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Apologies for the photo quality but here is my collection so far (started two months ago). 
 

Just received an Austrian 4 Ducat from the missus. 😀
 

Received this today. Hope to get one more thing befor the end of the year.

Merry Christmas Silver Forum! Please forgive the cupro-nickel, but had to close out The Royal Mint’s 2018 Advent Calendar 🙄...The Christmas Nutcracker 2018 UK £5 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin for the 24th!!

Now, here’s wishing Santa brings me some GOLD for Christmas, even though I haven’t been that good this year!!😁

A couple of silver proof piedfort pound coins

Courtesy of @Roy 2010 Perth Proof Sovereign.
Always a pleasure to deal with Roy. 👍


The mirror finish is so reflective its hard to take pictures. Look at the light reflected onto the case.

 

A 2002 half shield at 3% over spot, happy with that plus some ingots for my collection and bought half a kilo of 50% silver which included two semi mini coins, a 20 escudo and a Bermuda crown.

Greetings everyone,
my name is Sebastian, I am from Germany and I am a casual stacker...
I am in my mid 40s, an IT professional living in the middle of nowhere, with a wonderful fiancee living far far away.
I first got interested in gold and silver investing around 2011, when I had regained some buying power after a long phase of bad luck which had cost me my life savings. Before that, my investment horizon had not gone beyond Sparbücher (savings accounts) and Bausparverträge (guaranteed mortgage savings accounts), though I vaguely remember signing for Infineon shares back then.
After reviewing the standard investment offers of my bank I dove deeper into how to build a portfolio. Within the depths of the internet I came across a mixture of gold and silver investors, preppers, conspiracy theorists and alternate investors. I learned about the history of money, the modern post gold standard financial system and globalization, I read my way through a mixed library on system criticism and precious metal investing. I sorted all this through to fit my personal requirements and experiences and in the end decided to build the cornerstone of my portfolio out of gold. It would have been real estate, but my job takes me to different locations every couple of years.
I decided on Wiener Philharmoniker as my standard investment coin, but soon my natural playfullness took over and I found myself amidst a mix of silver Pandas, Lunars, and everything that was hot at the time that I could get my hand on. I also developed a liking towards older trade coins, 20 Mark Deutsches Kaiserreich and 20 Franken Schweizer Vreneli specifically. I do like to touch my gold, and the latter are especially suited for that.
Time flies and I liquidated most of my stack (a matter of mislead loyality and personal idiocy). I was able to rebuild around 2015, and am now ready to put a monthly stream of money towards precious metals again. What stayed with me are my trade coins, a stack part which I already reinforced. My favourite coin is the Vreneli (20 Franken) due to it's design (I am in love), it's size, affordability and easyness of trade. I am just deciding what products to split my precious metals investment sum on. I am having the feeling that the precious metal landscape has changed since 2011, that all the more special items have become very mainstream. But that may just be my personal perception.
I am viewing gold as the mainstay of the security part of my portfolio. As far as I see it, Gold was, is and will always be the classic store for wealth. I of course have silver, but I list that within the speculative part of my portfolio (tagged preserving and speculative, to be precise). I may invest into some platinum as another speculative metal, given the current prices. Other than that I am trying to keep my portfolio balanced, containing enough liquid assets and different risk level stocks (fonds) invested in different parts of the world.
So this is it about me, my past experiences, what I learned and what I am doing at the moment, where precious metals are concerned...
Thanks for your time
 

Apologies for the photo quality but here is my collection so far (started two months ago). 
 

Apologies for the photo quality but here is my collection so far (started two months ago). 
 

Christmas prize draw, superb.Received from @MickD

Gilded Panda 2009-2018
 

And the 2001-2008 ones

The last coin to complete my 10oz Lunar 1 BU serie. Collecting goal for 2018 accomplished 👌🏻 
 

Picked up a 1910 Half Sovereign MS65 highest graded. Was up for £435 & got seller down to £399, they also agreed to change the listing to collectables so saved myself another 10%
 

[sarcasm] [/sarcasm] 

Quite pleased with this little find. 

4 Ducat from HGM, xmas gift from the missus.
Not allowed to have it until the 25th. 🤨

Not silver, let alone gold, but a £2 proof in my change!!
 

A few items arrived today .
 
 

Finally here

New addition to my collection ☺️😍😉 

Not everyone’s cup of tea.
but I love it. 
25000 mintage. 
I did want the oriental Britannia but it had gone before I could pull the trigger. Still happy 😊 

Good reference panda brochure photo of all 1 Troy ounce bullion gold panda designs from 1982 - 2015:

Very large box with one coin in it!
It was very well packed, pic of a coin and the box. Probably a subtle hint that they wanted me to buy more😀