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Did anyone jump on these? I'm outside the States and was surprised that the US Mint shipped internationally and that they were still in stock. The mintage is quite high but I'm curious about the design so thinking of pulling the trigger. If you have your hands on them, please share about the quality and experience!

3 hours ago, Stuntman said:

Now that's quite some photo.  Vintage Rolex, silver pocket piece and what looks like a very smart pen (I have no idea about pens).  And I love the idea of 'decisions that require entropy' - being of course, increased disorder...

Anyway, tell us more about the siblings back at the yacht, are they all American Silver Eagles, or are the siblings made from atoms with different relative density?

Pen is made by Tactile Turn. Another fidget-friendly EDC and highly recommended, if you're into scribing apparatuses. And by 'siblings', I mean same parents but born on differing years.

Oh, and did I say 'yacht'? I really mean 'pontoon'... which sadly met its demise and is at the bottom of the bay now :(. 

My pocket (actually, more a wallet) piece is an 2020 American Silver Eagle. I usually pull it out to spin on a table, make decisions that require entropy (I love the 'ring' it gives when I flip it), and generally destress when I'm waiting for things and want to avoid staring at market charts.

It might not be the most unique slab of silver, but I also like being reminded that it has several siblings back at the yacht.

7 hours ago, DarkChameleon said:

A little gold heavy if your stacking to ratio but it's all better then paper stacking.

I was trying to keep a sensible ratio and have some tubes of silver maples tucked away. These are mostly the shinies I keep around to play with. I have to admit tho, I do like gold haha!

Thanks everyone and my absolute pleasure to be here!

5 minutes ago, Gordy said:

Those gold maples look very nice, just getting my scuba gear on to go hunting sunken ships

I find them to be the prettiest coins I own. I also like the size and weight compared to my other coins.

Really want to get my hands on some gold buffaloes... just from the pics I've seen, I really dig the design. Can't justify the premiums, tho.

Good luck with the dive and don't forget to pressure acclimatise else you'll find yourself in Davy Jones' Locker 🏴‍☠️

14 minutes ago, Happypanda88 said:

😍🤩

I make that 10oz of AU and looks like 27oz of AG. Excellent going just a month into stacking, especially getting hold of those QB coins. 👍

........now what is your home address again !!!? 🤣

I'm definitely addicted and completely fine with my addiction!

As for home address, I live on a boat and sadly, it recently sunk with all my holdings 😩😏😉

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome! I wanted to 'like' everyone's comments but it seems that I have a limited number of these to go around. Still getting to know the forum tools.

Overall Singapore is a great place to stack bullion, as long as you buy local. I did try to purchase some stuff from Apmex but the delivery and taxes were a bit bonkers... such a shame as I wanted a few things that are hard to find locally. 

Great to hear the nice experiences that some of you have had in Singapore. Like most places, its got its pluses and minuses, but overall I'm grateful to be in such a bullion-friendly place!

Hello! Just wanted to quickly introduce myself.

I'm someone from "the colonies" who just started stacking and collecting at the beginning of the new year. I've been in the crypto space since 2011. It was my first ever investment and I've been looking for ways to diversify and reallocate profits into other positions, one of which has been bullion, mainly in Gold Maples and Silver Eagles.

While I'm still heavily into cryptocurrencies (I run a modest Cardano stakepool and do some professional work in the distributed ledger technology space via research grants from Singapore and the European Union), I've come to very much appreciate the materiality of precious metals, and have been balancing my activities between collecting (Modern/Contemporary graded) and stacking (1:20 Gold vs. Silver coins). 

Thank you very much for the rich information and lively discussion here at The Silver Forum. It's been extremely helpful and entertaining to read all the post so far, and looking forward to interacting with everyone soon!

Toodles my G.