A few Pic's Of My 3 Handling Coins Taken On My New Samsung Galxaxy S9+
So i got me a new Phone. The Samsung Galaxy S9+
My First thought was let's checkout the camera by taking a few shots of some coins.
The Only coins I have at hand right now are my 3 Handling coins.
The silver I hold and touch and love to hear the sound of knocking together.
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They also the first silver coins I bought, Back in Late 2015
Below is the first pic i took (That was in focus)
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Not Bad At All
But i think I can do better? If I Play around some more.
So As you do I took a few more Shots of the coins.
While I'm showing the coins I'll tell you a little about them also.
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These 3 Coins are the 1st Three in the UK lunar series From the Royal mint.
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These 3 Coins Give Me So Much Joy
The mintages and a few specs to follow
2014 lunar Horse 300,000
2015 lunar sheep 188,888
2016 lunar monkey 138,888
Specifications:
Weight 31.21 g
Pure silver content 1 Troy oz
Fineness 999
Dimensions 38.61 mm
Alloy 999 Ag
Reverse Designer Wuon-Gean Ho
Obverse Designer Jody Clark
Face Value £2
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I really did like these coins when i first started stacking
They meet all my criteria
The design changes every year and the mintage is capped.
They CGT free in uk and i liked the coin design but the premium is quite high on them.
Slowly as i gained more knowledge
The quality issues with the coins became more and more apparent.
Milkspots dinks and scratches etc and sometimes a finger print
But i was commited to the series or so i thought.
Until they brought out the rooster
which i really didn't like the design of... So i was out..
Then came the dog and i just laughed...........
So Glad I sold most of the ones I had bought
Pretty much everyone of them has some sort of issue
But after all it's only bullion and now i know it's not really worth that premium
As the quality is just not there.
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They'll alway be worth there weight in silver though. and i don't know if anyone has 3 quite like these.
As normally you want to keep them in best condition you can.
So you can flip them down the road for a profit if you can, From their numismatic value.
Just way to many issues with the coins and that becomes a risk factor especailly the higher the premium you pay for bullion coins. The more risk there is imo.
It Don't Matter Now Though
Not one bit. Just look at them.
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Warning!!!! If you handle coins they'll end up like these. Generally these are the only coins i handle. Unless i using gloves. or it's generic bullion.
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I make sure I touch and hold these everyday, Do you?
or
is it just me?
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Must say i pretty impressed with the camera on the new phone
and
I guess i'll be checking out the video soon. UHD 60 fps
Good to be back....................
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Yep, that Series was notorious for milk spots. Good read man. I did have a pocket piece, it was an 1884 Morgan that got worn so bad that you could barely tell it was a Morgan anymore. I lost it on a job site about a year ago. Haven’t yet picked another coin to replace it yet.🍺
I tend to leave these just by my pc. I have seen a few slick coins that been in peoples pockets on youtube. don't have a morgan as yet myself being in uk but i won a peace dollar few months ago. very nice..
I like Peace Dollars. They are the least collected silver dollar but i like them.
So many things to like...and so many ways to stack.