Littlemac

Learn a manual trade, shortages all over in so many fields. 
I forget the exact stat but once a trained plumber learning the job from 18  side by side and pound for pound just doing the job, a fully trained doctor won't overtake a trained plumber in UK until 39 years old. Once you deduct uni fees, debt licenses and registration
This is just doing the day to day job
If said apprentice plumber chooses to come off the tools and employ his staff
the sky's his limit 
Heck, compact round window cleaning can easily earn £40k a year with compact work 
A job you can learn to do in an hour 

I wonder if it would be worth creating a separate deals thread for European deals now?
I just feel that most of the European deals are no longer of interest to people in the UK since brexit/VAT.

The date run coming along for son - thanks to forum members for sourcing many of these… 🙏

1kg germania Mint bar  ,  looks fantastic even in the plastic wrap 👌😍😍
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TL:DR - Buy a Premium Membership on TSF (silver or above) and hang out in the UK ungraded section.
The most economical way to accumulate silver on any budget is to gain as much knowledge as possible. You are on the right track by posting here
Be on TSF and buy a Premium Membership - silver or above. This is pretty much essential as the best value deals are hidden from non-premium members for 3 days. If they are good value they will generally sell out within 3 days (or 3 minutes if Salesman32 is on the prowl) TSF can offer the best value as there are 0% selling fees. There are other 0% marketplaces like Facebook but that's a much riskier proposition. To successfully navigate risk you have to know the value of each item and also be able to verify authenticity. Verifiers and such tend to be expensive which defeats the purpose. With silver it's very rare to find deals at spot so you need to be hyper-vigilant if you come across any such deals online. TSF is a much safer environment and more accountable than FB or eBay Auctions, estate sales, coin clubs and other private sales. This takes a lot of work but people have managed to buy silver at spot or even below spot from estate sales in particular. When you factor in the time and expense of travelling, researching and participating in auctions, then the real-terms price is higher and proportionally higher the less you buy. Verification can be an issue depending on what you buy. For bullion coins like modern Britannias which have security features you don't need to spend any money verifying
The most time-efficient and viable method is hanging out in the TSF trade section and jumping on good value listings. This depends on spot price and the general mood but you should be able to pick up single silver coins in good condition for £24-28 in a capsule. Most sellers aren't going to offer free shipping on a single coin and the objective is to stack at the lowest possible premium, so, to get the best price you will probably have to buy 10 coins minimum or more likely 20 or 25 coins (a tube) (£500-650)
The cheapest coins lately are probably 2023 KCIII Britannias. There's lots of them about and the going rate appears to be £24.50-28/coin, with a realistic price being in the middle around £26/coin. These offers are generally only available to Premium Members
Buying when spot is "low" is easier said than done especially for silver. Nobody really knows what "low" is for silver and we all have our opinions on that. IMHO the price right now is "low" as I expect it to be higher within the near future. The absolute lowest silver can go IMHO is $18/oz and much more likely the floor is $20/oz (£16). In the UK you have to consider VAT so even if silver is £16/oz spot it's going to be £20/coin + for physical. It's unlikely IMHO to ever be £16 again. There is strong support around $25 (£20), the price keeps bouncing around that support lately. There's more strong support around $22.50 (£18)
Realistically a "low" price for silver in the near future is £18-20/spot. There is the premium to pay for physical on top of that so £24-25/coin is a very good price IMHO and you're unlikely to find coins in good condition below that price unless you are a bullion dealer
IMO buying poor condition coins (badly milked or physically damaged like dings or bent out of shape) is not a great idea. Those are much harder to sell in private sales. You can sell coins in any condition to a bullion dealer but you'll only get spot for them, maybe even below spot if they're really bad, and you paid above spot to buy them. If you purchase a Britannia in good condition for £26 you can sell it immediately if you need to for £26

Some dealers will give you the same price or close to it whether it's spotted or not. In private sales if one person posts a coin that appears flawless to the naked eye and another posts the same coin with bad spotting at the same price, buyers will choose the prettier one 100/100 times
(watch 2 mins from the end to see a dealer discussing buying spotted coins):
 
You've obviously never met @HerefordBullyun

The RM could make a silver coin that would rust 

Is it panicked Americans, dollar is dead etcetc? I am currently accepting all "the end is nigh" type wooden boards for my ark.

Thanks @James32 for the 100oz.
Some bars are just too big for a little mouse...

Look what I got today, my 1st gold sovereign from the forum. Good eh! First but not the last I bet.
Nice capsule too, I used a 1/4 oz silver brit capsule it fitted pretty well.

The history books show that the people who are in charge during an empire collapse are never the same people who are in charge after the collapse. If history repeats itself again, and it probably will, there’s a reckoning coming and the so called ‘elites’ should be afraid.

A stunning Engelhard from @Alunthanks very much. Absolute beauty 🤩 

Picked up this 10oz silver Queens beast completer whilst at my local bullion shop. Got it for a decent price and they threw in the 1oz silver Noah's ark for free as a thank you after getting a couple of forum members ring them recently who have bought from them after I posted about a gold deal they had the other month. A big thank you to the anonymous forum members, cheers🙂

I don't use Atkinsons much any more, but I do quite like their preowned offerings sometimes.
I  bought a post 2012 Brit and 1oz bar (silver, I'm not a jillionaire...) and was delighted with what turned up.
Alongside a bang average 2016 Brit (which joins the small beginnings of a second date run) I received a lovely Perth Mint Swan bar. First one I've had, great result for £27...

A few nice 10oz thank you @theman73

Got my shiny new 2023 king charle Brits from @arphethean thanks .only need 15 more to fill a tube lol 

Couple of silver coins, thank you @GoldCobra! 

Like that 😄
 

I envy you, not as an investment, but because I grew up a Lego child and my first instinct would be to break out the sets and start building spaceships.
I'll also argue that using Lego as sets is completely missing the point of it.  Lego belongs all mixed together in a drawer.

Me too, TSF have great bargains, most of the time. I am from Aberdeenshire and I do like Guiness too, but I prefer it in Ireland out of the tap.

My first platinum coin. Seems cheap compared to gold right now, so I'll get a few more soon.
 

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)

Just a couple of Silver Krugs for the stack. Been put off them for their excessive premium in the past but then these came along at a much more sensible price point so it felt rude not to add a few. 

Thanks to @LiquidMetalsUK