Danny-boy

This was my sovereign collection before I sold half of them....

Britannia Mintages
1998 - 88,909
1999 - 69,394
2000 - 81,301
2001 - 44,816
2002 - 36,543
2003 - 73,271
2004 - 57,000
2005 - 57,000
2006 - 50,300
2007 - 94,000
2008 - 100,000
2009 - 100,000
2010 - 129,086
2011 – 269,282
2012 – 361, 870

This was my sovereign collection before I sold half of them....

No problem at all, it's Slovakia.

I truly believe that tourism is going to take off in north Slovakia over the next 10 years.

Great hiking, superb skiing, €1 half litre beers etc etc.

We'll be buying in Slovak Paradise (Slovensky Raj) which is stunning.

Hiya Roy,

Yes, in my wife's homeland.

We have mom & dad there along with a huge family. Luckily, dad is a plumber / handyman/ ex policeman who knows everybody and is very good at building etc.

The house would be for our & family use only, and her mom & dad have already agreed to look after it.

Plan is to buy close to the national park, so family can use as a hiking base or weekend getaway.

£50K should buy a decent 3 bed with land, probably need work but we have that covered.

Just need to crunch the numbers and start saving!!!!

£ being weak against the euro doesn't help matters [emoji1]

Yes, I have been paying into mine for 23 years now.
Since I have more expendable money lately, I have been increasing my contribution by 1% each year and am now at 5% with a 2% employer contribution.
I'll continue increasing until I'm at 8% which will be 3 years.
I believe in 2019, my employer will be required to increase to 3%, giving me an 11% overall contribution plus government money.
We are also currently costing up buying a property in Eastern Europe to diversify.
And my metals will just sit there too now, I'm unlikely to add to them unless there is a significant downturn in price.

A flock of heavy kookaburras.....

This was my sovereign collection before I sold half of them....

Good shout Pete.

It's practically impossible to tell genuine airtites from pictures, so I'd only be buying from a trusted vendor.

Lucky Klacey is looking into it for us, possible group buy.

Today I bought a 2002 Britannia to complete my 2nd (and last) full date runs of Britannias.

Also bought a lunar series 1 rat / mouse. That's my third, and have a deal going for 2 more. That puts me nearly half way there!!!

Just sold a few bits and bobs on eBay so have £350 to drop on silver next week.

Probably will complete my date runs of fiji taku, Noah's arks, and philharmonic. There are a few others I fancy too.

This was my sovereign collection before I sold half of them....

This was my sovereign collection before I sold half of them....

Today I bought a 2002 Britannia to complete my 2nd (and last) full date runs of Britannias.

Also bought a lunar series 1 rat / mouse. That's my third, and have a deal going for 2 more. That puts me nearly half way there!!!

Just sold a few bits and bobs on eBay so have £350 to drop on silver next week.

Probably will complete my date runs of fiji taku, Noah's arks, and philharmonic. There are a few others I fancy too.

My 1kg lunar collection....

This was my sovereign collection before I sold half of them....

This was my sovereign collection before I sold half of them....

I bought : 
- 0.5oz Lunar II Mouse
- 0.5oz Lunar II Ox  
1 oz Lunar I pig
1 oz Lnar I Dog
1 oz Lunar I Ox ( i didn't even realized i already had this one when i bought it. )

Found this 10oz bar at my LCS at $ 1.00 over spot ... I will think is a solid find


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Today I bought a couple of sovereigns from HGM [emoji1]

Today I bought a couple of sovereigns from HGM [emoji1]

Today I bought a couple of sovereigns from HGM [emoji1]

Danny the Alchemist.... he turned 1010101 into .916  

Not directly, but yes mate.

Worked out well.

Today I bought a couple of sovereigns from HGM [emoji1]

Today I bought a couple of sovereigns from HGM [emoji1]