Today I Received.....

[SovereignBull]

42 minutes ago, SovereignBull said:

Not all today but over the last couple of days been on a spending splurge! Building the stack back up after selling a few sovs to pay for this years holidays!

And then there were 3 more! That’s my 12 sovs for 2024 sorted! Once these 3 turn up I’ll get them into storage and forget about them! To tempting to turn to gold when bills need paying!

[HonestMoneyGoldSilver]

1 hour ago, daca said:

Newest addition to the The Majestic Polar Bears series from RCM, 2024 1/10 AU

Wow they've even managed to make KCIII look somewhat acceptable on the obverse. Congrats to the RCM, that's borderline witchcraft!

[SilverToday]

26 minutes ago, CoinCupboard said:

Lovely pictures! 

Good little find for $8, I guess the market might be a bit different for U.K coins where you are. 

I have picked up silver proof £1's for £10 or so here. So it's not a great deal under what is paid here. 

I think the one you have is about 22k mintage. The 1984 of the same design has about 45k. 👍😎

Thanks for the info, now it all makes sense lol.

I had no idea some RM fairly low mintage proofs sell for so low. 

Edited June 3 by SilverToday

[daca]

 

1 hour ago, Petra said:

Great looking coin, but other than the silhouette on the card, why the name?🤔

cant say for sure, but I assume RCM is trying to  differentiate the series from the countless reiteration of the polar bear coins issued over the years

[CowPat]

Got this 2015 Australian Kookaburra Ruthenium coated gold gilded coin today. Like more than I thought I would. 

[Petra]

26 minutes ago, daca said:

 

cant say for sure, but I assume RCM is trying to  differentiate the series from the countless reiteration of the polar bear coins issued over the years

🤔I suppose ‘great looking seals’ doesn’t sound the same🤔although I suppose there could be a series🤔

[Brit2023]

10 hours ago, Petra said:

🤔I suppose ‘great looking seals’ doesn’t sound the same🤔although I suppose there could be a series🤔

Or a new album?

[paulmerton]

11 hours ago, Petra said:

🤔I suppose ‘great looking seals’ doesn’t sound the same🤔although I suppose there could be a series🤔

What is going on. It is a polar bear and a cub on the coin, not a pair of seals 🤣

[CoinStruck]

A few additions to the world silver coin collection. 
- 1929 2 Jiao from Kwangtung province China 🇨🇳 featuring Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Republic. Mintage a staggering 779 million coins according to Numista. 
- 1936 5 Zlotys from Poland. 🇵🇱. Mintage 1 million. 
- 1860 1 Florin from Austria 🇦🇹, common coin with a mintage of 21.6 million but in lovely condition. 

[Orpster]

Received this morning, 

Not the 2017 people would usually go for but a nice low mintage one at 739.  Weird looking at a BU 2017 without the privy mark

Unsure if I will keep this or not yet, not my usual thing at all.

 

[paulmerton]

3 minutes ago, Orpster said:

Received this morning, 

Not the 2017 people would usually go for but a nice low mintage one at 739.  Weird looking at a BU 2017 without the privy mark

Unsure if I will keep this or not yet, not my usual thing at all.

 

Normally I'm a sucker for a good privy mark, but this is equally appealing for not having one. A bit like the "rare" 2023 Atlantic salmon 50ps without a privy mark!

[paulmerton]

Something a little different... quite a fascinating little set.

[Belmont]

[Spyder]

17 minutes ago, Belmont said:

That MS66 must be up there with one of the highest grade for a Gillick. Nice coin

[Belmont]

9 minutes ago, Spyder said:

That MS66 must be up there with one of the highest grade for a Gillick. Nice coin

I`m quite happy with the outcome on this one.

[Silverlocks]

3 minutes ago, Belmont said:

I`m quite happy with the outcome on this one.

I think it's quite common to get a bit of strike through on Gillicks, but I do like one with a nice lustre.  One of the nice things about Gillicks is that they are usually in fairly good nick and still have the original lustre. Still, MS-66 is pretty good for a Gillick; IIRC there aren't many at all graded higher than that.

[paulmerton]

Some more sterling silver stamp nerdery

[paulmerton]

And more! All made and sold by the Royal Mint a couple of decades ago for £29.95 per cover at the time 😅

[paulmerton]

These just arrived too. It's hard to imagine anything like this coming out again now there are only boring barcoded stamps to play with.

[James32]

2 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

And more! All made and sold by the Royal Mint a couple of decades ago for £29.95 per cover at the time 😅

Cool, very nice designs. 

[paulmerton]

10 minutes ago, James32 said:

Cool, very nice designs. 

When it's below spot, who cares 🤣

[JamesH]

Two coins, exactly the same. But one to stay slabbed and another, £100 cheaper, to be deslabbed and chucked into the quarters tin

Edited June 4 by JamesH

[Petra]

5 hours ago, paulmerton said:

What is going on. It is a polar bear and a cub on the coin, not a pair of seals 🤣

🤔even with my glasses on I wouldn’t be too sure..🤔🤣

[ak74]

53 minutes ago, Petra said:

even with my glasses on I wouldn’t be too sure..

I think the 2023 design has been the best in the series so far. Also, I am not sure the 2024 feature a cub, looking at the both paw prints size  As I got all 3 in silver, took some photos

UPD.: checked the RCM site, yes, it's a cub, but grown-up and not wishing to leave the parents' home  "The reverse design by Canadian artist W. Allan Hancock shows a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and her almost independent cub nuzzling in their Arctic habitat."

                                                                                   

Edited June 4 by ak74

[ccfcpaul]

Not the coinage. Although bought a couple of acrylic displays.

Cheap and tacky or quite smart, you decide!