MonkeysUncle

Norway is somewhere near Fremont isn't it man?

I happen to think tigers are cooler. The lovely Aussie mint Tiger costs a bit more but on the cool front it nails it. And besides, Tiggers are wonderful things!

Following that thought these 1kg silver Beasty monsters look a million dollars. Got to give in to the urge and buy a Perth Tiger soon. However the bigger is better theory goes to rats if the mind turns to the Honey Monsters half witted brother who can't grasp the concept of £%^&ing off!

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Yes, but I doubt Lawrence will break into your house, strip you naked, gag and tie you to your dining room table and proceed to inflict terrible injuries with a tickling stick until you agree to buy some overpriced proof bullshit. And even if Mr Chard did adminster the tickling stick it wouldn't be twice a week for the next six months...

If it was a credit card as opposed to debit card then your card company is obliged to sort this out. The advertised goods were not provided, therefore contract has been breached. If the bank won't pull their finger out their are proper rottweilers at Visa and Mastercard: but first written complaint to the card issuer, then you've potentially got Visa, Mastercard and of course the Financial Conduct Mob if the banks final decision is to burn you. I reckon JP Morgan will cough up, they do not want bad publicity buggering up their gazillion pound investment in UK banking with the Chase brand. (I've assumed you're in the UK, my bad if you're not!)

a she box? Best ask the good lady for permission first

I've heard trotted out the wealth preservation argument. Supposedly in Roman times 1oz of gold would buy a quality gents suit. Ditto today. As I can't find any archived web pages from suits-r-us in Roman times and generally can't be arsed to research the claim I've just taken it as read. It's all relative.

Other than a stack of 1 kilo Beasts (resistance was futile) and a small supply of Krugs from a forgetful* South African gentleman I've avoided silver like the plague since the Government wants to steal 1/5th of my hard earned/ blagged. I'm not funding no parties! * fails to remember diplomatic bags are generally not intended for the transportation of precious metals past otherwise nosy/ theiving customs monkeys.

Knowing how insecure most safes are (I'm not joking!) then that does seem a bit daft unless they carry very little stock. Might be safer (nice pun, yes?) hidden in one of those fake Heinz Baked Bean tins and stashed with the real ones overnight. Unless of course a burglar desperate for beans on toast breks in! Now Post Office safes are way way better, proper security with limpets. And bank vaults better still. And I dare bet the likes of Chards has a rotty. Or a scary Northern fighting woman on the premises overnight!

The master criminal in me is now calculating the odds in smuggling bullion hidden inside a giant inflatable canoe past the dolly bird on the checkout. Might need to practice the James Bond smooth talking as a distraction technique...

This creased me up! Not really sure why but it did. The clue is in the name. Lawrence will take your cash and give you shiny stuff in exchange. Fred will take your cash and give you a piece of paper that will likely soon become worthless in exchange (or is that just me?)

Turning up dressed as Mr Blobby, speaking with a heavy Russian accent, carrying an umbrella on a sunny day with a particularly spiky tip and/ or having a few hundred thousand in a briefcase. That should tick some suspicious boxes!

E-gold t'lad. That must be special stuff for queer Yorkshire folk. I'll have plain vanilla gold all day.

To liquidate a 1oz coin you need to find someone with £1,500 or so at the moment. To liquidate a Sov or Sovs you need to find a man or men with £360 or so. Sovs are easier to shift basically, plus they have history and collectors looking for older ones to add to theirs. The Brit lacks history. Having said the above I hoarded Queen's Beast 1oz coins thinking premiums will be higher than Brits in future and am contemplating hoarding 1oz Tudor Beasts. 2022 Sov being a different design is something many on here have suggested acquiring and I have a few. They may get some more friends soon...

Hey Anybody have any idea on the release schedules/ how many coins in the bullion series per year? Need to make a decision as to whether I can afford to stack 1oz coins or fractionals! Cheers

I've seen talk of Russia possibly looking to accept Bitcoin for gas. I guess anything is a possibility at this time. Seriously I think the West could simply refuse to handle gold from Russia, but from a practical point is that do-able? Is Russia's bullion all within Russia for example or is their a stash in a Swiss mountain? And more importantly, are my Russki silver bars worth more or less now? Will I have to ask BYB to melt them down if I need to sell?

Yeah. They're just plain irritating; if I knew where they really are (not the Mayfair address apparently) I'd organise a taste of their own medicine. A couple of hundred BT phone books through their letterbox might make 'em take notice...

They have 89 in stock by the way.

RM have had the big lump hammer out and have bashed out more of these coins. Again. You'll struggle to have change for a takeaway curry and a couple of beers from £1K mind. They're in stock at BBP. Don't appear to be on the RM site unless my eyes have given up!

Gold is very easily manipulated. Not by the likes of me with a few ounces here and there but by Governments, big corporations and investment funds/ groups. Profit taking I would imagine, automatically triggered buy/ sell limits. Heck, even if I wanted to buy a nice shiny 2022 Sov I've not seen any in stock at RM or the two dealers I use for a week now!

I happen to know that BBP send parcels of much higher than £2.5K using Royal Mail Special Delivery. Maybe they have a seperate insurance policy that covers loss? Break down into smaller parcels if individual pieces are worth under the limit is one method. Or have a check with the big couriers like UPS and DHL. They offer insurance, but it obviously costs!

The Russian Government has removed VAT on gold purchases for it's citizens this morning. Whether that has any effect on supply/ demand/ pricing for us non-Russki's I genuinely have no idea?

Aye. Local rate call from t'Minster!

This sort of thing is precisely why I only buy gold from respectable dealers. I may pay more for the privilege, but I can be pretty damn sure that a man/ lady far better at spotting dodgy coins than I has done their job. The dealers profit margin is a small price to pay in my books.