Today I Received.....

[BackyardBullion]

Technically I didn't receive these today - but I have been pretty busy!

Make sure to catch In Focus Friday for more info!

[Lindeman]

My NGC graded gold coins back from @Numistacker; thanks for showcasing three of these in your “best of” vid   

Numi.  

1784 Guinea AU55

1910 Indian Head $5 AU58

2017 Sovereign PF69

2017  Libertad 1/4 PF70

2017 Griffin 1/4 MS70  

 

 

[BackyardBullion]

3 minutes ago, Lindeman said:

My NGC graded gold coins back from @Numistacker; thanks for showcasing three of these in your “best of” vid   

Numi.  

1784 Guinea AU55

1910 Indian Head $5 AU58

2017 Sovereign PF69

2017  Libertad 1/4 PF70

2017 Griffin 1/4 MS70  

 

 

The Griffin upside down would really annoy me! 

[Lindeman]

It does irritate me a bit - maybe adds an extra cache ?

[Lindeman]

And the NGC silver results: a tad disappointed to miss the PF70 on the 2014 Britannia and the 2017 Krugerrand proof. I do have a Pf70 2014 Brit already - so cant really complain.  

PF69 Britannias 2013, 2014, 2016. 

PF69 Krugerrand 2017 

PF70 Britannia 2011. Hurrah ?, as its my second favorite design after the 2014 iconic design. 

Thanks again to Numi! 

Edited March 28, 2018 by Lindeman

[Kman]

1 hour ago, Lindeman said:

1910 Indian Head $5 AU58

 

I think that's the only one I've ever seen come back not labelled as cleaned lol 

[Panda82]

It’s took a while

[JohnA]

@Lindeman .. I am collecting proof Britannia's too. I wish I could afford a 2014. Nice

[Elements]

12 hours ago, Sovsaver said:

Picked up a 2002 half Sovereign on eBay. There was only one photo and no really good look at the coin’s surfaces.

I got lucky, probably will get it graded.

 

 

 

Proof looks much nicer than bullion version

Edit: stating the obvious i know but it’s true!

Edited March 29, 2018 by Elements

[Elements]

9 hours ago, Lindeman said:

And the NGC silver results: a tad disappointed to miss the PF70 on the 2014 Britannia and the 2017 Krugerrand proof. I do have a Pf70 2014 Brit already - so cant really complain. 

Would be good if they would include a short report of why they grade it like they do

[Lindeman]

9 hours ago, Kman said:

I think that's the only one I've ever seen come back not labelled as cleaned lol 

? I hear you @Kman - its a joy just to see these even come back in a slab , as i am still lamenting my prized 1916S that came back as “not genuine” a few months ago! 

I am tiptoeing through my set of Indian Head $5s with NGC: so far its as follows:

1910 AU58

1912 AU55

1915 AU58

1916S - not genuine. 

I will keep going and send in some more as its better to know the truth about what i bought rather than kid myself! Although there are a couple i know will maybe come back as scratched or cleaned ...

[Gildeon]

Three nice proof piedfort silver coins from Haiti, the largest being more than 3 oz.

[Sovereign]

7 hours ago, Panda82 said:

took a while

worth the wait  

[4Nines7Hills]

Another addition to my alternative sovereign design collection this one is a bit of a mouthful

23.5ct 1965 Isle of Man gold sovereign coin bicentenary of the revervsement act.  

 

Great design and Been older got a much nicer pic of the queen.

[AgD]

Got my package courtesy of @BackyardBullion from the group order another 9oz added and the lib tube now full ?

[xthomasx]

I got a nice by-catch: Bullion Sovereigns 2000 and 2010 for bullion prices. Both are from the time well before I started collecting.

Now I stand at 125 sovereigns, and my bank safe starts spilling over... I will have to throw out all those pretty boxes.

[Silverclown]

Love it.

[richatthecroft]

So pleased with the 10oz QB's. My share of the Group Order. Thanks @BackyardBullion 

My son and my friends share, not sure about the colourised coins?

 

 

 

[augur]

3 hours ago, Gildeon said:

Three nice proof piedfort silver coins from Haiti, the largest being more than 3 oz.

Does the reverse have cannons, flags and palm by any chance?

[KevjustKev]

This from Backyard

 

 

[richatthecroft]

More self indulgence, and even better than what I received in the Group Order, thank you again to @BackyardBullion for these beauties.  The 250g Forum Bar is fantastic, and the BYB graduated Cubes are so cool ? 

They compliment the other BYB Hand Poured I already own.  Can't wait for my other 250g Forum Bar to be manufactured. Well on the way to my 2kg target of this superlative hand poured shiny stuff. 

[GrahamDiamond]

Got this through the group order from BYB, goes with my 10 oz Lion.

[caloundracats]

Lovely:)

[Silverclown]

1 hour ago, richatthecroft said:

So pleased with the 10oz QB's. My share of the Group Order. Thanks @BackyardBullion 

My son and my friends share, not sure about the colourised coins?

 

 

 

I love the colour coins but their to expensive for me.

[LittleJohnSilver]

Received my very first silver purchase today courtesy of @BackyardBullion and his forum group orders.

15 lovely 1 ounce 2018 silver Britannias.

First impressions, I am very impressed with the care and consideration taken with how the package has been wrapped. I have to admit I wasn't expecting that level of packaging and only expecting a jiffy envelope. Even down to how the brown tape was applied was done with attention to detail. Inside the tube of Brits were further protected by lashings of bubble wrap and loose fill foam. And sat right on top of everything was @BackyardBullion business card acting as a greeting to the shiny contents hidden below.

Considering it came as part of a massive group order from gs.be, this entire first impression actually made me feel as though I had just received a personally prepared professional order as though it was an individual order.

I have made an unpacking video using my El Cheapo Vodafone smart phone but it was done with one hand so is a bit wobbly. Will upload that asap. In the video I was talking rather quietly due to the adjoining walls with my neighbours being on the slim side. Don't want anyone to overhear me talking about gold or silver.

On to the Brits.

Off the bat, I was quite taken at how heavy the silver tube was containing said coins (a tube I was not expecting!). After opening it up and emptying it's silver contents onto bubble wrap to avoid getting scruff marks on the coins surface from my DIY work bench, I then hesitated in picking them up with my mitts through fear of getting smudge marks on them.

Then I thought "Sod it" and duly picked them up! Having that full weight of those 15 coins pulling down into the palm of your hand is quite an experience, and considering I've never held silver before, it definitely has it's own unique texture and balance. I then held a stack of normal fiat £2 coins in my hand and it just felt "meh".

Even hearing them clinking against each other as I thumbed them over one by one created it's own distinctive sound that I had never heard before. I have worked with many metals over the years - steel/tungsten/ali/iron/zinc etc - and this silver clinking sound was in a world of it's own.

I then set about weighing them with my new 500g 0.01 scales that arrived with the same RM courier. I'm guessing the scales are slightly out of calibration as each coin came back with a reading of 31.34g -/+, with the ozt reading 1.10-/+. Or maybe I need to read the scales instructions to see if they require calibrating first!

Either way, even with the slight over reading on the scales, every coin came back with the same reading. Worst case scenario I can't calibrate them, I can just use the actual reading weight as being true to 1 troy ounce/31.104g and calculate from there.

All in all, I am chuffed with my first silver purchase. More will definitely be following.

Edit: Can't upload pics as......I don't know. Just won't let me. Maybe too large a file at 1.6mb?

Edited March 29, 2018 by LittleJohnSilver