Lol. Apparently your LCS doesn't know much about the value of those ingots. You should go back and get more at that price and sell them. Some people here throw money at those things.
They didnt have any more thats the first thing i asked . im not selling this one its going in my tiny collection
I know my jeweller will want this Can't keep anything :lol: Here's one on fleebay http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/16175126...49&var=460727201745&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
These all arrived early this week and are now safely stowed away in my deposit box. A mixture of 1981 and 1982 Harringtons a 1977 Geomin, an early JM in box, lots of YPS skulls and cubes mixed in with a few atlantis mint bars, a tube of lion rounds and some silver bug proof rounds.
Received my YPS product yesterday. I had anticipated that I would like the 5oz cubes the most, but it turns out that the buttons are my favourite. (received numbers 066,067,068,069,070) . I would like to see him make 10oz cubes and a 10oz to 20oz pyramid for the desktop. { Vulture Peak Mines (US company) makes a 10oz cube, but the premium is quite high, and they don't ship internationally.} Cheers, Luker
Picked up this beautiful odd weight 50oz PM bar from another member, it's even better in person than I thought. Very happy The reverse has the most brilliant indentations, like reverse silver shot, fantastic toned colour inside them. This is my first odd weight bar, I've got lots of really nice swirls but no odd weight. I've been thinking about trading some swirls for some odd weight and now that I've got this I might have to go for it. Couldn't help but take a picture before it goes into the safe place.
I have to say that these are the most impressive Silver product I have found so far. Absolutely Beautiful.
1987 Krause coin catalogue with 160 years of coins................. $2 from a new op-shop in town. I can't remember the ;last time i got so excited about a book. In fact , the last time i think would have probably been a magazine and i would have only been 12
Something I purchased today while looking for Air-tites. It caught my eye in the shop and for some reason I was compelled to purchase it . Thought it had a nice design with the dragon and phoenix motif with the Hawaiian Islands in the center. Even better historic story to go with the round when I looked it up on the internet. But, I can't read Chinese, so someone translate for me!
for my 2oz silver Privateer Rounds (PR1): Seems that another already had the same idea! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yci-W4oHAbU[/youtube] I also like this box: Cheers, Luker
This one makes me a little sad. It's probably the coolest thing I'll ever own, it's all down hill from here, I'm not sure what I'll do with the rest of my life, maybe take up nitting? No point looking for something better than this. This is a Japanese Edo period 1 ryo koban. This is the unit of account for Samurai, Daimyo and merchants. Because the Shogun was in a contestant power struggle with the Daimyo and couldn't easily tax them they debased the currency with increasing amounts of silver. By 1819 when this koban was minted it was almost half silver, by the beginning of the Meiji period it was as low as 23% in some cases. This coin/ingot could have bought roughly 40 nice meals in an inn or 1 koku which was notionally enough rice to feed a man for a year (around 150kg), this was the way that local lords would measure the productivity of their lands and pay their samurai. This koban might have been used to pay a ninja to assassinate a local feif or as part retainer for a low level samurai. It might have been held in the treasury of the shogun or given as a devotional item to a temple. It's around 6cm long and came with a great authenticity certificate folder from JNDA which describes it and has a pictures of the obverse and reverse in it. It was a little over spot but totally worth it. Actually, in doing a bit of research for this post I came across something even cooler, so I still have a goal! An oban is worth 10 ryo which is roughly 10 times bigger than my koban. They're about 16cm tall and text on the front reads 10 ryo. Because you had to pay a fee to have the calligraphic wiring on the front re-done if it rubbed off they were generally pretty well looked after apparently. Unfortunately they seem to go for pretty penny, it's going to take all my powers of bargain hunting to get one of these. While we're visiting japan another recent acquisition reminded me of another coin I owned, anyone else here see a family resemblance?
