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Weiss

The snow outside always creates a beautiful bright ambient light.
Tell me this doesn't get your blood pumping:

rte592

@Weiss said:
The snow outside always creates a beautiful bright ambient light.
Tell me this doesn't get your blood pumping:

I like the gold.
Slightly different backs, did they restrike these like most other Mexican gold?
Some of them eagles on the silver look suspect...I'm assuming you checked them for authentication.

Meltdown

Muy Bien.

Newp for this week...

coinnerd

Here is an upgrade for my Englehard 10 oz collection. 2nd series stamped Canada bull logo. in original plastic wrap

Weiss

@rte592 said:

I like the gold.
Slightly different backs, did they restrike these like most other Mexican gold?
Some of them eagles on the silver look suspect...I'm assuming you checked them for authentication.

These are all mid-1800s pieces, except for the shiny one lower left. That one's early 20th century.
They're all good.

Weiss

In honor of @Jzyskowski1 's platinum thread earlier:

rte592

@Weiss said:

@rte592 said:

I like the gold.
Slightly different backs, did they restrike these like most other Mexican gold?
Some of them eagles on the silver look suspect...I'm assuming you checked them for authentication.

These are all mid-1800s pieces, except for the shiny one lower left. That one's early 20th century.
They're all good.

I figured by your post count that you would verify.
Didn't cross my mine you had the fancy tools.
I bought some at a local coin meeting from an guest and his daughter from Mexico.
He didn't speak English, the daughter did.
He was asking questions about his collection of coins over the last 50 years and was maybe interested in selling some IF the price was right.

Some of his stuff stuck to a magnet and the daughter asked what that ment.
I explained that silver doesn't stick to a magnet and those were copies of Fakes.
After a bit of back and forth Spanish language she said he couldn't remember when he got those but it was a long time ago.

I bought 5 of the others he had, but just did the basic checks visually and with a good magnet.
I remember paying up for them, figuring that maybe I was helping him out a little bit.
Most everyone else was shocked with the magnetic ones as all of them looked pretty good.

Weiss

@rte592 said:

@Weiss said:

@rte592 said:

I figured by your post count that you would verify.
Didn't cross my mine you had the fancy tools.

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No better tools than experienced eyes. It's a pretty neat thing when "real" dealers pull you aside and ask your opinion about a piece they have doubts about. And no joke, I've tripped and fallen on my face several times. But I like to think I'm learning with every transaction, even 45 years into this hobby. A good pair of experienced eyes, a simple 10x loupe, familiarity with how something should feel in your hand, and ring on the counter. A pretty refined BS detector. And some fancy tools

sbeverly

I picked this up at FUN about 12 years ago, and then immediately lost it, or so I thought. I was about to give away an old XP laptop when lo and behold, there it was in the accessory pocket of the laptop case. I have no idea why I would have put it there. Anyhow, 12 year old mystery solved.

LukeMarshall

Dang, Im slacking... I thought I still had a day to post in last weeks Tiny Tiny Edition.

I love the Mexican Gold, very nice
Also that fat stack of PGMs is Magnifique

Weiss

Damn, @sbeverly. That is very, very cool.

asheland

Sorry I've been boring lately, I haven't gotten much of anything lately...

Cool stuff shown on here so far!

Meltdown

I almost forgot I had these... I had the stack of ten rubber banded for a few years and it tarnished one bar through the plastic.
Individual serial numbered MTB bars with matching paper COA's.

Weiss

@Meltdown said:

Individual serial numbered MTB bars with matching paper COA's.

THOSE ARE VERY COOL.

Who's the maker on them, Melty?

Meltdown

It's been a while since I've looked them up. I want to say JM.

Kliao

From @Weiss 's platinum thread,
A couple 1/4 ounce eagles and a pure platinum key charm that weighs a hair over 1/4 ounce.

ricko

@Weiss.... Nice equipment... How does that diamond detector work? Not familiar with that tool. Cheers, RickO

Weiss

@ricko said:
@Weiss.... Nice equipment... How does that diamond detector work? Not familiar with that tool. Cheers, RickO

It's a little strange and takes some getting used to. You have to set it for the correct ambient air temperature where you are. Then you have to keep a finger on a metal panel on the back while carefully touching a small copper prong (hidden by the black rubber cap on the left side) to the stone while not touching any metal, like the kid's game "operation". That's pretty tricky with really small stones. If the light display goes from green to yellow into the red at the right side of the spectrum, the stone is genuine.

ricko

@Weiss .... Thank you... sounds a little tricky. Is it generally recognized as accurate in the industry?? Cheers, RickO

Weiss

@ricko said:
@Weiss .... Thank you... sounds a little tricky. Is it generally recognized as accurate in the industry?? Cheers, RickO

They can detect a low quality fakes and cubic zirconia (CZ) with very good accuracy. They aren't as good with moissanite, but that's not encountered as often. Generally if it's set in real gold and if it's a smaller stone, I tend to trust the result. Anything bigger than 1/4 carat needs further analysis.

Kliao

@ricko said:
@Weiss.... Nice equipment... How does that diamond detector work? Not familiar with that tool. Cheers, RickO

It's a cheap tool that can be had for under $20 on amazon. Actually, surprised how accurate it can be for the price although professionals use much more expensive types of testers. Although there are many bad reviews on it, I suspect it's because many don't read the instructions how to use it as the stone needs be touching metal and the user needs to put a finger on the metal place on the back for it to work properly. Fun to play with too in my opinion. Like @Weiss said, CZ's and glass will not pass the test but moissanites will because of similar heat conductivity to a diamond.

2 stones on the little metal tray that came with the tester, left is a CZ while right is a diamond. Had a finger behind the tester touching the metal plate so it works properly. I usually use my other hand but had to make it work with a camera in my other hand.

ricko

Thanks guys.... Interesting tool....and cheap enough for an initial screening. Cheers, RickO

LukeMarshall

Sellers photos , but this was my last weeks pickup

Weiss

Two cool things about the nobles: They were the first platinum bullion coin. They started way back in 1983--years before even the Maple Leaf (1988) and way, way before the first American platinum coins (1997).

They're also legal tender but simply denominated as a Noble, like the South African Krugerrand and the Mexican Libertad. They're supposed to be traded (spent) at whatever the ounce of platinum (or gold, or silver) is worth at any given time.

LukeMarshall

What year is yours @Weiss

Weiss

@LukeMarshall said:
What year is yours @Weiss

SimpleCollector

Well, it’s not Thursday, but after a long time without an acquisition, I ended up winning this the other day. It’s very hard to find any gold at the LCS, and even if they have some, prices/premium is usually too high. I had been wanting to add some gold, and put a bid in for about what i would’ve paid for a maple leaf if the LCS ever has them again. Didn’t think my bid would hold up, but it did. So here is my first bullion addition in awhile.

Weiss

Very nice, @SimpleCollector . AllEngelhard shows fewer than 10,000 of them minted. I bet tons of them were melted.
I've never seen one in person and I've been at this for decades. And smart to get one slabbed, I suspect there are fakes out there.

ricko

@SimpleCollector .... That is a very nice gold coin... Gold about gold... Now all you need is a CAC gold sticker Cheers, RickO

asheland

@Weiss Cool picture with the Engelhard 100oz under the platinum!

RobM

Recent acquisition. Tube of 20. Not exactly sure why I bought them.

rte592

Very nice, @SimpleCollector 
That's a prime example.
Premiums on those are usually high.

Meltdown

asheland

@Meltdown nice bars!

Meltdown

@asheland said:
@Meltdown nice bars!

Thanks. I can't imagine there are too many consecutive serial numbers still paired up these days...

Weiss

I don't even own one nice poured Engelhard 5 ounce

asheland

I have one, I believe it's the same type...

asheland

Lemme check...

asheland

asheland

@Weiss said:
I don't even own one nice poured Engelhard 5 ounce

They're tough. I had to pay a healthy premium to get mine, like $40-45 an ounce, somewhere around that.

rte592

@Weiss said:
I don't even own one nice poured Engelhard 5 ounce

the prices seem to be a little nuts on the 5ers.
I've picked up a 10 ounce, haven't been able to get a 5 ounce for a 10 ounce price.
Less mintage and all.

LukeMarshall

Great Bars Meltdown, that style has great cooling patterns.

I had aspired to get a set of different style 5oz Engelhards in the past, but ended up moving on to something else and selling the ones i had (maybe about 5 different varieties)

Did fairly well back then on them, but They are even more pricy now!

Weiss

It's not like I feel an emptiness in my soul for not having one. The ones @Meltdown posted just have pretty cooling lines that match my 4th series Canadian 100:

Meltdown

@rte592 said:

@Weiss said:
I don't even own one nice poured Engelhard 5 ounce

the prices seem to be a little nuts on the 5ers.
I've picked up a 10 ounce, haven't been able to get a 5 ounce for a 10 ounce price.
Less mintage and all.

Holy crap. I just looked up sold listings on ebay. They really have gone a little nuts.

asheland

Here’s my 100oz Engelhard. The only 100oz I have left.

It does however have a cool Saturn looking cooling pattern.

rte592

Biggest engelhard I have so far is a 20.

LukeMarshall

I like the slabbed Prospector @SimpleCollector , and as weiss said it lends a degree of security to it being authenticated by ANACS.

@Weiss I also suspect that most of these were melted in the last 40 years. I had to rescue this one from Hawaii before it fell off the earth. The original seal in broken and the coin is free (and quite beat up) but its a tough issue/year so I scooped it as I'm not sure when I would see another...

LukeMarshall

I too also had a deep seated yearning... something without substitute, a missing block if you will that could only have been filled by an Engelhard (or two)...

LukeMarshall

Between the hairlines, rim dings and the gouges its probably not worth it to send for slabbing... but that just means i can enjoy it raw.