would go for a higher grade but the prices get into sovereign territory and I think I would go for gold over silver most times. 

If I'm wrong please tell me ?

Edited November 12, 2016 by prophet800
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[sovereignsteve]

Nice shilling

[TheGoldSovereign]

Couple of 1/10 eagles, dates i didn't have 97, 03

 

 

[TheGoldSovereign]

Picked up this 1/4 sovereign, does anyone know where its from?  I thought a tristan da cunha as this portrait of the queen looks like theirs but i can't find a reference to it

edit: Just noticed the TDC on the obverse . Would still be interested if someone could find a mintage figure for me!

Looks much nicer in hand than photos, its pretty small and i rushed the photos just now

 

 

 

Edited November 12, 2016 by sg86