Orchestral

Quincentennial and Bicentennial Quintuple Sovereigns
 

Stunning

Some Very Nice Pamp Suisse Bars:
 

From @rebnah two purchases in last week or so
100g PAMP Suisse
2 x 10g PAMP Suisse faith's
2.5 SilverStan Pirate Round
@rebnah excellent to deal with, no nonsense deals, good communication including photo of packed items, fast delivery and as the man himself will say cheaper than Atkinsons! Some would say better service than Chards...

I decided to go for it.
The elusive (and expensive) S1 1oz Proof Mouse
 

Finally got the Griffin to go with my lion. Looks good with the 2oz silver ones.

1/4 QB Griffin arrived to join his brother lion.

Some rounds - Heroes War is Hell, Apmex Lunar Horse, Sunshine Mint Route 66, Element Mint Statue of Freedom
Niue Gardian Angel, Canadian 1.5oz Grizzly, Canadian Maple Leaf - Privy (150th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada) & Canadian Maple Leaf - Privy (Panda V2).
The 1.5oz Coin baffles me as to what series, if any it belongs to.  Originally we had the 1.5oz Arctic Series (According to JM Bullion) with Polar Bear, Arctic Fox, Polar with Cub and Snow Falcon.  Grizzly bear does fall into the Arctic category.  Is it a new series or just a follow on.  Was it an Arctic series or just a 1.5oz series or a release without any any name associated?  There is no consistency between dealers as to how it's/they've been categorized.  The release schedule of the 1.5oz was Polar Bear, Arctic Fox, Polar Bear with Cub, 2016 Multi Leaf, Snow Falcon, 2017 Multi Leaf, Grizzly Bear.

How is this little chunky, antiqued, high relief, 2 oz beauty flying under the radar at 1,000 mintage from Perth?  I'm working now so the latex gloves and fondling must wait until later (wow that sentence by itself could be taken WAY wrong).  I snagged this from Talisman Coins for around $155 all in.

More frivolity
 

Download a claim form from the Border Force Gov.Uk website and send it in, you should get the excess 15% back no problem

Something a little different courtesy of silverstatues.com
 
I was really hoping these would be VAT exempt on UK import since they're both collectable and art but that wasn't the case.

Something a little different courtesy of silverstatues.com
 
I was really hoping these would be VAT exempt on UK import since they're both collectable and art but that wasn't the case.

Something a little different courtesy of silverstatues.com
 
I was really hoping these would be VAT exempt on UK import since they're both collectable and art but that wasn't the case.

Something a little different courtesy of silverstatues.com
 
I was really hoping these would be VAT exempt on UK import since they're both collectable and art but that wasn't the case.

Something a little different courtesy of silverstatues.com
 
I was really hoping these would be VAT exempt on UK import since they're both collectable and art but that wasn't the case.

Something a little different courtesy of silverstatues.com
 
I was really hoping these would be VAT exempt on UK import since they're both collectable and art but that wasn't the case.

These items would not be VAT exempt but taxed at 5% VAT. There is a longish discussion on this here.
The custom's code you elude to is:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp?Lang=en&Area=&Taric=9705000090
Goods nomenclature code: 9705000090       SECTION XXI WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES CHAPTER 97 WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES 9705   Collections and collectors' pieces of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest :   (TN701) 9705 00 00 10 -   Collectors’ pieces of wood 9705 00 00 20 -   Collectors’ pieces of silver or gold 9705000030  -   Collections and collectors' pieces of zoological, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological or ethnographic interest containing animal products Pete has reclaimed overpaid customs levied VAT - you might wish to ask him.

Something a little different courtesy of silverstatues.com
 
I was really hoping these would be VAT exempt on UK import since they're both collectable and art but that wasn't the case.

Something a little different courtesy of silverstatues.com
 
I was really hoping these would be VAT exempt on UK import since they're both collectable and art but that wasn't the case.

Something a little different courtesy of silverstatues.com
 
I was really hoping these would be VAT exempt on UK import since they're both collectable and art but that wasn't the case.

Something a little different courtesy of silverstatues.com
 
I was really hoping these would be VAT exempt on UK import since they're both collectable and art but that wasn't the case.

Ordered  these on the 4th March turned up today.

Yodel delivered a few recent pickups today . the swans are beautiful coins shame about the Queens Beast Dragon another one born with the spot but no scratches on the Queens cheek, anticipated this so only purchased one pleased i did .

2g Gold Monkey Note from Shanghai Philatelic Corporation.  Came with the main packaging.  Originally sold with several sets of stamps but they've been split from the set.  I already have an identical 1g from Baoquan Coin so it looks like Baoquan repackaged the 1g note for selling themselves or possibly vice versa but more likely the former.
2g 2014 Fifa World Cup Gold Note.  Produced by MDM under licence from Fifa.  MDM handled the official international commemorative coin programme for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™.  I knew MDM was quite a large company but had no idea that they are the largest numismatic coin dealer/trader in the world with 500+ employees (according to them anyway)