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>>55063309
Oof... so many... hard choice. For bullion, I'd say the Niue Galileo. But for touching base with the Earth, this nugget.

>>54358073
>>Is that some quartz with gold in the upper right?
>>54351401
Yes. Pic related.

>>54360186
>>always worth at least 500 pounds?
>>54356533
Yes. But you might not be able to use it as such.
https://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/policies-and-guidelines/legal-tender-guidelines/

>>52275349
>a proper camera with a macro
Looks to me like you're doing pretty darned well with what you've got - on a few levels.
Agreed - natural is stunning. I can't really go out myself, so I cheated and bought a chunk. Not quite the same feeling, but still awe-inspiring!

>>50343465
It's still not easy to do macro. You've seen the setup I use for my pics, right? And that's to get the flat surfaces of coins and bars. The radical macro photographers might take a few pictures manually focused at different planes and then use software to merge the focused parts into one picture. Taking pics of small 3D objects is not a trivial pursuit. Look at the granite plate in this pic. You can see how a somewhat serious camera focuses at f22, a very small aperture.

>>49749141
Huh... Cameroon has come out with some fantastic coins that I never knew existed until years later. There are probably hundreds of others from all over the world that would make me happy. I can't imagine there being just one.
And I've got many that are spectacular, but this nugget probably gave me the biggest gasp of wonder when I handled it.

>>49405641
Testify, brother!
I followed PanMAn's advice too, and have to say it's one of the most fascinating things I've ever bought.