Danny-boy

Today I received two proof 20 Balboas silver coins.

I used to have one of these, and sold it - then I wish I hadn't. I have been waiting for a good deal for a while now.

61mm diameter, with 3.85oz of silver in each.

Got the two for £115 including special delivery, so works out to £14.93 per ounce delivered.

Definitely have 3.8 as have proof of authenticity for two coins an the one oz bar from bullion by post the rest is probably cupro nickel lol but oh well
 

You just bought 4 coins at a car boot and your stack photo shows 5 coins in total.

Which two coins do you have BBP authenticity for?

None of those coins, even if silver, are fine silver so will likely be more like 0.84oz I think.

Think it's worth getting a mate to test if it's .925?
 

If you can get a rest done for free, then go for it.

I fear you will be disappointed though buddy.

I'd say you'd be lucky to have 2oz of actual silver in your stack.

Great bar that, was sorry to see it go.

I can see them.

Big drop for a Thursday!!!

The Initials JD was the assayers initials and the M is the mint mark for Madrid


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Gorgeous. How big is it?

Expensive?

Added another historic coin to my collection today.




It's a 1/2 escudo minted in Madrid in 1784. NGC has graded only 10 of these and only 4 were Au or higher. This one was owned (allegedly) by an ex president of Peru.



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That is stunning NS. Love it.

Oh err, is that already slabbed?

I'd say not, or you'd see the plastic retainers?

In exchange for the bitcoin? 

Nice when you make a profit on something then can put it into gold, free gold [emoji3] 

Not directly, but yes mate.

Worked out well.

Long enough to know that you know what you're doing!

You don't need buyer/seller protection with sovs 

Indeed.

deja vu? [emoji3]

Lol, you know me mate [emoji1]

Today I bought a couple of sovereigns from HGM [emoji1]

Might i ask which country?

 

Understand if you dont want to post on open forum, im looking at this myself at the moment, no familly in Europe but as a second/holiday home.

No problem at all, it's Slovakia.

I truly believe that tourism is going to take off in north Slovakia over the next 10 years.

Great hiking, superb skiing, €1 half litre beers etc etc.

We'll be buying in Slovak Paradise (Slovensky Raj) which is stunning.

Brilliant. It ticks all the boxes!

Perhaps you could buy some land then build a house? That would spread the cost if you weren't in a rush to finish?

Particularly some fertile land....

Can you get budget flights to that destination?

We would, but it actually works out cheaper to buy a built house [emoji15]

Flights aren't as budget as they used to be, but still reasonable, not cheap at Christmas though. Ugh.

But we have to go back to see family anyway, so it is whatever it is.

Fantastic idea. Your wife's country?

Makes perfect sense. I guess there are still family there, you'll have access to local banking and no language barriers.

I'd certainly take advantage of that Dan!

For rental purposes, a holiday home or future retirement? Or too far in the future for that yet!

Hiya Roy,

Yes, in my wife's homeland.

We have mom & dad there along with a huge family. Luckily, dad is a plumber / handyman/ ex policeman who knows everybody and is very good at building etc.

The house would be for our & family use only, and her mom & dad have already agreed to look after it.

Plan is to buy close to the national park, so family can use as a hiking base or weekend getaway.

£50K should buy a decent 3 bed with land, probably need work but we have that covered.

Just need to crunch the numbers and start saving!!!!

£ being weak against the euro doesn't help matters [emoji1]

I don't know how many people here have a company pension, but I've paid into one every year for the last 17 years since I started working, and now every year I get my annual statement I look at the size of my pension pot and it is quite impressive to see how much it has been built up to.. but that didn't come about overnight or even over a few years. I got plenty of years left to add to it and watch it grow more.

It just shows that with steady application over many years you can achieve a lot more than most people think is possible and not really even have to suffer much hardship.

Yes, I have been paying into mine for 23 years now.

Since I have more expendable money lately, I have been increasing my contribution by 1% each year and am now at 5% with a 2% employer contribution.

I'll continue increasing until I'm at 8% which will be 3 years.

I believe in 2019, my employer will be required to increase to 3%, giving me an 11% overall contribution plus government money.

We are also currently costing up buying a property in Eastern Europe to diversify.

And my metals will just sit there too now, I'm unlikely to add to them unless there is a significant downturn in price.

Silver is moving up very nicely in the last week or so

Did you have to say that? [emoji1]

Silver is moving up very nicely in the last week or so

Did you have to say that? [emoji1]

you mean the slight edge knock?

Slight edge knock, nasty dink. All the same to a "modern" collector.

you mean the slight edge knock?

Slight edge knock, nasty dink. All the same to a "modern" collector.

really, where?

I can see it [emoji4]

Roy, yours is FAR better.

Not a mule [emoji30]

My first horse !

It's not a mule is it?

Check the other side

Sub £13 by markets closed this weekend?

I reckon so mate.

Sub £13 by markets closed this weekend?

I reckon so mate.

Sub £1000 now.