theman73

Heute eingetroffen, finden Sie die Münze relevanter denn je. Wann gibt es endlich eine Münze mit der Aufschrift „The end of Ukraine War 2023“? !!!! Sorry, ich will hier nicht politisch werden, aber dieser sinnlose Wahnsinn muss so schnell wie möglich ein Ende haben. Ich wünsche euch allen ein friedliches Wochenende. Maxe

1863 & 1872 Young Vic shields (will post 72 in Sov errors post for feedback as it has an odd date strike) courtesy of @Sh97if and a 1999 half Sov, plus a huge thanks to @Fadeingstar for my Sigma PM verifier, received today. You’ve done a lot of us a huge favour sourcing these so thank you very much sir. Cannot wait to learn how to use and test everything bought to date, over the weekend (nervous anticipation)

Today I received... 5 Oz Aztec Calender, hope the photo is ok

Silver for me. The demand in the industries on the next years will be huge, not so much for gold (to expensive).
or
I also have around 12000 orders selling Lego
The average life span for a Lego set is 2 years, during this time you can buy them at discount, promotion...
After 2 years the set will retire (not all) and the price will slowly goes up. You can double your money in this way if you have the space to store.
Of course this is not apply for all sets, usually the one's with unique minifig are doing better.
This is not a financial advice, is a proven method tested by me during last 7 years.
The idea is, everything is make sense with Lego, the demand, the novelties, the rare or expensive sets, the price growth after not selling anymore in stores, but nothing of this is apply to PM market, nothing at all.
 
 
Just in case someone's thinks I'm talking bollocks

 

 

No

Silver for me. The demand in the industries on the next years will be huge, not so much for gold (to expensive).
or
I also have around 12000 orders selling Lego
The average life span for a Lego set is 2 years, during this time you can buy them at discount, promotion...
After 2 years the set will retire (not all) and the price will slowly goes up. You can double your money in this way if you have the space to store.
Of course this is not apply for all sets, usually the one's with unique minifig are doing better.
This is not a financial advice, is a proven method tested by me during last 7 years.
The idea is, everything is make sense with Lego, the demand, the novelties, the rare or expensive sets, the price growth after not selling anymore in stores, but nothing of this is apply to PM market, nothing at all.
 
 
Just in case someone's thinks I'm talking bollocks

 

 

No

Done
Silver for me

you can get instant deep results with mashed up boiled eggs and you can control how much you want it to colourise as you can literally see it change immediately

Hello all!
For a while I have been trying to create a patina on a couple of silver QBs - partly because they were already tarnished, but mostly because I have always wanted to try it!
I wanted to avoid cutting corners by using Liver of Sulphur, so thought I would try a semi-natural/semi-artificial method. I did this by wrapping them in highly sulphurous paper and packing material for about 18 months, and regularly changing it every 1-2 months.
Full disclosure: I definitely cheated by 'sulphurizing' the packing material for several days prior to repacking the coins!
I am by no means an expert, but I am rather pleased with the results and thought it would be fun to show them off.
 
These pictures are taken under low light to show the greatest detail.
First the Dragon:


 
And here is the Griffin:


 
Under a more natural light, they have a rather impressive bronze/amber look to them:

 

 
In natural sunlight they are quite glorious to look at - almost like they are carved out of wood!
Best wishes to all
Duke
 

This is where the discussions between preservation of wealth vs terms investment come into play. No one can know for certain what's gonna happen 

I agree with some of your points, but my questions were not really rhetorical. They were more an invitation for all to start thinking about the them, either as an intellectual exercise, or in an attempt to gain understanding.
The Press attitude here possibly illustrate one perspective on the debate:
It could be summarised as "don't buy gold because the price is low / has gone down"
I somehow suspect that your list of 20+ questions may be too much of a challenge, especially if all asked at the same time!
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I fear the problem is more a case of perception (and probably a thorough lack of fiscal knowledge/interest by the majority of people).
Example, if you offer free shipping (thereby using clever marketing to make people think they're getting a "good deal") but add the shipping to the cost of the product anyway - I think this is called "the house always wins".
To address the, somewhat, rhetorically question you ask, I guess the adage (if one becomes philosophical) of: "Is it better to give someone the hard truth, or a convenient lie?" comes into play.
If the price lowers, do people lose interest? I would say that there's a short-term gasp as everyone waits to see what happens (will it go up, or will or will it go down?). If it goes down, people might panic and the market will "freeze", only to permit the price to fall to a point where property becomes an attractive investment again. If it goes back up, everyone then tries to sell, thinking that this is the time to sell (i.e., to avoid the "next fall" that might occur). The problem, in both cases, is that no matter what happens, the bubble only grows bigger as the pendulum swings further with each extreme - I think of the price of London property having exploded in value over the last few decades as an example.
Really, bursting the property bubble would be a SHTF scenario that would have serious consequences this time round (as it was in 2007 - except we sold everything not nailed down last time round), but letting it grow bigger only exasperates the problems for when it does eventually pop.
I would actually love to go into this more, such as asking if clientele had changed, over the years, at Chards, because it would interest me to see if your personal view on things like, was who was buying, what were they buying, what percentge of their income was it, how much, how often, etc., and how that dynamic might have changed from pre-2007 (maybe every decade you would care to discuss before then) and what post-2008 and post-2020 clientele are like (i.e., is it the same kinds of people; are there more people who are newly interested in PM; etc.). Sadly, I fear I would end up playing more than 20-questions with you for little more than to sate my curiosity and pick your brain on how inflation/interest/wars/world events had shaped PM's knowledge, interest and sales.

Do lower prices mean people lose interest or do they lose interest because prices are low?
Which is cause, and which is effect?
Similar if prices are higher and people are buying.
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I only like prices to rise when I have bought all that I want to buy (as if that would ever happen). Once I am dead and buried, prices can rise

Probably getting it from
Constantino Precious Metals Ltd
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Silver for me. The demand in the industries on the next years will be huge, not so much for gold (to expensive).
or
I also have around 12000 orders selling Lego
The average life span for a Lego set is 2 years, during this time you can buy them at discount, promotion...
After 2 years the set will retire (not all) and the price will slowly goes up. You can double your money in this way if you have the space to store.
Of course this is not apply for all sets, usually the one's with unique minifig are doing better.
This is not a financial advice, is a proven method tested by me during last 7 years.
The idea is, everything is make sense with Lego, the demand, the novelties, the rare or expensive sets, the price growth after not selling anymore in stores, but nothing of this is apply to PM market, nothing at all.
 
 
Just in case someone's thinks I'm talking bollocks

 

 

It took me many years, pre-internet, to find historic gold silver ratios.
I eventually found a good source in a book "A History of Money":
https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=bookreviewhistoryofmoney.html
The earliest mentions I can find relate to ancient Greek and Roman times, not Egyptian, which was probably before most written history.
It was also before my time.
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I remain unconvinced, but...
for the nth time...
Have you ever bothered to read this:
https://www.chards.co.uk/guides/advice-guide-for-uk-bullion-investors/1041
Or am I wasting my time asking?
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I will do it tomorrow,  I'm working tonight.

Silver for me. The demand in the industries on the next years will be huge, not so much for gold (to expensive).
or
I also have around 12000 orders selling Lego
The average life span for a Lego set is 2 years, during this time you can buy them at discount, promotion...
After 2 years the set will retire (not all) and the price will slowly goes up. You can double your money in this way if you have the space to store.
Of course this is not apply for all sets, usually the one's with unique minifig are doing better.
This is not a financial advice, is a proven method tested by me during last 7 years.
The idea is, everything is make sense with Lego, the demand, the novelties, the rare or expensive sets, the price growth after not selling anymore in stores, but nothing of this is apply to PM market, nothing at all.
 
 
Just in case someone's thinks I'm talking bollocks

 

 

Here was me thinking, as it's Valentine's Day, that this thread was going to be about the subtle art of courtship and romance.
Alas, I see this is not so...
 
To the topic at hand, however, I actually froze buying PM's for the moment, as I am focussing on paying off debts (mortgage/student loan), but I do find it funny that, a year or so ago, people would bite your hand off for a 10Oz silver bar at £300, but even 10Oz Brita are struggling around the £280 mark - despite inflation having rocketed into double digits and interest rates having leaped up in that time.
I suppose that the thing to watch for is all of these high-end jobs being cut. Once that domino effect spreads, it will be interesting to see if the property bubble can contain the PM's market for much longer (I suspect that the housing/property bubble is what is used to leverage PM's so much - though, that's just a theory).

Well
First, I'm not a proper dealer, I'm working 42 hours/week on my daily job, so I have no contact or relations on PM market.
I can't see any opportunities on buying and selling gold, just waiting for gold to go up...
Silver for me is different,  if you want to understand why, I invite you in two weeks time when I do my silver shopping, to come with me.
I guaranteed good food and a huge adrenaline rush.
 

Silver for me. The demand in the industries on the next years will be huge, not so much for gold (to expensive).
or
I also have around 12000 orders selling Lego
The average life span for a Lego set is 2 years, during this time you can buy them at discount, promotion...
After 2 years the set will retire (not all) and the price will slowly goes up. You can double your money in this way if you have the space to store.
Of course this is not apply for all sets, usually the one's with unique minifig are doing better.
This is not a financial advice, is a proven method tested by me during last 7 years.
The idea is, everything is make sense with Lego, the demand, the novelties, the rare or expensive sets, the price growth after not selling anymore in stores, but nothing of this is apply to PM market, nothing at all.
 
 
Just in case someone's thinks I'm talking bollocks

 

 

i said shopping not robing