Frenchie

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

I have orderd them aswell! Thats 2 down - 998 to go!

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

Gold rush.
Thank you @Josh for the 2005 Half and thank you to  @mouldybread for the 2017 Sovereign.
The 2005 Set was a gamble, from a well known auction site- 67.98g of 22ct loveliness. 




 
 

Finally here

Finally got round to upgrading to premium membership on here! Bought a year subscription, so you're stuck with me for a while yet 😛

Souvenirs souvenirs !
Just ordered  this one from GS.BE . mintage 5000
I don't remember how many times I saw this movie when it came out. But I remember the first time I saw it, and I did  not know what to expect....what a thrill   
A piece of Art from Ridley Scott
Hopefully, it will maybe give some ideas for mints to create some nice and maybe high relief coins from the Alien theme and HR Giger art

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

@Abyss the UK is a big exporter of gold. The bars go to Switzerland where they are refined into 1kg bars which get shipped to Asia. Gold forms a large part of the non-EU export trade. So coming out of the EU won't make any difference to this. It will be priced in USD.
At the moment gold miners are at best treading water. They are not making profits. Quite a number are losing money at current prices. They have been helped a bit by the lower oil price. Many have a lot of debt which is why they cannot make a profit at the moment. Gold mining becomes completely uneconomic at $1000. A $700 gold price is just mind boggling. You would never be able to buy an ounce of gold for $700 whatever the paper price might be.
We should remember that following 2008 the central banks cranked up the printing presses. We have had QE to infinity. We should remember that gold is money. The real rate of inflation in the large US cities over the last 5 years has averaged between 7 and 12%. In Californian cities in the last 5 years the cost of living has gone up 60%. Fiat currency is worth 60% less than 5 years ago on the West Coast. www.chapwoodindex.com  This is why the price of gold is in reality ridiculously low b/c it is money and fiat 'money' after multiple rounds of QE is rapidly being inflated away to nothing.
The only way the price of gold could get to $1000 and lower is for the physical and paper markets to become totally disconnected. Then the COMEX is the future price of paper and has no relation to physical gold.

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

My first ever 2018 India Sovereign.
 
 

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

Good you got out when you felt you had to, and each to his own. 
The forum is what I would call a “broad church” and its great to hear other views   
I do however think that *anything* can be classed as a “proper” investment, and asset values go up and down.  
Good luck with whatever else you chose to invest in.
best dicker

Sure, it was your avatar that confused me! 😉
I ask because I'm in my 6th decade of life and I don't know what is around the corner. 
I always read 'for the long term' or 'for my kids' yet it's alien to me. I haven't had that option.
Wait. What? Gold has been available for ever so why are people stacking 'for the long term' now when there wasn't that option before?
It seems that silver and gold have become the greatest asset class available. Well, since 2011 that is.
Don't give your kids gold. They know less what to do with it than you do. Should they leave it to their kids?
Use your gold. Buy bricks and mortar and land when everyone else has to sell. Spend it when it's most wanted.
As for inheritance, don't die a rich man. 😉

Brexit has the potential to send Sterling down - this would mean it would cost you more GBP to buy gold.
As @JCRJM says you don't properly understand gold as an investment and hedge yet. Do not give up - keep reading and learning about the subject.

I think you done the correct thing because you were invested in something you didnt understand. 
Selling a long term investment on current thinking doesnt make sense to me. If you can be swayed with current world situations it was never a long term investment i dont think.

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.
 

Ordered 1 oz and 1/2 oz gold reverse proof Libertads 
Mintage 1000 and 85% reserved for US market, 15% for the rest of the world
First ever gold reverse proof Libertad.