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Two of Nigel Farage's children have German passports, so have all the benefits of EU membership, such as freedom of movement. As for him being removed as a customer of Coutts, you may find thisarticle interesting: https://bylinetimes.com/2023/07/24/farage-and-coutts-its-not-mccarthyism-its-customer-due-diligence/

Hi, Have you considered investing in a SIPP? (A Self Invested Personal Pension Plan). Very easy to set up. You get tax relief on any investments into it. (So £100 investment costs you £80, or £60 depending on whether you are a standard or higher rate tax payer.) On taking your pension, 25% is tax free. I have one with Hargreaves Lansdown and can recommend them. Have a look here : https://www.hl.co.uk/pensions/sipp

Yep, so true. And all caused by me. I sold some last week, so it was bound to take off just afterwards! Not sure if this is the correct place to ask, but that happened to @LawrenceChard ? Havn't seen him around for a while now.

It might not make me popular round here, but could you not buy 'Invesco Physical Gold', an ETC with the ticker SGLP in your stakeholder pension? Or alternatively 'ishares Physical Gold, SGLN? When it comes to pensions, the other choices are poor, since you need trustees and scheme administrators, so it would never really be like holding physical bullion yourself. You can find a cheap list of SIPP providers here: https://monevator.com/compare-uk-cheapest-online-brokers/

I was the same. Started stacking, went a little down the collector route with the jubilee and memorial sovereigns, but decided to sell them and stick will low premium bullion from now on. (The ordinary britannias are lovely IMHO.) Fortunately I timed it right and didn't make a loss on the sovereigns, just a very small profit, but I feel happier to be back to just stacking, even if it is just one or two Britannias per year. I was never into proofs, but I am sure I have read on here that over time they tend to drift down towards their intrinsic, not holding their initial premium. Maybe someone else can help confirm? @LawrenceChard maybe?

You could have been selling to them, so it doesn't follow you will be muggable. To answer @Bogart's question. I have used them and a lovely coin turned up the day after I did the purchase. They get my seal of approval.

Hi @LawrenceChard, I did spend a lot of time reading and thinking about your 0.5% + VAT storage option, it had some attractions. However, once yet get over £31,000 of gold, it stops being cost effective, as you can get a secure safe deposit box for £185 near me. I know that amount is a bit rich for some people, but if you are buying a gold Brit or two and a sovereign per year, it doesn't take too many years to get there. Do you have any plans to cap the annual fee you charge? It would make your proposition more attractive.

I just photograph/scan any documents I want to keep records off. They don't take up much room on a hard drive. The physcial papaer copies go through a shredder. I found this was legal to do.

I was curious as to what had hapened to him in the meantime. I found this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46206435 Apparently he was hanged. I am really shocked.

Agreed. I posted an ordinary letter on 7th, by 1st class signed for at my local post office, costing £2.35. The delivery aim was apparently the next working day according to the receipt they gave me. Tracking shows it only as being received by my local post office. Ithasgotten no further thant hat. At least it was just paperwork and not PM's. 🙄 Not sure how long to wait before contacting royal mail about it. I thought I would give them another couple of days so they have had 2 weeks.

Really? Wow! You must be a silver stacker. Couldn't imagine having enough gold to ever fill one!

If you look in their Terms and Conditions, cash is not allowed, but bullion/coin collections should be, assuming I am reading it correctly. See here : https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/globalassets/documents/customer_documents/personal/safe-deposit-box-terms-and-conditions.pdf

The problem with hiding it secretly round the house is what happens if you unexpected have a fatal heart attack, or accident. Would anyone be able to find it? Or would it just be a nice surprise for a new homeowner in a few years when they do some rennovations to the attic floorboards?

Hi All, I saw this in the news. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/63471074 Its 140 miles wide - which is what I call a real nugget(!) and has $10,000 quadrillion of precious metals in it!

I ordered a 2023 1 oz Gold Britannia from Chards and did specify a QE2 portrait on my order. I likewise don't mind waiting as it was clearl I would have to when I ordered, just as long as the coin is a nice one (despite being only bullion!) and the premiums were a fair bit lower than elsewhere too. What was interesting was that Chards sent me an email asking when I would like it to be despatched, which is a new one on me. Unsurprisingly I wanted it ASAP, which is 17th Nov from the available slots they gave me to choose from. (No way was I, or anyone else I would imagine, going choose a later date than they need to). I had hoped it might be sooner, but at least knowing the date helps and gives me something to look forward too/fret over. Is this a new process of yours @LawrenceChard ? I presume it must be based on your order backlog and coin availability. I thought you would just do them on a first come first served basis and tell people when they would be despatched. If you could indicate that on your website when placing the order, then it would be even better and perhaps not put people off who are worried the delay could be much longer.

Yes, I like fun, but one of those has my name on it and I almost had a heart attack!🙈👨‍🦽🙄 So, postal strikes permitting, when when are you going to be despatching my carefully stacked coin then?

Do you mind me asking who your safe deposit box is with, because I was looking at opening one myself? Are they nation wide? Metro Bank in the next town to me provide safe deposit boxes but their smallest is £240 p.a. I opened a cash account with them as the first step in getting a box, which is required to have a safe deposit box with them. The account opening was not a smooth process, so I was not generally impressed with them. Ideally I would like somewhere better than them and hopefully cheaper. Any info would be welcome.

Thank you @LawrenceChard This is useful information

Well, I went ahead and ordered a 2022 half sovereign over the weekend. (Before the £ got too beaten up on the foreign exchange markets.) Thanks to everyone here for you help and advice. @LawrenceChard So, my next coin with be a 2022 1oz Brit. Will you be getting more of those in soon?

Watching Bloomberg TV this morning, so analyst think the £GBP will go don to £0.95 to the $ by the year end. I would spend the £.

I think at the time, I thought a coin straight off the top of a tube from a bullion dealer would be less likely to be dinged or scratched. But you are right, I know most people, on these forums anyway, look after their bullion. I should never have procrastinated, since you have sold out of half sovereigns now. Your website doesn't even say orderable. Will you be getting any more in? The royal Mint show awaiting stock and the other dealers I can think of don't have any at all.

That's the thing that would drive me nuts: thinking about next needing a quarter sovereign, never mind a £5 Quintuple Sovereign, which I know I wouldnever be able to get without paying a small fortune for. Fortunately, I don't have to make a quick decsion, so have more time to mull all of this over.

Can I mention Amazon, since it is not just ebay: https://www.amazon.co.uk/2022-Gold-Sovereign-Coin-Full/dp/B09Q26S4BN/ref=sr_1_17?crid=298K3JHORFFYC&keywords=three+sovereign+box&qid=1663791205&sprefix=three+sovereign+box%2Caps%2C68&sr=8-17 £596.50 for a bullion sov, but at least they throw in free postage!

@LawrenceChard I left my purchase of a 2021 Britannia very late last year and ened up buying it from Sharps Pixley in London at a much higher premium than you would have charged. Excellent service and a beautiful coin, without a visible scrtach on despite being only bullion, which was the main thing. I won't be leaving it so late this year, another newbie lesson leant.

I already veered a little off course with my plan to stack only full sovs and Brits, so understand why you are sticking to your plans. I am worried I might be coming down with a nasty attack of collector-itis🤡