Cornishfarmer

1 hour ago, CANV said:

There is no reason why we can’t import all our ‘sheep’ requirements from New Zealand. And just pay upland landowners to graze sheep, should we want to keep that kind of countryside .  It would probably work out cheaper .

Most NZ and oz lamb is going to China at the moment.    Oz currently at record prices be could import more meat but at the current time it’s cheaper to sell British lamb.   What’s coming in is sold as a loss leader to try and keep a lid on the British prices.

get ready for food prices to explode next year.  Boris is sleep walking into another disaster with food price inflation 

Someone tell me if I’m wrong but,    Some people that buy from the royal mint and flip should pay tax on the profit of the coin as it was bought to trade not bought to hold

One of those toss pots who went intending to cause problems.   Should be charged with wasting police time also.   

Not really worried what it looks like but will the bullion be the same design as the proof?

I think the 2022 design will be a hit but  in the long run I can’t see it being that special.       With the royal mint now being run for profit rather than to just mint coins can see this happening more and more.    Look at all the different privy coins produced in last 5 years I can see that they will produce a ‘one off’ design every few years 

7 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

KEW GARDENS TRIAL OF THE PYX?!?!?! OMG

https://www.royalmint.com/competitions/trial-of-the-pyx/trial-of-the-pyx-prize-draw/

Wasn’t available when I saw at a few seconds bast 10.    But can enter a draw to win one

With them being available again for a few hours.  Many posts of Facebook and here.  Limited mintage and still not sold out could see it being a flop but time will tell

Beat the queue!!!

42 minutes ago, Kman said:

Did you read my earlier post with the charts? you can see what happens when theres ample liquidity pre financial crisis and what happens when theres not post

If no financial crisis China wouldnt care about a new reserve currency because they would still be growing exponentially

How can March 2020 happen, a liquidity crisis, if theres so much cash?

Tell me if this is wrong

"Food prices are likely to soar next year after record-high gas prices forced fertiliser manufacturers to halt production, experts have warned."

It’s not just the shut down it’s the cost of fert.     To produce milling wheat you use more fert. If you use £30 more fert and only get £10 more farmers will just produce feed wheat.     Or because the fert price is so high they could just plant spring barley which needs a lot less fert and sprays.    Also lot of talk about just leaving fallow to help the soil structure but that won’t produce any grain at all.

Ive posted about food inflation a few times,  as said before the government need cheap food to keep the masses happy.    Next year will be a shock for everyone food inflation will be high and some things won’t be available 

2 big things fertiliser gone from £200 last year to £475 this if you can get it. Tens of thousands of acres of grain won’t be planted this year.     Added to this the government’s green revolution whereby they are paying for wild flowers and bird seed mixes are taking as much out the system also.   So Britain will have to get used to having some pretty flowers and some nice birds but bread will be short. 
government are too blind to see what’s happening but this time next year food will be a struggle  

7 hours ago, Cornishfarmer said:

The silver and gold markets show how rigged the system is, everything is exploding in price except for pm’s.      Boe saying inflation might get to 4% not sure what they are looking at.    Notice the Internet providers and electric started putting prices up by inflation plus 4%.      
food prices going up fast this will be the straw that breaks the camels back

Found this not sure how up to date it is (because of silver) but shows the 12 month price rises and what is to come.   
think BOE need to get calculators out

The silver and gold markets show how rigged the system is, everything is exploding in price except for pm’s.      Boe saying inflation might get to 4% not sure what they are looking at.    Notice the Internet providers and electric started putting prices up by inflation plus 4%.      
food prices going up fast this will be the straw that breaks the camels back

5 hours ago, Leonmarsh said:

Pleasure mate its cheap at that price these go for alot usually rarely seen 

Surprised they lasted so long.  They had 5 available and lasted a couple weeks

Keep your powder dry, work out how to break the royal mint queuing system them buy a new release. With the 3 graces could have invested £800 on the 2 oz and 5oz and if sold when delivered could have flipped for £7000+.    Won’t happen very often but can happen 

38 minutes ago, Rll1288 said:

Just had the post delivery.... 🙂 ... stunning coins..

 

Is it only the 1/4 that’s reverse proof? From the picture looks like they are the normal proof with just the 2021 date

11 hours ago, motorbikez said:

@CollectorNo1 Lol you can comment on whatever you want pal I was merely interested in your QB collector experience  as most of the guys commenting here are collectors of the various QB coins & appreciate them. If you want to learn a little here check out some of the QB threads & no need for apologies  we're all here to learn from each other.

I think your wrong, I expect the majority here are flippers. I know from the years you have been on the forum that you collect some very nice proofs but as at least one post near the start was asking for offers for their purchase.      The way the royal mint has gone in the last 18 months has encouraged this.    The 2oz Una silver was probably the last coin before the flippers moved in.      I’ve got nothing against flippers I’ve tried doing the same but when it comes to it the designs are so nice I can’t bring myself to sell. (If any one wants to offer on the three graces 5oz COA #1 I’ll listen!!!)

I really hope that the quality is good on these coins but with 10 coins and all that frosting I can see a perfect set hard to come by

@asemp know someone with 04,06 and 07.  Pm me if you need details.    He sold the 05 a month or so back and they aren’t cheap

What kind of prices are you thinking of paying for each coin?

A good few of the coins that are being sold cheap are toned.   Looks dark for toning but not pretty .   

39 minutes ago, Bluenitsuj said:

Very collectible. I also collect them and have a date run from 1989 to 2021 with just 4 years missing.

Which 4.   Know someone selling off his collection so might have them if not already gone

Phone call this morning, steel up another £130/t putting another £3k on the shed, this is getting out of hand now.    Building Prices are rocketing and concrete getting hard to come by.      Can’t see that this can continue unless it’s government infrastructure spending.    The boom is getting bigger and when the bong comes that will make it even greater

When I started collecting panda were hot property this continued for a few years and some of the half gold were going for serious money, this has come off the boil now.      I managed to get hold of some key pandas early on but when it came to selling the U.K. market wasn’t strong enough compared to the American and Chinese which made sending coins abroad expensive.    I still think they are great coins which are more of a proof finish than other bullion coins but it’s not easy to get the premium back when selling over here.      There is a dedicated panda forum which Peter Anthony quite often contributed to and would reply to messages when sent      His book is first class if you can get it but comes with import fees if he sends it.      Good luck with buying but if you are collecting as bullion make sure there is an outlet in the past chards, Atkinson’s and HGM will pay less for them than sovs while charging a higher premium when selling on

Don’t hold me to it but noticed that on the royal mint site that when the coin goes to ‘sold out’ from ‘no longer available’ coins become available again. The 1oz is now ‘sold out’.     This happened last week when they released more of the 1oz, 5oz silver and the 1oz gold.   Just giving the heads up to anyone that might still need one

From the farming point of view I had a quote for a shed last summer and was £37k same shed now £45k. The wood perlings gone from £28 to £35. It’s madness.      Hard to get hold ofsteel made products due to to the companies taking advantage of furlough even tho demand was there last summer, now 3/4 month wait for simple troughs and feeders.     While furlough was a good thing for a lot of companies last year now it’s going to far and some business are still in hibernation when then should be full steam ahead

I heard from someone the other day that shipping containers have gone from £5k to £7k,    5 fold increase could be exasperating it a little.    What I can see is people taking the p?!/s at the moment they are charging more because they can.         The price of food is going up because farm gate price is going up at last. Got a few mates who are butchers and they said since Easter lamb sales fallen off a cliff because of the price