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WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 24, 2017 6:25AM in Precious Metals

Post pictures of your new purchases, your favorite precious metals, or even images you've seen online that get your blood pumping!

My favorite new purchase arrived from northern England yesterday:

George II Sterling Silver Quart Mug
Francis Spilsbury I
London, 1740
15 cm x 12.9 cm
592 grams (19.03 troy ounces)

This is my earliest mug so far in my collection of pre-Revolutionary War sterling mugs, and the first from the reign of George II.

Here's a group shot:

We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,183 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Absolutely superb Weiss!!!

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,183 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I got this early in the week:
    Arts and crafts sterling, Arthur Stone Shop, George Erickson, (actual maker) baby spoon.
    Hand forged, hand chased and pierced. A nice little addition... :)

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  • OnlyGoldIsMoneyOnlyGoldIsMoney Posts: 3,358 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love that silver quart mug Weiss. B) Just awesome.

    They seem to be somewhat less common and it is a type I need to find.

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OnlyGoldIsMoney said:
    I love that silver quart mug Weiss. B) Just awesome.

    They seem to be somewhat less common and it is a type I need to find.

    Thanks! I love my Tankard pictured above. But it's almost too fancy. The more you drink, the more the lid gets in the way.

    The pint canns are sturdy and less expensive--but they're obviously smaller. Lots of reloading when you're drinking 12 ounce beverages, and they just don't work at all if you're drinking bombers.

    The big open-topped quart mugs like this one and the Scofield far right hold a whole bomber at once with no lid to bump or scuff. They look and feel substantial without being fussy.

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • cohodkcohodk Posts: 19,084 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those mugs are really cool.

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  • carew4mecarew4me Posts: 3,470 ✭✭✭✭

    1980's


    Loves me some shiny!
  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice mugs above, thanks for posting them :smile:

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  • SangoSango Posts: 177 ✭✭✭

    Gotta love Fridays!

  • Geckster109Geckster109 Posts: 231 ✭✭✭

    Nice haul for a week Sango!

  • SangoSango Posts: 177 ✭✭✭

    They're beauties!

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,294 ✭✭✭✭✭

    real beauties for sure

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What is the weight and who made them. Very nice group of coins.

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  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,795 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I really like the design of the incuse Indian rounds. I have one of them in a 1 oz. round. Very attractive design with a matte like finish.

    MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940

  • Geckster109Geckster109 Posts: 231 ✭✭✭

    They are 1/4 oz .999 silver rounds produced by Golden State Mint. Obviously patterned after the $5 and $2.5 incuse Indians, they are so flat that I can easily stack all 100 in a single tower with no leaning at all. The only thing I would have changed on these is the diameter to thickness ratio. They are slightly larger than a quarter but quite thin.

  • hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great price @Meltdown

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hey, Weiss! That's not how you are supposed to hold a coin. ;)

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • CCDollarCCDollar Posts: 719 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One Silver Pegasus minted in 1986 at the Florida Canyon Mine in Northern Nevada...Pegasus Gold Corporation. Purchased at Mine in 1986.

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CCDollar said:
    One Silver Pegasus minted in 1986 at the Florida Canyon Mine in Northern Nevada...Pegasus Gold Corporation. Purchased at Mine in 1986.

    Is it edgemarked?

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • creekdaltoncreekdalton Posts: 49 ✭✭✭

    This week was a bit of a binge week, to say the least!
    !



  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Weiss said:

    @CCDollar said:
    One Silver Pegasus minted in 1986 at the Florida Canyon Mine in Northern Nevada...Pegasus Gold Corporation. Purchased at Mine in 1986.

    Is it edgemarked?

    Based on the pics it appears to have a reeded edge.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • CCDollarCCDollar Posts: 719 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes...a Reeded Edge...

    Nickel Triumph...My Led Zepps
  • element159element159 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭

    @cohodk said:
    Those mugs are really cool.

    Agreed. And I really like that you use them!

    creekdalton: That is a nice poured cross and bar!

  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,795 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice assortment, creek! MK Barz makes some fantastic products. Lately I find myself gravitating to what I find appealing rather than just trying to accumulate ounces.

    MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Weiss...Those two mugs...your new one and the Scofield, are the style I am looking for..... If the new one bothers you, let me know... ;) Cheers, RickO

  • creekdaltoncreekdalton Posts: 49 ✭✭✭

    @Downtown1974 said:
    Nice assortment, creek! MK Barz makes some fantastic products. Lately I find myself gravitating to what I find appealing rather than just trying to accumulate ounces.

    I do like the feel of the chunky poured bars, but the shiny ones are nice too. Thinking of getting a few more of the crosses! I too try to have fun collecting what appeals to me, not necessarily the lowest price stuff, related to spot. Today I received this way cool, Monarch Precious Metals "Day of the Dead" skull. Also, an APMEX Year of the Dragon 5 oz., as my birth year falls on a Dragon year =)



  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭

    Nice stuff all!

    No pics but i picked up 4.25 fv 90% at a pawn shop for 11x and a peace dollar for $15 at the same place!

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @creekdalton.... That 2 oz. skull is interesting.... Cheers, RickO

  • OnlyGoldIsMoneyOnlyGoldIsMoney Posts: 3,358 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @carew4me said:
    1980's

    Nice find. These Engelhard pendants with chain complete with original case show up infrequently.

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,183 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sweet stuff!

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mkman
    I wish I had a pawn shop like that near me :smile:

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    last weekend ...

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CCDollar said:
    Yes...a Reeded Edge...

    It's not unusual for higher quality, limited run pieces of this vintage to have a small flat spot on the edge where there is an edge mark, with hallmarks, a serial number, etc.

    Note my Illinois sesquicentennial medal currently on the PM BST:

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like the 5 oz. lion head stackable rounds.... Cheers, RickO

  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,967 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes compared to other bars on the market I find the Scottsdale's irresistible. I have others but I like those Scottsdale's, beautiful, very attractive.

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @element159 said:

    @cohodk said:
    Those mugs are really cool.

    Agreed. And I really like that you use them!

    creekdalton: That is a nice poured cross and bar!

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am a half hour drive to Stone Brewery. My favorite!
    Nice mug too! I want one.

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  • tychojoetychojoe Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭

    @crazyhounddog said:
    Yes compared to other bars on the market I find the Scottsdale's irresistible. I have others but I like those Scottsdale's, beautiful, very attractive.

    Indeed, a beautiful Scottsdale collection. Of the ones pictured, what's your favorite Scottsdale there, @crazyhounddog ? The 5 oz King Tut, the 10 oz Chunky and the 10 oz Stacker are all on my want list from Scottsdale, but the one that looks best to me and wish was still available is that 10 oz cast!

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Weiss... that mug is awesome.... still watching the auctions for one like that.... Bound to be a bargain coming along... Cheers, RickO

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2, 2017 11:46AM

    Very nice mug, Weiss!! (and the beer was brewed in the greater baleyville area)
    edit: and metalmeister area too

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