Today I Received.....

[MickB]

Received some silver over the past few days and whilst at my local bullion dealers picking up my wife's gold ring from resizing I picked up a 3 gram South African coin at a cheap price. I noticed the 1oz griffin in the window and enquired about the price and then walked off. Don't know how or why but I ended up leaving my missus in the supermarket and walked back to buy it.

I won't be buying for a while now that I've got my first ever 1oz gold coin, which has put a project for my garden that I had ideas about on hold.

Edited September 11, 2019 by MickB
Incorrect weight entered for South African coin.

[1817Karl]

Received some nice 1912 Sovereigns today (7) lovely looking coins, nice lustre on many, two for the collection and five to find new homes.

[adamthetaller]

A big brother for my 2x 1Oz bars from @BackyardBullion.

[Caratacus]

3 hours ago, MickB said:

Received some silver over the past few days and whilst at my local bullion dealers picking up my wife's gold ring from resizing I picked up a 3 gram South African coin at a cheap price. I noticed the 1oz griffin in the window and enquired about the price and then walked off. Don't know how or why but I ended up leaving my missus in the supermarket and walked back to buy it.

I won't be buying for a while now that I've got my first ever 1oz gold coin, which has put a project for my garden that I had ideas about on hold.

But at least on those cold dark icy nights you can look at the gold glistening in the firelight whilst the weeds die back......

[Mkman123]

nice newps everyone! Love seeing what comes in........so much eye candy

[Artictim]

This little beaut via Kneehow. 👍👍

[Jimmock]

Couple of parcels today.First some more walking liberties from @Silverscrooge.

[Jimmock]

Quickly followed byfrom @silverstan.

[SILVERFINGER]

Well I got a surprise today from the wife, and I was really surprised, she knew I was after some silver Reichmarks from the Third Reich era and that I had been having 'fun' trying to get some on here, but usually leaves me to find this kind of stuff as I am very picky about condition and whether or not the item is genuine or not as I am when buying any militaria.

While she was away on business she visited the towns market in her lunch break and saw this among others for sale and decided to take a risk and buy it me, when she told me over the phone I was like 'oh god what has she bought and how much has she spent' , she only paid £6.50 for it so it wasn't any hardship if it was rough or fake, but I was pleasantly surprised when she finally arrived home, I am more than pleased with it, no idea what grade it would be, but to be honest I am not bothered as I just wanted a nice one.

Doing a little research from books and the net I came up with the following info about Third Reich era Reichsmarks coins (blame them if any info is wrong ),

In 1933 Hitler comes into power, the 2 & 5 Reichsmarks coins are the same until about 1934/35 when small swastikas appear under the wings of the Imperial eagle.

In 1936 the old Imperial eagle is replaced by the Third Reich eagle, Hindenburg's portrait remains on the back of the coins as before.

In 1939 production stops of Reichsmarks coins, as silver and metal is needed for the war effort and are replaced by paper notes

Hitlers portrait never appeared on any Third Reich era coins for some reason, it did on some postage stamps but never coins, I don't know why (if anyone does let me know)

The 2 Reichsmarks coins were made in .625 silver

The 5 Reichsmarks coins were made in .900 silver

As a consequence the larger and softer 5 Marks seem harder to find in better condition than the smaller 2 Marks coins.

During the Third Reich era there was 7 mints in Germany making these coins, each one had its own code letter which was on the left hand side reverse of the coin under the date of Hindenburg's reign, below is the codes and mints they were allocated.

A = Berlin
B = Wien (Vienna)
D = München (Munich)
E = Muldenhütten (Dresden)
F = Stuttgart
G = Karlsruhe
J = Hamburg
 

Around the rim of the 2 & 5 Reichmarks coins is the inscription 'Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz' which roughly translates to 'The community comes before the individual' 

The 2 Reichsmark coin is roughly the same size as a modern UK 10p coin, I have shown it next to a 1939 production Walther PPK for scale.

 

 

 

[BullionBarn]

I’ve been waiting for these boxes for a while. Big thank you to @Alun for knocking these up for me 👍

Love them !

[silversurf]

This small but mighty £1 coin (19g) is the final piece in might efforts to recreate the silver set but in gold. Excuse the dodgy photo-montage at the end 😁 Others are at NGC.

 

 

Edited September 12, 2019 by silversurf

[Pete]

Finally tracked down one of these to complete my set that didn't break the bank.
A high price for the cardboard compared to just the coin which itself is relatively expensive for bullion silver.

Now battling with customs to have them apply the correct 5% numismatic VAT and not the 20% charged.

 

[StackerNoob]

On 11/09/2019 at 13:19, Peacemaker said:

love the older libertads! any duplicates in them?

 

On 11/09/2019 at 12:45, richatthecroft said:

Libertad fest. Just dropped on the doormat. 

First impression are that there are some duplicate dates to me, so I will post them here for sale later today.  Just in case any of you long suffering Libertad junkies ‘need’ any of them 😂

 

I would very much like to get dibs on some of those duplicates mate!

[StackerNoob]

Bought 6 mystery Brits from @arshimo2012 the other day. Thought they’d be 2018s or 2019s. Nope! Got a 13,14,3 15s and a 16. Here is the amazing toned 14!

 

[TheBeast]

The 3 coin proof set Lunar S2 year of the dragon 2012. Found this set for a fair price on Ebay.

 

@motorbikez now i regret i didn’t bought your 5oz coin. 

Edited September 12, 2019 by TheBeast

[mr1030]

2 hours ago, Pete said:

Finally tracked down one of these to complete my set that didn't break the bank.
A high price for the cardboard compared to just the coin which itself is relatively expensive for bullion silver.

Now battling with customs to have them apply the correct 5% numismatic VAT and not the 20% charged.

 

I really like these RAM Roos in the cards, and have been slowly working on a complete set.  I still have quite a ways to go.  Congrats on completing your set!

[mr1030]

2019 Libertad Proof/Reverse Proof Set, and a 10 oz bar.

[gazer]

17 hours ago, BullionBarn said:

I’ve been waiting for these boxes for a while. Big thank you to @Alun for knocking these up for me 👍

Love them !

Alan does excellent workmanship. 

[Shinus73]

Lunar Series I finally complete and a 1997 Gold £2 bought from the Collectables category on eBay, using the 10% voucher, so came in 7% under spot. Hoping conservation can do something about the dark spot.

[SILVERFINGER]

3 minutes ago, Shinus73 said:

Lunar Series I finally complete and a 1997 Gold £2 bought from the Collectables category on eBay, using the 10% voucher, so came in 7% under spot. Hoping conservation can do something about the dark spot.

You been shaving your pubes over old queenie 

[Shinus73]

1 minute ago, SILVERFINGER said:

You been shaving your pubes over old queenie 

She’s quite young in that picture.

[Oldun]

Looks good despite the long journey.

 

 

[Alun]

Was a sucker for the first Germania series and the new Allegories are equally as beautiful ❤

 

Edited September 13, 2019 by Alun

[TheBeast]

25 minutes ago, Alun said:

Was a sucker for the first Germania series and the new Allegories are equally as beautiful ❤

 

That 5oz!

[Alun]

4 minutes ago, TheBeast said:

That 5oz!

She is a beast herself 😀 @TheBeast