Today I Received.....

[SolidSilverBogbrush]

Finally got my first 4 Ducat. Quite pleased.

[sovereignsteve]

Nice condition. Am I right in thinking these 1915 coins are all re-strikes?

[SolidSilverBogbrush]

17 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Nice condition. Am I right in thinking these 1915 coins are all re-strikes?

Yes, they are re-strikes, so no idea how old it actually is. 

It felt very light when I first got it out of the packet, I was worried. But it is the correct weight. I suppose the size makes it seem light.

[sovereignsteve]

9 minutes ago, SolidSilverBogbrush said:

Yes, they are re-strikes, so no idea how old it actually is.

It felt very light when I first got it out of the packet, I was worried. But it is the correct weight. I suppose the size makes it seem light.

Yes, there are some quite large and thin coins produced around and about. Some of them must bend quite easily and I guess feel quite light in the hand.

[KevinG]

Waited a while to get this. They had to order the kooks.

2014 year of the horse 5 oz
2x 2016 kookaburra

 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2015 by KevinG

[morezone]

Didn't expect this to be sealed.  Packaging in a bit of a state but I'll break it open and put in a capsule.  My OCD tells me that everything must be uniform.

[UraaniBarbaari]

2 Sovereigns, 1891 and 1893 - the 1891 is from Sydney

1875 5 venezolanos from Venezuela - 0.23oz/90%, mintage 35000/69000 depending on the source

2010 Mexican silver and gold set (200 years of independence) with two 2oz silver coins and 1/4 oz gold proof libertad. This set is the same as in the link below, but instead of having the large gold coin, it has the 1/4 oz libertad. I really don´t know if this set I got was originally released this way. At least I´m unable to find any information about it. The case is pretty cool. It has no paperwork with it, and it says 500 sets produced.

http://www.apmex.com/product/65464/2010-mexico-3-coin-prestige-proof-set-1-2057-oz-agw-4-oz-asw

[goldbones]

Today i received not a coin but the royal mint publication on the gold sovereign history for £25, its about 11.5" x 9" 112 pages and is a very good quality hardback book, i've not read it cover to cover yet, but it details history of gold coinage leading up to the coin we know.

Has some great photos of earlier coins.

[sovereignsteve]

Its on my christmas list, hopefully one of the kids will oblige!

[HelpingHands]

21 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Its on my christmas list, hopefully one of the kids will oblige!

If not, there is always the Rosland book of gold

 

[Cointreau]

11 hours ago, morezone said:

Didn't expect this to be sealed.  Packaging in a bit of a state but I'll break it open and put in a capsule.  My OCD tells me that everything must be uniform.

I was tempted by this one from Atkinsons.

[BaldyBob]

Is that Dusty Crophopper in the background?

Would have thought you were a Leadbottom sort of Fella :)

[SoulUK]

Early xmas pressy from the missis

2016 Kookaburra

2016 Somali elephant

 

 

[morezone]

3 hours ago, BaldyBob said:

Is that Dusty Crophopper in the background?

Would have thought you were a Leadbottom sort of Fella :)

It is indeed.  There is a Leadbottom kicking around somewhere.  Toys get everywhere.

[garthy]

10 2016 kooks, love this coin, not just the kook and the barb wire but also the depth of the horizon, great piece of art, I'll be getting every weight I think.

10 Perth mint monkeys, a Somalian elephant and a kangaroo, all really nice.

The royal mint monkey's poor, plenty of dings and a couple of milk spots, one by the Chinese symbol and the other on the heads side.

On the Sovereign front, the Isle of man Sov which was overweight turned out to be real, picked up a nice 1872 Sovereign while I was there.

 

[morezone]

Finally managed to get chance to open today's package which really should have been delivered yesterday.  Conned my dad into waiting in at mine for the delivery rather than missing it and having to wait until Monday to get it.  Officially broke now.

[Kman]

2 hours ago, garthy said:

 

 

Looks good! 

[DRooster]

Good info about the Isle of Man overweight gold,

officially more GOLD, result!

[Lindeman]

On 13 November 2015 05:20:53, UraaniBarbaari said:

2 Sovereigns, 1891 and 1893 - the 1891 is from Sydney

1875 5 venezolanos from Venezuela - 0.23oz/90%, mintage 35000/69000 depending on the source

2010 Mexican silver and gold set (200 years of independence) with two 2oz silver coins and 1/4 oz gold proof libertad. This set is the same as in the link below, but instead of having the large gold coin, it has the 1/4 oz libertad. I really don´t know if this set I got was originally released this way. At least I´m unable to find any information about it. The case is pretty cool. It has no paperwork with it, and it says 500 sets produced.

http://www.apmex.com/product/65464/2010-mexico-3-coin-prestige-proof-set-1-2057-oz-agw-4-oz-asw

That's a nice haul of Mexican treasure - even without that bicentenario. 

Lindeman

[Guest]

Pickups from goldstackers.com.au in Melbourne today. Gold stackers are an award winning bullion outfit in Australia spun out of the silver stackers durum by a bunch of stackers like us who thought they could do better.

1/4od gold monkey

1/2oz silver monkey

1oz silver monkey

Also unboxed a 1/2oz lunar 1 horse.

 

 

 

 

[Lindeman]

Finally picked up my third Indian head gold $5 coin, this one a 1911. Enjoying it! 

Really should diversify and buy some other old US designs - but this is my favourite (so far) - so I keep buying them.

Edited November 16, 2015 by Lindeman

[sovereignsteve]

Just returned from my mate's who persuaded me to swap some bullion sovereigns for this bunch of George IVs

 

[sovereignsteve]

He also offloaded this 10th Oz Proof Brit on me.

[HelpingHands]

How much persuading did it take?  Did he even finish his sentence?

[silverin]

8 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Just returned from my mate's who persuaded me to swap some bullion sovereigns for this bunch of George IVs

 

Nice swap Steve and in great condition! How many bullion sovs if you care to share?