What was the first PM coin or bar you bought?

[DogSoldier1973]

My first PM coin i bought was a 2012 full gold sovereign. I bought it because after metal detecting for over 10 years i'd never found a gold coin. I'd found all sorts of things...but never a gold coin, so in 2012 i gave in searching for one and bought one

 

What was your first PM coin or bar you bought?

[klacey]

2013 Brittania was my first. I remember being hooked in at that point and fell in love with silver.

[Danny-boy]

Ooh that's a tough one, can't even remember how I got into it.

I know I didn't start with bullion though, so it would have been a European crown of some sort.

[Shamatti]

Probly 3 Perth Mint 20 Oz bars in late 2012. Was forced to swap them for something lighter for the journey home. Lost a fortune on those too.

[ChrisSilver]

The first PM (Pert Mint) coin I bought was a kookaburra

When prices of silver dropped sometime in 2013 I decided to buy some silver, initially I was planning on buying bars and just a couple of coins for a collection. I bought a 2013 panda and a Mapple, an ASE, a koala and a kook as well as I think a maple wildlife series an a britiania. And a couple of bars.

I then realised that coins, although higher premium would probably be a better investment. And now I only really buy coins, especially semi numismatic ones.

[Pete]

A one ounce bullion gold Britannia 1987

[motorbikez]

Gold sovereign in 1976 when I left school  followed by a few more , then a few decades lay off, just started seriously collecting 2-3years ago.

[strenue]

A 1oz gold 2005 krugerrand.  Being a South African I felt obliged to make my first purchase a PM coin from my home country.

Since I now live in Australia, most of my subsequent purchases have been Perth Mint items.

[CurryMuncher69]

Officially It was a Leipziger 1 oz bar, however delivery was delayed and my second purchase was delivered already, 2 Johnson Mathey 1 oz bars, 

[doogs]

My first was a 1oz Krugerrand when Gold was about £300 an ounce. Sold it (plus two others) a few years later when the price doubled to over £600 an once.

Wished I'd held onto them a wee bit longer.

[MAXlMUS]

20 x Canadian maples

[Iceblue]

5gm bar - pendant of the Americas cup in 1984, was actually given to me, but still have it!

[Shiny]

100 mills pure silver bar for 22.00 Aud. Huh!!! Lesson learned.

[Danny-boy]

100 mills pure silver bar for 22.00 Aud. Huh!!! Lesson learned.

Oops.

[thesoundman]

1g Gold Umicore Bar, cost far to much but I wanted to see if it turned up 

[Danny-boy]

Lots of people got into silver through gold by the looks of it.

[SilverPirate]

One silver eagle was my first silver but i bought a couple of half sovereigns as my first bullion.

[Caput Lupinum]

1oz gold Perth Mint bar and proud to say I still have it

[Keithoil]

Hello Silver People

 

My very first was a 1oz Krugerrand which I gave to the wife!!!!, Now I know its not silver obviously but then I started silver.

 

My first silver coins were either a American Eagle 2012, or a Mexican Libertad 2012. That was in May of 2010.

 

Cheers

Keith

[PhilDaSilva]

Well apart from various bits of sterling silver scrap and some industrial platinum scrap first PM coin I purchased was a 1907 Gold Sovereign. 

 

Since then bits of allsorts really, if its platinum, silver or gold makes no difference so long as the premium is low regardless of whether is jewellery, scrap, coins or bullion. 

[morezone]

I originally thought my first coin was a 1oz gold panda.  I checked today and it is actually a Perth Mint 2004 Lunar Money.

My first silver coin is a 1kg Perth Mint 2005 Lunar Rooster (I wasn't sure of the Mint until I checked today).

Both were bought in the years they were minted.  It has been 9 years but after purchasing some coins as presents this week, I've decided I want some for myself.

I wonder if these are worth any more than current dates?

[Danny-boy]

Well the kilo rooster is the first kilo of the series, with a mid-range mintage of 3818.

I'd say it would be worth more than current dates.

[motorbikez]

I originally thought my first coin was a 1oz gold panda.  I checked today and it is actually a Perth Mint 2004 Lunar Money.

My first silver coin is a 1kg Perth Mint 2005 Lunar Rooster (I wasn't sure of the Mint until I checked today).

Both were bought in the years they were minted.  It has been 9 years but after purchasing some coins as presents this week, I've decided I want some for myself.

I wonder if these are worth any more than current dates?

 

 

What a belter I love the 1kg rooster.it is definitely worth more than the current series 2 lunars as it can't be re minted.Thanks for posting,don't put any more 1 kg coins up or i'll have to start collecting them

[motorbikez]

Well the kilo rooster is the first kilo of the series, with a mid-range mintage of 3818.

 

Danny, Perth mint did a full run of 12 of the series 1 1kilo coins, the first being the rabbit in 1999

[Danny-boy]

Danny, Perth mint did a full run of 12 of the series 1 1kilo coins, the first being the rabbit in 1999

So they did, maybe I shouldn't have started on page 2 of the Perth Mint document!!!

Ha ha.

I can't be right all the time MB.