Today I Received.....

[Murph]

SG86, so many young heads and look to be in decent condition as well!  Not that I'd pile them like that in case of damage.   Haven't been plundering the mint or the BoE? :0

 

CornishFarmer, Is that the indian head that they had on Thursday?  I didn't see mention of a liberty head then.

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[Cornishfarmer]

2 hours ago, Murph said:

CornishFarmer, Is that the indian head that they had on Thursday?  I didn't see mention of a liberty head then.

Yes they were both added at the same time

[TheGoldSovereign]

13 hours ago, Murph said:

SG86, so many young heads and look to be in decent condition as well!  Not that I'd pile them like that in case of damage.   Haven't been plundering the mint or the BoE?

Yes they are, and don't worry I don't just drop them from a height into this pile, it's carefully orchestrated!

The supply is in very original condition, not like buying from retail dealers, eBay etc. I suspect they are in fact untouched for many decades in vaults/safes. George V coins are always in pretty good condition because lots went into storage during the war, some of the batches I acquired recently literally looks like they had never left that storage since. Sure beats a lot of the shite that comes out of HGM anyway !

 

Edited October 8, 2017 by sg86

[KDave]

The beasts so far, just waiting on the Unicorn to arrive next week 

 

 

Edited October 8, 2017 by KDave

[Oldun]

1982 pf70 ultra cameo and a philip (capsule ala krugerrand farce, so this will be getting graded just to keep it safe from harm) Useless rm, what are they thinking....a  no screw in lazily sitting cap....on a proof coin....bonkers.

[MickB]

A solitary 2oz silver Queens beast Unicorn from Atkinsons. Not much buying for me this month as my wife wants all spare money spent on our granddaughter (who will probably get my stash of metal in the end anyway)

[IOSILVER]

First bi-metallic coin for me. Silver proof Jane Austin £2 coin. Quite happy with it in fairness.

[montesf1030]

Received on Friday a nice 7 oz poured silver bar ... Love it

[morezone]

Received some coins back from NGC after 2 months.  NGC messed up and then USPS messed up but luckily the USPS issue ended up in my favour in this instance.

NGC graded some coins and then sent them back.  As soon as I was able to, I checked the grades and images only to find they'd not applied the GB label as paid for.  No biggie! I would have just got credited back for it and just left them on the brown label.  Someone made a mistake which is understandable since no one is perfect.  NGC will change labels at their expense but I wouldn't have bothered with the hassle.  Looking at the other coins I noticed mistake 2 and 3.  They'd put the wrong labels on 2 coins!  This time there is no excuse

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Grading/Quality Control - Coins are graded,encapsulated, and re-examined by a grader to make certain that their labels are correct for both the grade and its accompanying descriptive information. He also inspects each coin for any flaws on its holder, such as scuffs or nicks.

Overlooking one coin is a possibility.  Miss a second and someone isn't actually doing their job.

Now I have no choice but to send the coins back.  The problem is the coins are finalised and shipped the same day so it's too late to contact them if errors are noticed.  I track the coins through a phone app with push notifications and it reaches Jamaica NY depot but instead of being forwarded and departing Newark for the UK it travels back to Tampa FL a couple of days later.  I'm thinking it's been mis-sorted and will turn back around but nope, it ends up going back to Sarasota FL.  What was nerve racking was the impending storm that was about to hit Florida.  NGC had already closed it's office a could of days before so now my package would be sitting at the Post Office over the weekend and for a few days afterwards.  I sent them an email explaining that some coins needed label corrections and the package had been returned to them without leaving the US.  Just hoped that Irma wouldn't cause any damage to Post Office etc.  Ending up being fine and NGC picked up the parcel and the coins went back into their system for label corrections.  Since I was going to have to return the coins anyway, the parcel being returned back to NGC worked in my favour.  I expected the label corrections to be expedited but it wasn't the case and still took a couple of weeks before they were shipped back to me.  Again I follow the package (I track all packages) and this time it goes smoothly and lands with me this morning 10 days after shipping from NGC.

The original labels:

 

[Kman]

2 hours ago, morezone said:

Someone made a mistake which is understandable since no one is perfect.  NGC will change labels at their expense but I wouldn't have bothered with the hassle.  Looking at the other coins I noticed mistake 2 and 3.  They'd put the wrong labels on 2 coins!  This time there is no excuse

 

As you say, admin errors happen, but the wrong label completely when they're very different coins seems a glaring error  not sure how that wouldn't be caught 

[Sovereign]

@morezone well done for getting PF70 ?

[AgD]

The postman brought me this today 1998 1oz bu silver libertad only need one now to complete the date run ?the specks are in the protective package but just a little nic above pura 

[Jay2]

Another half kilo of .500 silver coin for spot, including 'free' special delivery.

The seller was doing bit by bit on ebay, and they were generally going for spot plus postage on top.

After happy receipt of the first batch of combined buys, I proposed they sell again to me at spot in bulk to save themselves shipping every which way to smaller buyers.

They started with half a kilo, but will probably send me more next time.

It never hurts to ask sellers for a deal.  Especially as a returning customer.

[Ansel]

A lovely '63 shield from @austack

 

[morezone]

Now that I've got a few mins.  Yesterday's slabs.

2017 Pristrucci 3 coin set, Strike on the Day and BU 5 Sov all came back 70.

2005 Australian Sov was originally treated as bullion so 69 or less was expected.  The centennial Bi-Met Sov got a low grade due to the milk spotting on the silver.

Pleased with the 70 on the £1 and the £2 was as expected.  The coins from that set were not mint.

All the 1/10 China Lunars came back 70 so happy with those.

 

 

[TheGoldSovereign]

35 Edward sovs to get the run started, this part will be easy. 95% of coins are in extremely good grade which makes things a lot easier also!

 

Edited October 10, 2017 by sg86

[Shinus73]

I like this one - 1/4 oz reverse proof Maple Leaf, 2003 effigy.

 

[JohnA]

See video in this post

 

[morezone]

@JohnAnsink I've merged your new thread here.  If you are just show casing your pickups, please use either "today I bought", "today I received" or the YouTube video section.

[TheGoldSovereign]

Purchased this a few days back for the Proof Quintuple, I'm collecting the changing Quintuple dates. Wonderful coins!

[augur]

18 minutes ago, sg86 said:

I'm collecting the changing Quintuple dates. Wonderful coins!

Agreed, but I thought Fivepoundfred was the only one...

[TheGoldSovereign]

8 minutes ago, augur said:

Agreed, but I thought Fivepoundfred was the only one...

I think he is the master of everything five pound, personally i'm only going for 1839, 1887, 1893, 1902, 1911, 1937, 1989, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2017 in both BU and Proof (if they exist). I have next to no hope of getting a few of these but who knows!

[augur]

13 minutes ago, sg86 said:

Personally I'm only going for 1839, 1887, 1893, 1902, 1911, 1937, 1989, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2017 in both BU and Proof (if they exist). I have next to no hope of getting a few of these but who knows!

I like the part I marked in bold ?

[sovereignsteve]

41 minutes ago, augur said:

I like the part I marked in bold ?

I am astonished and envious of some people's sovereign-purchasing power

[Fivepoundfred]

Look's like you might need to sell your house to get that lot, but at least your on the way with the 2005 !! Nice coin.

Edited October 11, 2017 by Fivepoundfred