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"Christmas cracker" after it turned out to be worth £1,462.
I am happy to buy 1 oz Gold Buffalo at that price all day long. I am unsure if BBC reported incorrectly on the value or if this is the value Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance received from the "coin shop" but they should have been paid at least 97% of spot £1,545.45...

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/byzantine-gold-coin-with-face-of-jesus-unearthed-by-metal-detectorist-in-norway
 
cool eh..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67662848
Donated a gold buffalo to Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA).
Looks like it was a graded coin too!

Wot, no crypto?

Time to get your crystal balls out ladies.
Looking ahead to next year, I invite people to guess the price of gold will be on 31 Dec 2024.
To get the (crystal) ball rolling my best guess is £1710.
Best
Dicker

Same here. I use the Manchester branch and it has survived two world wars. Shame they only have two branches in Manchester/Leeds they could easily expand into other areas. My dad used them when he moved to Manchester in 1992 to initially store gold jewellery and subsequently when he passed away I inherited the contents and used them in addition to store my gold collection. As a family we have utilised this company to store our physical wealth for 31 years......
https://www.stjames-safedeposit.com/

Same here. I use the Manchester branch and it has survived two world wars. Shame they only have two branches in Manchester/Leeds they could easily expand into other areas. My dad used them when he moved to Manchester in 1992 to initially store gold jewellery and subsequently when he passed away I inherited the contents and used them in addition to store my gold collection. As a family we have utilised this company to store our physical wealth for 31 years......
https://www.stjames-safedeposit.com/

10 minutes by car to the train station, 20 minutes by train to Manchester Piccadilly, plus another 15 minutes brisk walk or 40 minutes by car paying for NCP car parking. I am glad it takes some effort to visit the SD box otherwise you could view it as a piggy bank that you could dip into every so often rather than a permanent safe storage location holding generation wealth in.....
Unsure about London, but Manchester is fairly safe during daylight hours.

Same here. I use the Manchester branch and it has survived two world wars. Shame they only have two branches in Manchester/Leeds they could easily expand into other areas. My dad used them when he moved to Manchester in 1992 to initially store gold jewellery and subsequently when he passed away I inherited the contents and used them in addition to store my gold collection. As a family we have utilised this company to store our physical wealth for 31 years......
https://www.stjames-safedeposit.com/

Same here. I use the Manchester branch and it has survived two world wars. Shame they only have two branches in Manchester/Leeds they could easily expand into other areas. My dad used them when he moved to Manchester in 1992 to initially store gold jewellery and subsequently when he passed away I inherited the contents and used them in addition to store my gold collection. As a family we have utilised this company to store our physical wealth for 31 years......
https://www.stjames-safedeposit.com/

Same here. I use the Manchester branch and it has survived two world wars. Shame they only have two branches in Manchester/Leeds they could easily expand into other areas. My dad used them when he moved to Manchester in 1992 to initially store gold jewellery and subsequently when he passed away I inherited the contents and used them in addition to store my gold collection. As a family we have utilised this company to store our physical wealth for 31 years......
https://www.stjames-safedeposit.com/

Same here. I use the Manchester branch and it has survived two world wars. Shame they only have two branches in Manchester/Leeds they could easily expand into other areas. My dad used them when he moved to Manchester in 1992 to initially store gold jewellery and subsequently when he passed away I inherited the contents and used them in addition to store my gold collection. As a family we have utilised this company to store our physical wealth for 31 years......
https://www.stjames-safedeposit.com/

Same here. I use the Manchester branch and it has survived two world wars. Shame they only have two branches in Manchester/Leeds they could easily expand into other areas. My dad used them when he moved to Manchester in 1992 to initially store gold jewellery and subsequently when he passed away I inherited the contents and used them in addition to store my gold collection. As a family we have utilised this company to store our physical wealth for 31 years......
https://www.stjames-safedeposit.com/

Same here. I use the Manchester branch and it has survived two world wars. Shame they only have two branches in Manchester/Leeds they could easily expand into other areas. My dad used them when he moved to Manchester in 1992 to initially store gold jewellery and subsequently when he passed away I inherited the contents and used them in addition to store my gold collection. As a family we have utilised this company to store our physical wealth for 31 years......
https://www.stjames-safedeposit.com/

Same here. I use the Manchester branch and it has survived two world wars. Shame they only have two branches in Manchester/Leeds they could easily expand into other areas. My dad used them when he moved to Manchester in 1992 to initially store gold jewellery and subsequently when he passed away I inherited the contents and used them in addition to store my gold collection. As a family we have utilised this company to store our physical wealth for 31 years......
https://www.stjames-safedeposit.com/

Hi All
I suspect some of us have an SD box with Metrobank.
The Metrobank news over the last  two weeks coupled with their share price performance has been a bit worrying. 
Today, I closed my SD box at Metrobank and moved to another provider as a precaution.  The gent in the branch said there had been quite a few people doing the same….
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Dicker

I use an independent company as I'm a paranoid android when it comes to banks and trusting them. Although the company I use only has two vaults (Manchester and Leeds). I use the Leeds one for convenience, but the Manchester branch has been going 100 years and have never had a break in which helps me sleep at night.

I would disagree on this one: why give them any reason, it is none of their business. This is not a question in good faith, so why give them the benefit of the doubt.
People have been asked to furnish the invoice of the builder - why start this slippery slope.
It is none of their business, full stop.
You give them an inch, they grab a mile..

Hi and welcome on forum!🤗
My advices are:
1. Plan wisely your monthly budget for precious metals and don't go higher than you can afford.
2. Try to have in your stack both metals, gold and silver, in approximately the same value. You don't know which one will perform better in next 20-30 years, but I think silver didn't shown the real potential yet.
3. Try to be consistent with your purchases, month after month. Your stack of gold and silver will grow steady and healthy.
4. Don't be afraid to buy today if you have money to spend. Even the spot look high today, I am sure will be higher after a number of years when you will decide to sell.
5. Don't talk too much with your colleagues/friends/family members about your precious metals. Less people who know, less risk to be robbed.
6. Don't buy at the beginnings high premium, numismatics, slabbed coins, etc. These requires plenty of knowledge and the market to sell them is very tight. After few years of stacking, you can slowly move little by little to collecting. Don't be afraid to ask on forum, there are plenty of good people who will give you friendly advice.
7. The mistakes are expensive. Buy only from reputable dealers or from forum. On forum you can find good quality stuffs at the best prices. Upgrade your membership to at least Silver. You will have instantly access to see what people are selling. With £6/month membership you can save a lot of money buying from forum. Daily bargains are selling usually quick. 
If you have any questions, just ask.
Happy stacking!🤗
 
 
 
 

Don't listen to @Paul Silver is the best thing since slice bread. I had bought several thousand oz's of the stuff starting stacking it in 2018. I was buying
1 oz silver Maple Leaf 2016 SUPERMAN 15.64 €
2 oz silver QUEEN'S BEAST 35.18 €
10 oz silver Queen's Beasts 242.40 €
Perth Mint 1 oz silver 2017 MARVEL SPIDERMAN 21.38 €
From Goldsilver.be, the European Mint and group orders on the forum.
Obviously before VAT on Silver and I have sold my entire stack with the exception 60 oz when GameStop reddit community moved over to the silver short squeeze. People waiting for Silver to hit $50 oz I can recall certain coins (1oz Marvel Spiderman) sold for £70. In hindsight pure dumb luck and good timing when stacking Silver and my decision to exit my position and fully transition it into Gold.
Unless have a time machine to go back to 2018 @Paul is right, stack Gold, buy Silver as a hobby.
 
   

Don't listen to @Paul Silver is the best thing since slice bread. I had bought several thousand oz's of the stuff starting stacking it in 2018. I was buying
1 oz silver Maple Leaf 2016 SUPERMAN 15.64 €
2 oz silver QUEEN'S BEAST 35.18 €
10 oz silver Queen's Beasts 242.40 €
Perth Mint 1 oz silver 2017 MARVEL SPIDERMAN 21.38 €
From Goldsilver.be, the European Mint and group orders on the forum.
Obviously before VAT on Silver and I have sold my entire stack with the exception 60 oz when GameStop reddit community moved over to the silver short squeeze. People waiting for Silver to hit $50 oz I can recall certain coins (1oz Marvel Spiderman) sold for £70. In hindsight pure dumb luck and good timing when stacking Silver and my decision to exit my position and fully transition it into Gold.
Unless have a time machine to go back to 2018 @Paul is right, stack Gold, buy Silver as a hobby.
 
   

1oz silver Alexander the Great bargain price £23 each + postage 
9 available 

"Buy gold sovereigns"
there, I've made it simple for you
Rinse and repeat each month and thank me in 30 years time 
 

I dunno I'm sure James32 could run a gold backed currency system. 😁