jc1989

I used sub £13 silver as the perfect excuse to buy a 10 oz queens beast from GS.be, along with a few other bits and bobs. First silver I have bought in a long time 

3 lucky dip sovereigns from HGM 

3 lucky dip sovereigns from HGM 

3 lucky dip sovereigns from HGM 

3 lucky dip sovereigns from HGM 

3 lucky dip sovereigns from HGM 

Here is some interesting facts about these bars, by the numbers....
The Silver Forum Bars in numbers
Initial mintage: 171
Estimated mintage: 200 (or 250 depending on demand)
Project duration: 2 weeks planning, 7 weeks production
Weight: 1 ozt (min)
Purity: 99.9% Fine Silver
Average weight: 32.5 grams
Lightest bar: 31.12 grams
Heaviest bar: 34.5 grams
x220 bars poured
x5 graphite melting crucibles totalling 85 grams of burnt off graphite
x40 rejected (because of weight or quality)
x180 bars sent for hallmarking
x1 undergone destructive testing
x8 “mint error” bars (miss stamped by me) – bound for the melting pot!
15 individual stamps per bar
Total individual stamps: 2,565
Number of people purchased bars: 76 (so far!)
x7 Gold Premium Members
x40 Premium Members
x29 Standard Members
x7 Countries over 3 continents!
x5 US States & x30 UK Counties
~60,000 cm square of brown wrapping paper
~40 meters of Brown Packaging tape
60,000 cm Square of Bubble wrap
Average distance each bar has travelled by post (including hallmarking): 750 miles
Longest distance to be travelled by any bar: 10,000 miles (to Australia!)

171 bars came back all OK!
Actually they only drill tested one of them, the other 8 are all "Mint Error" bars as I messed up the stamping!
So 171 bars...6 stamps per bar...1080 stamps done today...
Fingers are sore but my back is the killer, hunched over the stamping block for 4 hours ain't good for the spine...
In fact, just going to go unzip my spine and have a well earned beer! 

My first ebay purchase
 

I have change my mind  
Over payments when comparing investing vs over payments over the same time frames - ie, saving 5 years from the mortgage vs investing for the same time frame, the compounding effect is lessened which makes it easier to justify the over payments. 
Although on paper you are better off investing by several thousand if you can find the return, and if you use long time horizons then the compounding returns win easily - nothing is guaranteed over such a time period and I am not convinced such a return, or the earned capital, could be reliably maintained. There is also the question/risk of interest rates rising. The idea of eliminating a recurring living cost several years early is very attractive. Although overpaying is a rather low return, it is a guaranteed return in saved interest, vs a speculative bet on compounding returns which only really matter over significant time frames. I think I can live with the lost paper capital that may or may not have come to pass in exchange for the guaranteed returns (financial and otherwise) of paying off the debt early.

Just bought a lucky dip sovereign from Atkinsons, won't receive now until Monday or Tuesday  but on a plus side I have now completed my first gold goal of 100g! ? 
Fingers crossed for a old head sovereign as I don't have this type yet

+22 oz added today, 69 oz in total in the last 4 weeks.
I have now joined the 1000+ oz club. Bring on the Apocalypse!!
 

So this is a little bit overdue. But I only fiddle my coins when I have the time to really enjoy them.
My WMF2017 pick ups. I should have made better notes at the fair. Because now I can't remember what I paid for some. Don't have receipt from all the sellers, just the big ones.
Some maybe don't care, but I know from myself that I wanted to know where the prices lay on this event. Some have really good prices, some are dreamers and some you can haggle with. 
1x 1oz Panda 2017 WMF - 89€
2x 1oz Panda 2017 - 23,5€
5x 1oz Panda 2016 - 21€
5 Mark 1934F - 20€
5 Mark 1934J - 20€
1x 2oz The Lion - 40€
1x 2oz The Griff - 40€
2x 2016 1/2 Lunar2 - 13€
2x 2017 1/2 Lunar2 - 13€
2x 1oz Lib 2015 - 20€
2x 1985 Onza - 25€
1x 1992 Onza -
1x 1993 - 23,5€
1x 1993 - 23,5€
1x 2000 Croc - 50€
1x 100 Peso 1978 -
1x 5 Peso 1948 -
1$ Dollar Australia WMF Berlin 2017 Carded 5€
Passport 10€ (A small coins from 30 different Countries)
Free:
$1 AUD 2014 Cuckoo Wasp
2 Rand 2016 South Africa
1 Penny 2014 UK
10 Agorot Israel
Medal: Krugerrand 50 Anniversary
Medal: Monnaie de Paris WMF2017
 

Beautifully crafted piece by @GoldBenj and just in time to give to my better half.

Yesterday I received..... my 100th gold sovereign*! 
I didn't realise until I just updated my spreadsheet.
And a cool one at that.

*the sovereign family inc. half, full and doubles 

Two double eagles from HGM

10 x 1oz gold britannia
2 x sovs
2 x 1kg silver bar
 

1 x gold sov ( my 1st ) 

Some Christmas gifts and a delivery from Christmas 1.KG Libertad proof like.  
2 x 2016 Libertad proofs 5.oz 2.oz 1.oz 1/2.oz ¼.oz 1/10 1/20 Also a Pamp Suisse Fortuna 5.oz Bar + monarch 1.oz bar and a 2013 Libertad 1.oz proof
 

 
 
 
 


 

Merry Christmas to everyone!
look what I got today along with a new son who was born on the 20th.
WOW! What a great Christmas.
 

Got my first order delivered today !!


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1884(s) victoria shield full sovereign
Youtube video coming up .. 
 

Today I received some Holiday Cheer from my Kids - Small Stacks can make something very Big!

20nr 1oz 2016 Noah Arks from goldsilver.be
First time ordering from them.
First precious metal purchase since 25th April 2015!
It is good to be back

20nr 1oz 2016 Noah Arks from goldsilver.be
First time ordering from them.
First precious metal purchase since 25th April 2015!
It is good to be back