SpotGoblin

On 14/07/2021 at 20:23, GoldStandardPartyUK said:

Pre 1920 sterling coins are difficult to obtain and suffer from being collectable. 

But the best is 1920-1947. You can obtain this at spot. 

This is the way.

Especially if you're willing to trawl through places or online listings looking for half-crowns, sixpences or threepences. Crowns are usually inflated and are sought for numismatic value. 

The smaller the denomination more usually closer to spot it will be (for the older British coins.) You can even find the occasional pre-1920 at times.

In terms of other coins its sort of a pot luck, you have to be willing to look through odd stuff; for example some world commemorative silver coins can be found near spot.  

Its fun as a side/hobby thing to locate and find these but they aren't exactly plentiful options. If you want less aggravation and despise paying over the perceived odds then I heartily agree with the other comments buy gold sovereigns.

15 hours ago, Witcher said:

Is it just me or does this seem like it's an easier way for government to track and tax private sales?  

One thing for sure...  changes are NEVER made for YOUR benefit.  

Realistically, any government can/could ask a potential seller for the PayPal information of any given year/month/day which holds all sales and buyers if they were being audited.

The change is more for eBays benefit and profit, I don't see any conspiratorial intent here. 

eBay already tends to handle import taxes/VAT where applicable so I can't see this change helping or hindering that in any way.

Thanks for the information Becca, interesting read.