Today I bought.....

[HighlandTiger]

Plenty of bargains on ebay. Took me 5 mins and a BIN offer and I have another 11 ozt of silver for under spot at £11.27 an oz.

This is easy money [emoji4]

What did you get?

5 sterling silver dinner forks. 1844 fully hallmarked. I'm getting quite good with my hallmarks now. It's fascinating stuff and I've picked up several items at scrap value but were made by very collectable makers or have regional city marks which make them worth quite a bit more than scrap. I love history and to be able to pick up items over 200 years old is a bit of a buzz.

I find "collecting" these items can be much more profitable than coins. Unlike coins. sellers quite often don't know what they have and with a little knowledge bargains can be had on a regular basis.

I'm seriously considering selling all my coins and going into sterling flatware exclusively. It gets my collector genes and researcher genes going, as well as being easy to sell when needed. I can buy below spot regularly. The usual ebay tricks of mispelt words and phrases often throw up bargains (much more than you see in the coin category). But items correctly spelt and correctly described nearly always go for well over spot even after ebay fees.

Oh yes I nearly forgot, I can also get the Goddards out without being made to feel as though I have committed some cardinal sin.

[KDave]

Finally bought the 2011 gold half ounce rabbit and a Mexican 20 Peso. I am not used to paying this kind of premium for gold but I have been after the rabbit for a long time now and the Mexican collection is now complete.

[HighlandTiger]

Another 14.3 ozt of sterling flatware. Forks again but I noticed several nice Exeter silver pieces amongst them. £10.78 an ounce.

[Luker2]

[sovereignsteve]

Is that last handpoured supposed to be something. I won't say what it looks like.

Actually on a second look, it could be the reverse of the hand grenade

[lightjaw]

Today i bought a 1914 pcgs ms64 sovereign. I massively overpaid for it, but i was in a mood.

I got paid on saturday, and couldnt find anything i wanted to spend it on. The website for the watch i want is offline till may, the queens beasts 1/4oz are not available....i needed to buy something!

Always wanted a 1914 though, just for the beginning of WW1. Makes me think of all those brave men and women heading off to war, not knowing the horror that would await them. Bittersweet.

[Guest]

Today i bought a 1914 pcgs ms64 sovereign. I massively overpaid for it, but i was in a mood.

I got paid on saturday, and couldnt find anything i wanted to spend it on. The website for the watch i want is offline till may, the queens beasts 1/4oz are not available....i needed to buy something!

Always wanted a 1914 though, just for the beginning of WW1. Makes me think of all those brave men and women heading off to war, not knowing the horror that would await them. Bittersweet.

Would that be PureTime )) ?

[lightjaw]

1 minute ago, Numistacker said:

Would that be PureTime )) ?

cohen and massias. Got my eye on a cheeky Tag Heuer.

[Guest]

Would that be PureTime )) ?

cohen and massias. Got my eye on a cheeky Tag Heuer.

Very cheeky... I I like the square ones

[HighlandTiger]

Today was a productive day. Got a 1912 Sov for £200 from my bullion guy and just picked up 3 sterling silver napkin rings for just under spot on ebay. However I decided to use up some nectar vouchers so I only paid £3 for  1.5 ozt of silver

[Guest]

Bought a little 1862 $1 type 3 gold coin ....

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[lightjaw]

I was considering that too off Jon blyth.... good purchase, looks in good nick

 

[Guest]

I was considering that too off Jon blyth.... good purchase, looks in good nick

 

I sent in an 1861 a while back that got detailed.. Hoping for AU58 or better with this...

[Luker2]

A couple of poured/hand-crafted  4 and 5'ish oz silver bars from Bunker Bullion :

 

[MickB]

A half oz silver 2011 maple leaf forever coin.

[Cointreau]

10 Perth Mint 2 oz Lunar Monkeys plus 2 1/2 oz coins.

4  Pandas

3 Somali Ellies

 

[HighlandTiger]

1 hour ago, Cointreau said:

10 Perth Mint 2 oz Lunar Monkeys plus 2 1/2 oz coins.

4  Pandas

3 Somali Ellies

 

You missed out 5 Gold Rings, 2 Calling Birds and a game bird with a fetish for fruit.

[gkoogk]

just brought 12 different euro  commemorative coins from 12 countries for about £12 each... English 1996 25 euro 60th anniversary of Edwards abdication with 1d stamp..... that is the english one

 

 

[MikeOxlong]

3g Panda and 1/10oz Elephant. Really excited to get a hold of the elephant. Picked up a 1oz Brittania aswell 

[Silvergun]

5 x  1/10 oz  2016 silver Libertads , 5 x  1/4 oz 2016 silver libertads and 3 x 1/2 oz 2016 silver Libertads .

[Silvergun]

My first Britannias , thought i would start with the three lowest mintages first, the 2001, 2002 and a 1999 so in the coming weeks and months i will be looking to compete the set to date. 

[UraaniBarbaari]

2003 1/4 oz gold panda. Hope it´s in decent condition. Only saw one poor photo but the price was more than right.

[Luker2]

2016 Ancient Chinese Mythical Creatures - Yin and Yang 2(TWO) Troy Ounce Pure Silver Ultra High Relief Medallic Rimless ANTIQUED Proof Piedfort ( MINTAGE 1500 )

 

$144.88US ( http://talismancoins.com/products/65050 )

Edited April 28, 2016 by Luker2

[Agpanda]

16 hours ago, UraaniBarbaari said:

2003 1/4 oz gold panda. Hope it´s in decent condition. Only saw one poor photo but the price was more than right.

If you want to sell it, just let me know.

[ifing]

Bought several old French Francs 8,86 Toz, got pretty lucky in the bidding, ending paying 10,27GBP/Toz.

I have notice I have started to look at the price/weight more then the collecting quality. I think I'm turning into a stacker

Edited April 30, 2016 by seXes