Today I Received.....

[Lindeman]

My two gold Edward VII Perth mint Sovs - 1906 and 1907.  The 1907 has more definition - less wear, but pretty happy with both.  After paying auction fees etc they were about £249 each, averaging the two. Bit more than I posted yesterday..

[nr73]

Postman just delivered a 15oz MK barz, thanks to StackerMike

 

Congrats, I liked the look of that bar ever since Mike listed it, but at 15oz it was above my budget.

[SilverPirate]

4 hours ago, Quicksilver said:

Postman just delivered a 15oz MK barz, thanks to StackerMike

 

I realy like that bar, just never had the funds for it.Well done, fondle it for me.

2 hours ago, Lindeman said:

My two gold Edward VII Perth mint Sovs - 1906 and 1907.  The 1907 has more definition - less wear, but pretty happy with both.  After paying auction fees etc they were about £249 each, averaging the two. Bit more than I posted yesterday..

Nice to see the detail on the gold you just dont get on silver coins of the same period.

[Quicksilver]

11 minutes ago, SilverPirate said:

I realy like that bar, just never had the funds for it.Well done, fondle it for me.

It’s been fondled for most of the day it’s my new favourite piece and looks great with the privateer rounds.

Only problem is over time I will have to acquire the rest of the MK Barz to go with it.

 

 

[Shinus73]

Teddy Roosevelt ATB.

 

[morezone]

I was getting really concerned with this order.  Pickup up on Saturday no further tracking details.  I would have expected something yesterday when it reached the depot.  This morning I checked Parcel Force and to my relief it showed as having arrived in the UK last night at 7pm and has now just been delivered.  Panic over.

Missing the 2oz as there was a 10 day or so lead time so have ordered that with another dealer along with some other bits.

[mondy41]

Umicore 250g from Helpinghands

[nr73]

Gold 1/4oz Queens Beast just landed! What a great little piece. Many thanks to @morezone for sorting these out!

[SilvergunSuperman]

Today I received a 1/20oz Venezuelan Chiefs gold coin. Tiny but cool.

 

[Gilver]

Off topic.

Nice blued titanium CLB. Are you allowed to carry locking blades now ?

5 minutes ago, nr73 said:

Gold 1/4oz Queens Beast just landed! What a great little piece. Many thanks to @morezone for sorting these out!

 

[nr73]

14 minutes ago, Gilver said:

Off topic.

Nice blued titanium CLB. Are you allowed to carry locking blades now ?

 

It's a boker subcom titanium which I flame anodised. It's not a locker, and is uk carry legal

[Gilver]

27 minutes ago, nr73 said:

It's a boker subcom titanium which I flame anodised. It's not a locker, and is uk carry legal

I know, I have two and had aditional two that I sold but didn't know they produce nonlocking ones.

[nr73]

I know, I have two and had aditional two that I sold but didn't know they produce nonlocking ones.

Yes its the Subcom 42. The 42 is a reference to the legal clause that permits non-locking carry.

Back on topic, just had a good go-over the 1/4 Beast and I can't see any flaws, at least as far as my limited knowledge and observations are concerned

[Oldun]

Couple of Ronnie the Rooster proofs with their missusses and kids turned up today. Was expecting to pay duty but Perth Mint labelled them as Numismatic Collectibles, so nothing extra. Change up fom 999 to 9999 purity for the first time with Perth lunars hence my first buy of these proofs...

 

Edited September 20, 2016 by Oldun

[HelpingHands]

Oh really?  Is it 9999 for BU too?

[sovereignsteve]

So 0.1 ppt impurities instead of 1 ppt

maybe that'll stop any possible issues with the dreaded milk

[HelpingHands]

Not if 9999 Maples are owt to go by,

[Lindeman]

Picked up my deliveries in the US...here is the silver first. 

A pair of 10 oz Scottsdale Reserve bars; five Scottsdale 1 oz rounds (love the design!); a haul of proof 2016 Libertads; a pair of silver 2011 IOM Nobles (still wondering if they were made in any other year?); some Morgans, and two tubes of silver Queens Beast lions, the better ones I have put into the AirTite deep caps, the rest just kept in the RM tube. And finally a slabbed 2014 1 ounce Britannia proof.  

Have a few other goodies for some fellow Forum members as well. 

Enjoy!  

Lindeman 

[Guest]

Picked up my deliveries in the US...here is the silver first. 

A pair of 10 oz Scottsdale Reserve bars; five Scottsdale 1 oz rounds (love the design!); a haul of proof 2016 Libertads; a pair of silver 2011 IOM Nobles (still wondering if they were made in any other year?); some Morgans, and two tubes of silver Queens Beast lions, the better ones I have put into the AirTite deep caps, the rest just kept in the RM tube. And finally a slabbed 2014 1 ounce Britannia proof.  

Have a few other goodies for some fellow Forum members as well. 

Enjoy!  

Lindeman 

Great pickups. Just drove home here from Miami and looking forward to picking up tomorrow


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[Oldun]

5 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

So 0.1 ppt impurities instead of 1 ppt

maybe that'll stop any possible issues with the dreaded milk

Take a look at these from Chrissilver (NB all proofs not BU) and by his own admittance, only one of the series he has had developed a tiny tiny milk spot.

Alas, the potential for milk spotting is there due to the modern process and high purity (to my knowledge, for example, BU Britannias never spotted when they were .958 up until 2012). It is certainly putting some off from purchasing higher premium coins and that is fully understandable for those people and rightly so.

For the rest who wish to collect on, it has become a feature of modern semi numismatic coin collecting and may even be a non point about the coins in 20,30,40,50 etc years plus when the next generation look at them ? Who knows ? Me ? I have dipped into the 2017 Rooster silver proof set, the 2015 7 coin Libertad silver set, the nordfrim fuelled BU Britannia set run bonanza (2 of them with spares in most years, plus the 2 plainfields Britannias 2015-2016), the 2016 Britannia silver proof 6 coin set and reverse proof Britannia 2 coin set,  Prince George and Princess Charlotte Sterling silver proofs of births, christenings and birthdays, Queen commemorative silver sets etc. So far, with the exception of a couple of bog standard 2013 regular BU Britannias and a single Canadian Cougar wildlife coin, everything remains as bought.

Edited September 21, 2016 by Oldun

[Oldun]

10 hours ago, HelpingHands said:

Oh really?  Is it 9999 for BU too?

Yes, they are 9999, too.

[mondy41]

My first Shield thanks to Numistacker

[Oldun]

Taking my first look in hand ( they just growled in the door) at what will partner my incoming pair of 1/4oz beasts. Design of the lion beast is smashing. The size and everything else is pretty ordinary to be honest in my opinion. They do not look or feel like coins. But they will always be displayed beast side up and that side looks good. 

 

Edited September 21, 2016 by Oldun

[morezone]

Dutch 5 Guilder from Atkinsons.

[SilvergunSuperman]

Today I received a Falkland Islands gold 1/25 Crown. It's in surprisingly nice condition and the detail for such a tiny coin is excellent. Not sure if these were Royal Mint?