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OK - maybe a little respite from all the sound and fury about bullion prices 🤣: some nice collectors coins to add to my gold Indian Head half eagle collection, focussing on the San Francisco mintmarks. Three graded and one raw (1914 S) that I hope will grade well, although you never know. I have a 1909 already, but not a good one - so this MS62 is an upgrade ! 
I am trying to educate myself on what makes some of these grade MS and some stay below the line as AU...so I can do a better job when picking raw coins....wish me luck.  
 

Received my 2020 Silver Forum Bar this morning!
As always, great service from @BackyardBullion and Mrs BYB!
Bar looks great and adds to my collection of Silver Forum Bars.
 

5000 mintage

The latest addition to my ever growing @BackyardBullion stack...

Rooster, and 2.5 Gram Gold from Liberty Coin via Ebay, Mouse and 007 from micmccu59 via Ebay, and 6 generic rounds from @jbh here on The Silver Forums.

A well circulated 1889 Morgan (for every day fondling purposes), and an unusual Shanghai Expo 5x30g bar set in a fancy little box. I bought this because it was under spot, I have no idea if its anything more collectable than bullion.

haven't got it yet but bought today 1848 half sovereign 

Thanks to @jbh, adding this wonderful 1943 Mexico Gold 50 Pesos. Of note this is a one and only variety of the Gold 50 Pesos, with a mintage of 89,000, and were minted on the occasion of the centennial of independence. The denomination does not appear on this coin.

The Sun shines Up North too- Flat cap off, string vest on...even the Whippet has taken his harness off.  

But wait, what’s that lurking in the bushes...?


It’s only a 1924 USA $20 Dollar Saint Gaudens...



 
Plentiful lump of Gold, apparently MS64’s  to 66’s are commonplace.  It’s in a gawd- awful looking slab, might get the hammer out later on. 
https://coinweek.com/coins/coin-profiles/us-coins-coin-profiles/coin-profiles-united-states-1924-saint-gaudens-20-double-eagle-gold-coin/
 
 

A fresh pillow. Wanted one of these for ages, glad I could get one before they became out of reach. 
And 2 little 1g PAMPs from @Shamatti
 

Got these lovely coins recently from TSF again Truly amazing deal and none of my purchases so far has been outside TSF
Wish I had landed here much earlier
   

Many thanks to @LawrenceChard Chards @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer For this super purchase! A bit of an oxymoron, Sussie Gold Silver... Fabulous customer service when the system failed on the payment page, spot ran away, yet Chards honoured the deal at nearly a £50 loss to them.
 
They have also dispatched an order made via Platinum Deals that Chards offer exclusively for Platinum members, thanks @ChrisSilver. Again Chards offered a deal I suspect they may have forgotten about, as they set it up back when Spot was LOW! Yet they have honoured the deal without question, letting me buy the cheapest silver available in the UK! Sent today so watch this space...

Just a nice 1920 Perth mint sovereign. 

Ordered last week, thankfully
 

Caviar 😍
 

Hi ho silver!

Just one Kook for me, but it did complete one of my date runs I set out to do, right back to 1996 (which was 4 years more than I intended, somehow I can’t stop myself 😂).

Not really, just the tubes😁

A few bits and pieces,thanks to @morezone @SilverStan(via his website) and even the dreaded e-bay for the kennedys. (virtually impossible to find on their for a sensible price now). Cheers.

How you enjoying the kilo? I love these bars but for my the kilo sticks out a little, it’s almost too chunky, but I’ve never seen one in hand.
What would you say is a reasonable price for the 10 oz?

Thanks @UnoWho really is a stunner this one. Looking forward to my silver proof set turning up to go with it.
Thanks @ChrisSilver for a top up on cards and another little badge 😀

@Leonmarsh thanks just need to find the 10oz now and not at crazy price 

Todays haul and my 41st date for the Morgan's, but that ain't the highlight of this lot, look at the 1921 Peace dollar and 1915D Barber Half 🤤