jackflash123

Credit must go to the "sometimes" helpful @LawrenceChard😅
I asked the same/very similar question on another thread a few months ago.

Yeah I was wondering the same thing 🤔🤔🤔
I think it would be unproductive to melt any down just to change the head from the Queen to Prince Charles.
This is good to know. Imagine if something happened to the queen during the QB collection, I mean they were named the Queens Beast so I would imagine they would have to stick with her portrait on the obverse even if she was no longer sitting on the throne.
I think when something does happen and she steps down or dies, then they will likely continue making coins with her effigy as some kind of commerative series anyway, so we should see more coins with her portrait on even if circulated legal tender has Charles mug on it 🤔

Really.... Well that puts that question to bed nicely lol. Thanks for the info 👍

No, they have to use the queen for approx 1 year after stepping down/death.
 

I think it's almost an inevitably that he'll feature on them at some point along the way. I wonder what happens though if say for example, Charly takes the reins after the production of the coming coin and it features Liz already.... Will they melt them and start again or would some feature Liz and then during continued production they switch to Charlies mug? 

Thanks for your input @Mtaybar, that’s a good tactic.
I already purchased the Tudor Beast 1/4oz Gold Lion several weeks ago when spot price dipped. I intend to collect the full set of TB 1/4oz gold coins to sit alongside my QB 1/4oz gold collection which I managed to pick up as a full set.
I just hope Prince Charles ugly mug doesn’t end up on the TB coins or I may decide to abandon that collection altogether lmao 🤣 

Thanks for your input @Mtaybar, that’s a good tactic.
I already purchased the Tudor Beast 1/4oz Gold Lion several weeks ago when spot price dipped. I intend to collect the full set of TB 1/4oz gold coins to sit alongside my QB 1/4oz gold collection which I managed to pick up as a full set.
I just hope Prince Charles ugly mug doesn’t end up on the TB coins or I may decide to abandon that collection altogether lmao 🤣 

It's a 2023 coin so will be available all throughout next year no rush on those. The lion however is a 2022 coin so will start to become harder/more expensive from next year I'd imagine. I intend to get a lion before their premium might go up way above spot and hold off on the Yale to see if the spot price drops dramatically. 

Cheers buddy will wait and hopefully price will be better once available in more places 👍

Yeah pre-order at the mint, but hopefully available everywhere in a few weeks. 

Thanks Guys.
Will do jackflash, thanks for the tip

I think @ExUmbris and @GoldDiggerDave have great points to make both sides of the coin (pardon the pun). I'm new to silver hence feel unqualified to give an opinion. However some things make me optimistic:
From 1913 to 2018 USD went from $1 to $0.04 in value (comparable with what you can buy with it). An ounce of silver went from $0.60 to $15.00 in the same period. Dollar down 96%. Silver up 2500% 
A galon of milk cost a silver coin ten years ago. A galon of milk costs a silver coin today. Silver holds value but the cost to buy with fiat currency doesnt.
Doc Martens are one example that may have performed better over a certain period but there are a million more items in existence that definitely won't have (99% of items in my opinion). And it's all about timing. If you buy your silver at the top of a spike then you ain't making that back for decades and decades. But time it right and it's a different story.
Silver (and gold) will rocket when there is turmoil - especially severe recessions - and silver historically rockets more than gold and closes the ratio gap hugely. History proves this. IF this happens then it will actually go to the moon this time (my theory explained further below).
Otherwise, yes, silver may not make you huge money - for now. But be patient. I believe a mega spike is coming. GDP to debt is beyond where it's ever been and there's only so much quantitive easing that can be done. There are tonnes of great stories going back thousands of years - including empereors being fed to the lions for the same - thanks to the huge out of control inflation they caused by adding cheap metal to their silver coins. Subsequently, each time this resulted in huge silver and gold spikes.
One of the reasons silver is massively undervalued today is because many banks who sell futures are selling stock they don't even have - nor even exists (an example; Deutsche Bank were fined $38 million for rigging quantities in 2016). Banks have frequently been quoting they own way more stocks than they actually have. So these banks make silver stocks seem much bigger than they actually are - this keeps the price down (great news for us because we are buying it cheap today).
But what if the next recession hits and the big players of paper investing say to the banks "right, send me my silver, I'm cashing in my investment"? (Or they sell it and tell the banks to send the physical to their investor). But the banks don't have it! The demand/price will go ballistic.
Also during recession people panic, they don't want their money in the bank which is why every time there's turmoil the value rockets. Crypto may claim some of that panic. But people will likely want physical over digital during panic.
Or, simply, it may not Happen! But history has proven otherwise. In every recession - including long before paper silver existed. So this time, based on the above, it should technically be waaaaayyyyyy higher than in the past because of the paper situation (but for God's sake don't hold me to my theory! I personally believe this and I'm running with it and buying physical silver 😬).
Silver supplies are massively lower than gold.  Silver is also both a precious metal and industrial material. we all know nothing conducts as well. It's also essential for nuclear reactors (isn't a nuclear power plant reopening in the UK? But I'm not sure how much is needed or even how relevant that is - it just popped in to my head!) Don't forget we need silver for solar power too.
Gold is held for value. People hold it, they sell it, they recycle it. But silver is in gadgets that end up in the bin and jewellery etc is rarely recycled. It's running out. 
There is only 14oz of silver in every ton of rock and dirt mined (that's in Peru which is one of the world's best mines). And according to a silver institute survey (I think it was 2018 ish) they were coming up 26 million ounces per year short on what's needed (that is much higher now as the pandemic and war threats caused a lot to buy physical).
Also I'm the UK our CPI inflation goal is to typically averaged at 2% a year. But the "basket of goods" it represents has 721 items in it including windsurfing equipment, gluten free cereal, a manicure and a horse race. What a load of b******s! TRUE inflation of every day items is always at least double that. The government have blinkered us so that people keep quiet. People think their 2% pay rise covers the 2% inflation so they don't go on strike. But look what's happening now inflation has rocketed (thanks to the furlough money printing diluting cash value). So here we gooooo.... Strike strike strike everywhere. The economy is screwed.
There's loads more factors in favour of the shiny stuff (this is just what I can remember off the top of my head). And there are also lots of reasons to dislike silver if you look at just a 10 year period after a big spike. But the easy answer to that is; don't buy at the wrong time. Learn about economics, recession etc.
Of course, I'm new to metals. Maybe naive and if anyone ridicules my view I'll take it on the chin. I'm simply relaying things I've learned and read (by probably biased people!)
I see silver medium risk, gold low risk so I invest pretty much equally in both. As I've said previously, if metals do bad - my properties do good and vice versa so I'm happy with my balance 😊. 
Whatever happens I hope we all prosper.
Happy Saturday! 

Delivery from @StBeesSilver, an antiqued 5oz Nautical themed treasure bar and an antiqued 5oz Egyptian themed bar. Also we have a stunning gorgeously toned 1oz Spider round. SilverBee made these for me on order, each is unique one of a kind.
5oz Antiqued Silver Nautical Treasure Bar




 
5oz Antiqued Silver Egyptian Bar







 
1oz Toned Silver Spider Round



 
All 3 Pieces Together

 
Thanks so much to SilverBee for making such fabulous items for me, I’m super happy with how they turned out.

Today I received this delicious 5oz Egyptian Relic Silver coin 😍




 
I now have the full complete series of all 5oz and 2oz rounds, this was the last one I needed to finish the set.
 

Today I received this beautiful QB 1/4 oz Gold Coin Collection in Presentation Case. Thanks so much @Amoulsda12 for this amazing treasure trove 😍

 



I am one happy chappie 😁

Today I received these 2 beautiful jubilee year sovereigns and this beautiful 1/4 oz gold brittania 😍 courtesy of Nana @Heirlooms

3 Beautiful Sovereigns from Atkinsons. 2002, 2012 and 2022 editions all in excellent condition. Very pleased with my purchase 😀

Just you wait until you get to 29!
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Good to hear, but I would still recommend physical gold rather than physical silver.
Of course you might need to change your username to Goldilocks.
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Hey Marcus
You've had some really good advice from several top members of the forum and there's not much I can add to it really, apart from maybe going into more detail about the premium memberships.
The membership level is really key in my opinion. Standard/Free membership will allow you to access virtually all areas of the forum apart from specific areas reserved for paying premium members.
You will get access to the buy/sell sections but all new posts are hidden to non-paying members for 3 days, this allows all Premium members (Silver/Gold/Platinum/Platinum Plus) members to have the first option to buy the listed items, which is one of the main benefits of becoming a premium member. The money you will save on deals on here will cover your membership fees after your first few purchases.
You can still list items for sale as a free non-paying member but you're limited to one post every 30 days. Having a paid membership will allow you to list multiple items for sale, and also take advantage of other people's sales posts as soon as they're listed.
Other benefits to being a paid member include things like being able to attach images to messages and allows you to join in with reactions to other members content such as like, love, lol, thanks etc etc.
Whether you're buying or selling a paid membership is definitely the way to go.
I have been a member of this forum for almost 2 years but only within the last couple of months have I started stacking more seriously so I upgraded my membership, but I honestly wish I had done it sooner.
Good luck with your stacking journey and welcome to The Silver Forum 👍

Hey Marcus
You've had some really good advice from several top members of the forum and there's not much I can add to it really, apart from maybe going into more detail about the premium memberships.
The membership level is really key in my opinion. Standard/Free membership will allow you to access virtually all areas of the forum apart from specific areas reserved for paying premium members.
You will get access to the buy/sell sections but all new posts are hidden to non-paying members for 3 days, this allows all Premium members (Silver/Gold/Platinum/Platinum Plus) members to have the first option to buy the listed items, which is one of the main benefits of becoming a premium member. The money you will save on deals on here will cover your membership fees after your first few purchases.
You can still list items for sale as a free non-paying member but you're limited to one post every 30 days. Having a paid membership will allow you to list multiple items for sale, and also take advantage of other people's sales posts as soon as they're listed.
Other benefits to being a paid member include things like being able to attach images to messages and allows you to join in with reactions to other members content such as like, love, lol, thanks etc etc.
Whether you're buying or selling a paid membership is definitely the way to go.
I have been a member of this forum for almost 2 years but only within the last couple of months have I started stacking more seriously so I upgraded my membership, but I honestly wish I had done it sooner.
Good luck with your stacking journey and welcome to The Silver Forum 👍

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