Hey everybody!      Hope your all having a great day and that all our YN's are having fun at the live auction!  I'd like to share with you one of the first coins I bought for my collection way back in 2007.  This was a huge leap as I was a newbie collector and we're talking  gold..    But I dived in and bought my first gold coin!  This is from the Royal Canadian Mint.  A 2007  1oz. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf $200 Dollar Coin.  It's also encased in a Assay holder which is kinda cool.  This coin weighs 31.15 grams of .99999 of pure gold and has a diameter of 30 mm.  The obverse shows Queen Elizabeth ll along with "200 Dollars" and "2007".  The reverse is a multi-maple leaf design as well as the inscriptions "CANADA" along with weight, purity and metal.  It also had a low mintage of 30,848.    Its kinda rainy out here in the desert today.   So I decided to look through my coin vault...  Rainy day activities...Right...   haha    Which leads up to this coin.  I hadn't looked at it for a long time and thought this is the perfect coin for a blog today!   A bright ray of golden sunshine on a cloudy day...  I hope you enjoy it too.    Comments are always welcomed.

Hi Fellow Collectors!      This is the latest design in an annual  coin series that I collect.  It's the 2022 "Una and the Lion", a 1oz.  Silver Proof coin.  It has a diameter of 38.6 mm and a mintage of 1,500...   Mine is #123!   The designer of this coin is Glyn Davies and is produced by the East India Company and the Government of St. Helena with Royal Approval of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll. I love this series as it reminds me of my big ol' Golden Retriever/ Great Dane,  who has now been gone almost two years.   Now, let me tell you the Medieval story of Una, a beautiful princess on a quest to save her parents from a dragon who has them imprisoned in a tower.  She enters a dark forest where she encounters a fierce lion who is immediately captivated by her beauty and innocence and his rage is replaced by wonder.  He, as my ol' boy did, become her faithful companion, forever by her side to protect her from harm.  It's the powerful connection and mutual adoration of this ancient legend that has captured my heart.                                                                 Many thanks thanks for reading my blog!  Comments are always welcome.