Notafront4adragon

3 hours ago, mr-dead said:

who faired better after the crash, someone holding their wealth in gold or cash in the bank?

I presume it would be far easier exchanging gold for dollars to buy local goods over worthless local currency?

Not allowed to buy gold without all sorts of shenanigans. 

Why exchange the gold for dollars when you'd just already have the dollars. People stacked dollars there, Zimbabwe, not gold. 

I see what you're getting at, and possibly in the UK with the right (catastrophic) situation having gold would at least allow you to leave the country and take a substantial amount of wealth away discreetly in a compact way. 

But I just don't buy this idea that everyone will abruptly start directly accepting gold and (especially not silver) as payment for everyday things, let alone larger infrequent things like cars or houses etc. 

35 minutes ago, mr-dead said:

Not always,

Zimbabwe:

Germany:

 

We have a whole list here:

https://www.tripsavvy.com/worlds-most-worthless-currencies-4154597

 

No one used gold in Zimbabwe for purchasing anything. They just used US dollar.

Just now, MikeG1978 said:

All really nice coins there go to love crowns 

The Edward 7th one is the first time I've paid significantly more for a crown than I would normally. I now seem to be collecting them, will look for more variety and quality now. 

Some recent world silver pick ups. The 5 Corona and Fünf Mark are crown sized coins, as well as a couple of crowns.

The Thaler is not something I normally collect but I really liked the reverse design. 

9 minutes ago, Airhead said:

A one ounce gold bar for under £60 ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-oz-Fine-Gold-Bar-Credit-Suisse/274414531036?hash=item3fe46171dc:g:OosAAOSwocFe~E7p

A bit suspicious. . . .

I like that all the bars they are selling have the same serial numbers.

The model silver ghost is nice though.

10 minutes ago, Hotdog said:

I've bought two 2020 sovereigns from different well known UK sources the weights are correct at between 7.99 to 8 grams. The diameters measure satisfactorily at 22mm. The thicknesses around the edges vary slightly between 1.63 and 1.75mm on both coins depending at which position taken. The thickness using a point micrometer in way of the flat surfaces (avoiding the queens head and the horse and dragon) are 1.09mm. The thing that is puzzling me is when I do specific gravity check, both are showing at 16.6. What I read online I should have a higher SG.  Is anybody else finding this on the 2020 sovereigns? The scales that I'm using are accurate to .01 gram. 

Are you sure your technique is correct, and have you repeated it? If it's still coming out at 16.6 then I'd be concerned. That's 18ct with silver alloy. 

You may need to get them tested at a jewellers, they'll likely have an XRF or electronic tester.

8 minutes ago, InvestInCoins888 said:

You are on! 

I’m going to clean up here! Not only will I be counting my coins on the extra profit my silver stack is reaping, I’ll be collecting all of these bets in! 😉   

I'll still take the bet. Apr 2021 spot silver price between £25-30. You can settle with the other guy for Jun 2021.

As an aside I think it'll be much the same if not down a little than what it is now but that's a wild guess. 

I'm covered either way silver hits 35 I pay you outta some good profits!

2 minutes ago, InvestInCoins888 said:

Was I? 

Ive been expecting a price correction in 2020, I think as a useful precious metal that still has industrial uses, it seems very inexpensive. 

Perhaps I may have been more optimistic about the price it could reach (or I want it to reach), however Ive definitely been preaching a price correction is imminent for at least a year.

Yeah you said the same back there and I accepted your bet but you didn't respond. Pg 99 😉

On 18/04/2020 at 21:00, Notafront4adragon said:

I'll take that bet!

On 18/04/2020 at 20:31, InvestInCoins888 said:

I’m 100% with you here. Once all this virus stuff has settled, I think we will see Silver level out at a significantly higher spot than we’ve been used to. 

Im a betting man and I’ll lay a tenner on spot price of silver this time next year between £25-35oz.

You were less confident in April @InvestInCoins888?

On 21/06/2020 at 23:40, StackSellRepeat said:

My newest hand enamelled 1/1 custom piece 😍

There's a thread about coloured coins, general consensus seems to be no, they are normally terrible. THIS though, this beautiful, awesome work.

More large 19th world century silver, a Prussian Funf Mark  and a Victoria Jubilee Half Crow that I couldn't resist because of the toning. I really wish they would of designed the full crown like this or something different from Geogre and Dragon. 

3 hours ago, GoldElliott said:

2 more half crowns to go
and a couple bits of world silver I salvaged from a scrap lot

What years do you need, I got a job lot for the larger coins, there's 1896 half crown if of interest?

A 2010 perfect Panda from @DavePanda that completes a date run. 

A special mention to his service. Royal Mail didn't deliever to the correct address, despite the very clearly written address. Dave contacted RM and soon tracked it down, he is a true gent!

Just now, ilovesilverireallydo said:

Lovely selection of crown sized coins. They can get addictive 

I've a Peru 1 Sol coming too. I may be hooked.

15 minutes ago, GoldElliott said:

thanks for the info! Seems strangely underpriced in todays money really, that a average salary now can probably buy that coin in a couple hour's work. Its got nearly an ounce of silver in it and over 200 years of history!

We're all richer? Or rather our purchasing power is far greater. There's a great scene in the recent BBC Dracula, where he goes to a council flat and exclaims at the luxury we have today, that someone considered low wage can still effectively be as a rich as a king 300yrs ago. 

I still rather have the silver money though. 

3 hours ago, GoldElliott said:

Couple more crowns for the collection

Proper money not like the tat we have today!

Was trying to find something about wages or prices in 1819 to see what a crown would've bought back then/ how long the average worker would've worked to earn a crown but didn't have any luck.

2 pretty average condition crowns but looks great in the folder and 2 more ticked off

Lovely coins, I believe the average male salary would of been about 45p per week. So the crown was probably about 1.5 weeks worth, or 9 and 1/3 days. 

Netflix Dirty Money season 2 Dirty Gold is worth a watch. Seems this gold will end up in all the major mints, even the US mint which claims to only use American mined gold. An eye opener.

2 minutes ago, werewolf said:

Thanks. Hmm..interesting choice for the website developer...I say the Union Jack is more appropriate for defining a symbol for the English language. 🙂

Caution some colourful (should that be colorful) language.

On 18/04/2020 at 21:00, Notafront4adragon said:

I'll take that bet!

On 18/04/2020 at 20:31, InvestInCoins888 said:

I’m 100% with you here. Once all this virus stuff has settled, I think we will see Silver level out at a significantly higher spot than we’ve been used to. 

Im a betting man and I’ll lay a tenner on spot price of silver this time next year between £25-35oz.

No bet? 😔

18 minutes ago, InvestInCoins888 said:

I’m 100% with you here. Once all this virus stuff has settled, I think we will see Silver level out at a significantly higher spot than we’ve been used to. 

Im a betting man and I’ll lay a tenner on spot price of silver this time next year between £25-35oz.

I'll take that bet!

4 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

That is a very short term viewpoint. Things change and are fluid, you just have to deal with it. You have to realise that the last 3 weeks, while you have been a TSF member,  have been almost unprecedented. Well, probably in the memory of over 95% of members on here, anyway. I have been on this forum for about 6 years and it has been true that most of the time, the forum has always had fantastic deals and has been the best place to buy your PM. It depends what you want to buy; sometimes sovereign deals are here, sometimes silver. It has always varied.

It seems that maybe you have come to this forum in the hope of getting mega bargains when they are none to be had elsewhere, and you are a bit peeved they aren't here?😉

Careful pointing out reality may be construed as bullying him...

4 minutes ago, Auricsstash said:

Agreed they are “unlimited” when they are in production, however the actual mintage figures can be found here...

 

No the actual minted figures can't, they are up to a date in the above table, I believe the last date they had was Apr 18 ie they can and probably have minted more. If you read that thread and others related, you can appreciate just how evasive the royal mint is when it comes to those figures, probably because they never thought to keep track of bullion coins numbers and don't know for sure.