Today I Received.....

[danmc82]

49 minutes ago, DarkChameleon said:

.I'm 95%...I got those expensive ones first...now only 2013, 2018 regular and 2019 regular.

Good going. Last expensive one I need is 1997. The rest are from 03-08 ish I think.

I also have a date run of Pandas. 

[danmc82]

55 minutes ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

What you missing? Might have a bead on a few  

A 1997 and some in the 00's I think. Im not actively searching, just when they pop up 🙂

[ilovesilverireallydo]

34 minutes ago, augur said:

Did you go for those 20F on the table?

Only one was left. Luckily it was 1889 angel low mintage woop 

[ilovesilverireallydo]

1 hour ago, MikeG1978 said:

Wow what choice are they half sovereigns in the left or full 

 

Full matey 

[MikeG1978]

Wish I could afford fulls maybe later in the year 😥

Also those 1oz coins 😍

[KevjustKev]

11 hours ago, MikeG1978 said:

I think I know where those stunners came from @ilovesilverireallydo

Where do you think they came from?

 

Edited July 27, 2019 by tallthinkev

[MikeG1978]

7 hours ago, tallthinkev said:

Where do you think they came from?

 

Thought they were from @ilovesilverireallydo but I was wrong I know he had some really nice ones 

Only thing about the junk silver it's very addictive and then it develops into getting date runs etc

On the upside its priced well and saving them from the melt pot

[silversurf]

Little kiwi tiddler from @Paul. Never seen one before and love it but no idea of mintage or year..

 

[Xander]

Arrived today from Hatton Garden Metals.

[KevjustKev]

23 hours ago, Caratacus said:

Wow! some of these look very good; miles better than the few worn out tats I have.

 Should we call these constitutional currency or Imperial currency??   I recently watched a US youtube prepa chat about the flexibility of holding dimes for trading as they were recognisable; but I don't know if the 50% tanners/bob/half crowns would have the same flexibility if we have a currency failure. Any "wise" collector have an answer?

Can't call it constitutional, the UK hasn't got one! But how about Imperial Silver?

[JunkBond]

8 minutes ago, tallthinkev said:

Can't call it constitutional, the UK hasn't got one!

We nearly did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_establishing_a_Constitution_for_Europe

[Caratacus]

2 hours ago, tallthinkev said:

Can't call it constitutional, the UK hasn't got one! But how about Imperial Silver?

I think "Imperial Silver" has a quality feel about it... although those Cromwellian Crowns collectors might prefer "Revolutionary Currency" ?

Perhaps the "Forum" has a view.......

[DarkChameleon]

13 hours ago, Xander said:

Arrived today from Hatton Garden Metals.

Civil war gold

[Xander]

4 hours ago, DarkChameleon said:

Civil war gold

I sometimes wonder, If it could talk, what stories it would tell. 

[DarkChameleon]

21 minutes ago, Xander said:

I sometimes wonder, If it could talk, what stories it would tell. 

That's what I think about my roman coins from England, or my hammered silver coins from Henry 8th or Elizabeth the first, that even if they were sat in a draw, the whole country was in uproar and lives were being destroyed or being vastly paid for being a friend to the empire....villages burying their money in single pots, traders burying their worldly wealth incase they are set upon while in town, so many things could happen.

[Murph]

On 02/07/2019 at 12:51, DarkChameleon said:

They seem to be in very very good condition for 2000 year old coins.

2000 years old?  The fanams?  I thought they were mostly a couple of hundred years old?

[DarkChameleon]

4 hours ago, Murph said:

2000 years old?  The fanams?  I thought they were mostly a couple of hundred years old?

If you'd read a later comment you'd have seen that I admitted I made a mistake as they looked like celtic potin's I have which are over 2000 years old.

[Caratacus]

On 02/07/2019 at 13:32, DarkChameleon said:

my mistake, looks like stators.

I wonder if that is because they were influenced by the Graeco-Indian culture which still has an influence in what is now  North West India?  Just a thought...

(This was the Kingdom post Alexander and would include the Bactrian influence). Perhaps someone may collect  Bactrian coins and be able to comment??)

[Murph]

On 27/07/2019 at 13:48, Xander said:

Arrived today from Hatton Garden Metals.

Lol, I think I had that in my cart but by the time I logged in you'd got it.  SAme thing happened a couple of days or so later when someone grabbed the $10 indian head.

[Murph]

On 25/07/2019 at 11:58, ilovesilverireallydo said:

Finally completed my set of these Intaglio Greek  coin inspired 2 oz rounds. Thanks to @SilverStan

Who makes them?  

Are they intaglio rounds as your pics make them look like normal relief rounds?  Maybe it's just my eyes playing tricks because that's what I expect to see.

 

I wish I had a real Akragas obol although I do like the Ephesus bees and Attic owls as well.

Edited July 29, 2019 by Murph

[ilovesilverireallydo]

59 minutes ago, Murph said:

Who makes them?  

Are they intaglio rounds as your pics make them look like normal relief rounds?  Maybe it's just my eyes playing tricks because that's what I expect to see.

 

I wish I had a real Akragas obol although I do like the Ephesus bees and Attic owls as well.

They are high relief cast rounds. By Intaglio Mint. No longer in production unfortunately. I have a spare akragas if you interested  

[Murph]

9 hours ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

They are high relief cast rounds. By Intaglio Mint. No longer in production unfortunately. I have a spare akragas if you interested  

Thanks, but I don't really collect rounds or bars.  Now if you had a real one for a great price... 

[Tn21]

 Thanks Pete, first of a kind for me. (First proof item in Au)

 

[Xander]

17 hours ago, Murph said:

SAme thing happened a couple of days or so later when someone grabbed the $10 indian head.

I know the feeling.

HGM have a $10 Dollar Liberty head in stock.

[CadmiumGreen]

2 hours ago, Xander said:

I know the feeling.

HGM have a $10 Dollar Liberty head in stock.

Been eyeing a $10 Liberty as the next addition, as well. 👍