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On 26/01/2021 at 19:25, Robda1986 said:

What the hell 😩

They are indeed rare to find in that state. 

9 hours ago, RacerCool said:

Wow very nice! What exactly are they? My US junk silver collection is about the same size so far.

The 10 big tubes are 3 types of 5 Francs: Leopold II (Belgium), Hercule (France) and Louis Philippe I (France), all 90% silver.

The 10 small tubes are 50 Frank/Francs Mercury (Belgium), 83,5% silver.

I used US constitutional silver tubes for dollars and half dollars.

1% over spot.

Limited mintage of 5.000.

First 1 oz Noah's Ark in BU gold.

10 left at Aurinum.

https://aurinum.de/1-oz-Gold-Armenia-50000-Drams-Noahs-Ark-Coin-2020

1 hour ago, Peterheat said:

Just received these as my Christmas competition prize off @terakris and was kept as a surprise for me and wow what a nice surprise thank you very much for your generosity 

Pardon my ignorance, but can someone tell me what that silver coin with the same design as a Sovereign is.

Goldsilver.be has 1 oz China Panda 2015 (last 1 oz Panda before going to 30g) for €24,78.

28 minutes ago, 47Ag79Au78Pt said:

Just been on the Celtic Gold site.  1oz silver Brits for £17.85 (@ £1= €1.12) which seems very good and their QBs are ok-ish prices (and no Euro Tax/VAT.)  The only thing is, they say they don't ship silver!!  You have to make your own arrangements.  Presumably you need to get DHL or UPS or whatever to collect.  Has anyone here purchased PMs like this?

Might be related to COVID19, because couriers can't have recipients sign for delivery, which is an insurance risk.

7 hours ago, FTYBR said:

Never heard of them before but stumbled across Europa Bullion. https://europabullion.com/en/

Haven’t done any research but some low prices on silver bars

They are not that cheap. These prices are excl VAT. Baird & Co pricing is cheaper.

4 minutes ago, shineythings said:

Hi all,

I went through this thread and compared the coin and shipping prices between all of them. It was a fun afternoon...

Annoyingly, two of the best (cheapest) won't deliver to the UK. I think the member that originally mentioned them is based in Belgium, which they are happy to ship to.

https://edelmetalle.granvalora.de/     - Cheap ASE's. Contacted customer service, who were helpful. But no UK deliveries?!?!

https://www.heubach-edelmetalle.de/  - About the cheapest ASE, Maples and Philharmonic. Site says UK is good, registtration say no. Contacted them and the response i got back was literally laughable "I´m very sorry, just EU, sorry Sir"

I know there are other sites like EM and S2G. But those two who seem very popular in this group, don't seem to have anything comparable ATM.

Do any of you guys use any other dealers or sites that do ship to the UK (which is still part of the EU i beleive!)

Thanks again!

These Germans appear to think Brexit has happened already, because they do deliver to Ireland.

35 minutes ago, InvestInCoins888 said:

Bullion is synonymous with poorer quality. They quite literally churn them out... ‘Bullion’ is a Numismatic Grade!

Most Bullion grade coins do not have these scuff marks. Look at the Queen's face. Just seems like a production error.

59 minutes ago, Kraittos said:

A pleasure! here the mines.. I got 10 oz of the green dragon . They always send the whole weight in German papers of coins so I take everything and I through it away in a market's dumpster. No evidence of PM around me xD

How is the quality on your Green Dragons? I bought 5 on release and all had scuff marks on the Queen's face and the Dragon's body from friction in the tubes.

I heard it's a common problem on this first release and many were even recalled.

https://goldsilver.be/en/1-oz-30-gr/3330-1-oz-silver-australian-brumby-horse-2020-1.html

GS.BE has posted it as well.

I see a running horse in the background.

1 hour ago, Liam84 said:

https://www.silver-to-go.com/en/silver-coins/coin-bars/1-kilo-fiji-coin-bar-silver-argor-heraeus/

Not sure how good a deal this is (too much per oz for me for a bar/'bar coin') but these sorts of thing can be collectible so who knows!

Not a good deal. Before the silver shortage these where selling at more or less the same price per ounce as 1 oz silver BU maples. I know, I have 7 of these. Bought most while the price was crashing and premiums hadn't shot up yet.

These German shops have them at competitive pricing. Shipping cost outside Germany can be high at these shops though.

Pricing on these is better then Baird & Co, because coinbars are VAT free and selling at higher premium then normal bars.

https://edelmetalle.granvalora.de/muenzbarren/475-1kg-fiji-silbermuenzbarren.html

https://www.heubach-edelmetalle.de/verkauf/silberbarren-1000-gramm-fiji-14360

https://www.edelmetall-handel.de/fiji-muenzbarren-1kg-silber-argor-heraeus.html

https://www.rittinghaus-invest.de/en/silver-coin-bar-1-kilo-fiji-argor-heraeus-1-kg

Just now, Melon said:

Is this saying they'll only buy Maples if you sell them 200,000 or more? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding 😂 

 

🤣 I guess that's just a limitation of the website format they are using. I assume they could only add buy back items as if they were for sale items and increased quantity to an unlikely amount. They state to send them a mail if you have items for them to buy.

1 minute ago, Melon said:

Is that buy back on coins they've specifically sold to you, or they'll buy any maples at those rates? 

GS.be is continuously showing buy back rates for 1 oz silver maples and philharmonikers.

https://goldsilver.be/nl/49-aankoop

23 minutes ago, Liam84 said:

I've never sold anything to a dealer, I had assumed spot or just below on an average day, maybe a little more during these times. You get a bit more out of them for premium bullion then?

I base my investment decisions always on buy back rates from dealers, being the worst case scenario. Nowadays the spread is of course not the same as it was pre shortage.

But still, buy back rate of gs.be for maples is €18.46, being €2.85 over spot (18% over spot).

Before the silver bullion shortage, buy back at gs.be was about 10% over spot.

2 minutes ago, Liam84 said:

It's a bit of a different story over the pond, I watch American YouTubers so have the odd look out of curiosity at the prices charged over there. Although it's often comparable, for a lot of items (mostly ones minted in the US and Canada which makes sense) it's cheaper for our Western cousins. It sucks balloons but it's the way it is. That fact doesn't make a >30% premium easier to swallow but if you really want the coins...second hand 2020 Maples are trading (and selling quickly) for more than the S2G price in a lot of instances.

Don't forget we get a much higher premium back on Maples selling them to a dealer here in Europe. You have to look at the spread between buy and sell.