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.
They also the first silver coins I bought, Back in Late 2015
Below is the first pic i took (That was in focus)
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.
These 3 Coins are the 1st Three in the UK lunar series From the Royal mint.
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
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.
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.
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.
I make sure I touch and hold these everyday, Do you?
or
is it just me?
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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