'Photo Only Topics' Discussion Thread

[gazer]

On 30/12/2015 at 20:30, KevinG said:

2010 Kazakhstan silver irbis 1 Tenge.

 

Lifelike design looks great.

[gazer]

On 16/01/2016 at 16:05, KevinG said:

Baden 3 Mark 1914.

Prussia 3 Mark 1910.

Prussia 3 Mark 1908.

 

Belgium 5 Frank 1869.

 

Very nice diverse collection lovely

On 17/01/2016 at 00:46, Lindeman said:

2 of the 3 Icelandic Gold coins ever released. 

Top from 1961. 

Bottom from 1974. 1100 years of settlement. 

Wow

[Oldun]

Oh man, That is a score ! Well done !

[gazer]

On 16/01/2016 at 19:26, morezone said:

Various Chinese Medals

On 22/07/2016 at 18:59, morezone said:

Brass 80mm Tai Chi Panda from private mint; Shanghai BT Mint

Mintage for Silver: 20
Mintage for Brass: 98
Mintage for Copper: 98
Mintage for Paktong: 39
Mintage for Bimetal: 39

They are great, stunning details. THANK you for sharing.?

[gazer]

On 17/01/2016 at 15:12, morezone said:

http://www.luckpawnshop.com/ is where most of mine have come from.  Also eBay.com but you're also paying towards the fees.

Taobao.com has the most extensive range since 90% of the stuff never leaves China/unknown to the west but the language barrier is a nightmare and probably would require a shipping forwarder in most cases.

Just checked out Luckpawnshop, well worth keeping an eye on thank you.

[Lindeman]

Question for the mods - please can we have a Queens Beast photo topic thread (both gold and silver in same one!). ? 

Just a thought - since there is so much interest in the series. 

For fun - here is just one cool image of the silver QB...

[HelpingHands]

@Lindeman I dont see why not.  

As the series moves on the photo thread would gain some variety.  Just try not to have your finger in shot

 

[GrahamHantsHog]

I just bought five silver 2ounce Beasts for £224.51 from Silvertrader, cheaper than STG who are £215 plus £13.95 postage, its not always cheaper to buy VAT free when you factor in the postage !

[Silverstackeruk]

Picked these up on ebay for £45 delivered..

[morezone]

@juliacoins please keep all talk to this thread.  All other threads in this section are for photos only. Thanks

[HelpingHands]

Julia the ones in the photo above are the 2oz proof versions which are near impossible to complete.  Your link is for 1oz brilliant uncirculated.

[motorbikez]

@juliacoins The 3 key coins of the 2oz set is up on ebay now although they are all incredibly hard to find, monkey & rooster are near impossible to find as singles.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTRALIAN-COMMEMORATIVE-LUNAR-I-2-OZ-MOUSE-PROOF-RARE-/291917480148?hash=item43f7a340d4:g:Zo4AAOSw4f5YCQR9

[lubi29]

@motorbikez still 5 days to end of auction who knows where price stop. Look like 2oz tiger will overtake mighty mouse. Are you looking for some spare)

[motorbikez]

@lubi29 Lol no Lubi ,I still have the complete   set of 36 singles & I have sold all my spares as you know  , it is always interesting to see what they make. Re tiger it may make more than mouse who knows, it all depends on who needs what. I have a friend who will swap a 2oz mouse for 2oz monkey as he only needs that & single dragon for the set.

[lubi29]

@motorbikez I wish I got at least one  2oz monkey to exchange for 2oz mouse with your friend. Look like two collectors really want them, who knows when these coins again appears on the market.

[motorbikez]

@lubi29 I hope you are watching this auction Lubi (& not taking part) the prices have gone off the planet, complete madness I thought I could predict prices of S1 proofs within £20-£30.There will be some bidders sweating at these prices LOL.

[lubi29]

@motorbikez just log on and lost my breath1/2oz mouse £1400 , Halloween crazy))  Let see how many bids will be retracted at end.

Edited October 30, 2016 by lubi29
Wrong currency

[motorbikez]

7 minutes ago, lubi29 said:

@motorbikez just log on and lost my breath1/2oz mouse £1400 , Halloween crazy))  Let see how many bids will be retracted at end.

LOL simply insane but they are all key coins.

[motorbikez]

@lubi29 What about 1/2oz tiger I was selling those at £150 each a year ago & was happy to sell at that.

[motorbikez]

@lubi29 I think I know who the winning bidder was I've just emailed him to confirm.He was pushed extremely hard by the under bidder but only one other bidder had a little dig on the 2oz tiger in last few seconds Crazzzy.

[lubi29]

@motorbikez happy end for one bider who won them all. Still can't believe it , strange that 1oz tiger went just for over 400 , but ox over 900. Give him my congratulations ,you should sell him your spares few months ago )) maybe for half of today prices,))

[motorbikez]

I'll PM you Lubi if it is the guy I think bought them & re 1oz tiger that seemed almost a reasonable price in the face of that madness LOL.

I think what generated all the interest was that they were all key coins in every size, people see that & realise that if they get at least a couple of key coins they have a reasonable chance of completing a set over the next couple of years. When I 1st decided to go for the S1 proofs I only concentrated on the 2oz coins & wouldn't have bothered with them if I hadn't bought mouse & ox together at the same time, as I realised very quickly you can't mess about re those key coins.

[sovereignsteve]

as we know, this is what can happen when 2 really bidders want them. If the underbidder hadn't been around this time, the 2oz mouse would have realised just $1150

 

[motorbikez]

4 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

as we know, this is what can happen when 2 really bidders want them. If the underbidder hadn't been around this time, the 2oz mouse would have realised just $1150

 

You can't be sure of that Steve, plenty of people were watching, I personally know 3 people who would have paid way more than $1150 myself included as I have very good idea of fair value of that coin.

The last 2 recent sales of the mouse that I have personal knowledge of, 1 sold for $1450USD & the other last December sold for $1500 USD

Edited November 3, 2016 by motorbikez

[sovereignsteve]

10 hours ago, motorbikez said:

You can't be sure of that Steve, plenty of people were watching, I personally know 3 people who would have paid way more than $1150 myself included as I have very good idea of fair value of that coin.

The last 2 recent sales of the mouse that I have personal knowledge of, 1 sold for $1450USD & the other last December sold for $1500 USD

Yes good points @motorbikez, guess I was being too simplistic and didn't really look at the timeline properly.