MJ5050

Many thanks for the advice, much appreciated. I'm probably over-analysing things too much to be honest! I guess as I'm new to this, I'm afraid of potentially buying the wrong thing but I'm sure I'm needlessly overcomplicating things.

As you say, CGT doesn't really represent a tangible problem. I'm probably best to buy a mixture of Eagles, Maples and Britannias. 

I'm totally new to this and have been carrying out a fair bit of research into buying silver coins over the weekend. I've come across a few UK investors who favour American Eagles and Canadian Maples over and above Britannias. However, I would have thought that Britannias are a better investment as they are not subject to CGT. Are Eagles and Maples a better investment as they are more desirable and likely to be easier to resell than Britannias?

While I appreciate most investors won't be affected by CGT at the moment I read a few months ago that there are potentially plans to lower CGT to only £1k so if this happens this could affect more sellers of Eagles and Maples.

I guess my best plan is to buy a few of each of the 3 coins but basically I'm quite curious as to why some UK investors place Eagles at the top of their list when as a newbie, the CGT aspect points to Britannias being the best buy.

Many thanks again for all the advice - I've just been wondering whether it is best to buy a cast or minted silver bar with a view to its future value and potential resaleability. If I was to buy a silver bar, I'd be looking to keep it for several years.

Many thanks for all the detailed advice, very useful and much appreciated

The bar I was looking at was this one: https://www.gold-bank.co.uk/silver-bars/500-gram-gold-bank-investment-silver-bar-999/

but having heard your advice, I'm more likely to go for a Umicore or Metalor bar now.

Incidentally, (and apologies if this is on the wrong thread) has anyone had dealings with the Gold Bank in London before? As far as I can tell, they have excellent Trust Pilot reviews but I'd greatly appreciate it if anyone could recommend them or indeed any other UK supplier? I definitely wouldn't buy or sell through eBay.

Many thanks GBStacking, much appreciated. As I say, I'm totally new to this but my instinct was to start with a recognised brand. I've just seen that Metalor is slightly cheaper than Umicore - is this because Umicore is considered superior or is there no difference in the desirability of these two brands?

I'm totally new to the world of investing in silver and was just wondering if the brand name of a silver bar would make any difference to its future value and desirability?

E.g. I've just been looking at Gold Bank London's website and I see that they have sold out of 1kg bars of 'Umicore' and 'Metalor' but they have still their own brand 'Gold Bank' silver bars - would these own brand bars be worth less than the other 2 brands in the future or is value just based on weight and would therefore brand not make any difference?

Many thanks in advance