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I like to see the cherry blossom fall every Spring.. there's just something magical about it.. this led me to Japanese coins, quite often they display the cherry blossoms. I have a couple.

They are classified as bullion so I wouldn't expect them to be scratch free ect. 
I have seen they are x25 packed   vertically in placstic containers. I don't know if horizontally packed Vs vertically would be any better but it may explain why your noticing quality issues.

happens all the time. customer buys a single sample item from amazon. customer finds a problem
(might not even be the product's fault). customer leaves a bad review of findings for everyone to see.
 
what happened to 'the customer is always right'? the situation was handled badly by jim.
jenny had good reason to ask for an exchange.
 
I don't think this would explain it.
do you expect someone to accidentally melt pre 2013 britannias by mistake and not notice the increase
in volume and weight?
imo what's more likely is that that exact bar has some sort of metallurgical fault that 'tricked' the sigma
testing. the assumption is that sigma uses some form of sonic or wave testing similar to an advance
version of a ping test. some genuine silver coins just don't ping properly.
 
HH

Yes I will consider Kinesis thanks

Just a heads up with regards to kinesis sign up..
I have heard that some people have been unable to complete KYC.. The system seems to be rejecting their selfies.... This could be because...
The photos are likely over 5MB... If you take a better picture and cropped them close to the borders and that should fix the problem...
This is a rare occurrence..  but just in case you run into this....

Not at me laptop right now. But last time I looked there were 612 left @1300usd each.
go to the exchange in your account...click KVT/USD symbol. Should be there.
Kinesis
https://t.me/kinesismoney
invite link for Kinesis telegram channel.
you can purchase KVT much cheaper by different channels all above board. Something to do with them Wallstreet Silver guys./Sound Money (Jim Forsythe) You'll find out more on the telegram channel or @sixgun (silver forum) is a good source of information. 
 

Pot luck on this like any carboot sale..
You do get some people who sell just silver coins/items but they know what they have and what the value is and can spot a sucker a mile off.

I wish he would come round and help with the maintenance on my home machine:

Finding a well-maintained flipper table has become much more difficult these days.
 

I didn't know Charles Dance likes to play pinball... 🤣
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I didn't know Charles Dance likes to play pinball... 🤣
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I didn't know Charles Dance likes to play pinball... 🤣
👆👆👆

I didn't know Charles Dance likes to play pinball... 🤣
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Pot luck on this like any carboot sale..
You do get some people who sell just silver coins/items but they know what they have and what the value is and can spot a sucker a mile off.

Pot luck on this like any carboot sale..
You do get some people who sell just silver coins/items but they know what they have and what the value is and can spot a sucker a mile off.

I didn't know Charles Dance likes to play pinball... 🤣
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@Paul I’m in the same boat at you, but I think it’s good not to be attached to them, I’ve got a fair few that I’d be happy to sell at any time at a few % over spot. Whereas I’ve got pandas, nobles, lunars pre33 that I wouldn’t like to part with but when the time comes that will be a harder decision and they have higher premiums that I don’t think will be achievable while selling on TSF.      So keep buying sovs

It's quite evident how this mass psychology recognising people's addiction to consumerism is playing out this past year. Do what we command and you might get a foreign holiday/get to the shops/pubs/footy etcetera.
They ease off a little and people are so grateful they continue to blindly obey. All the while it seems the more we comply the faster our real freedoms and rights die.
 

I'm pretty sure he didn't sell them. It's all clickbait. Every time I show people I know a pretty single oz silver coin and ask them how much they think it's worth they're blown away by how cheap pure silver is.
He's just taking advantage of people's natural instinct to refuse a deal 'too good to be true' on the street from a stranger.

I have uploaded this on the video section of the forum but I fell it won't get the exposure it deserves. For that reason I have made a thread about it.
Those new to the game this is a very informative documentary, great vid to learn some of the fundamentals.   
Big well known names feature, such as Jim Rickards, Rick Rule, Egor Von, list goes on. It is hosted by Grant Williams who is part of Real Vision. 
 
A MUST WATCH, 
Please share your thoughts 
 
https://www.thesilverforum.com/videos/view-930-recent-documentary-on-gold/
 
 

i am going to start posting more stuff on Kinesis in the coming weeks. The Indonesian project is ready for launch and would have been launched this week but for the scamdemic. The top brass in the government and Indonesian post office were planning to give it the grand launch. Not clear exactly when it will kick off properly - could still be this month. That becomes the company maker and put it on a firm footing. 
This is the long awaited round up and roadmap for 2021.
 

Nothing's happened, the pictures tell a different story to the breathless tales of rioting written.  I've honestly seen more dangerous New Years Eve parties.

@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.🤪.
 
 

Not when you earn minimum wage.😭😭

I started as the poor man stacker years ago: I'd get a few silver coins here and there as I was able, to add to the tiny collection of silver dimes and quarters I might find in change. And I mean it was the poor man's way, by buying $1 face whenever I could.
Gold wasn't even a dream. No one like that can reach high enough to pay off his debts, let alone buy gold! But a few years ago I was finally in a position to pay down most of my debt, and begin buying gold. And since then I've been building a gold stack as well a bigger silver stack.