PhilB

Very likely they'll all sit on it, and when the whole story dies out it will turn out the bars were fake - see, they were fake all along.
Move along, nothing to see here..
 
(As you suspect we'll have to take their word about the fakery, no way they would do a switcheroo, right?)
That is assumming they will not just disappear from the evidence room, like sooo many other items.
*poof* ....and it's gone...

All been hoovered up 🧐

but its never done this all year !!!
im shocked, SHOCKED ........... well not that shocked !
 

Good point. l like to spread my funds between different banks but I'm not too worried about it because if it got so everyone's money disappeared and even the FSCS no longer protected us (apparently they don't have enough insurance to cover everyone's money anyway 😬), that would mean that we were in such a dire situation - which would mean gold had rocketed - so precious metals investors are protected either way.
I subscribed to Money Week magazine last week (first 6 issues are free). Apparently it's a really good little mag you can read over a coffee on a Saturday morning. Many top investors read it (it's a UK magazine) and the insights and warnings could be really beneficial to us investors (even more useful for fans of stocks and shares I'm guessing).

I have also considered similar issues and come to the conclusion that my overweight allocation to gold and gold stocks is made to preserve purchasing power in an inflationary environment, but also for gains ontop of maintaining the purchasing power to come from the royalty/mid tier producers held, and also from retaining a low fixed rate mortgage which can be paid off in future in devalued currency. If I was having to pay around 5 or 6% interest I would reconsider the strategy and I'm not sure which way I would go, but having the benefit of a 5yr fix taken below 2% rate, I'm looking for the capital debt to be eroded by inflation whilst my precious metals holding protect my repayment capital. 

I suspect many would lose the desire to buy once prices had been falling significantly for months or if all at once also! It's human nature! 

Seems easy to me. Produce quality coins as close to spot as possible. Stop the milk delivery. Concentrate on the Britannia, it is a brillant series.
As for the youth and our history: a pile of stones is only brought to life by a "tour guide" - ie our history has to be made relevant. It is indeed glorious.
UK - home of the industrial revolution etc etc The UK made the modern world.

The next big thing IMO will be combining a gold bar or coin with crypto.
A minted QR code on the bar or coin  effectively gold backing the crypto.  RM crypto  Can you image the possibilities?   They could take a massive share of the crypto market.  
This is where the RM need to look at combining the old with the new without bastardising  the sovereign.  
There's loads they can do and I mean  loads to drive more young people into the market  while keeping their existing client base happy.   
Their  current account manger set up is painful they are utterly clueless in this area on how to make and maintain meaningful and beneficial relationships............Jesus lord or mighty RM!!!   just a few changes in this area alone would make 10's if not 100's of millions of additional sales with the current products they have.   
Getting a call 3 weeks after launch off some sales person who knows next to nothing about the product they are selling never mind the history and some of the nuances of the market  trying  to pedal stock they obviously can't shift and have zero belief in  is not the way to conduct good  business.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Postie arrived with some pre-New Year’s goodies. I’ve had my eye on this one for 2 years and bided my time for a good deal @ £260 below Royal Mint issue price (60 quid over spot). The secondary market gives an indication of just how over-valued many new R.M. gold proofs are these days. Should grade well with @GoldDiggerDave - cannot find a single hairline or smudge under x30 magnification.

Hi I'd love the 2016 spade Guinea if still available. Thanks

Hi I'd love the 2016 spade Guinea if still available. Thanks

My chrysal ball says we won't see 1500 gbp again! 

A better pic 

Lovely 5 Rouble! Nice variety of world coins. 

Not £380,000 worth of good things tho. 
Be true to ones self. That's my motto and if the guy can't be arsed to Google a coin then it's his own fault. 
 

Lovely 5 Rouble! Nice variety of world coins. 

Lovely 5 Rouble! Nice variety of world coins. 

Lovely coins, best eagle - type 1!
Great price too! 

They don't Come up all that often! Beaut coin. I love mine! You won't regret buying that! 

They don't Come up all that often! Beaut coin. I love mine! You won't regret buying that! 

Thanks anyway! 

If I remember well, you have had some nice 10 & 20 Francs very close to spot.
They are small, affordable, easy to re-sell them.
In my opinion a good choice for world coins.

On the Buy&Sell section  

Beat me to it! 

Beat me to it!