CadmiumGreen

Finally got some sunshine and free time! Here are the recent received over the past couple of days!
 
A first for the 1/10 oz gold collection...An Australia 2018 Wedge-Tailed Eagle 1/10 oz Gold ...


 
Another Austria Mint Philharmonic! This glorious 2019 1 oz Platinum Philharmonic!!

 


This was a random 1/4 oz Platinum American Eagle purchase and received this addition...a 2004 1/4 oz Proof Platinum American Eagle MS-69 PCGS...





Adding to the Wedge-Tailed Eagles...This beautiful 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle Proof in High Relief...



And adding more WTEs!! A 2020 1 oz Silver BU...



A 2018 1 oz Silver WTE in BU...


 
A 2017 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle...



Another 2020 1 oz Silver Australian WTE...



Lastly, added another Kookaburra to the collection with this very nice 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Kookaburra, with Pig privy... 


 

Finally got some sunshine and free time! Here are the recent received over the past couple of days!
 
A first for the 1/10 oz gold collection...An Australia 2018 Wedge-Tailed Eagle 1/10 oz Gold ...


 
Another Austria Mint Philharmonic! This glorious 2019 1 oz Platinum Philharmonic!!

 


This was a random 1/4 oz Platinum American Eagle purchase and received this addition...a 2004 1/4 oz Proof Platinum American Eagle MS-69 PCGS...





Adding to the Wedge-Tailed Eagles...This beautiful 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle Proof in High Relief...



And adding more WTEs!! A 2020 1 oz Silver BU...



A 2018 1 oz Silver WTE in BU...


 
A 2017 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle...



Another 2020 1 oz Silver Australian WTE...



Lastly, added another Kookaburra to the collection with this very nice 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Kookaburra, with Pig privy... 


 

Finally got some sunshine and free time! Here are the recent received over the past couple of days!
 
A first for the 1/10 oz gold collection...An Australia 2018 Wedge-Tailed Eagle 1/10 oz Gold ...


 
Another Austria Mint Philharmonic! This glorious 2019 1 oz Platinum Philharmonic!!

 


This was a random 1/4 oz Platinum American Eagle purchase and received this addition...a 2004 1/4 oz Proof Platinum American Eagle MS-69 PCGS...





Adding to the Wedge-Tailed Eagles...This beautiful 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle Proof in High Relief...



And adding more WTEs!! A 2020 1 oz Silver BU...



A 2018 1 oz Silver WTE in BU...


 
A 2017 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle...



Another 2020 1 oz Silver Australian WTE...



Lastly, added another Kookaburra to the collection with this very nice 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Kookaburra, with Pig privy... 


 

Finally got some sunshine and free time! Here are the recent received over the past couple of days!
 
A first for the 1/10 oz gold collection...An Australia 2018 Wedge-Tailed Eagle 1/10 oz Gold ...


 
Another Austria Mint Philharmonic! This glorious 2019 1 oz Platinum Philharmonic!!

 


This was a random 1/4 oz Platinum American Eagle purchase and received this addition...a 2004 1/4 oz Proof Platinum American Eagle MS-69 PCGS...





Adding to the Wedge-Tailed Eagles...This beautiful 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle Proof in High Relief...



And adding more WTEs!! A 2020 1 oz Silver BU...



A 2018 1 oz Silver WTE in BU...


 
A 2017 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle...



Another 2020 1 oz Silver Australian WTE...



Lastly, added another Kookaburra to the collection with this very nice 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Kookaburra, with Pig privy... 


 

Finally got some sunshine and free time! Here are the recent received over the past couple of days!
 
A first for the 1/10 oz gold collection...An Australia 2018 Wedge-Tailed Eagle 1/10 oz Gold ...


 
Another Austria Mint Philharmonic! This glorious 2019 1 oz Platinum Philharmonic!!

 


This was a random 1/4 oz Platinum American Eagle purchase and received this addition...a 2004 1/4 oz Proof Platinum American Eagle MS-69 PCGS...





Adding to the Wedge-Tailed Eagles...This beautiful 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle Proof in High Relief...



And adding more WTEs!! A 2020 1 oz Silver BU...



A 2018 1 oz Silver WTE in BU...


 
A 2017 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle...



Another 2020 1 oz Silver Australian WTE...



Lastly, added another Kookaburra to the collection with this very nice 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Kookaburra, with Pig privy... 


 

Finally got some sunshine and free time! Here are the recent received over the past couple of days!
 
A first for the 1/10 oz gold collection...An Australia 2018 Wedge-Tailed Eagle 1/10 oz Gold ...


 
Another Austria Mint Philharmonic! This glorious 2019 1 oz Platinum Philharmonic!!

 


This was a random 1/4 oz Platinum American Eagle purchase and received this addition...a 2004 1/4 oz Proof Platinum American Eagle MS-69 PCGS...





Adding to the Wedge-Tailed Eagles...This beautiful 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle Proof in High Relief...



And adding more WTEs!! A 2020 1 oz Silver BU...



A 2018 1 oz Silver WTE in BU...


 
A 2017 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle...



Another 2020 1 oz Silver Australian WTE...



Lastly, added another Kookaburra to the collection with this very nice 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Kookaburra, with Pig privy... 


 

Finally got some sunshine and free time! Here are the recent received over the past couple of days!
 
A first for the 1/10 oz gold collection...An Australia 2018 Wedge-Tailed Eagle 1/10 oz Gold ...


 
Another Austria Mint Philharmonic! This glorious 2019 1 oz Platinum Philharmonic!!

 


This was a random 1/4 oz Platinum American Eagle purchase and received this addition...a 2004 1/4 oz Proof Platinum American Eagle MS-69 PCGS...





Adding to the Wedge-Tailed Eagles...This beautiful 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle Proof in High Relief...



And adding more WTEs!! A 2020 1 oz Silver BU...



A 2018 1 oz Silver WTE in BU...


 
A 2017 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle...



Another 2020 1 oz Silver Australian WTE...



Lastly, added another Kookaburra to the collection with this very nice 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Kookaburra, with Pig privy... 


 

Finally got some sunshine and free time! Here are the recent received over the past couple of days!
 
A first for the 1/10 oz gold collection...An Australia 2018 Wedge-Tailed Eagle 1/10 oz Gold ...


 
Another Austria Mint Philharmonic! This glorious 2019 1 oz Platinum Philharmonic!!

 


This was a random 1/4 oz Platinum American Eagle purchase and received this addition...a 2004 1/4 oz Proof Platinum American Eagle MS-69 PCGS...





Adding to the Wedge-Tailed Eagles...This beautiful 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle Proof in High Relief...



And adding more WTEs!! A 2020 1 oz Silver BU...



A 2018 1 oz Silver WTE in BU...


 
A 2017 1 oz Silver Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle...



Another 2020 1 oz Silver Australian WTE...



Lastly, added another Kookaburra to the collection with this very nice 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Kookaburra, with Pig privy... 


 

Been a busy few days
Purchased 3 Gold Proof Kews with a friend on a 50/50 split & yesterday I purchased 3x 1/4oz Proof QB Lion of England, 2020 1/4oz Proof Britannia & a WWF Gold Proof 50p for myself

My initial interest in gold/silver stems from being a supporter of the Ron Paul campaign. I never liked the debt based credit driven Keynesian system. I abhor debt and value the freedom of being solvent. In 2008 and 2012, I supported Paul for president. In 2008 he had me because of his foreign policy stance and I liked that he was fervently against the welfare state while being principled. In 2012 my support was far more nuanced and by that time I had acquired a modest amount of silver.
I began stacking silver again in 2017-18 but had never got gold yet. In 2019 I bought  my first 1/10 oz Kangaroo and it was beautiful. My gold holdings while still modest are increasing rather quickly. I have to say I always wondered why silver isn't more loved by people as it very beautiful. It always made a little upset that people don't view it on the same level as gold. Then I got gold and I can understand why people view it this way. There's just something about gold that's inexplicably alluring.

@BackyardBullion wonder what this is 

received today incredibly well packaged from @Troy77 from auction win, many thanks again

Latest arrivals from @BackyardBullion

Another very happy recipient of this years Silver Forum 1oz bars. Thanks @BackyardBullion - love these little things!

Arrived this morning thanks to @Troy77

I started by grandparents buying me a 22ct Gold chain as a kid, then 20 yrs later I started buying Gold funds then following a bad experience with a debit card backed by Gold (Glint), I started reading "if you don't hold it you don't own it", so loaded up on Sovs!  Prices now make me dizzy, I hope it goes down so I can buy more 

I collect gold for both investment and numismatic reasons. I love to regale forum members with the history of the royal characters on my sovereigns. The coins wouldn’t be as interesting if they were just blank gold discs. My first introduction to gold first came through the constant James Bond Goldfinger repeats on TV which gave me the impression that you must be some kind of villainous zillionaire to own any kind of gold. The glamour of gold caught my attention all the same and I ordered a sovereign from the Royal Mint as well as a limited edition Lord of the Rings gold ring with Elvish inscription. Unfortunately, I sold off both items to some unscrupulous pawnbrokers at a big loss. However, those first gold purchases were enough to whet my appetite for more of the yellow metal.

If you look closely you will see the dragon is absolutely rammed into capsule and both caps have damage. Not impressed.
 
But here is something truly impressive...a quintuple of Beasts in their natural environment, just missing the Unicorn that's currently MIA.  Just need matching capsules for all 39mm dia

Gold as a concealable form for potential payment in an Escape and Evasion situation...Special Operation Forces during the war behind enemy lines. And John Wick!! Seriously because it serves as a retention of wealth and not buying senseless goods that aren’t needed. 

For me it was about saving outside the banking system and having access to liquid highly portable assets at short notice.
Life is full of ups and downs. When you are down financially. Having access to some metal, Gold or Silver quickly and with out anyone knowing can often save the day.
Once the stack started growing and life turned around for the better over the years it just became a habit to keep buying the shiny stuff when ever I could afford it. I have always worked on the principle that if you don't hold it you don't own it, and what they don't know you have they can't take  away from you. Gold fits that need perfectly.
regards
DB

For me I was doing a job somewhere that I needed to be able to be able to get out of if things got sticky. A pouch of Sovs would ensure I stood a good chance of paying my way to safety if the need arose.  
 
Then met my wife whose family lived in Perth (Australia).  Her father had collected bits of gold - both from fossiking In the Pilbara from the Perth Mint. We enjoyed talking gold and the odd visit to the Perth Mint.
Simple start for me!
 
 

@freefall said...My initial fascination with gold started when I was a kid. Like many households we always had an Argos or Index catalogue lying around that I would flick through when I was bored. As you would expect I spent a lot of time looking at all the toys but it was the jewellery section that really caught my eye. 
When I was a kid  Argos/Littlewoods catalogue's was use to look at the ladies underwear section.
As a child pawn/jewelry shops always got my attention, I could never pass one without looking at all the shiny metal things... I loved stories/films about pirates and buried treasure.
I remember digging in the a vacant council house front garden hoping to find  treasure. I even believed that there was a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. I was very gullible. I still am.
As an adult it all got forgotten about and precious metals/jewelry never played a part of it. Working - mortgage family- going out was the norm. All that changed when I watched a News program with this crazy guy called Max Keiser  talking about Gold/silver and this new thing called bitcoin. It took me right back to my childhood days, who'd have thought them shiny PM's had such an amazing and important role in history.
One day I might be that pirate who sails off into the sunset with the treasure the girl and the wind at my back.🤪.
 
 

My first exposure to gold coin is (when as a kid) I examined and fondled an 1868 Filipinas 4 Peso gold coin that was given to my father by my grandmother.
While in Canada in 1982, I became aware of the 1 troz gold Maple Leaf coin and wanted to acquire one. Later in the US, my first gold coin came in 1984 when my wife gifted me a 1983 China 1 troz gold Panda.

Gold as a concealable form for potential payment in an Escape and Evasion situation...Special Operation Forces during the war behind enemy lines. And John Wick!! Seriously because it serves as a retention of wealth and not buying senseless goods that aren’t needed.