PansPurse

1 hour ago, tallthinkev said:

I was thinking about selling 10/15% of my gold, but then what would I do with them money? Keep it and buy more when the price goes down, nice holiday or but yet another guitar (which I'm selling at the moment. Anyone want a nicely priced guitar? 😁).

Ideas?

Probably beyond my budget ATM but would love to see your work, could you possibly pop a thread in the non precious metals section?

3 hours ago, savoyard said:

Pointless. The troll factory IRA uses 1000's of VPN's around the world.

To clarify, you mean the "Internet Research Agency" not the "Irish Republican Army"?

You know, it would be fascinating to look through the IP addresses of the folks posting on this thread...

15 minutes ago, vand said:

Not really..

Stocks are generally accepted to be entering the 11th year of the longest bull market in recorded history, and yet for UK investors they have lagged the "barbarous relic" over 1,3,5 & 20 year timeframes. 

 

PMs have historically proven themselves worthy of of consideration as viable investments but most investors just can't get over the fact they "have no cashflow"

Ok, but if we're talking just GBP and uk stocks, they've been utterly butt-****ed for the last three years by the B-word and it's not a binary choice between UK stocks and PMs, most of my portfolio is in other markets, which are still doing relatively well.

16 minutes ago, vand said:

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

Yes but the current climate is, how shall we say, something of a very ripe cherry to pick when doing comparisons.

George III cartwheel penny. First UK copper penny:

Also for context a potted history of copper pennies, 1797, 1806, 1944 and 2015:

8 minutes ago, Caratacus said:

What a classy looking "coin" - (I guess it has a legal value);  although Britannia has certainly improved her looks recently - she looks a bit worn out here which I can only put down to the French who were up to their usual tricks at the time.

It probably would have had value specifically with the Bank of England but probably wouldn't have been legal tender (I suspect, not a specialist). Damn interesting piece though

1 hour ago, jultorsk said:

Three wonderful Xmas 🎅 Prize Draw treats from @PansPurse, with perfect timing too - many thanks!! 😊 

Wishing all TSF members a wonderful and joyous Christmas! 🎁 ⭐ 🎄

 

Wow, I could not have timed that better 😃🎅

Wait, @Bullionbilly my prize has been drawn and dispatched!

Life has been getting on top of me but hopefully I'll be posting an update video soon 😊😘

About two ounces of sterling silver sheet, some silver wire and silver solder.

I have a fun weekend planned in the workshop 😊

Just pulled the trigger on another Austrian 1 Ducat. First PM purchase in at least two months, felt so good

1 minute ago, Bullionbilly said:

@PansPurse your draw number is 42 as per the 2nd or 3rd post above.

Is that ok ?

A-OK with me the answer to life the universe and everything

Damn, silver looks to be in free-fall today. Bodes well for the last weekend of the group order...

Just now, Kritika said:

Opps.... 2oz, you can tell I'm new at this

Ah, ok. Was for a moment worried that someone had been trying to flog cupronickel BUs as silver ?