shortstack68

snagged a Piedfort from the Royal Mint .

2k

Just shipped in another lion on top the one I already own just in case one of them develop spots knowing RM quality.... and another panda to continue to complete my collection






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@shortstack68I am not assuming anything until I have the coin in hand. People sell for all sorts of reasons - and as a buyer and a seller I have learned the hard way that things are only "worth" what someone else will pay for them on the day.  Sometimes that comes out to be in line with the market, sometimes sellers just need to get cash quickly so they end up getting less value than they might have, and some sellers may genuinely not be fully informed on the value of their goods. My feet are firmly planted on the ground. In any event - part of the excitement for me was not in the financial value, but in actually getting the last remaining year in my Morgan date run with an 1893, as excepting 1895 - that was the final year I was missing? 

Its not a scratch thank god. its the fluff from the felt/cloth packing around the wooden box.

25oz ordered yesterday as I make a start on the 2nd thousand. Noticed that my average price was a quid or so higher than the previous few batches, so last months price drop has worked out very nicely for us disciplined stackers!

Back to coins....
Some old gold and some new, some platinum and silver too?. 
A few gold quarter ounce QB Dragons/Griffins and 2016 Libertad proofs  (some for members on the Forum), along with a 2016 Perth mint sovereign. Will think about grading some of them in pursuit of 70s! Another ounce of Pt - this time the 2016 Austrian Philharmoniker, which I bought actually right on the price dip in early January....so well pleased with that, and a nice big coin.
Then silver - a stackers tube of 10 QB dragons, plus a few extras for capsules of the dragon and Griffin, and a slabbed Dragon.  Happy to report that no milky ones in the tube (I checked!). Shelled out the cash for a silver PF70 QB Lion one ounce proof, and a few more in boxes -  now I see why everyone goes gaga over this proof design ?. Some more irresistible 2016 Libertad silver proofs, and a few 2017 kooks (1 ouncers and a doorstop 10 ounce) and 2017 Britannias for good measure when the silver price dipped. 
The old gold: "mission accomplished" on the sovereign mintmark set as I just found a nice Ottawa C 1911 sov to complete the set. The Bombay I 1918 I picked up last week made me focus on that missing Canada one?!  1911 C by far the most common of the Canada years (1908-1919), but at 257,048 minted that is still a pretty low % out of the 40 million minted worldwide that year (numbers from goldsovereigns.co.uk). Got it along with a very nice 1912 London sovereign, and a 20 francs 1897 Lucky Angel.
Lindeman. 

My awesome 2005 and 2006 proof half sovereign Facebook bonus ball win.  I don't usually gamble, but this 1 payed off big time ? Happy days ?.

10 OZ Queens Beast in Hand - Amazing Coin

Finaly got my 2003 10Y Mirrored NGC MS70 panda today
Only 20 of these have MS70
Also got my 1993 small date frosted MS69

A 1937 George VI Crown. Not rare but almost as it left the mint.

3 2oz BU S1 Lunar off ebay

3x1oz silver Krug proofs
 

3 tubes of QB Dragons, all spoken for in the sales thread, and very nice they are too, very little mint/tube damage.

 

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

2017 225th anniversary coins arrived form the mint today. They will be going to NGC tomorrow. The pictures dont do these coins justice. They are beautiful.

Thought I'd order a few things direct from Perth. Great service.

It's a tidy sum but I'm thinking about it

One of my NGC submissions finally came in.[emoji38][emoji1]

Perth Series 1 Lunar Proof Rooster
My 8th out of 12 in the set, with thanks to @shortstack68 for being the connecting "post office" in Germany.

Two 2016 1 oz Ag Britannia Proofs from MCM

Received this today really a beautiful piece not sure should I send it to PCGS to be regraded as micro tho

This morning I picked up:
- 2016 Au/Ag Bi-Metal Wedgie (750 mintage Proof) graded PF70
- 2016 Ag Wedgie (5000 mintage Proof) graded PF70
- Two 2015 Ag Wedgies (5000 mintage Proof) in Perth Mint packaging
Today was a good day...