Murph

Something quite nice about them.  I picked up a cheap slabbed piedfort one for less than the price of the silver proof.

Something quite nice about them.  I picked up a cheap slabbed piedfort one for less than the price of the silver proof.

Something quite nice about them.  I picked up a cheap slabbed piedfort one for less than the price of the silver proof.

Don't really know why I bought it,but glad now i did. 

Today I received my 2006 silver proof Queens' 80th birthday coin that I won on ebay for just over £16.
On top of that in the post was a package with an ASE & a 2017 silver Britannia that I never ordered.
It was addressed to me but had the wrong house number on it. When I opened it there was a receipt with order status 'complete'. Now I then compared it to my recent order receipt from the same firm that had 'processed' in the order status. Duplicate order from Yorkshire bullion!
Me being me, I've tried ringing them but no response. I'll give them another ring in the morning. I could easily say nothing but they haven't done me a bad turn & have been pretty good with my orders.

I got 500g of pre 47 scrap I picked up for £75 plus a few quid postage yesterday.  Some pre 20 stuff in there including some pretty well worn ed vii florins and vf shilling. Unc george vi stuff of course but that is to be expected.  Not a bad deal if there aren't any forgeries in there.

An 1871, so not anything interesting apart from the fact it looks in better condition than some 2002 shield backs I've had.

An 1871, so not anything interesting apart from the fact it looks in better condition than some 2002 shield backs I've had.

I bought one shield back on the same day at around the same time as you Silverin and I have to say it was in great condition.  Still with the mint lustre which you can't really see from a picture.  Excuse the crappy pic but it was just taken using this iPad because I'm too lazy to get a camera out and bother transferring a decent picture.

I bought one shield back on the same day at around the same time as you Silverin and I have to say it was in great condition.  Still with the mint lustre which you can't really see from a picture.  Excuse the crappy pic but it was just taken using this iPad because I'm too lazy to get a camera out and bother transferring a decent picture.

I bought one shield back on the same day at around the same time as you Silverin and I have to say it was in great condition.  Still with the mint lustre which you can't really see from a picture.  Excuse the crappy pic but it was just taken using this iPad because I'm too lazy to get a camera out and bother transferring a decent picture.

Nanjing Mint 5g Lunar Monkey Colourised Note - Compensation for a damaged order
China World Heritage Brass 2016 Beijing Imperial Palace 2 - Collecting silver in this series is too expensive since I started late and missed out on the first few.  Premiums are far too high for me now.
2016 150g Panda - This will be a spare and has come in the OMP which is a bonus.  Originally supplied in sheets of 3 but most of the time suppliers cut them from the pouches so that they can be inserted into the coin slot.

I bought one shield back on the same day at around the same time as you Silverin and I have to say it was in great condition.  Still with the mint lustre which you can't really see from a picture.  Excuse the crappy pic but it was just taken using this iPad because I'm too lazy to get a camera out and bother transferring a decent picture.

I bought one shield back on the same day at around the same time as you Silverin and I have to say it was in great condition.  Still with the mint lustre which you can't really see from a picture.  Excuse the crappy pic but it was just taken using this iPad because I'm too lazy to get a camera out and bother transferring a decent picture.

I bought one shield back on the same day at around the same time as you Silverin and I have to say it was in great condition.  Still with the mint lustre which you can't really see from a picture.  Excuse the crappy pic but it was just taken using this iPad because I'm too lazy to get a camera out and bother transferring a decent picture.

I bought one shield back on the same day at around the same time as you Silverin and I have to say it was in great condition.  Still with the mint lustre which you can't really see from a picture.  Excuse the crappy pic but it was just taken using this iPad because I'm too lazy to get a camera out and bother transferring a decent picture.

I tend to stay away from Sunday evening ending ebay auctions as I have noticed this seems to be one of the most expensive times to win an auction.  A nice midweek morning end is much easier to win. 
I also don't like buy it nows for coins in general as even people who seem to trade as coin dealers often misrepresent items and/or over grade terribly.  Then they ask top book price or above for their overgraded coins.  I've lost count of the number of Unc or almost uncirculated coins I've seen that are really very worn and polished coins that are barely over Fine.

The Panda's have arrived, 4.5kg of Panda goodness
 
  , a cracked case or 2 but genuinely pleased with the order

I bought the Niue odin 2oz 2016 today.  A bit expensive but I liked the design beside the queens head, lol.
Also another Aussie wedge tail proof and the Rwanda meerkat.
Also another half sov, the last year of Queen Vics reign.
 
I like he St George and have looked to buy one now and then but they can be hard to find at a decent price.

I have bought the odd one but only if I can get it for less than £20.  Far too many people expect up to £70 for them.
 
Bought from coininvest yet again even though the postage makes it too expensive to buy a single small coin.  A 1914 Belgian 20 franc.  I only bought it so I had at least one minted under each king.

I have bought the odd one but only if I can get it for less than £20.  Far too many people expect up to £70 for them.
 
Bought from coininvest yet again even though the postage makes it too expensive to buy a single small coin.  A 1914 Belgian 20 franc.  I only bought it so I had at least one minted under each king.

I have bought the odd one but only if I can get it for less than £20.  Far too many people expect up to £70 for them.
 
Bought from coininvest yet again even though the postage makes it too expensive to buy a single small coin.  A 1914 Belgian 20 franc.  I only bought it so I had at least one minted under each king.

I wanted to collect crowns as a kid but couldn't afford to so ended up collecting silver threepenny pieces.

Received a Louis Napoleon 20 franc coin from HGM today. They said they had two Napoleons, an Angel and a cockerel. I thought the angel would probably be worth a little more but lucked out getting the single year design 1852 Louis Napoleon when I asked for a Napoleon in the rare chance I would receive a Naploeon I.

Last weeks pot luck 20 franc from them gave me a Ceres head 1850 so I know I have 1850,1851 and 1852 20 franc coins off the top of my head and may have an even longer date run if I investigate my stash.

I wanted to collect crowns as a kid but couldn't afford to so ended up collecting silver threepenny pieces.

Received a Louis Napoleon 20 franc coin from HGM today. They said they had two Napoleons, an Angel and a cockerel. I thought the angel would probably be worth a little more but lucked out getting the single year design 1852 Louis Napoleon when I asked for a Napoleon in the rare chance I would receive a Naploeon I.

Last weeks pot luck 20 franc from them gave me a Ceres head 1850 so I know I have 1850,1851 and 1852 20 franc coins off the top of my head and may have an even longer date run if I investigate my stash.

I wanted to collect crowns as a kid but couldn't afford to so ended up collecting silver threepenny pieces.

Received a Louis Napoleon 20 franc coin from HGM today. They said they had two Napoleons, an Angel and a cockerel. I thought the angel would probably be worth a little more but lucked out getting the single year design 1852 Louis Napoleon when I asked for a Napoleon in the rare chance I would receive a Naploeon I.

Last weeks pot luck 20 franc from them gave me a Ceres head 1850 so I know I have 1850,1851 and 1852 20 franc coins off the top of my head and may have an even longer date run if I investigate my stash.