mr-dead

Been a bit excited for the last few weeks, but today I finally received this 30 g golden beauty! Hugest of thanks to @Marc
Long story short, i'm a bit of a fan of The Phoenix (sentimental place from my uni+ days), hence my collecting of most things Phoenix such as the dragon and phoenix coins here! https://thesilverforum.com/topic/11158-today-i-received/?do=findComment&comment=247324
During my many discussions with @Marc i told him about my affinity for Phoenix coins and he showed me one he had. From that moment i wanted it. Just loved the super design with the Phoenix and obviously the gold! I've got to learn more about the history behind it too. I think he was very reluctant to let it go, but i'm chuffed he did!
Here its is, A 30 g (¥100,000) gold proof (PF70) coin commemorating The Enthronement of Emperor Akihito (Heisei). This emperor recently abdicated, the first time an emperor has done so in over 200 years. They are not rare coins, about 100,000 of them in proof, but they are very scarce outside of Japan. Now that the emperor has abdicated they probably hold a bit more historical significance! There's quite a story about the Japanese 20 g gold coin from this era, but maybe @Marc can tell that story in another post!

I think the next evolutionary phase of money after another global crisis will be asset backed, state issued cryptocurrency (making all "unregulated" crypto e.g. BTC illegal in the process).
It will be backed with oil, gold etc. starting out with "honest" money which will again be watered down through increasing leverage over time and we'll be back to square one in the not too distant future.
 
 

I think the next evolutionary phase of money after another global crisis will be asset backed, state issued cryptocurrency (making all "unregulated" crypto e.g. BTC illegal in the process).
It will be backed with oil, gold etc. starting out with "honest" money which will again be watered down through increasing leverage over time and we'll be back to square one in the not too distant future.
 
 

To @rob6 & @mr-dead & @PansPurse
Firstly sorry for the delay,  your items Gifts, other, and Trades are being posted tomorrow.  
Just doing the finishing touches. 
 

Gold GBP has now outperformed FTSE 100 with dividends reinvested over 1, 3 & 5 years.
https://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=%24GOLD%3A%24GBPUSD&p=D&yr=5&mn=0&dy=0&id=p11467062996
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=%24GOLD%3A%24GBPUSD&p=D&yr=3&mn=0&dy=0&id=p11467062996
https://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=%24GOLD%3A%24GBPUSD&p=D&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p60933500355

brings a smile to my face
 

 

brings a smile to my face
 

 

brings a smile to my face
 

 

And we’re back up thanks to the oil fun - now over £1,070 😃

Just had this pop up in my inbox, I have no affiliation with the site but it may be of interest to some:
https://hotco.co/
 



 

Just had this pop up in my inbox, I have no affiliation with the site but it may be of interest to some:
https://hotco.co/
 



 

Just had this pop up in my inbox, I have no affiliation with the site but it may be of interest to some:
https://hotco.co/
 



 

Anyone worrying about the government stealing their gold need their heads examined. 
The government don't need to worry about things like that.
In a few years time the daft millennials will give over all their rights and embrace a cashless society where the government can take anything it wants with the press of a computer key. And they can't moan because they were the ones that let it happen. 

If its valuable the Chinese have cloned/faked it.

Hi good afternoon, this looks like a great forum, my silver collection is  2 months old so fairly new to this, but i am looking forward to learn more about silver and gold thank you.

Trump's critics just done get it. They think the whole world hates him, when in fact 50% of the population, both here and in the US love him. Anything that winds up the left and sends them to their padded safe space is fine with me. The only violence and pure hatred seems to come from the left, not the right as they would have you believe.

You've got to love Trump lol.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-urges-uk-government-to-send-nigel-farage-into-brexit-negotiations-and-go-for-no-deal-a4157211.html

That is a spurious statement. We have a generous welfare and NHS system. The problem with capitalism is, it's never been tried.

It's just shame she isnt talking about the UK in that referencel lol

It's just shame she isnt talking about the UK in that referencel lol

Just shows you the force is powerful, saw this yesterday

It's just shame she isnt talking about the UK in that referencel lol

Goodbye! £’s up 😎👍🏻

One thing that really annoyed me yesterday was that I had 6 people here working and NONE of them decided to vote. All said it wasn’t worth it because they voted for bexit and nothing happened. 
4 of the 6 were well educated all of them only had to go 3 miles to the polling station.  WHAT A SAD DAY IN A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY