Today I Received.....

[FunkyChicken]

7 hours ago, CoinStruck said:

Not received today, actually back in September when my wife and I did the Royal Mint Gold VIP tour. During the tour you can strike your own sovereign and here it is! 

Based on the price of the Gold VIP tour (£480 according to https://www.royalmint.com/the-royal-mint-experience/vip), I assume that's not a 1 oz coin?

Nevertheless, cool experience!  Tempting to do this myself on one of the next times I'm going to the UK.

[Melon]

49 minutes ago, FunkyChicken said:

Based on the price of the Gold VIP tour (£480 according to https://www.royalmint.com/the-royal-mint-experience/vip), I assume that's not a 1 oz coin?

Nevertheless, cool experience!  Tempting to do this myself on one of the next times I'm going to the UK.

It's a Sovereign. 

[FunkyChicken]

8 hours ago, Melon said:

It's a Sovereign. 

...so just under a quarter of a Troy ounce. Thank you for sharing your inexhaustible wisdom by providing this oh so helpful answer... 

Edited November 25, 2019 by FunkyChicken

[AndrewSL76]

9 hours ago, FunkyChicken said:

Based on the price of the Gold VIP tour (£480 according to https://www.royalmint.com/the-royal-mint-experience/vip), I assume that's not a 1 oz coin?

Nevertheless, cool experience!  Tempting to do this myself on one of the next times I'm going to the UK.

I believe the cost of the tour does NOT include the cost of the SYO coin. 

[FunkyChicken]

10 minutes ago, AndrewSL76 said:

I believe the cost of the tour does NOT include the cost of the SYO coin. 

As far as I understood it, but correct me if I'm wrong, the tour itself is 95 pounds, and then the coin is 480, which seems like a fair price for what you get. 

[Melon]

1 hour ago, FunkyChicken said:

...so just under a quarter of a Troy ounce. Thank you for sharing your inexhaustible wisdom by providing this oh so helpful answer... 

What’s with the attitude? You asked a question and I answered it. 

[FunkyChicken]

20 minutes ago, Melon said:

What’s with the attitude? You asked a question and I answered it. 

Let's keep a long story short by saying your answer came across to me in a smartass kind of way. My bad, sorry about that.

But lesson learned, I just should have googled it before asking the question over here in the first place...

[Melon]

9 hours ago, FunkyChicken said:

Let's keep a long story short by saying your answer came across to me in a smartass kind of way. My bad, sorry about that.

But lesson learned, I just should have googled it before asking the question over here in the first place...

No worries  

[TheGeneral]

This forum is more polite than Canada!  

[FunkyChicken]

Wouldn't mind me some poutine right now... 😂

[5huggy]

@Alun worked wonders to have this delivered SUPERBLY packaged - (NOT fully shown below)

Awesome work of ART!! - Beggars belief the speed of delivery too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[5huggy]

BUT!!!!!!!! 😉

[5huggy]

Something seemed just not quite right!  

SO I had a mate check it out!  🧐

[5huggy]

I THOUGHT SO TOO BUDDY!!!😉

HMMMM must delve deeper !!??

NO BOB! its NOT that!!!

 

[5huggy]

JEEZE @Alun  I "SMELT A RAT"!!!!  🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

and I was RAT - (sorry I meant RIGHT!!)

BUT it looks AWESOME in its "FANTASTIC" new HOME

 

 

[ilovesilverireallydo]

Another 1/5 Peru Libra added to the collection. Not easy to get these cheap, got it at spot after rescuing it from the melt pile! 

[Kookaburracollector]

At long long last..my date run of French 20 Francs Angels is complete, and comes to an end (and an expensive one☹️)!. With kind assistance from @augur I managed to get the ‘Torch’ engravers mark on an 1896....bought at the Gadoury auction in Monaco earlier this month. 
 

This will fit in nicely with the little hoard below...note the difference between the two 1896’s.

[SilverTanner]

12 minutes ago, Kookaburracollector said:

At long long last..my date run of French 20 Francs Angels is complete, and comes to an end (and an expensive one☹️)!. With kind assistance from @augur I managed to get the ‘Torch’ engravers mark on an 1896....bought at the Gadoury auction in Monaco earlier this month. 
 

This will fit in nicely with the little hoard below...note the difference between the two 1896’s.

Congratulations - you just need a slabbed set now, and then the top Registry Set 😁

Due to a complete lack of funds I only managed to get one of the lots I wanted from the Gadoury auction - it hasn't arrived yet ☹️

[JunkBond]

1911 half sov. Thanks to @HighlandTiger

 

[LiquidMetalsUK]

The wifes xmas presents turned up today so a quick peek before she steals them off me. Massive thank you to @vicamy for the 1/4 krugg and a few other forum members for the other bits 

[MikeG1978]

It has been a while but a big thanks to @ilovesilverireallydo

Very nice chain and some nice old crowns 

Top bloke as always

Many thanks👍

Edited November 26, 2019 by MikeG1978

[MikeG1978]

And then collected these from @StackSellRepeat

Again really happy with the fractionals slabbed so perfect 

And the extra coin shows he goes the extra mile 

Top bloke 👍

[augur]

1 hour ago, Kookaburracollector said:

At long long last..my date run of French 20 Francs Angels is complete, and comes to an end (and an expensive one☹️)!. With kind assistance from @augur I managed to get the ‘Torch’ engravers mark on an 1896....bought at the Gadoury auction in Monaco earlier this month. 
 

How come each time you make an expensive acquisition my name is mentioned? Last time the two Albanian 20 Franga (1926R/1927V Skanderbeg)

Sounds almost as if I was bad influence for you 😂 

[ilovesilverireallydo]

5 minutes ago, augur said:

How come each time you make an expensive acquisition my name is mentioned? Last time the two Albanian 20 Franga (1926R/1927V Skanderbeg)

Sounds almost as if I was bad influence for you 😂 

You are one to all of us. Before you lot started banging on about LMU and Russian coins I was quite happy stacking just sovs  

[Darren9330]

A little bit of liquorice allsorts from postie today, very pleased with the Canadians, just need a couple more to complete the date run... And of course they'll be the expensive ones 😂