Paulus

If it's protection you are after and "cabinet friction" you are trying to eliminate / minimise, and you like the protection afforded by CGS slabs, you might want to take a look at slabbing them yourself? There are self-slabbing kits available, although I haven't tried any of them myself ...

Just for the sake of it, a modern fantasy pattern in copper

Nice one!

Keen on that circulation 1902 crown Damian!

The early bird etc, I'm pleased Pete doesn't collect silver (yet!)

Forbidden I think it said, tried twice

I get an error when I try and PM you Matt @Nordle11

What the smeg is a 'Fledged Member' anyways?

I received the catalogue today also, pouring over it now - plenty of missing types for me to consider!

Steely shades of blue-grey, already wishing I had held on to my 1919 that was like that

That's pretty special Nick

Techie question for you Matt ... I used to upload to Photobucket then link on here, but nowadays all my coin pics are on my coin collection website, and I simply paste in the URL. The Forum software then embeds the pics (which are typically 2400 x 1200 pixels and over 1 Mb). Is the Forum still using my web site as the source for the pics at this point, so if I remove them from my web site they will disappear from here?

Well I have done my best to photograph my 1951 crown from the set (red box, black ribbons). I have a Spink receipt from 1952 for it too, which is nice Half Crown and Spink receipt also pictured

VERY good suggestion ...

My 1951 proof set is in a red box. The reason for my question surrounds the 1951 crown in particular ... yes it is stunning but in the individual boxes it s plentiful and fetches £5-£10. Not sure the example in the 'proof' set is any different. Spink describes it as 'proof-like' and worth £15 in UNC (2015). I thought the Penny would be the most sought after of the 10 coins in the set. What I like about it most is it came with an original Spink sale receipt from February 1952 for £1 15 shillings Maybe there were both red and green boxes for these sets, as for the crown alone. I'll take pics and post soon

Question - I have a 1951 Proof Set which I have not looked at closely or photographed yet. Is the crown in the proof set any different to the very common boxed one?

LOL, sixpence boy!

Any LIMA crowns out there?

Tremendous reverse Rob, need to re-engage your camera experts

Well that one is jaw-dropping Great pics too

Make a mistake in the title of a new post and you're buggered! 'You' to 'Your' please @Nordle11!

I believe these coins were available in very high grades over 10 years ago much more cheaply than we find today, so I would love to see what collectors have from 6d to crown I'll kick it off with my best, a Half Crown

Very true Rob, I guess in essence I am questioning the use of the term 'bullion coins'. If they become collectable then they deserve a place alongside any other numismatic item, but to me the word 'bullion' then becomes almost irrelevant, except to indicate why they were struck in the first place! Maybe I have answered my own question ...

This is something I don't understand at all! If you are buying bullion why pay way over BV? In this case the cost of slabbing alone would have been more than BV! I must be / may be missing something ...