StackemHigh

On 23/03/2022 at 17:48, Organics said:

Hi All 👋

It’s a bit of a long one. So apologies in advance 🤦‍♂️.

I’ve been stacking for a little over two years now (basically since “this” all started). The other day I was talking to friend of mine (who’s heavily into crypto) and he asked me why I do it. I explained that I don’t do it as an “investment” or to “get rich quick”. I stack for several reasons. Savings, hedge against inflation, wealth preservation, staying out of the system and a protection against a financial meltdown. However I also added that I like the fact that there’s no third party liability (if you don’t hold it, you don’t own it, as the saying goes) and if (as is happening to many around the world right now for no apparent reason) my bank decides to press a button and freeze my account, I still have a way to feed my family. Sell some bullion to get cash and buy food, pay bills, etc. He understood this and thought it all made sense.
However he asked me a question that I couldn’t answer and one that I’m putting out there for some responses. He asked me what I would do when CBDC’s are introduced and cash is taken out of society. He acknowledges that I’ll still have the bullion to sell, but if cash doesn’t exist and banks are controlling what people can spend or not spend their money on (or even freezing accounts if you’re “not following the rules”), how will having bullion help? I can still sell my bullion but the money would go into a bank account that’s highly controlled and I’m back in the system. Now I did say that I’d use my silver as a form of bartering to pay for goods or services, but that’s going to take time and in a relatively poor western country like Portugal, I don’t think it’s going to be easy. If I was in the U.K, USA, or one of the other more affluent European countries, I think the barter system would be a possibility. I said I’d come back to him once I had a chance to think 🤔. 
 

Would love to hear some opinions. 
 

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If i personally were to go down the route of bartering then i would have a bit of silver a bit of gold and a cunning plan.

I have a small garden at the rear of my garden so if everything went digital i would stay in the system so the banks stay away i'd grow veg, some fruit trees and keep chickens. I'd sell a few well chosen pieces that i would have to salvage from a boating accident, buy a hen coop and a run but i'd buy an egg incubator and start a egg farm with a few chickens as a side hustle. Would the government of the day be worried or concerned about a few eggs and some apples n pears?

With a wee bit of planning a few oz of silver and 1 or 2 oz of gold you can be looking at rich pickings.

On 27/10/2022 at 20:33, LawrenceChard said:

Big Royal Mint Announcement Due Very Soon

That's all I am saying for now!

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ROYAL MINT establish a WORKING QUALITY CONTROL dept for the first time in their 1000 year+ history

PLZ plz plz.

I always get multiple items when ordering and always do a do a price comparison on the final total. Chards ain't always cheaper but maybe 70% of the time and i think that is the best test for anything. The overall amount of cash leaving your account or pocket.

My last purchase wasn't from chards using this method but if i had used chards over atties i would have saved £51.30 using chards. By going elsewhere i did save another £12.30 and atties weren't the most expensive either. 

The postage has to be paid one way or another so maybe @Chards @LawrenceChard chards have the correct approach but could it be better probably yeah.

2 hours ago, AaaGee said:

I purchased a 2023 Gold 1/4 Britannia this week. Now, my eyesight isnt hreat and i wear glasses to read. With them on i could see a fair bit of light scratching on the queens face. Looking at it with a loop it has a lot of scratching on all raised surfaces. Just on one side. Not too happy but i get it, its bullion. Not enough to contact the seller about and expect to get anywhere with it.

But is there anything that can be done with it? Surface cleaning? Professionaly, not by me with a tin of Brasso and a rag.

Thanks.

 

Was it bought from the rm i'd return it get a refund then buy cheaper from a reputable source. If bought from a reputable source drop them an e-mail and see what they say 

I don't stack historical silver coins. I have a few old I/2p 1p 2p shillings florins and only the double florins have any silver content. Not many but nice to have.

My silver stack is decimal era modern stuff a tube of these and a tube of those type of thing. 

Perth mint has good silver and gold collectable bullion stuff but Gold LMU coins are thing are great. Most of my gold stack is older sovs cheap and plentyful.

On 24/05/2022 at 22:11, CANV said:

the way this government is going expect it back.. along with a windfall tax for anyone who owns over 2 ounces. 

Insure the boats we're having a regatta.

On 06/09/2022 at 20:26, LawrenceChard said:

Yes, we were thinking of starting to make our own, but it seems they have a very tight monopoly!

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Chards bullion rounds or bars in Ag, Au and Pt?

Rwanda Lunar

7 hours ago, bluffer said:

South Korea Chiwoo Cheonwang

Not a coin. It's a round or medal. The south korean currency is the won not clay.

Like many have said just do some due diligence to make sure it's real and go for the best price per ounce.

Not forgetting the sovereign. Can it not still be used as a £1 coin if you felt foolish enough?

I'm looking for an old chard sovereign page with years available and mintages. @LawrenceChard can you help? I can't find the page anymore. Ta much.

Even for caps, tubes and presentation cases i use alternative delivery addresses. After all loose lips sink ships and all the seemingly unrelated boating accidents reported here over the last few years you can't be too careful !

On 18/10/2022 at 08:13, LawrenceChard said:

I guess the Chinese preferred to be metric instead of using western imperialist cspitalist tradtional troy ounces.

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With China being such an old country i'd have thought that they would have their own archaic imperial weights and measures that would show them westerners a thing or two. Instead going for the more modern SI system.

On 19/10/2022 at 08:17, paulmerton said:

Looks exactly like the Harry Potter in the full colour illustrated books.

That would explain the artwork. Still not a 50p i'd buy.

Most people know the rm's shortcomings but if they're the only ones that don't know there are some really bad people running things there. 

On some of BYB youtube stuff he says he is reporting problems and even has achieved some resolutions to his problems such as the poor quality caps and loose coins with a simple packing solution. The rm are complacent with their underachievements and who knows with the correct management and attitude all these problems could be a thing of the past. IF only!

I wouldn't really go with silver. Maybe some fractional gold with the lowest premiums possible. And stay with proper sellers Bairds are quite good too.

The hologram could have ERII and KC3 on it! That would be unusual.

Would the coin have a subject matter and design that the buyers really likes then i don't see a problem. All but the most ardent stacker will have favorites that they are willing to spend their hard earned on.

What about a nice one off sov. I've heard that there was a time when the rm did nice gold coloured ones with a dragon on them without ciphers or privys.

Might be a idea to start KC3 reign with a special.

On 12/10/2022 at 11:22, LawrenceChard said:

31"

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Unlucky you must be uncomfortable at the beach. Most guys inside leg is about 5" to 8" !!!!

Stuff of nightmares! The coloured version is hideous!

I would personally get a good quality capsule for it and leave it in that. I use air-tite caps a very good quality brand.

The problems at the rm are well documented here and on the web. People for some strange reason continue to buy their overpriced poor quality tat. 

None of the carnage at the rm surprises me any longer!

Longest running joke in history the royal mint!