GoldenPeanutButter

I think this mostly applies to the EU and Northern Ireland, but since the rule hasn't been adjusted for inflation the threshold in number of gold coins we can carry with us, without triggering the rule, has been silently dropping. This might seem obvious since monopoly money has lost value over time, but I found it more surprising once I got the data (please double check it): Year Gold Price ($/oz) EUR/USD Gold Price (€/oz) Gold Price (€/g) Sovereigns (€10,000) Britannias (€10,000) 2007 656.50 1.36 481.48 15.48 88.22 20.77 2008 942.50 1.59 593.59 19.08 71.56 16.85 2009 941.00 1.41 665.45 21.39 63.83 15.03 2010 1206.30 1.25 964.46 31.01 44.04 10.37 2011 1482.30 1.45 1022.49 32.87 41.54 9.78 2012 1597.20 1.27 1262.09 40.58 33.66 7.92 2013 1255.90 1.30 965.03 31.03 44.02 10.36 2014 1326.40 1.37 968.63 31.14 43.85 10.32 2015 1169.00 1.11 1049.84 33.75 40.46 9.53 2016 1336.70 1.11 1203.58 38.70 35.29 8.31 2017 1217.90 1.14 1066.17 34.28 39.84 9.38 2018 1239.80 1.17 1061.60 34.13 40.01 9.42 2019 1385.60 1.14 1219.19 39.20 34.84 8.20 2020 1773.20 1.12 1578.15 50.74 26.92 6.34 2021 1775.90 1.19 1497.79 48.16 28.36 6.68 2022 1798.90 1.05 1716.89 55.20 24.74 5.82 2023 1921.70 1.09 1761.81 56.64 24.11 5.68 Right, so in 2007 (ChatGPT tells me this is when the rule was created) you could bring with you 20 1oz gold Britannias without having to declare anything. Today that number is around 5. If you plot the thresholds, that is the number of coins you can travel with without doing the customs declaration: I'm afraid the conclusion from this is that, unless the rule is adjusted, there will be a time when we'll have to declare even a single Britannia. Perhaps something worth thinking about.

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CLOSED - Found a seller, thank you! Hi peeps. Kind of urgent as this is for a friend's birthday gift. I'm after a 1oz silver maple from 2018 (year is important). Willing to pay £40 plus shipping to London. If you have other 1oz silver coins you want to sell I'm happy to buy 1 or 2 more, although these are for myself and looking to pay no more than £25 each. Currently at work but will check thread again in the evening. PS: It's my first trade post, be kind