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Thanks @arshimo2012. What a beauty. 

I waited very long for these. The 2018 Chiwoo is really a very nice design.

A few QB pickups : 13 bullion silver Clarences and a few 1/4 gold Bullion QBs: looking for a nice Clarence and a better Unicorn than my current ones to send in for grading....in pursuit of the elusive MS70s.  
As many have commented already - the Clarence Bull silver coins are nice in the hand - none of the sharp ragged edges of the earlier designs in the series.  I will put 3 into deep capsules and keep 10 in a tube for storage.  Will decide what to do once the 10x designs are in the bag.  Also a couple of slabbed Clarences for fellow collectors here on the Forum. 

Just getting back from being out of country for a few weeks and there are a few pieces I had received while I was away ...Firstly, however, are a couple I received just before departing. 
Added a 1/4 oz Queen’s Beast Unicorn of Scotland (MS69) courtesy of @mongo28! And companion bullion 1/4 oz Queen’s Beast Griffin of Edward, 1/4 oz Queen’s Beast Red Dragon of Wales, and 1/4 oz Queen’s Beast Lion of England. They all accompany the 1/4 oz Proof Queen’s Beast Black Bull of Clarence!

Some silver for a change.

Picked this up for £120 can’t complain.

Arrived on Saturday.  5 BU 2018 Silver Swans and 2 proofs.  Added the gold swan i received last week for comparison shot.

Hello all, package arrived in the post today from Noble Numistatics. This was my only successful bid in their April auction that was held in   Sydney over three days. Bought the 1952 South African 11 coin proof set. They had two sets available in the auction and I think I paid a fair price for it given condition. As you can see from the photos there are some condition issues with respect to copper spotting (the King seems to be staring at it on the £1 coin!) but I think they will come out of conservation ok if I have them graded in the future. 
I saw a Numistacker YouTube video on this set a few months ago and I recall he said the mintage was 12,500. 
A bit disappointed about how they packaged the coins. They were loose and had moved about in the case during transit and were not in flips. 

An 1892 half shield from my local bullion dealer whilst out shopping this morning.

Not every time a proof purchase is even better than i hoped. Love this one. A real bugger to photograph these convex coins, though.

Just a wee delivery from Edinburgh!

A good result on a 1oz Griffin!
 

Wet day in Perth today and so dropped into the mint and bought the new 1oz silver bird of paradise coin. See photos below. Took a look at the gold version which is much nicer but will give that one a miss for now (the gold have a 5,000 mintage and so will be available for a while yet).

Well yesterday.

Here you go. Rich boy's toys.
https://sdbullion.com/silver-soldiers-6-figure-hand-poured-army-set

I used to do the same with my brother when we were kids. One day my dad saw that we were melting lead and just put the kibosh on the whole operation 

ATB - only one missing now.

Small pick ups this week...

Been waiting 4-6 weeks for these.  Crazy premium against spot but fully expected for these kinds of things.  Few other pieces as well which I'll showcase when I get some time and daylight.
Iron Man Bust in 24k gold weighing ~18.6g
Kylo Ren's Light Sabre in 24k gold weighing ~18.1g
Luke Skywalker's Light Sabre in 24k gold weighing ~20g
 


 
 

6 2 oz Egyptian Gods: Sobek rounds, and 6 GB Two Dragons coins.

Some recent pick ups
1901M Vic Full Sov
1891M Vic Full Sov Rare short tail
1866 Shield YH (the 1966 YH picked up last week, but nice to see 100 year difference coins together)
2005 half sov
Two 9ct gold ingots (bought at 2% over spot) 

I feel a "Today I Brewed" coming on.

Somewhere abroad where it's not illegal to melt them down!
That or 'have a very unfortunate trip' somewhere near a furnace (should you perhaps know of someone who has such a thing)

2018 Silver Swan PF70 & PF69 with Early Release designation and Flag label. (Also for sale)

Technically not precious metal - but I took delivery today of a very large pile of pennies!
Fun video (and much more!) coming this weekend to celebrate the 3000 subscriber milestone!