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4th draw.
Winner is 42 @PansPurse
Prize from @FFkook
Please PM eachother to arrange post etc.

3rd draw.
Winner is 44 @Trumar
Prize from @augur ( 1oz , 3rd lot )
Please PM eachother to arrange post etc.

2nd draw.
Winner is 17 . @BackyardBullion
Prize from @augur ( 2 x gilded lot )
Please PM eachother to arrange post etc.
 

1st draw of the 2018 SF xmas draw...   
 
Winner is 10 , @TheBeast
Prize from @augur( lot 1 , 3oz round )
 
Please PM eachother to arrange post etc.

Not me.... id have let someone else do it 🤣

#metoo

I would like to join this draw.
My gift will be: 1oz 2013 Rwanda cheetah and a secret bonus.

This is going great !
All prizes are added and upto date.
All members who have donated have been alocated a draw number.
Lets keep it going !

I would like to join this draw.
My gift will be: 1oz 2013 Rwanda cheetah and a secret bonus.

PRIZE LIST SO FAR - IN DRAW ORDER. FOR FULL DESCRIPTION PLEASE READ THROUGH THE THREAD. THANKS !
3 OZ FORUM ROUND , @augur  WON
1 OZ GILT MAPLE (×2), @augur  WON
1 OZ GHANA 100 CEDIS, @augur  WON
SMALL COLLECTORS PACK, @FFkook WON
2016 GOLD SOV, @CadmiumGreen
LANDMARKS OF BRITON 3 COINS , @terakris
MIXED LOT, SEE PAGE 10 , @AgD
 1895 Victoria crown , @MOA108
1g GOLD BAR , @mr-dead
£50 NOTE & LOTTO TICKET , @Tn21
100g Bar , @zeusss4
100g Metalor bar with cert , @jonrms
2 x 1 oz gilded & coloured , @TheBeast
Very nice slab box, @fehk2001
2 x canadian predators @ZatStackz
£50 cash or paypal , @dicker
Old Trafford Package , @StackingItAll
10oz Beast Box, @Marko
3oz pick of BYB'S Goodies , @BackyardBullion
2 oz mix , @ilovesilverireallydo
2oz coin , @rob6
2 x 1oz coins , @Bullionaire
Perth proof coin , @silversurf
2 x 2016  brits , @AuricGoldfinger
2 x 1oz coins , @zittergie
£50 Britannia , @sgcoins
MS70 Perth swan , @MickD
A "  very mixed " lot , @GrahamDiamond
Mixed lot , @h103efa
2 x 1oz rounds , @Skelator88
1 x 1/10th gold eagle , @Lr103
1 x 1oz polish round , @kiskelo
1 x 100g BYB bar , @Xander
1/4 gold Queens Beast Walnut box , @Alun
2oz  Falcon OR bull , @Mike
2011 Brit in mint packaging ,  @Keenstacker
3 x Nanjing notes, @Scuzzle
£50 Nike voucher , @Nick1368
2 x silver proof £1 coins , @Jimmock
1g gold maple , @GeorgeWoodall
Full collectors 10p set @daz
4 x £5 coins + nice coin box @Goldmick
1 oz gallus & 1/2 lunar  @Bullionbilly
2 x 1oz coins , @Cornishfarmer
1oz spider man coin , @Trumar
1.5oz maple , @JSILVER
2 x 1oz coins + £8's worth of scratch cards,  @Ryan
3 x 1oz coins , @Piggybank
1oz High relief coin , @ChrisSIlver
1oz reverse proof Noble , @airmac
5oz bar , @mr1030
100g BYB Bar,  @gsimpson
2 x 1oz maples , @evende
5 coin mixed lot , @Pampfan
1oz kook , @creative
1oz Brit , @Stats
1oz coin + secret bonus ! , @seXes
£25 paypal ,  @Abyss
3 x 1oz pick of coins or bars , @SilverStan
2.5 oz mix , @Stuart7
2oz QB & £10 Cash , @Quicksilver
3 x Vintage coins , @PansPurse
2017 Rooster , @caloundracats
Armenian Ark 2015 , @AlphaBeast
2017 Rooster , @blackadder
Pre 1965 lot , @JBstacker3181
3 coin mixed lot , @dutchman
£40 Amazon voucher , @mustynewb
Perth croc 1oz , @Spanishsilver
2 x 10th libertads , @GARYTHEMAN
1 x 1oz koala with privvy , @Deputydog
Mixed lot , @MintageSeller
2 coin lot , @jultorsk
£20 longest reigning monarch coin , @MickD
2oz Queens beast, @smiddy28
Mixed lot , @Madstacks
1oz oreo brit + £1 note, @Csaba
1 oz copper round & 1oz silver @Foolssilver
1oz silver coin, @Lunar17
2oz Beast, @PhelpsSilver
1.5 oz silver , @Stacknsave
2oz lion , @Tomcbol
2 x 1oz coins , @Oldun
2 x 1oz pieces , @tmars104
Mixed coin lot , @Schnitzel
TBC. @Silvergulag
£25 paypal , @Modem21
3.5 oz lot. , @SilverSnake
3 coin lot , @NumisNewbie
2oz siren , @VonHaida
Xmas loo roll !
 

I would like to join this draw.
My gift will be: 1oz 2013 Rwanda cheetah and a secret bonus.

I would like to join this draw.
My gift will be: 1oz 2013 Rwanda cheetah and a secret bonus.

I would like to join this draw.
My gift will be: 1oz 2013 Rwanda cheetah and a secret bonus.

I would like to join this draw.
My gift will be: 1oz 2013 Rwanda cheetah and a secret bonus.

I would like to join this draw.
My gift will be: 1oz 2013 Rwanda cheetah and a secret bonus.

What I can find is this.
F15 = Fabulous 15  is a "Silver Coin program".
 
Small notice on Perth mint blogg:
http://www.perthmintbullion.com/Blog/Blog/13-01-24/2013_Silver_Bullion_Privy_Mark_Coin_Releases.aspx
2014 it appers to be the Kangaroo. 2014 Australia 1 oz Proof Silver Kangaroo (F15 Privy)
Here you find there is a F12 also.
http://silverbullionworld.com/collectorkangaroo.html

Taking delivery of 2700 oz
Just another day in the BYB household!

 
Added 0 minutes later... Oh, and here are those towers of 10 oz Beasts laid bare for all to see

1911 Prussia Breslau University 3 Mark

Hello everyone, this is something that keeps happening so I thought that I would make a post here to help reduce the amount of times it happens.
When you receive a notification email or private message notification email, you need to click the blue button to go to the forum to reply.
All email notifications are sent from my email, so if you just reply to the email unfortunately the intended recipient will not get the message, only I will get your email.
Thanks
Edit: 
Members just need to press this blue “Read full message” button (found underneath the content) to then reply via the forum to reach the intended recipient in a private message:

Or the blue “go to this post” button (if it’s a forum post notification)


You will then be able to reply the the private message or post in the topic on the forum.

Ladies and Gents...I'm super excited to share with you my most recent acquisition and easily one of the rarest coins in my young collection...the 1866 Sydney Half Sovereign.

TLDR: I got a rare coin cheap.
Per the updated Marsh Sovereign guide, this coin is rated R2 - Very Rare.  I was initially put off by the grade but additional research revealed that there are around 1,000 specimens of this coin surviving and it is most often found below VF.  Downies, an Australian dealer, has one in aUNC and they're asking £7650 and one in VF asking £590.  Drake Sterling has a specimen in PCGS F15 condition asking £265.  The best part is I picked this one up for £243.
Here's a bit more information I found while researching the coin...
"Royal Mint reports indicate that no half sovereigns were minted in 1866 but 62,000 were minted in 1867 and a further 154,000 in 1869. As it is known that there are no 1867 or 1869 dated coins, it is presumed that they were struck with 1866 dies, indicating a total mintage of 216,000* which would seem consistent with the relative survival rate of the date. The date is one of the easier pieces to source with an estimated survival rate just shy of 1,000 and examples do turn up around XF from time to time, though finding examples at AU and beyond can be quite a challenge. The date is often found with a bold obverse rim paired with an undetailed central reverse strike. These examples came off the recycled proof dies of the year as during the year the Sydney mint struck two proof half sovereigns for the Inter-colonial Exhibition in 1866 and the International Exposition in 1867 as products of New South Wales."
*The Marsh Sovereign guide places the total original mintage around 154,000.  
The pieces of information I didn't find that I'd be very interested in learning is, if over 150,000 were minted, how are there only around 1,000 surviving today?  Were they melted down (this appears to be the case..."as the gold coins became worn, they were withdrawn and melted down")?  And why is the avg condition of the coin so low (was it truly a circulation coin)?  A census search of both NGC and PCGS has just 28 coins in better condition with AU58 and MS64 being the best examples between NGC and PCGS respectively.

Lunar S2 1/4oz gold proof dog,+ 4 X 2oz silver proofs,2 x 1oz  silver proofs & a load of lunar Bu stuff.

1827 full sov 

My first foray into sixpences...

8 X 1kg gold bars.
So excited

A tube of athenian owls!