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@BackyardBullion and his silver bomb drop. Biggie and Smallz 💣💣💣

It never wears off lol.waiting on a few orders myself and sometimes I like to surprise the post man by grabbing a chair and waiting at the bottom of street (save his feet like)

I’m in with the same prize as usual over the years, but with a different look!  One 2021 1/10oz gold Type 2 American Eagle.🎄 
 
 

Hi All
My raffle prize is GBP50 (or equivalent to TSF members from outside the U.K.).  
Also included is GBP100 to a (non political or religious) charity of your choice, with a default to St John Ambulance.
I personally saw the outstanding work St John Ambulance  performs while in casualty this summer.  A gent in his 80’s had been treated for an injury but had no money to get back to his care home, and no one to take him.  St John Ambulance stepped in to take him home with dignity and respect. 
 
There by the grace of God, go I.
 
Best 
Dicker

My entry this year…going with the festive vibe!  
 

Say you've got a divorce coming up, without saying you've got a divorce coming up. Bravo @Abyss

Say you've got a divorce coming up, without saying you've got a divorce coming up. Bravo @Abyss

Say you've got a divorce coming up, without saying you've got a divorce coming up. Bravo @Abyss

Say you've got a divorce coming up, without saying you've got a divorce coming up. Bravo @Abyss

Thank you @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer for the 1oz Gold bullion coins

Hi dad, it's been a while. 
Can you reach out as Christmas is coming up 🤣🤣🤣

Had @Rll1288 's 2020 #27 3oz for a while now. Please could i grab the 2021 version?
So it's that and whatever the 5oz number comes through as, together.
 
Thanks 
MM

Have just secured the #22 from @Rll1288 - assume your post should read "Not got the 2020 Round?" As opposed to 2019!
Would like the #22 please.
 
Thanks 
 
MM

Well helloooooo. 
@BackyardBullion with the new 100g TSF bars. Happy lad.

Correct, they both contain 1/2oz of gold; the overall (gross) weight of the krugerrand coin is a bit more.

1996 Royal Mint Silver Proof Collection   In 1996 the Royal Mint released its first set of British silver proof coins, consisting of the coins from 1p to £1. Although a genuinely uninspiring precursor to some stunning future silver sets, this seven coin set is memorable only for its magnificently retro crushed velvet presentation box. When issued the lucky purchaser received a voucher entitling them to a free curry in the nearest flock wallpapered curry house and a complimentary prawn cocktail at any Beefeater steakhouse.   Which was nice.

Nice piece of work there.
 

Hi Folks, as a new member I thought by way of introduction I'd tell you my gold story...
I got my first case of gold fever back in 2003 and promptly set off for Chards in Blackpool, where I spent about £3000 on 1oz coins. I remember Lawrence producing a 'Chard' coin that they had had made and asking what I thought of it, and, after I said I didn't think it was gold, he said 'congratulations, it's fooled a lot of people' and gave it me for free! (I've still got it somewhere).
Back then Krugerrands were £249, Maples £252, Australian Nuggets £260 and Pandas £302.
Then a few years later (2007 ish) I went back to Chards and paid £3,555 for a bag of 50 Sovs.
So I paid about £7000 for 24 ounces.
Anyway, I ended up selling it all (too soon, as it turned out).
Fast forward to 2021 and wouldn't you know it, I've been infected again! This time it's a slow slog, buying a 1oz Britannia when I can afford it and Sovs when I can't, but for me it's the only way to save.
God I wish I still had it all!
Cheers,
Mobius.
 

I went to Malta (knights of old days ref) and the defences  were astonishing. As a an ex-Forces guy it was kill zone central . The defences were top notch even now. 

(assuming no air stuff)

And the locals in Malta are astonishingly hardy. It is why they got a gong from the Royalty.

Yes, GCSE level. They would talk about talents as a medium of exchange in the Ecce Romani (beginner) books.
 

Well, today i got to complete the date AND number run of my 1oz TSF Bars I've been on the hunt for. Thank you @BackyardBullion for pointing @Trumar in my direction. I just came back from meeting this true gentlemen - we agreed a swap for another 2017 bar i had, and I sealed the deal with some clotted cream from our recent trip to the South West! Pleasure meeting you, and thanks again for your open spirit and kindness. Here's the full conga!

I seem to remember that word coming up as a gag in an old Asterix comic. Obvious word-play, something like "you can make it, only if you've got the *talent"
And it was read out in an old Latin Class, once!

I stumbled across the Talent as a measure of gold or silver in olden days.
This is from wikipedia.  I thougt it was interesting and wanted to share:
 
 
A talent (Latin: talentum, from Ancient Greek: τάλαντον "scale, balance") is an ancient unit of mass. It corresponded generally to the mass of water in the volume of an amphora, i.e. a one-foot cube.
The Babylonians and Sumerians had a system in which there were 60 shekels in a mina and 60 minas in a talent (in Ancient Greece one talent was 26 kg of silver). The Roman talent consisted of 100 libra (pounds) which were smaller in magnitude than the mina.
When used as a measure of money, it refers to a talent-weight of gold or of silver. The gold talent is reported as weighing roughly the same as a person, and so perhaps 50 kg (>110 lb avoirdupois). Some authorities say that the talent typically weighed about 33 kg (>72 lb) varying from 20 to 40 kg. In June, 2018, the international price of gold was about US $41,155.69 per kilogram. One gram costs about $38. At this price, a talent (33 kg) would be worth about $1,400,116.57. Similarly, in February 2016, the price of silver was about $15 per troy ounce or about 50 cents per gram, so a 33 kg silver talent would be worth about $16,500. Thus when we read that King Auletes of Egypt paid Gaius Julius Caesar the sum of 6,000 talents of gold to grant him the status of a "Friend and Ally of the Roman People," this amount would be worth about $8,400,000,000 USD today! These estimates are only rough values, because they are based on modern estimates.The value of silver in comparison to gold drastically changed. This is because of the output of the Spanish silver mines in the New World. In ancient times the same amount of silver was often worth more than gold. The estimates do not account for the less technical mining ability of the time, nor that there were still native deposits available. Later in Roman history, during the medieval Byzantine period, the emperor Basil II was said to have stockpiled the legendary amount of 200,000 talents of gold which, in modern terms, would be worth approximately $280,023,314,760 USD. At any rate, he did save enough money that the Byzantine government was able to remit all taxes paid during the final two years of his reign.[source?]
Another way to calculate the modern equivalent to a talent is from its use in estimating military pay. During the Peloponnesian war in Ancient Greece, a talent was the amount of silver needed to pay the crew of a trireme for one month. Hellenistic mercenaries were commonly paid one drachma for every day of service, which was a good salary in the post-Alexander (III) days. 6,000 drachma made a talent.
The talent as a unit of coinage is mentioned in the New Testament in Jesus' parable of the talents. One talent was an incredible amount of money.
Categories: Old units of measurementUnits of mass

Well helloooooo. 
@BackyardBullion with the new 100g TSF bars. Happy lad.

Well helloooooo. 
@BackyardBullion with the new 100g TSF bars. Happy lad.