Happypanda88

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WOW ! That's cheap, USD200 under spot. No wonder they have a .org domain name, it is a charity !! 😂

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@TavexBullion is a member of the forum. Perhaps you could reach out to them directly for a response.

How many kilos were you looking to buy !? 😬😉

Could it be that some bullion dealers had sourced much of their stock when the spot price was high. But now that the spot price has plummeted for both gold and silver, they would rather not sell at a loss so marked them as Out Of Stock until the spot price picks up again. I have heard these things goes on.

If the mint, in this case the Royal Mint couldn't give a t0ss about quality control, then what can dealers do !? 🙄

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The 1847 Gothic Crown can be made to order at RM !!! ? 🤑

1. Silver coins can tone quickly and become less shiny if not stored in air tight capsules. 2. You cannot test silver based on ping tests alone. As James32 stated above, there are other ways to test your newly acquired silver Britannias. Visually, they look ok. I do not see a problem with the coins judging from the photo.

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Thank goodness I've never bothered with financial advisors. As soon as I was enlightened about gold as an excellent savings vehicle back in late 2014, I quickly withdrew all my premium bonds and ISAs (after mutuality) and bought some gold in summer 2015. Back then, an ounce of krugerrand was around £730. But as you all know, you get so attached to your shiny metals that you would take them everywhere ! Oh! That damn boating accident !!! 🙄

I have a story to tell relating to the commission of financial advisors. I once worked on an IT project for an Independent Financial Consultancy firm which specializes in pension funds. Over a period of time, we got to know some financial advisors. On a certain day, we noticed that one advisor has not been in work for a while so made enquiries. We later learnt that the advisor had successfully completed a pension transfer deal on behalf of a client (transferring a company's pension fund from one provider to another). The sum was £10M if I remembered correctly. For that, the advisor who managed to persuade the client to change providers has a small percentage cut - some speculated as much as 1% or £100K. With that, the advisor could afford to take things easy and went on a long holiday to celebrate. 👍

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Nice prize ! Congratulations @AndrewR

Nice prize ! Congratulations @Furnace

Nice prize ! Congratulations @mouldybread

Congratulations @breaktwister

Nice prize! Congratulations !👍

Oh WOW ! Only just seen the notification of a surprise win. 😬👍

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@James32 will you be passing them around just like the good ambassador ?