ArgentSmith

Delivery notifications from the Royal Mint, I have not been getting any at all, but my wife has a Royal Mail delivery app on her phone and it notifies her of all Royal Mail deliveries coming to the house AND I've got 2 coming today and think it's my Gothic!     
The really bad news with this App she's keeps saying "Dave who are all these deliveries from TRM"  I'll have to come up with an excuse any suggestions?
So if you are like me and been waiting around like a tit in a trance for the last 2 weeks for deliveries this app will let you know.  
 

In the early 1600, people in Holland during the "Tulipmania" also thought tulip bulbs were rare too ! 
Turn off electricity, then let's see how much a Bitcoin is worth !!!
 
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dutch_tulip_bulb_market_bubble.asp
The Dutch Tulip Bulb Market Bubble was one of the most famous asset bubbles and crashes of all time. At the height of the bubble, tulips sold for approximately 10,000 guilders, equal to the value of a mansion on the Amsterdam Grand Canal. Tulips were introduced to Holland in 1593 with the bubble occurring primarily from 1634 to 1637. Recent scholarship has questioned the extent of the tulipmania, suggesting it may have been exaggerated as a parable of greed and excess

@BackyardBullion £7.50 p@p and an extra 50p to lick the stamp! 

My mistake, they gave it an SD tracking number yesterday but the tracking shows the RM haven't handed it over to the other RM yet, so I guess it'll be arriving tomorrow instead.

YESSSS  !!
Got my Gold Plain Edge confirmation    pffff !
The journey goes on @Paul 
 

had my email - 2oz silver due in hand tomorrow  

Is it me or does the 7 stages of grief feel very much like being a Royal Mint customer?

Mine is arriving today, so this is better than the sovereign experience and without the hefty premiums.
How many thousands of pounds have I saved everyone so far?

It turned out to be 21 ct. Looked genuine, at least to me, except the colour was a little off - just slightly too yellow. It was a 1925, which is a notorious year for copies. The frequency lines that showed on the Bullion Test app were very nearly correct, just a tiny bit off.

Hi,
I am mainly Silver Stacking and I do a little collecting.  I think that precious metals may be the most reliable form of money these days...
Best Wishes,
SteveSilverStacker

This video shows how to use the phone app Bullion Test to do ping tests really accurately. I once found a fake sovereign using this app. It was a jeweller's copy fake, very similar to a genuine coin, and you wouldn't have noticed the difference just judging it by ear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEqV7LAgaL4
 

You were probably a Saint in a past life mate 😉 Glad one of us got one 👍🏻 

Bought Rest of 2oz gold series , bought all 2022 sovereigns release s,and more  that's bumped my spend up
.2oz proof gold plain edge  was only offered exclusively to mint marque platinum members ( I'm not of )  it wasn't offered for general sale. Iv just hit very very very lucky 
 
 
 

It's not as difficult as some people try and make out. Are you collecting or stacking? As @SilverStorm says you should conduct more than one test if possible @LawrenceChardadvised use common sense. Is the item the sort of item likely to be faked? For Gold bullion you are probably better off with a competitive dealer, for Silver bullion you should avoid commonly faked coins at least until you know the look and feel of the coins you're stacking.
Tests you can do, magnet for the ali baba stuff. weigh the coin on a set of cheap scales measuring in 0.01g, then measure with callipers, weight coupled with dimensions effectively gives you the SG. Or do an SG test with some dental floss. No one here seems to rate the ping test ap except me, the resonance of a coin  is VERY specific and is effected by not only the purity of the metal or alloy but by the exact width depth and contours of a coin, also completely non destructive if done properly.
This forum has to be far safer than ebay for private sales, if someone was passing fakes here I pretty sure they would be rumbled PDQ.
Good luck on your journey.
 

I got nothing Monday but enjoyed the chase, it was like a free buy in to a poker tournament. Didn’t lose anything.

I got nothing Monday but enjoyed the chase, it was like a free buy in to a poker tournament. Didn’t lose anything.

I got nothing Monday but enjoyed the chase, it was like a free buy in to a poker tournament. Didn’t lose anything.

I got nothing Monday but enjoyed the chase, it was like a free buy in to a poker tournament. Didn’t lose anything.

@Mtaybar for all our P ing and moaning we do thrive off it.  The day you don’t have to queue, they have what you want and it comes the next day, will be the day you don’t want it😂😂😂😂

No:
21.45 g/cc Platinum Pt 78 22.4 g/cc Iridium Ir 77 22.6 g/cc Osmium Os 76 But close.
I'm not sure whether there are some denser recently discovered, or short-lived elements.
 

That's going to be the coin to have in the future.

They’re probably making them out the back 🤓

i may sell it and corner the market buying up all the under-loved and unappreciated Diversity/Crystal maze gold 50ps, what could possibly go wrong  

I have just had the same conversation with my OH. It was only 2.5 years ago, I was picking up single sovs and a few oz's of silver bullion