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Sorry £2 piedfort not 2oz https://www.royalmint.com/shop/limited-editions/tolkien/celebrating-the-life-and-work-of-jrr-tolkien-2023-2-pound-silver-proof-piedfort-coin/

Got my £2 piedfort Tolkien coin. Really nice detail on the reverse. Don't usually like the two tone style of coins but this is an exception (mucky capsule though).

A bit pricey https://www.theatreofwine.com/p/XHK6974/rum/theatre-of-wine/rl-seale-foursquare-exceptional-cask-touchstone-61-barbados

Today I think was my first win - usually miss the cut off!

Picked up a Touchstone today from Royal Mile Whiskies (balloted), although the UK is behind as ever as they announced Covenant as the next edition the other week!

There's a separate 'Lets talk Whisky' thread on the forum.

Chards now has the SOTD in stock - but as they want £1295 its a hard pass for me!

Got the 1/4 oz gold and 2 oz silver from coin dealer sites. No luck with SOTD!

Queue numbers dropping off accordingly now the SOTD sold out

Didn't work for me. Did get a prompt response and a named lead but still went round the houses on the earlier Tudor beasts coins and gave up in the end.

Both - definitely dust and fluff inside the capsule but also some clear marks and dings - particularly on the rims

Got my 2Oz set from @Chards the other week but waiting to return it as the obverse of both coins have marks. Shame as the coins look great and a love the rim. Emailed them last weekend and not heard back so will have to ring them.

I was told June for the 1/4 oz

Got another memorial three coin set from @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer Full and quarter sovs seem fine but serious frosting issues with the half - never had a coin that bad in terms of frosting holes / issues before - usually dings, scratches and debris!

Preordered the 2oz set from Chards- can't be bothered to send the coins back to RM 5 times or more to get a decent set!

Apparently late June when I emailed them the other week - but hey who knows!

I'd zoned out by that point - I think they were mentioning a £144 monthly payment plans so probably a lot more than £1280.

Ha ha you joke - I did about an hour ago and had to put up with 5 minutes of trying to flog me an overpriced memorial piedfort!

Not so sure about that - before 1933 the price of Gold peaked at $22.59 /0z in 1931 and then dropped back down to near its pre-crash levels before rising again in 1933. The US Treasury paid a fixed price of $20.67/oz to turn in their gold to the Treasury. Looking at the charts for 1933 (Macrotrends) the average price was just over $26/oz. After purchasing gold at the price of $20.67/oz from its citizens, the US government raised the fixed price of gold to $35/oz using the Gold Reserve Act on January 30, 1934. So effectively the dollars paid to those Gold holders was devalued by over 40%. Similarly while I doubt the UK government would definitely introduce a another restriction of Gold bullion ownership right now, I forgot to point out that the 1966 to 1979 period was a time where the pound had already moved off of the gold standard. I will definitely hold a significant proportion of Gold in my portfolio but given the actions of countries including US, UK, Australia etc in last century around restricting Gold ownership (and for sustained periods - not just a few months or years), I'm not assuming its my only 'get of jail free' card.

Not the point I was making. If you were a US citizen due to executive order 6102 couldn't own most forms of gold coins, bullion and certificates and was required to exchange it for dollars which would not be exchanged back for gold and most gold ownership was illegal in the US until 1975. The 1934 gold reserve act then made it illegal to exchange gold for dollars. In the UK citizens were banned from owning more than four gold coins dated after 1837 due to the exchange control act between 1966 and 1979. Given we are no longer on the gold standard I doubt this would happen again but if things go belly up don't assume one asset to be the solution.

I suppose it depends when you claim your pension and how exposed it is to the markets (many shares lost more than 80% in 2020 and bounced back very quickly) and duration of the crash. Mine isn't especially dependent on the markets directly so if I'd retired in March 2020 it would have had zero effect for me. It would also be more about how governments responded to that to either to stimulate growth or raise revenue. Governments could do any number things to increase taxes / restrictions on any other asset they then have their eye on. I've diversified what I can plus I have another business interests outside of the day job I could continue if needed. Risk is equally about proportionality and likelihood.

You mean the same crash that led to the Executive Order 6102 in 1933 and 1934 Gold Reserve Act in the US? I don't think you should bet on any one asset of getting you out of a hole if an event like that occurs.

Well the bonus is even if it drops in value I still have a merry retirement!

Got a final salary pension with good death in service insurance and survivors pension benefits so effectively locked into to that. Topping it off with ISAs, metals and whisky, Will steer clear of additional property at the moment unless I have enough cash to only have a small or no mortgage.

Got my 3 coin set and as usual there are issues. Marks on both the half ounce and quarter ounce. I also agree with @Allgoldcoins I think the coin inserts are a step down in quality. I think if my latest Tudor beasts also turn up with issues I'm just going to give up on proofs from RM - love the designs but the QC is beyond a joke.