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Toddie
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Is there any difference in the types of coin you buy?

I understand you want .999 silver, but theres ones from Canada, Australia etc. Is it all just down to which ones you like the look of ?
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Toddie wrote:Is there any difference in the types of coin you buy?

I understand you want .999 silver, but theres ones from Canada, Australia etc. Is it all just down to which ones you like the look of ?
That's correct. I try to buy coins from the UK, purely for the reasons stated earlier. Because of that I might have to pay a bit more.
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jansman wrote:There is an industry in the third world based around ' mining' landfill and retrieving PMs in electronic circuit boards,silver being the major constituent.
There was a Victorian-era mine on my uncle's farm in Zimbabwe-that-was-Rhodesia, and retrieval methods have improved so much since then, even in a low tech place like rural Zim, that his whole stock of gold and silver consisted of going through the Victorian debris from the original mine.
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If everything tanks again we could get another silver spike, but its the long term value that I am interested in so I am in no hurry to get loads and I dont have the cash to get loads either
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i found a safe and sensible way to get my family into PMs that might work for a few of the folks unsure about getting a few coins put aside.. this coin for weight is about 3 times more expensive than other silver ounce coins but holds the exact same value as what you paid.. it has an added bonus of being a 1st edition with only 100000 made so over time should increase in value for collectors and all else aside you have an ounce of silver that benefits from a rise in market price and is protected against a fall as its legal tender :)

http://www.royalmint.com/shop/Britannia ... ilver_Coin
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raz wrote:i found a safe and sensible way to get my family into PMs that might work for a few of the folks unsure about getting a few coins put aside.. this coin for weight is about 3 times more expensive than other silver ounce coins but holds the exact same value as what you paid.. it has an added bonus of being a 1st edition with only 100000 made so over time should increase in value for collectors and all else aside you have an ounce of silver that benefits from a rise in market price and is protected against a fall as its legal tender :)

http://www.royalmint.com/shop/Britannia ... ilver_Coin
Not something I would do personally, but each to their own. If SHTF, and you've got 50 of the £50.00 coins stashed away, you might end up trading one away for a loaf of bread and two tins of beans - not really a lot of bang for your bucks. I'm sticking with 1oz and 1/2 oz silver coins. Plus, £50.00 is a lot to spend in one go, IMHO.
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Has anyone bought off ebay? I was looking and found a couple of 1oz coins under £10. Also I didn't notice VAT charges. It looked good but I haven't used ebay in years so not sure if I'm missing something.
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Lanky Yankee wrote:Has anyone bought off ebay? I was looking and found a couple of 1oz coins under £10. Also I didn't notice VAT charges. It looked good but I haven't used ebay in years so not sure if I'm missing something.
people like bullionbypost sell there, so yes you can get reputable deals and I also got some pre 1920s uk silver coins from there too.
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Lanky Yankee wrote:Has anyone bought off ebay? I was looking and found a couple of 1oz coins under £10. Also I didn't notice VAT charges. It looked good but I haven't used ebay in years so not sure if I'm missing something.
Be very careful buying from fleabay. Jansman saw some1oz coins for under £10, They turned out to be silver plated replicas, but that little nugget was well hidden. However you can also get reputable dealers too, just need to be vigilant.
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Lanky Yankee wrote:Has anyone bought off ebay? I was looking and found a couple of 1oz coins under £10. Also I didn't notice VAT charges. It looked good but I haven't used ebay in years so not sure if I'm missing something.
I wouldn't touch Ebay with a bargepole for anything post-1920 (and even then you could get stung). Caveat emptor, and all that. :mrgreen: