Today I bought.....

[prophet800]

One 1971 Canadian Dollar ( looks like someone has tried to clean it :-( )

1/2oz dragon

2002 1/2 sovereign bu

[lightjaw]

1 x 2016 proof quarter sov

1 x 2016 proof half sov

Scots dale 5oz silver button

Iranian gold 1 azadi

1 x pcgs ms62 1887 half sov s normal jeb

[Clens92]

I bought a Knights Templar Ultra High Relief 2 oz Silver Round from Gainseville Coins in the US.  Hoping it avoids Customs, otherwise it will be an expensive coin.  £43.50 landed, at the moment.

 

[Shinus73]

Just taken a punt on a possibly slightly too good to be true eBay sovereign deal.

3 for £650 (1908, 1911, 1912), priced to sell and only been live for an hour.

We shall see....

[Clens92]

1 hour ago, Element47 said:

How much did it cost altogether including postage

£43.50   A very kind chap in the States put in a bulk-order and then split them for those of us in the UK. 

It's the first 'round' (non-monetised coin) that I've bought - the detailing looks fantastic, and the Knights Templar is always going to attract interest, so I think it'll hold its value well.

[HighlandTiger]

2 hours ago, Element47 said:

£43.50 for one? Did that include postage? Did you have to pay customs to get it into the uk?

I think Clens has said not once but twice, that the price includes postage.

You'll need to get used to the terminology used by stackers on this forum, when someone says "£43.50 landed". That means the price INCLUDES postage costs. ie landed in the UK from abroad.

However, Clens has not received it yet, hence the comment that it may cost more if customs spot it. If they do, then Royal Mail of whoever, will charge an £8 customs fee charge, and a 20% VAT charge, which Clens will have to pay before it will be delivered, hence his comment that it may become an more expensive coin.

I hope this clears any confusion you may have about the coin. 

[Clens92]

1 hour ago, HighlandTiger said:

I think Clens has said not once but twice, that the price includes postage.

You'll need to get used to the terminology used by stackers on this forum, when someone says "£43.50 landed". That means the price INCLUDES postage costs. ie landed in the UK from abroad.

However, Clens has not received it yet, hence the comment that it may cost more if customs spot it. If they do, then Royal Mail of whoever, will charge an £8 customs fee charge, and a 20% VAT charge, which Clens will have to pay before it will be delivered, hence his comment that it may become an more expensive coin.

I hope this clears any confusion you may have about the coin. 

Much obliged, Sir!

[Guest]

I purchased a couple of these delightful Nanjing 3D panda notes today..

Thanks to@morezone

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[Silvergun]

From Atkinsons .   2  x Full sovereigns lucky dip ,  1 x 2012 carded 1/4 sovereign and a 2005  1/2 sovereign.

Edited July 15, 2016 by Silvergun

[morezone]

15 minutes ago, Silvergun said:

From Atkinsons .   2  x Full sovereigns lucky dip ,  1 x 2012 carded 1/4 sovereign and a 2005  1/2 sovereign.

If it wasn't for your post of the 1/4 sovereign I wouldn't have looked at Atkinsons.  I hadn't noticed that notifications haven't been coming in so just had a quick look and picked up a normal 1/4 sov since I don't already have one.  Bit gutted that I've missed the Indian 1/2 Sov though.

[HighlandTiger]

More sterling silver, 6.2 ozt, for £9.01 per ozt. 

Ok, I'll admit, I did use up £37.50 of nectar points, but even without that, it would have been a couple of percent UNDER spot.

And just for the record, (for those who think buying sterling silver under spot on ebay is hard or time consuming), it took me less than 5 minutes to find the item on ebay and then buy it. 

[Lindeman]

A 1906 Denver $10 gold eagle, Liberty Head, and a little brother $5 gold half eagle 1880 San Francisco. £516 and £258 landed respectively. Not bad compared to spot, and a steal compared to what is needed to get an Indian Head $5 (my favourite half Eagles!)  

The 1906D is quite interesting as the first year that the Denver mint struck Eagles.  Looks a bit too "cleaned" for my liking, but still, a nice coin to look at - 110 years old. 

[Guest]

You could almost close your eyes and imagine it's a proof )) it is hard to adjust to the new pricing of these. Next year after I have closed on my buy to let I hope gold takes a dive and I can start buying $10 eagles again at £380

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[Silvergun]

From eBay.  1912  1/2 Sovereign using a £15 off voucher.

[Guest]

Stopped myself buying another shield back but did succumb to a 10oz monkey and a couple more 2oz beasts. I think the monkey 10oz is likely to be a good buy. Interesting that the USA eBay price for sales in $ is about $80 more than gold silver.be ... If I was energetic I would buy 10 and sell them on eBay.com in $

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[watchesandwhisky]

90 grams scrap sterling dish for £3 from the boot sale, odd looking thing but cant grumble! also managed to sell a load of bits and bobs for £110 so will be doing more hunting tomorrow, 2 more boot sales in the morning to hit.

[HighlandTiger]

90 grams scrap sterling dish for £3 from the boot sale, odd looking thing but cant grumble! also managed to sell a load of bits and bobs for £110 so will be doing more hunting tomorrow, 2 more boot sales in the morning to hit.

Only 92% under spot. lol. Major result I'd say.

[watchesandwhisky]

Cheers mate yep a damn good buy for sure! today was a bust for silver, did get a pre 1920 florin for a quid though..but did buy other stuff i can make about 40 profit on so not bad at all just not much silver today.

[HighlandTiger]

today's boot fair and flea market buys. 30g sterling silver ingot for £10 and 2002 Shield half sov in superb nick for £115. Both under spot so happy with that.

[Guest]

I don't know if this was a good buy or not. Time will tell. It didn't have the outer box and there is a possibility to grade it (I have shown restraint with my other proof Sovs) .. The 2015 Proof Sovereign 5th portrait limited edition...

I do really like proofs even with the premium.

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[HighlandTiger]

just bought at an antique centre 23 x sterling silver 28.28g coins for £250. which is about 16% under spot (One coin of the 24 is copper nickel)

[watchesandwhisky]

Nice find HT you are really adding the weight recently! 

[HighlandTiger]

Nice find HT you are really adding the weight recently! 

Not really added much to my stack cashwise, I've been using the cash raised from my recent sovereign sales and silver bulion coin sales on here, and my ebay sales of silver proofs and the big profit from the Nordfrim Britannia flipping.

So basically swapping gold and silver coins into under spot sterling silver.

[Guest]

Managed to grab a 2015 panda lunar goat silver proof yesterday. Mintage is 299 and it was the only one I did not have.

There were 299 of the goat, 99 antique and 499 of the monkey, 99 antique. Rooster will appear in November.

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[Guest]

Thanks to@cornishfarmer for this stonking 1oz 2003 Panda. It's one of my favourite designs and my 2nd 1oz.

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