HillWalkerDundee

I am sure that the 15:1 ratio will return at some point. But unlike Maloney, I think it will be as a result of the price of gold falling rather than the price of silver rising.

I am not too worried about toning and spotting. I don't expect ever to realise the investment, that is for the grandkids. By the time they realise their inheritance, i expect that there will be a non damaging treatment to restore the coins to their former glory.

My crystal ball is baggered so I have no idea what will happen to silver in the future. I know that there will be a stock market crash followed by a stock market boom followed by another crash and another boom. I also know that inflation will go up and inflation will come down. And interest rates will go up and interest rates will go down. By how much and in what time scales I have not got a clue and neither has any of us. History shows that not even the expert advisors to the lever pullers have a clue. In the absence of any idea of what the future will bring and when, I will build a diverse portfolio of assets knowing that I wont be super rich nor super poor.

A very late comment but I have only ever seen a ten coin case. Clearly designed and built before the completer came along. Has anyone seen an eleven coin case?

I bought (and am still buying) silver for the grandchildren. The economic future for them is poor so I am doing my best for them as well as enjoying a thing of beauty in the meantime.

Beats me. Even upside down it doesnt help. Good luck. I would taking it to a jewellers and see if they can help.

With a marked coin i think it does well. I am intrigued by the end result.

I wouldnt mind one of these.

I have learnt more on the subject of toning from this thread than I ever wanted to 🙂

The HS looks like an H Samuel hallmark. Sheffield. 1938-1946.

That is indeed if you are holding silver for investment. Me, I am holding silver "just in case", for inheritance and, while I still breathe, for its beauty. I can't fault your strategy so far. Buy what you want but know why you are buying it.

No it is not legal. It happens but it isnt legal. No it is not legal. It happens but it isnt legal. No it is not legal. It happens but it isnt legal.

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VAT on UK silver coinage has always struck me as being an anomaly. Now I wonder if it is even legal to charge VAT on legal tender. Any no win, no fee lawyers in the house?

I love to look at my coins. They are beautiful. They are always in cases, i could never leave them in tubes.

On the radio this morning, Royal Mint have signed an agreement with a Canadian start up to recover gold, silver and other precious metals from mobile phones and other electrical equipment. Honest, guvnor, there isn't a PM shortage.

My name is Count Dracula. I would have to disagree 🙂

To me, silver is a thing of beauty, more so than gold. Why wouldn't i get excited when a piece of art turns up on my doorstep. So many beautiful pieces out there. I suppose if we are going to stack, it may just as well be something that is pleasing to the eye and the heart.

They are brilliant. At the right price, i would buy them.

At that price, may have to break my rule and start selling

So, if you had two batches of, say, 1 ounce Britannias. Each batch was at a different price, say, 50 of one batch and 50 of the other batch. If I came in and asked for 100 Britannias, would you sell me 50 at one price and 50 at another?

@dicker Although each purchase would be recorded by invoice i.e. on a coin by coin, batch by batch basis, you would not be able to sell on that basis. In these instances, I would expect the sales price to be based on the average cost of stock.

Lol. My partner would love you. She views it as hers now. I had it boxed up for 25 years before she found it and insisted on putting it on display.

That is part of it but i am not too worried about the pension provider failing completely, it is more a case of performance. Not a direct comparison but the Woodford funds were the darlings of the market of the market and then sentiment changed and the funds collapsed. Anything up to 75% of the fund value disappeared. By having multiple funds the performance is spread. The fluctuations even out.

As an investment it is tat. As a thing of beauty, it is lovely. My walls are decorated with lots of pieces of art that i would never sell because I find them to be pleasing to the heart, the eye and the soul. You may be the only person in the world that likes it, that is enough. In the early 80s I went to an auction and there was a two foot wide Chinese plate. It was pleasant enough to look at and worth £20 max. Bidding started and one bidder gave me a dirty look. That did it for me and my pockets were deeper and I won the bid at £100. Five times its worth. My "stupidity plate" has pride of place on the wall. A constant reminder that emotion and investment are not good bed fellows. My better half hates the collage shown at the bottom left of the image, I love it.