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Today I received the South  African 5 shillings from @DuncanWylieWilson. On top of that is the 1938 half crown and a QE2 Cunard 1977 World cruise silver medal which I won on ebay recently.

I had a few of these delivered. 

Historic reasons from coinage, jewellery, gilding of ornate furniture, buildings etc.
This is a malleable, highly electrical conductive inert, non toxic metal with a nice colour.
Gold plated onto electrical connectors ensures optimum long term connectivity because it does not oxidise.
It does not rust or tarnish and will not dissolve in anything but aqua regia.
It has only a few industrial uses so is not consumed in any quantity compared to other metals.
It can easily be bashed to such a thin layer ( gold leaf ) that you can actually see through it.
Platinum is a similar precious metal and was until fairly recently considered even more valuable as a coin or jewellery.
Credit cards were rated according to status like medals - silver / gold / platinum with platinum being the top.
As for gold price, because it is traded as a commodity, its price reflects the market which in turn is also determined by the amount of gold that exists and the cost of obtaining more out of the ground. Most metals are priced according to scarcity and cost of mining and refining. Many metals are much more expensive than gold some up to $5,000 per gram.

I often think the same about coins, legally we are not allowed to change the state of them (British ones at least). We buy coins based upon the metal content and spot price, yet we cannot use the metal for anything else other than being a coin. That gold just has a life of changing hands.
Throughout history nations have waged war on each other over it. It's the world's currency 

Enlighten me . I think I may have heard a rumbling about a sunspot but nothing on the occult, sorry climate .
I'm not Mr current affairs of late 

So you speak Japanese like me!😉👍
Honda,Mitsubishi, Sony, Kawasaki, and thankyou ! 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thanks TN21! 1👍

Ultimately, where does gold come from?
... it's gold in colour 🧐

Mining gold and silver is also very energy intensive. Use of oil, water, labour etc all have to be factored in. 
Great video fyi

Bitcoin, bitcon more like. 
Total distraction, all powerful entities involved are in it for tax relief.
I mentioned this before a recent collapse when Elon made a 1.5 billion investment.
I agree, if you don't hold it, you definitely don't own it!

Blackpool sounds better 😅

I don't think it's hard to understand, but I do believe there are injustices out there, in more places than you think.

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- - BTW - I'm "hitchhiking" right now  !
 

And "DOWN right WICKED " for electrical conductivity in "delicate" electronic equipment!
That can barely be beaten! 👌😉👍

The series one Lunar's are stunning - what do think if you had a set of "PROOF's" ? 😉
Here you go @Darr3nG - "DROOL AWAY! 😉👌😍
Some came with "pin badges" 
BTW - they are mine 😉
 

The series one Lunar's are stunning - what do think if you had a set of "PROOF's" ? 😉
Here you go @Darr3nG - "DROOL AWAY! 😉👌😍
Some came with "pin badges" 
BTW - they are mine 😉
 

The series one Lunar's are stunning - what do think if you had a set of "PROOF's" ? 😉
Here you go @Darr3nG - "DROOL AWAY! 😉👌😍
Some came with "pin badges" 
BTW - they are mine 😉
 

2017 proof Krugerand ag from @5huggy
Empty Royal mint monster box, with 4 empty tubes from @JosephM
Cheers guys.

Now this is sexy. Couldent beleave I finally got the chance to snag one. 
Little piece of history SS Garisoppa 😍


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The series one Lunar's are stunning - what do think if you had a set of "PROOF's" ? 😉
Here you go @Darr3nG - "DROOL AWAY! 😉👌😍
Some came with "pin badges" 
BTW - they are mine 😉
 

The series one Lunar's are stunning - what do think if you had a set of "PROOF's" ? 😉
Here you go @Darr3nG - "DROOL AWAY! 😉👌😍
Some came with "pin badges" 
BTW - they are mine 😉
 

The series one Lunar's are stunning - what do think if you had a set of "PROOF's" ? 😉
Here you go @Darr3nG - "DROOL AWAY! 😉👌😍
Some came with "pin badges" 
BTW - they are mine 😉
 

"JP -MORGAN et al "
FUTURES!
for last 20 years
since "Bear Stearns"