Oldun

In the opinion of our director, Lawrence Chard, the Royal Mint produces and sells the poorest quality bullion and proof coins of any of the world's mints, yet generally seeks to get the highest price for them. Other mints manage to pack bullion coins without putting fingerprints on them and check if they are up to bullion standard.

We think they are smugly sitting on and abusing their monopoly of the UK market, especially considering British coins, being sterling, are exempt from capital gains tax. Such things should be an embarrassment for the Mint, especially when compared to the quality of bullion coins from other world mints. But given the Mint seem to have little interest in coins in general and are content to ride off the back of their 800-year old ‘reputation’, we are not surprised that such incidents occur.

https://www.chards.co.uk/blog/royal-mint-quality-control/919

How much longer will you continue to buy from them when they treat you like this over and over again ? You even have had direct contact with the female head honcho at The RM who made false promises to your face. 
 

Not good once this gets digested by the world.....

https://www.aier.org/article/make-no-mistake-programmable-digital-currencies-are-weaponizable-money/

So after that minor detour, 3-4 months bitcoin to $80K or as near as dammit. Could be the usual roller coaster on the way. Time will, as always, tell.

On 11/03/2021 at 00:03, DarkChameleon said:

Silver might go to $16 or $40 but I'd rather have silver in the dark times then crypto in an $8,000 in dark times with thieves able to steal it and disappear with no recourse.

Good for you. Your reply seems to infer I am in favour of one over the other. As you can clearly see from my words, I am not. It is a statement of forecasting.

On 21/01/2021 at 18:21, Oldun said:

Of course I regret it, assuming I would be/have been wise enough to realise profit and put it into something else with emerging low cost value with a bright future, as Bitcoin once was. Now, it is just too expensive and ripe for the taxman/ taking although I am sure it will go to 60,000. Too much gambling for me. Tortoise rather than a hare. It is a fact of speculation that the majority must always be wrong for the few to take all the marbles and bitcoin is looking increasingly like a crowded trade to me, although it will definitely go to $60,000 at some point. Good luck  Too rich for my blood and am invested elsewhere.

Next up $80,000. Downside $33,000 possible before taking off again. 2-3 month timeframe. Gold could see $1475

Generally Bitcoin goes through the roof every New Year as the Chinese get their new year $50,000 allowance to send abroad for the year. Not exactly rocket science, so expect, as it has done, a drop. Everyone knows rhis and gets in earky before the Chinese ordinary folk turn up and take their money..

Of course I regret it, assuming I would be/have been wise enough to realise profit and put it into something else with emerging low cost value with a bright future, as Bitcoin once was. Now, it is just too expensive and ripe for the taxman/ taking although I am sure it will go to 60,000. Too much gambling for me. Tortoise rather than a hare. It is a fact of speculation that the majority must always be wrong for the few to take all the marbles and bitcoin is looking increasingly like a crowded trade to me, although it will definitely go to $60,000 at some point. Good luck  Too rich for my blood and am invested elsewhere.

At this kind of premium and big mintage, the Royal Mint has no motivation to care. They will still make money even with return costs. I noticed the Disney mark. Maybe worth sending the vid to Disney to at least let them know the Royal Mint is degrading the Disney image, as it now is, in the eyes of a consumer.