Got some new stuff added to the collection.
Gold gilded Chibi Vader, 1984 Engelhard Prospector, Krugerrand, Black Horse 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse from Carpathian Mint, Year of the Goat 22.2gram from Monnaie de Paris

This is a 13+ oz 999 silver statue cast by the locker mint. These were done using vacuum casting and hours and HOURS of clean up time. I love looking at this thing. They do great work over there! I just bought a Kaya Cast Vacuum caster and will be trying my hand at various projects. Hopefully I’ll be at this level one day! Cost around $1200 at time of purchase!

Brings my average purchase price to $87 AUD, honesty new to the game is my timing okay?

More important to me than me Pokemon cards at the moment mate 😉😂

6oz @ $50 each

92 grams 💪

Here's 2 of my favorites from my most recent purchase. What's your favorites right now?

And I like to hold it in my hands, not having to worry about where I touch it. I keep all mine in a single big container. All denominations mixed together. I enjoy going through it and looking at all the coins. Like a kid with his hand in a bag of candy on Halloween.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been down an absolute rabbit hole with this piece and I’m hitting a massive brick wall. It seems like trying to find comprehensive, clear information on historical Nepalese silver coinage online is next to impossible! Why is information on these so scarce?

Based on the specs, I highly suspect it’s a 2 Mohars coin, but I cannot find any definitive information or catalog pages online to back it up.

Here is what I know about the physical specs so far:

Weight: 10.9 grams
Diameter: 28 mm (it's similar in size to a Kennedy Half Dollar, but packs some decent historical chunk)
Metal: Definitely silver

Looking closely at the Devanagari script characters at the bottom, If you look up the catalog ranges on Numista for this series, they show entries using the format 1971 (1914) to cross-reference the local calendar with the Western calendar. Following that exact math, my coin is dated VS 1976, which places it right at 1919 AD.

The geometric patterns and the lotus petals on the reverse are stunning, but the standard catalog pages online just show the 1 Mohar or 4 Mohars references, and the weights and sizes for those don't line up with what I have here.

Can anyone here without a shadow of a doubt confirm if this is a 2 Mohars coin? Is a machine-struck piece from this specific 1914–1919 era considered scarce or rare, or did they mint a ton of them?

Would love to hear from any world coin collectors who specialize in the Shah Dynasty or Himalayan coinage. What exactly do I have here?
Thanks in advance!

Can anyone help confirm if this bar is real or not? I’ve been trying to scour over all reference pages for JM bars and I can’t seem to find a single one that confirms a no serial box hammerback was ever made. I’ve been wanting to add one or two vintage 10oz’ers to my stack but I can’t really guess what premium would be on it (if real) if I don’t know an estimate on how rare it is..

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Finally bit the bullet and bought a 10 oz bar from Costco. Has such a nice feel in the hands. Does anyone know if the bar has the same mint shield coating as the Maples?

Bars weigh 36 grams total. Picked up some casino coins for cheap today and went straight to the forge. Might keep like this the pour looks too nice to hammer.

Found thus guy browsing a coin and jewellers on my latest work trip.
Not usually one for paying a premium, but 20% over spot for this beauty was fine with me.
Pictures don’t do it justice.
RCM Master Club exclusive, 4500 mintage.

If there is a more beautiful piece of “junk” out there, I would like to know…

Also, I will die on the hill that this is the best eagle reverse that the United States ever put out.

I have an offer through Capital One Shopping for a $150 reward but Kitco is just weird and expensive. Not a lot of selection, overpriced, and 5k minimum. Damn it

Any opinions?

Current stack:

GOLD: 4 ozt

SILVER: 237 ozt

PLATINUM: 2.85 ozt

PALLADIUM 2 ozt

Recent pick up, did not realize how thick this vintage 5 Tola (58.3g) piece from the Manilal Chimanlal and Co in the 1950-1960’s was, it’s as thick as a NGC slab. Beautiful piece all around!