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In fact I like the 2003 so much I got it in 5oz!

You done well to pick up so many good older pandas in such a short space of time. 
I started collecting them from 2015. Thank goodness they were far cheaper than they are now. The most expensive I've paid was a nice 2001 for £40 posted. 
Others I have managed to pick up relatively cheaply - for example, according to my spreadsheet a nice 2000 for £29.99 posted !  The same chap then sold me two 2003 in OMP for £65 posted !   (Sorry they are not for sale 🙂).
I haven't bothered about collecting different varieties. I still have gaps in my collection, namely 1998 and 1999. But I'm not actively seeking them out anymore as I don't intend to pay so much for an ounce of silver.
I haven't bothered to pick up any recent silver pandas either due to the high mintage of ten million. My last year was 2019. Though I might pick up a few 2022 as they are the 40th anniversary edition.
Good luck in picking up the remaining pandas.

Great collection! And a nice way to stack two kilos of silver 😗
Have you been collecting for a long time, or did you need to work your way back? I guess the older ones carry quite a premium?
A question on packaging: every Silver Pandas come in a capsule? What is with the sheets on the older ones? And is keeping the trays I have seen somewhere worth it?

About a year ago I first started taking an interest in 1oz China silver pandas after someone on the forum listed a short date run of recent years which I snapped up.
Once I'd decided to start collecting a date run I quickly amassed a few more years, and it was about that point when I discovered that some years are particularly hard to find, and also when I discovered that there are different varieties of each coin. But it was too late for that - I was hooked! I posted this thread: 
 
It became something of an obsession, but armed with Peter Anthony's panda book I persevered.
A year on, my collection has reached this stage, and I have only three coins still to find. Some coins have been peculiarly elusive, like the 2007 of which I eventually picked up a bundle of 15 which had been imported from China!
1989, 1990 and 1991
The series of 1oz bullion pandas strictly began in 1989. It is convenient for the panda collector to remind themselves of that, because although there are silver pandas going back to 1982, they are either not 1oz or not bullion, so they don't count!
1989 had only 1 variety, but I have collected two so as to show both sides. After this there are two or three varieties for each year up to 2003. This is because they were minted at three different mints: Shanghai (which are on the top row) and Shenzyang (bottom row). The Shenzhen Guobao mint-coins only began in 1999.

 
1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995
In 1995 for the first time there were 3 varieties. The bottom one, the "micro date" is one of the rarest varieties of panda. Both came from the Shenyang mint

 
1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999
I have still to source a 1998 Large date and the extremely rare 1999 large date with the serif on the 1 (which I believe was the first silver panda minted at Shenzhen Guobao).

 
2000, 2001, and 2002
The gap here is the Shanghai-minted 2000, which in contrast with the frosted-ring Shenzhen Guobao panda had a mirror-finish ring on the date side. This is one of the hardest-to-find and most expensive panda (aside from the silly-money 2003 with small D)

 
2003, 2004 and 2005.
2003 had two versions - one with a mirror/satin texture of bamboo in the background to the right of the panda and one with a more frosted finish.
Although the others from 2002 to 2005 all had the same design, they have come from different mints as seen from the edge of the seals. I am endeavouring to collect one of each so still looking for sealed 2003s. 

 
2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
These were not issued in seals any more.

 
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. 

 
2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
For the only time in 2015, the panda did not show the weight, "Ag" and purity on the coin, but was still 1oz of 999 silver. This was a highly controversial change, so in 2016 they put these details back, and replaced it with another controversial move - they went metric and decreased the weight to only 30g of silver!

 
2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
This is as far as I've got so far, but I should be able to add 2022 in the next couple of weeks when the very first ones arrive from China in a very fun new design!

 
Many members of the forum have helped me greatly in assembling this collection. A special mention should go to @DavePanda who has given me loads of invaluable advice, lent me his Peter Anthony book, and sold me many of the coins in the collection.

1989 is one of my favourites too. It's a fantastic design but I find it has a distinctly vintage feel to it.
Frankly I am not going to bother looking for the other 1993 varieties because of all the designs I find that a very clumsy-looking coin!
I think if I had to pick a favourite, 2003 would come very close - it does two things none of the other designs do quite as well - firstly use the round format ot best effect, and secondly bring in the third dimension with that sense of depth.
This is probably what brougt me to pandas in the first place- the fact that the designs are so diverse. I know other bullion series have changing designs but none quite like the panda IMO

What a fantastic collection. I've got a lot of love for pandas. 

No you're absolutely right. I'd not heard of this variety until now, but it's listed in Peter Anthony's price list and in the NGC list with pictures, but for the life of me I can't quite work out what is actually different between them! 
Could you possibly dig them out and show us pics? 
This is what I love about pandas... always so much new stuff to learn!

Very excited today to receive our first silver bar and a small (very) gold bar. More Silver to come later this week. The question I have please…this will be being stored…what’s the best way to ‘wrap’ the bars? 

Even better when Martin (ST) sends a free magnet with his orders. I should have enough to attract a chick or 2... 

Regret being caught, more like. 
Anyway, money is fictional, this the banks don't actually lend you money. You just sign (wet signature) a piece of paper (contract) to say you promise to pay back this 'fictional' loan, plus interests. 

No wonder the banks are 'minting' it.

Regret being caught, more like. 
Anyway, money is fictional, this the banks don't actually lend you money. You just sign (wet signature) a piece of paper (contract) to say you promise to pay back this 'fictional' loan, plus interests. 

No wonder the banks are 'minting' it.

Regret being caught, more like. 
Anyway, money is fictional, this the banks don't actually lend you money. You just sign (wet signature) a piece of paper (contract) to say you promise to pay back this 'fictional' loan, plus interests. 

No wonder the banks are 'minting' it.

So after a long wait and getting my stuff together I finally got going today. my stamps are currently in production so hopfully I'll have my first finished round soon. think this came out ok for a first effort.


20210828_162704.mp4 VID_38550715_054150_009.mp4

Currency crises and possible money reset is upon us. Demise of USD is all but guaranteed. It will lose reserve currency status and there is nothing on horizon to replace it ... maybe another BS money. This one is called SDR. But we all here on forum know what real money is, always was and should be. Her majesty silver.
I wrote and published book on Amazon Kindle about it. For $3.49 only you can read my rant why, were, how was it before, what should be in future, practical usage, benefits https://www.amazon.com/endless-quest-perfect-money-failing-ebook/dp/B08WHSWS35/
Here is excerpt from intro on Amazon page:
... New money must be perfect or very close to perfect. New money must be just and honest. It can't be another 100 Trillion+ mistake. World simply can't take it any more.
Book holds answers to those burning questions. It answers what is it. How to get there. What every person can do to get close to the financial freedom. Build and preserve personal and family wealth. What will work and what not and why. Avoid exploitation by the banks and Governments. How to startup on personal level. What EVERY business would love to have and use. What will work if SHTF and what not. How would finances improve for even impoverished countries, because everyone has a same shot at a final solution. What other people are doing when not trusting a local currency. How could traveler go from foreign country to country and never visit a currency exchange desk to promptly lose 3%-5% of hard earned money right there. How would typical trip like that look like under new setup. How to achieve unified pricing model that would be universal for any place in the world. Prices that everyone understand and never re-calculate or exchange currency to get it...

Does that mean those with a '666' tattoo now have to change it?

So, I need to double check but I think one of my queens beasts completer coins has a COA of 616.
Apparently 666 isnt actually the number of the beast but 616 is.
It's kind of irrelevant at the same time but quite fitting.
"Revelation! 666 is not the number of the beast (it's a devilish 616) | The Independent | The Independent" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/revelation-666-not-number-beast-it-s-devilish-616-5349692.html?amp
 

Sorry me again. A video worth watching on the commodity super cycle. 
He does have a point about scrap metal spot prices, especially copper & Platinum.
Uranium has not budged also.

Maybe the next few months is a good time to buy if enough people get spooked out of selling thier positions?es 
What companies & commodities are we looking at most then? Im watching Dennison as the share price is quite cheap. 
 
 

Anyone who thinks inflation is less than 2% must be living in their mother's basement.
If you own/rent a house, pay the utilities, run a car (or two) and put enough food on the table for a family of four, then you know inflation is hovering around 10%.

10 Oz Silver mintage is 6,100, i believe.
 
 

2021 1 OZ GREAT BRITAIN THE GREAT ENGRAVERS COLLECTION - UNA AND THE LION .9999 SILVER BAR
1 oz gold mintage 4000
10 oz silver 6100
100 ounce   1200 
1 ounce 35000 
the mintage is low especially the one ounce bars 

Safe as anything on here mate.....list your item, they bank transfer you the money, if your worried send with special delivery through royal mail which will insure precious metals and you can choose how much to insure for, get the receipt which comes with tracking info and bobs your uncle 👍

Obviously got married 16 years ago then!!!!

When is it appropriate to do the "I told you so" dance?

Trust Captain Ahab here. You're being a tad too pessimistic. But I do wonder whether the elites will at some time clamp down on us peasants owning PM's.
It could be a catalyst for further social unrest.

2 years, 4 months, 6 days as a Forum member and investing in PM's I have hit three kilos of Gold milestone now breached 👍
With thanks to the wider Forum 🙂 and The European Mint where I have purchased a large majority of my Queens Beast coins.
I have had to sell large proportion of my Silver and part of my Gold stack to finish off remaining 1oz Gold Queens Beast coins and a special thanks to everyone traded with me/provided help and advice:
@richatthecroft @Gordon @Kritika @Josh @silversky@Bizzle@AlphaBeast@SilverStan@MrScottsdale@kneehow2018@arshimo2012@Jamesd@Rugbyplayer@UKStacker@StackSellRepeat@Darr3nG @Downs523@Gildeon@woody65@Roy@louisfinlay@swanky@Neelam@Elements@db570uk@pyperb@GSTrading@RYAN05@Sharaf@Mox@GavinDevon@Airgead@BackyardBullion@Gabriel13@Jonno@jacksj1@Sparrowlegs4@Munzy247@brya0123@Disentme@newbysilver@Bambi7684@dicker@Airhead@juansanto7@adamthetaller@SilverDrum@Shazzam9@Jayjay@marco88@ram64@MuddyOfCoventry@Piggybank@GoldenEagle@Peet@SJones@Silverman2U@Poppy@DynamitesUK
All coins safely stored in non-banking private safety deposit box. Apologies lighting the photos were taken in the secure storage facility and I had 15 minutes access my safety deposit box due to covid restrictions.
5 oz Gold in Special Year Designs in bullion Britannia's

 
Drum roll please for the main attraction.......
100 oz Gold Queens Beast bullion coins