Serendipity

This is my entire gold and silver stack. The candy cane is a complimentary gift from Chards when I ordered some silver Koalas. I don’t want to spoil the fun by revealing all my coin collection. Anyone keeping up with my other posts will get a good idea what the air-tite tubes contain when I showcase the actual coins themselves at various times. This took me a year and a half to stack.

Yh I find that many people don't understand gold aswell. It in my opinion is more versatile then doubters think and it can perform many functions. 
Also how great was your timing of this thread. Great stuff.
 

My latest money making sideline involves flipping limited edition art prints or original pieces.
Takes a little research to get up to speed on the current trends of who's hot and who's not then its just a case of waiting for the latest print release, a mad F5 refresh session followed a quick buy then sell for an easy profit.
Good site to build up some knowledge: http://urbanartassociation.com/
To date I have doubled my investment on several pieces and holding a few more slightly longer term for a larger return.
Holding these longer term:
The notes are created by "Penny" a surgeon that quit the day job to become a full time artist.  They are created using real bank notes and hand sprayed using up to a 20 layer hand cut stencil using a scalpel.  The second one pictured uses a real £10 and a real Peso note:



A John Doe "Miss Universe" Artist proof Gold Edition (1 of 5 created)

Henrick Uldalen original oil on glass:

Marchal Mithouard Ondes coloured print

Marchal Mithouard Ondes monochrome print

Charming Baker, created for a "Big Issue" charity edition of the magazine

 
Tip of the century if you are lucky enough to grab one is a new "Invader" print is shorlly due to be released from the lazerides gallery : http://www.lazinc.com/
Some of these prints are now hitting up to £15k in galleries and on ebay and should be <3k when released.

The obverse side of this coin has the real "pirate" 🤪🤪
 

@ChrisSIlver I think the fact that the Photo Only Threads are for photos only is a great anti-trolling measure. I prefer to upload photos outside the photo threads and engage with members but find that thanks to their awareness of the Photo Only Threads trolls are less inclined to disrupt my posts.

I’m glad you all got out before getting burnt. I’m done with all these fledgling gold savings/payments companies. I’m sticking to physical precious metals from now on which doesn’t involve any third party risks.

I’m glad you all got out before getting burnt. I’m done with all these fledgling gold savings/payments companies. I’m sticking to physical precious metals from now on which doesn’t involve any third party risks.

Got this pair on the way from the U.S, bit pricey due to global shipping costs but Ive looked everywhere, im sure this will keep me busy for a lifetime, I know I will never 100% fill them but I will have fun trying

I’m glad you all got out before getting burnt. I’m done with all these fledgling gold savings/payments companies. I’m sticking to physical precious metals from now on which doesn’t involve any third party risks.

A little shiny addition to my stack this morning... 
 

Glint has been taken into administration. Very few details at present.
https://www.fca.org.uk/news/news-stories/information-customers-glint-pay-services-ltd

Same here! I’m not a big fan of 1oz gold bars security sealed in plastic. However, the Perth Mint’s unsealed rectangular dragon coins are a wonderful exception to the rule.

Perth Mint has done the golden Rectangle Bullions perfekt. They come in plastic capsules from the Mint.
But the Silver Bullions come in Tubes, so some have  scratch on the edges
 
 

2003 & 2004

Looks like this is the dragon bar apprechiation thread now
I like @StevenDS idea of buying a whole tube for each year. I need more 2018's.

Same here! I’m not a big fan of 1oz gold bars security sealed in plastic. However, the Perth Mint’s unsealed rectangular dragon coins are a wonderful exception to the rule.

I remember someone was selling a 2018 gold proof version on here for £1250 early this year. I regret not buying it.

I'd love a little stack of gold 2018 bars.

I suppose now is he time to say....
I have never seen spongebob!
haven't even got a TV

This months haul 
 
thought id mix it up a bit this month 

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If it is just for your own personal investment I don't think you have much to worry about. 
Also, no need to declare cash or cash equivalents unless it is over €10,000 I believe (worth researching that and checking though)
Remember, it is value of the metal, not the face value of the coins. 
I have flown from Estonia to the UK with 20kg of silver and it was all good so should be OK with you too. 
From a UK customs perspective nothing was even visible or noticeable when we arrived in the UK. The interesting part is going through airport security with this stuff. It shows up as a giant black blob on the X-rays so they will want to have a look most likely. 
Or so you would think, the chaps in Estonia must be used to it because they saw the x-ray, looked at me and asked, "is it silver?", I said "yes" and they waved me through without by or leave!!!
Here is a video of the trip we took to Estonia. 
 

Update
Thought I would share a quick update. I had a reply from Atkinsons bullion first thing Monday morning (they actually replied via Instagram messaging over the weekend but could not sort it until the office was open). 
They have offered a full and complete return and refund including return postage. 
Very well handled by them and I am not going to hold a grudge that it happened at all. 
Lots of lessons learned I am sure from both sides of this situation and I want to say a big thanks to everyone here on the forum and on YouTube for helping!
I am still on the lookout for one of these beautiful coins though, but maybe have to wait as gold has gone up quite a bit this week!

Not the best picture but here it is.....

Slightly off topic, but my friend who has the Middle Eastern coin collection fled Kuwait when Iraq invaded. His house in Kuwait was overrun and occupied and I think they tried to use it as a defensive position.  
When he returned post liberation, he fully expected to find his coin collection gone. The soldiers looted things like TVs, Satellite dishes etc and left the house in a dreadful mess, but missed the coins which were in a box in the basement

Bullion By Post has what appears to be a genuine Saudi gold guinea in stock and what a truly magnificent world coin! It’s the same size as a British gold sovereign.
https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/world-coins/saudi-arabian-coins/saudi-guinea-pound/