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augur

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Everything posted by augur

  1. some lovely Forum Rounds from @BackyardBullion
  2. 1oz Round sold to @SimplySilver 3oz Round still available
  3. Thanks to @Lr103 for the invaluable help in acquiring some 20 Bolívares and fractional platinum Britannias
  4. Thanks @JamesH for mentioning that: the 1oz hammered round No.38 warrants first right of refusal for the 2023 1oz round with a micro mintage.
  5. For sale 2021 3oz Forum Round No.63 £102 [sold: 2022 1oz Forum Round No.38 £34] (first right of refusal for 2023 edition with the same number) Shipping&Insurance at cost Looking for 2021 3oz Forum Round No.11
  6. a nice little haul of gold, silver and platinum thanks to the invaluable help of @Lr103
  7. Considering that this banking collapse is engineered: During the scamdemic/plandemic the reserve requirement has been lowered to 0%! US banks are now under water by at least $2 trillion if they had to sell assets due to the interest rate rise [source Best Evidence]. Add to that another $2 trillion RePo. In the past the FED would always inject liquidity into banks when raising rates rapidly but not so this time. Either Greg is right and it is big banks eating the little ones or this will become the incident to justify CBDC because only Central Banks have ‘unlimited’ reserves and cannot become insolvent. SWIFT was testing out its preparedness for implementation of digital currency this Monday…
  8. With the help of @Lr103 i received a bunch of gold Bolívares from a bullion auction.
  9. 1oz and 3oz forum rounds from BYB and a half eagle from @harrygill111
  10. A nicely toned AU 20 Bolívares, from when they were local produced courtesy of @Auronum
  11. Thanks to the help of @Lr103 i received a nice pair of Brussels Mint 20 Bolívares and a harder to get 2020 1/10 Platinum Britannia.
  12. Well actually it’s the Union Latine (Monétaire) if you are francophone and in Italy they are called Marenghi. I eluded to this in a previous post and their definition is far broader and includes many modern issues that completely evade our attention. There is soon to be held a special auction just covering that topic: https://auctions.nomismaweb.com/en/cat/94/75/marenghi-collection/1/
  13. Managed to source the rather elusive 1888 Venezuela 100 Bolívares with the help of @Lr103 The mint bloom or toning is quite considerable but cannot hide the ample lustre remaining in this popular vintage
  14. Many thanks to @Lr103 for assisting with the acquisition of some 200 Bolívares including this toned 1888 Caracas Mint 100Bs. and several 20Bs. from 1904, 1911 and 1912
  15. You are correct, they were minted in Venice. https://marenghi.collectorsonline.org/moneta/M-27/12
  16. RM Bullion Monkeys are already notorious for milk spots 😱 i can only hope this is an isolated case and cross infections can be avoided by flips and capsules 😂 note to self: no monkeys in tubes anymore
  17. This might be boring for some but this 1871 100 Pesetas specimen just allowed me to understand the relationship between the LMU denominations and the metric system: As it states in the legend: there are 31 pieces of 100 Franc (or here 100 Pesetas) in 1kg. And indeed, if we divide 1,000g by 31 we get 32.2580g as stated on this 100 Bolívares or Pachano: So if your aim is to stack/collect 100g of fine gold, you will need 310 Francs or equivalent. There are a few odd outliers like some of the 5 Peso in South America which are 25 Pesetas equivalent; the 2.5 Peso Argentino equates to 12.5 Pesetas or Francs. The 5 Roubles 1884-1896 and 1897 7.5 Roubles are 20 Francs; the 1897 15 Roubles corresponds to the 40 Franc pieces. 1897 onward 5 Roubles are 2/3 of 20 Franc and 10 Roubles and modern Chervonets are 4/3 of 20 Francs so 30 Roubles equate to 80 Francs or quatre-vingt Francs. So the Soviet Union has been producing up to the 1980s as one of the last countries yearly several tons of LMU trade coinage.
  18. I found a nice Italian resource on Marenghis as to how they refer to LMU and other 20 Franc-sized coins. While there doesn’t appear to be a clear reference, the 20 Franc pieces of the Cisalpine Republic which were introduced by Napoleon after his victory over the Austrians at Marengi marked the introduction of this new coin format in Italy. Ever since it seems the Italians refer to these coins as “Marenghi”. Reminds me a bit of the story of the coining of the term “Americano” for watered-down Espressi. This resource is in addition to the German resource @whuamai introduced and covers some later proof issues to similar spec that I wasn’t aware of. Since it is a little database, it also shows the different mints that used to coin 20 Franc pieces. (There are a few gaps e.g. 1879/80 20 Bolívares were minted in Brussels and 1886-88 in Caracas, which isn’t mentioned). https://marenghi.collectorsonline.org/cat/M-1?mylang=it The translate buttons don’t seem to work in any language though.
  19. From the last drop in silver spot: Heimerle cast bars (very unusual to have ripples) and 1/4oz Britannias
  20. 1897 Russia 7.5 Roubles one year type (20 Francs) previous 1884-1896 5 Roubles were also struck to the same 20 Francs spec
  21. 10 $ William IV with the remaining lustre on the devices it is almost proof-like
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