Kussilver

OCD 🤯 17 in a box. 🤣😂 GLWS 

OCD 🤯 17 in a box. 🤣😂 GLWS 

All SOLD
1oz Germania bar's @ £23 each + post have a total of 17. Box normally has 20 in it.
£23 each + Post of your choice
BT/PPFF
 

72 my guesstimate 

PM coming 👍

Public Statement (relates to NBS): Why I am not the real Christmas Scrooge
Firstly: The main purpose of TSF is not to make money, and TSF was not set up to make money. Which is perhaps why it is a successful forum and one of the largest English speaking platforms for precious metals enthusiasts. We therefore have no hesitation in removing accounts that are deliberately trying to cause issues or upset the balance of the forum.

The vast majority of regular members however are extremely helpful to the community here and wish for the forum to succeed and have been generous enough to support the forum with a Premium Membership and specifically Platinum Group Premium Memberships.
 

TSF is however still a business and one of my main sources of income, which creates a very small modest income after taxes for the vast amount of hours I have put into the forum. And which sometimes operates some months at a loss and I need to put money into the forum. There are a lot of members who profit more from the existence of the forum than the forum itself makes. The success of the forum also affects others who I have outsourced work to for other projects to help them, and who also rely on the finance success of the forum. 
I do not own any large amounts of gold or silver other than the TSF branded rounds/bars as anytime I have purchased some precious metals I have ended up selling it in order to invest into the forum as our costs (especially development and maintenance of existing custom applications/plugins regularly exceeds the small revenue which TSF generates month to month. TSF is not VAT registered as we do not even make enough revenue to hit that small limit currently, which shows how little profit it can make)

As I have stated before I believe that members should be able to discuss a wide range of topics as long as they remain respectful to other members and have on many occasions defended the existence of the NBS topic where I believe members should be able to relax in a slightly more informal section of the forum. I have however politely asked that it doesn’t spill out into the precious metals section of the forum and ruin the forum experience for other members.  This has repeatedly been broken over the last 5-6 months, despite many pleads to keep the NBS style posts strictly to the NBS topic. In fairness the fast majority of members posting in the NBS have been respectful and have followed my requests, thank you for this.

This has created a continue increased amount of Admin workload and there have been many posts which I have missed (as I am unable to read everything) In order to help keep the forum tidy and respectful we have outsourced an AdminSupport @AdminSupport

I would still like the NBS topic to remain, as per the clear rules set out.

As stated in the NBS topic*:
There will be some sort of promotional offer during this time. (please do continue reading the full post below, and specially the however part below) 
 
Sorry if anyone feels that the new change is a ‘money grab’ and comparable to the ULEZ. But the decision was purely an administrative decision to try to reduce the repeated issues of the NBS style posts flowing into the precious metals sections and trade section, and the continue headache I have to deal with reports and issues. Our costs (both the amount of time myself needs to put into Moderation opposed to focusing on growing the forum and other projects, as well as outsourcing someone to help have also increased our costs) As the vast majority of members in the NBS topic are already Platinum Group Premium Members I do not think it is much of an ask. As previously stated there will also be a generous offer for those who wish to consider upgrading, and as members who have been here a long time will understand I am more than generous with helping members. Platinum Premium Membership if paid annually in GBP is only £8.25 per month.
 
Trade topics do not need to mention ********* woman, or any of your hidden desires which should be kept private and not publicly announced in trade topics. There is absolutely no need for such crude remarks. And we believe it is perfectly acceptable to ask members not to post trade topics with such titles. TSF can remain a fun place without this needing to affect the trade section and precious metals section of the forum.

Scantily dressed photos of women should not be posted on the forum (though we have allowed this in the NBS topic providing it does not breach the rules on pornography)
I am trying to keep the forum stable and pleasant for for all members including our members and official sponsors who are female, please remember this when posting on the forum and remain respectful. It is a public precious metals forum, not a gentleman’s private club. And there is the NBS topic remains for members to join in some fun and banter, please do continue to keep the NBS style posts strictly to that topic and thank you to the members who do. 

I am unsure why some wish to be disruptive or deliberately try to damage the forum, or to try to publicly create unbalance or resentment against myself or the forum, I am merely trying to keep the forum stable and ensure the long term survival. Sometimes I may be very busy and replies may be short, direct and to the point. This in no way is an indication that I do not care about the forum or about you, or about the community here. I am merely overworked and overstressed and trying to effectively deal with the tasks at hand as efficiently as possible. There may also be some cultural differences.

There is a clear safe place for members to joke around (within reason) and have banter in, and I have asked repeatedly to keep such posts in that particular NBS topic.
 
We want members to have fun. And overall the forum is generally a very relaxed environment with a large amount of freedom given to members. The problem comes when members ruin the forum experience for others, some members only wish to engage in precious metals content or to buy and sell, which is why we released the default activity feed to not include the NBS topic (this can be changed and saved as per members settings to also include as written in the NBS)
 
In order to improve the member experience and account support there is a new account AdminSupport @AdminSupport, they will automatically be added to any private message conversations started with me or ones where I am added to, so that we can respond to you account enquires as quickly as possible. They will also be helping with moderation to help keep the forum tidy.

This will also have the advantage of improving the member experience as account related questions can be answered in a more timely manner. This is in addition to the Moderators that we have that help out on the forum, many thanks to all the moderators and especially @trp for recently organising the Christmas Draws and helping out on the forum a lot  

*however:

Due to the current economic climate and the fact that it is Christmas and I do not wish to be labeled as scrooge this year, in an unheard of 180 degree turn I have decided to revoke my previous decision in reaction to members breaching the NBS terms and will keep to the original plan of Gold and above as outlined nearly 6 months ago. This will ensure that anyone wishing to engage in the NBS topic only needs to have Gold or above and does not need a Platinum Level Premium Membership. But we hope that members can appreciate and understand our situation, both from a cost and time perspective. Thank you to those members who continually respect the forums rules and the NBS guidelines and who keep such posts strictly to this section of the forum. Thank you to all members who help keep the forum tidy and who report posts so that we can tidy the forum and keep it pleasant for all. 

I also have not only my own finances or the forums to worry about but other people who I have outsourced work to in order to help them and have these responsibilities, which can add stress to an already sometimes stressful 😰 (but mostly very enjoyable) role dealing with (mostly very) lovely people  

Once again many thanks to all members who decide to support TSF with Premium Membership and especially those who choose a Platinum Group Premium Membership. We understand, and can feel it ourselves how the recent costs of living (especially in Europe but also worldwide) have affected many people’s finances making the cost of living much higher. I myself have moved to try to take advantage of price arbitrage in order to afford the cost of life.

We hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas with friends and family

Good morning, 
An order was made on the website last night, our web system does fire off a confirmation email when an order is made but it ends up in spam email folders on a regular basis. All orders from yesterday will be dispatched today  

Those RM 5 grammars are taking bank right now

£1670 boom 

Welcome aboard!
What gold or silver to buy is complex
Sovereigns are arguably the best buy because they are low premium, liquid (easy to sell), legal tender and widely recognised globally - there are more than a billion British gold sovereign coins spread across the world from the USA to China
There are numismatic and historically important sovs (collectibles) but numismatics are a separate category from regular bullion sovs. The value of bullion sovs depends on the spot price of gold and may fluctuate to the penny in real time at gold dealers. The value of collectibles is not only dependent on spot price
Being legal tender makes sovereigns CGT (Capital Gains Tax) free in the UK. Our government are evil clowns and keep reducing the CGT limit. It used to be £12,300, it's currently £6,000 and next tax year it will be £3,000. It might be £0 soon. You can buy and sell an unlimited amount of sovereigns without generating any taxable events, meaning you don't have to make any declarations to HMRC
There are other legal tender gold coins in the UK including Britannias, Queen's Beasts, Tudor Beasts, etc. If it has a face value (£1, £25, £100) it is legal tender and CGT-free
Sovs are in the sweet spot that make them optimal for gold stackers and gold investors. The main competition at similar premium would be 1oz Britannias. There is a lot going for Britannias with superb security features (those minted in 2021 and later). The closest gold weight equivalent to a sov is the 1/4 oz Britannia. These are also very popular and while not as liquid as sovs the 1/4 oz are a lot more liquid than 1oz coins. The deciding factor 1/4oz Britannia vs Bullion Sovereign is the premium.
If the price of gold goes up the premiums on gold will evaporate relative to the intrinsic value of the gold. If you intend to buy and hold for a period of several years you want the most liquid, tax efficient, widely recognised and lowest premium coin available. That is generally the sovereign
There are beautiful and historical sovereigns which are available at lowish premiums due to high mintage figures. In many years (1817-2000) sovereigns have mintage figures in the millions, even 10,000,000+, while in other years there are only thousands (like 1819 with only 10 known examples remaining) or low hundreds of thousands like modern bullion sovs. If you find one that is rare, old and beautiful (in perfect condition), then it's worth a fortune
Sovereign Mintages - Gold Sovereign & Half Sovereign mintage figures | BullionByPost
A sweet spot for collectors/investors are arguably 'Shields', which are sovs produced between 1838-1887 during the reign of Queen Victoria (there are a few others as well). These coins can be very beautiful, look like gold (yellow) and are historically interesting. Shields enjoy the same investment benefits of modern bullion sovs discussed above. They carry a premium over bullion sovs but it's not a huge premium:
Buy Gold Sovereigns Online - Victoria Young Head Shield (chards.co.uk)
Chards in general have great guides, many are written by Lawrence or other family members
Sovereign Guide | Chards
I know a little about sovs but I'm still a noob compared to most collectors on the forum. There are members with incredible knowledge along with experience of buying and selling sovs
I haven't even mentioned silver 😂. The TL:DR on silver is not to buy it if you have to pay 20% VAT. The 20% VAT is a large cost for nothing of value in return.
The secret to silver is to buy a premium membership (silver or above) on TSF and then browse the latest sales listings. The price of secondary silver on TSF is significantly lower than any bullion dealer and is a lot lower still than places like eBay, Amazon, gift shops. If you want to buy silver or gold (dealers are more competitive on gold, sometimes better) then get the TSF membership. The money you save on purchases will more than pay for the membership. On the flip side if you want to sell you can get much better prices on TSF for silver than from a dealer. A dealer will offer you spot or close to it. On TSF you will get spot + 20% on silver. You will also get better resale value on TSF for gold compared to a dealer
Once you have a few sensible investments under your belt then you can buy shipwreck gold, graded coins or whatever suits your budget. 

£39000 this afternoon from TSF. 🤣😂 what cost of living crisis 🤷‍♂️

£39000 this afternoon from TSF. 🤣😂 what cost of living crisis 🤷‍♂️

£39000 this afternoon from TSF. 🤣😂 what cost of living crisis 🤷‍♂️

£39000 this afternoon from TSF. 🤣😂 what cost of living crisis 🤷‍♂️

£39000 this afternoon from TSF. 🤣😂 what cost of living crisis 🤷‍♂️

Literally not been on this forum since sinking a wedge into memorial and jubilee sovs. Popped on yesterday to see what was going on and next thing I know, I've bought a gold chain from @Leonmarsh (albeit for a good price) and now I've just bought 2x 5g bars, which I don't like, but couldn't resist at the spot price!
What the actual F! 😂 I'm £1k down just because I popped in to say hi 

I don’t think you can cancel a bullion order. T and c

Someone is getting a rollicking Monday morning. Hopefully they fulfil the orders.  

Someone is getting a rollicking Monday morning. Hopefully they fulfil the orders.  

4x little treasures let’s hope they honour it. I did notice at check out it said 20% off the premium. 

Yes 5g bars 

Yes please. 

And by the way, to understand QE and inflation is to understand gold.
Originally the Sovereign was The Pound, as the nominal face value of a gold sovereign is still £1, yet, while a single sovereign is still nominally a pound, it now takes £400 pounds to buy one.
Here is a chart of UK's inflation in the past centuries.

No inflation for over a century, at the end of WWI we have a spike, why is that? Because silver in the coinage was reduced from .925 to .500, that's near a 100% inflation spike. Then we have WWII and it spirals out of control, what happened? The gold standard had already been dropped but gold and silver money was still keeping the currency bound, silver is now removed from coinage and .500 coins turn to nickel, paper becomes the standard and keynesian (Socialist) economy becomes the norm, inflations goes up with gold prices.
As long as we keep following these policies, gold will go up, because this is the nature of FIAT money, to become worthless. Gold cant go back to $400/oz because it just can't.
In the short term is a different story, speculation and events can change and I love reading this thread, so much useful information, but in the long term, up is the way.
It's how central banks buy gold with our money, they print worthless paper, in that moment they have created inflation, it's not immediately visible as it will take months for prices to raise and catch up, but in that moment that inflated currency can buy at old prices, we then pay when our savings drop to zero. Because this is what is often misunderstood, inflation is created at the moment they print and it manifests afterwards, but that manifestation is not the cause, is the effect. If you want to know the real inflation value, take the total sum of our existing currency and see how much they have printed in the last 12 month, that is the real inflationary rate.
TL; DR
TO DA MOON!

Yes mate, I don’t remember them either, we are too old, I did however collect rubbers (erasers!) not Johnnys! 😑
just like the ones mentioned in my all time favourite YouTube video, if you are a gentleman  “of a certain age” this really makes you feel old. ❤️
 

"I’ll decide which piece I’ll buy on 31st October..." said @365DaysofSilver.
Should we remind you that is 31st of October today?
Knock, knock, knock!😂