MyPrecious

I am not a Britannia lover, so I will not buy these coins, but I am very sure these are appealing for many silver stackers from forum.
Let's get bought these coins, guys!
I have tried always to encourage new forum members and to support them to build reputation and feedback. Today I want to blind vouch for @MaxBetteridge because I love TSF and I want to promote the trust in any new member. I have done this before with good results and everything gone smooth.
Don't let this sale fail because the lack of feedback! You can buy with 100% confidence, you will receive your silver!
If you will not receive what you have paid from @MaxBetteridge , I will compensate you with the same amount of high quality pure silver you paid! 😊

No feedback given is a huge problem and IMPORTANT for both buyers and sellers to exercise completing feedback for both parties. 
Regardless of how many members you are communicating with it’s due diligence and part of the core ethos of the community to build each other’s reputation up meaning the feedback must be given and not forgotten.
So many business sellers in the past have failed to give me feedback even with a polite remainder by PM. 
 
I tend to not deal with them again. Sorry it’s just my perspective on the matter. 
You got paid. Items received. Feedback given to seller. Return the favour. 
It’s very simple. 

Going back to the feedback issue as a new member I have left positive feedback to all my purchases, which I have actually been pleased with . But have noticed some of the better known dealers have not reciprocated even though I have paid at the time of agreeing purchase.They may be busy and have a lot of customers but they had to start somewhere and should bear this in mind especially as some of them I have purchased from several times.

This on the other hand would discriminate against members who are naturally shy  or feel they cannot necessary's contribute as much but prefer to read and learn from other's posts.  I guess there is no easy solution.

Nice batch of silver already being accumulated to help the victims.
This community is INCREDIBLE

Excellent News. Just heard from the bank and they have refunded me the entire £850!!!
Thanks so, so much to all the forum members, moderators and @BackyardBullion who have all very kindly offered messages of support, advice and more than generous donations. It really has touched me to know that the forum has my back.
I know one other member who was effected by this scam who successfully got reimbursed by the bank. Does anybody know how the others fared with their banks?
Thanks again so much!!!

50% SA crown. It isn't much but we are many.

@bestg77 I’m sorry to learn of this and the effect on you.  If you PM me your address I will gladly send you an ounce of silver. Daz.

I’m willing to put up 5oz of silver bullion to go towards the members who got took on.
 
There must be enough good eggs on here to ensure those who lost out get at least some bullion.. Perhaps @BackyardBullion could be the intermediary for those who wish to donate?

I almost bought these tubes! This could of happened to anyone. The person has been a member for a long time and also had a number of positive feedback. Drop me your address if things don’t get sorted and I will send you a couple of bits from my stack. Be a shame for you to completely quit stacking after one bad experience. It’s all about living & learning and the fact that you are even looking into precious metals shows that you want to better your future, so don’t give up now mate 

Really sorry this had happened to you.
Should you not be able to get your money back I would like to offer a few bits of silver as a gesture.  Its not much as I don't stack silver but a couple of nice poured pieces, some fractional proofs, a proof 1937 crown and a lonely brit.  Let me have your address on pm once you know and I will get it posted to you.  Its an eclectic mix but a couple of interesting pieces 

#173

Very late here, but two with capsules please if they are still available. Thanks. 

the bargains are always the week before payday!

1oz Gold Krugerrands 
Very nice clean condition all in Royal Mint push fit capsules
£1500 each  with FREE SD post ALL SOLD
Bank transfer

All messages replied to sorry for the delay. Been playing with my new toy 😆
 

Quick Update: Looks like all comments will be honoured even after the closing. Will know for sure shortly.    The New 2023 Perth Mint Dragon Coin Bar   ETA Mid to End of August   Probably the best looking one so far...
Also note the back of the coin bar is a memorial for QEII -
This is sure to be a collectable coin bar. 
I imagine the premiums on this one will be a bit higher.   £31 give or take worst case as spot is up again. 
  Please specify if you'd like a direct fit capsule.  £1 for the direct fit capsule (they are odd size coin bars)   ...plus p&p of your choice.   Please comment below. First come first serve as these will sell out quickly. Post will not be up for long.    Thanks much 

In order to sell gold coins you will have to put some effort into establishing a track record as a seller in the channels on the secondary market.  In practice, this means here on TSF and various Facebook groups.  This will take some time and doing physical trades to build up a reputation.  It's better to start early and do some horse trading rather than having to establish a presence at the last minute when you suddenly need to flog gold to raise money.
Sovereigns and half sovereigns are by far the easiest to shift in the UK, but that may or may not be the case in Belgium.  However, I think they're pretty liquid worldwide - at least in any jurisdiction where they don't attract VAT.  The CGT exemption for sovereigns is due to a peculiarity of UK law that means sovereigns are still technically legal tender.  In Belgium, I'm not sure whether there is any similar legislation exempting coins from CGT; you would have to check this.
1oz coins such as Brits, Philharmonics or Maples can often be purchased at fairly low premiums in the 3-4% range, but it does pay to shop around.  However, the high spot price of gold puts them outside the price range of a lot of buyers.  While you can buy some, it's better to do the heavy lifting in your stack with fractional gold.  I think the situation will only get worse in this regard unless some event tanks the price of gold.
However, old circulated coinage is often a good way to buy low premium fractional gold.  As the spot price goes up, low premium 1oz coins or bars are getting more inaccessible to people, so they are significantly less liquid than smaller coins.  Coins in the 1/4oz range or less are still the most liquid.  Apart from sovereigns, there are a wide variety of European coins such as Latin Monetary Union[1] 10 and 20 franc coins.  Some of these, such as French Roosters, had very large mintages and so can be purchased with very low premiums.  A 20 franc coin is a little smaller than a sovereign (about 80% of the gold weight), and might also be a good choice.  There are some other coins such as 5 or 10 guilder coins, 5 or 10 mark coins, 5 or 15 rouble coins, ducats from various nations that are still common enough to be purchased with relatively modest premiums.  Old U.S. circulated coinage is popular there, but not so common in Europe so it goes for a bit higher premium.
One caveat with old coinage is that you do have to do your homework about the numismatics of the coins, and get at least a basic understanding of grading.  With sovereigns, in particular, there are a lot of folks selling premium ones (shields being the poster child for this) at somewhat inflated prices.  Some of those on sale are in poor condition and may not be worth the price.  Shields aren't rare per se (all sovs between 1821-1871 and a large fraction between 1872-1887 were shields), but shields in good condition are not so common.  Similar conditions apply to all circulated gold coinage, so you do want to be able to assess the grade of anything you're buying.  British and American coins are well documented in this regard, European coins less so.  Having said this, knowing the low premium, large mintage European coins and sticking to low premium items is likely an effective strategy for stacking European gold coins.
It's also worth noting that non-fine gold (i.e. alloyed circulated coins) does not qualify as investment gold in some jurisdictions (NZ, Australia and some Asian countries, for example).  This shouldn't be a problem in Europe, but it is something worth doing your homework about.
Modern fractional bullion coins and bars tend to go for significantly higher premiums, and if you buy them from a dealer they can have quite a significant spread over what you can realistically sell on the secondary market for.  However, it's hard to say to what extent this matters for long-term holding, so 1/4oz bullion coins are certainly a possibility if you can get them at a decent price.  1/2oz coins (and double sovereigns) tend to fall into a bit of a no man's land.  They're not often available with low premiums from dealers in the way that 1oz coins are, and they're expensive enough to be a bit illiquid unless you sell them cheap.  They can be worth buying, I think, if you can get them at a decent price, but it's probably not worth paying more than about 5% over spot for them.  
For a long term hold, the price rise over time may gloss over the spreads you pay on coins to some extent, so this is perhaps less of an issue for a pure long-term hold plan.
 
1 - without going into the history of the Latin Monetary Union (LMU), quite a few nations minted coins to the LMU specification and some had very large mintages (French coins, in particular) or were produced in numbers as restrikes later (e.g. Swiss Vrenellis).  These can be some of the lowest premium fractional gold and can be a good option for stacking.  Some are less common and command a higher premium as collectibles.

7.32g ÷ by 3.11g = 2.35 1/10ths

Thought you guys might appreciate this little bit of history from the past.  Im enjoying a couple of pints in my local CIU club after work and there's Ray in an old chap who is nearly 90 i know is due to move this week over into the local sheltered accommodation close by.  He is in having his usual couple of daily pints & a natter and I say "Hi" as normal, and i notice a yellowed newspaper in front of him and his little clic of folk
I ask if i can take a look. He says, its what they found under the carpets of his house while moving his stuff out, and its a paper of the Daily Mirror from the second day of the War September 4th 1939
Glancing through it and i find an interesting bit on what happened with gold that day and some of the other financial related things that occurred that day
I thought id share here. Enjoy  
 


 
 

Interesting thread, thank you.

#173

As everyone around the world is aware recent inflation and the cost of living is an issue pretty much everywhere worldwide, with the costs of goods increasing considerably due to current circumstances in the world as well as increases in energy prices. As you have seen already TSF is not increasing our pricing for Premium Membership. However, our running costs as a business have also increased.

We need to increase our Premium Membership numbers to help with our running costs and planned improvements to TSF as well as to increase our marketing budget so that we can make more people aware of TSF and subsequently increase the amount of items that are posted for sale in the forum's trade section. Currently we have had to use a good chunk of our marketing budget to help out with the day to day running costs and expenses, unfortunately diverting money away from marketing budget. If we increase our Premium Memberships we can start to put a larger amount directly back into marketing TSF. 

TSF offers a free standard membership option, if you can afford it though please consider upgrading to Premium Membership to support TSF, in exchange you will also receive all of the benefits listed under the package you choose. Especially please consider upgrading if you are using TSF and benefit from the community here. TSF does not charge any commissions on trade topic sales and our Premium Memberships are the best way to support TSF. 

I have been making manual recordings every so often since 25th January 2022 to see if we are on track to our targets, and now I wish to publish the targets publicly so that we can all work together. 

Our Premium Membership targets:

Our targets are based off of the membership figures below taken on 25th January 2023, which will be used as the baseline. 

+100 Active Premium Memberships by end of December 2023 (Target = 630+ Premium Members)
+283 Active Premium Memberships by end of December 2024 (Target = 813+ Premium Members)

25th January 2023 (original) 
Silver - 404
Gold - 37
Platinum- 83 
Platinum PLUS - 6
Total: 530

Note that these stats only include Premium Memberships purchased on or after 1st January 2020. For simplicity this is counting all Premium Memberships purchased on or after 1st January as an overall target and not differentiating between the different Premium Membership levels in our target, however there will also be a bonus prize should the winner of the prize draw be a Platinum or Platinum PLUS premium Member. 


Prize Draw:

This draw is open to all Premium Members and Business Accounts, existing and new. Though the stats only include Premium Memberships. There will be a bonus prize should the winner be a Platinum or Platinum PLUS Premium Member / have a Platinum Business Account.

Prize if we hit +100 target: 2x 1oz Silver Coins.  (+ bonus if winner is a Platinum member group)
Prize if we hit 2nd target of +283: TBC (+ bonus if winner is a Platinum member group)

How to take a ticket to enter:

1. Simply Purchase Premium Membership if you aren't already a Premium Member or hold a Business Account. If you already are an existing Premium Member you can enter below.
2. Enter the ticket number below, i.e. the first person to reply will enter #1 (ticket 1) and then next #2 (ticket 2) etc

One ticket/entry per member. 

Take a note of your ticket number in sequence, as multiple entries may have been posted at the same time the moderation team may need to adjust ticket numbers so that they are in the correct sequential order from when posted. 

Members can request an update to the current stats anytime by posting/requesting below and I can post an update below  

 
EDIT January 2024 Update:





Terms:
If the target is hit within the specified time frame as mentioned above then a random number generator will be used to determine a winner and the result will be posted below. After a winner has been determined they will have 30 days to provide their shipping details to @ChrisSilver who will arrange for the dispatch of the prize on behalf of The Silver Forum. The prize will either be dispatched by ChrisSilver or Another Moderator. Should they not make contact with their shipping details within this time, the prize draw may be put up again and a new winner selected. 1 entry per person. Creating multiple accounts to abuse this limit will result in the permanent ban of your account and all future accounts associated with you, The Silver Forum has a strict policy in regards to multiple accounts. The winner needs to be a Premium Member both at the time of taking a ticket, and the time the winner is drawn. We advise you to securely save your card details for automatic payment so that your membership dose not lapse and so you are always eligible to win. The winner is responsible for any applicable import taxes or duties. This prize is dispatched from the UK. FREE worldwide shipping to the winner. 

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I have both type
£27 each plus postage 
BT PPFF
 
 

Could I have one of each please?