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1920 to 1946 silver coins are 50% silver 1919 and previous are 92.5% sivler The best unit to remember is the Shilling. There are 20 Shillings in a pound (Guinea / Sovereign). A shilling is 12 pence. Silver coins are: 3d - 3 pence 6d - 6 pence (2 x 3d) Shilling - 12 pence (2 x 6d) Florin - 24 pence (2 x shilling) Half Crown - 30 pence (2.5 x shilling) Crown - 60 pence (5 x shilling) There are silver 1d, 2d & 4d (also called groat) knocking around. These were Maundy Money, not really intended for general circulation. You would get a good price for these if you got a nice one. Silver 3d was replaced with brass/nickel in 1937 for circulation. Maundy Money 3d stayed silver (I think)

I've picked up a few hundred thousand 3d and 6d from ebay for the same reason. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/100-Silver-Threepenc...id=p3286.c0.m14 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/50-x-6d-SIXPENCE-pre...id=p3286.c0.m14 EDIT: BTW, I'm not recommending either of the sellers. I haven't bought anything from them

This chart? http://www.greenenergyinvestors.com/index....st&p=107906

The intelligent people are avoiding you (with good reason)

from the same article Rival Redrow, meanwhile, announced a £156m rights issue to cut its own debt and fund a £15m bailout acquisition of assets from Harrow Estates, a developer owned by Steve Morgan, Redrow’s executive chairman and biggest shareholder.

What area/town/city are you in?

Why are you looking at the 5 year chart and commenting on the last 6 months? Why not click the 6 months chart? YoY gold is up in all the currencies on the chart YTD (from Jan 09 Line on year chart) Gold seems to be up in all the currencies too Financial year (first week in April Line on 6 months chart) Gold is up in all the currencies again, maybe around the same in GBP and down a touch in CAD.

I'm not sure which chart/time period you are looking at 5 years? 6 months? Year to date (financial? Calendar?)?

There's no tax VAT / CGT to pay on Sovereigns & Britannia's. I only tend to buy Sovereigns for this reason.

Yes, They are great. Also look at http://www.hattongardenmetals.com/gold-coins.aspx [You are right] You shouldn't let the website put your off. Ordering is quick and easy Have you used these guys? http://www.proaurum.de/

I would buy if I didn't have any silver. These prices will look dirt cheap in the future. I wouldn't swap my gold for silver at the moment. Gold is a lower risk currency. Most people here said they would swap silver for gold at 50:1 last time this was properly debated. I will be swapping a percentage of my silver for gold at 45:1, some more at 40:1, more at 35:1 and so on. I will only be doing this with my GoldMoney silver. I won't consider swapping my coins till we get to 15:1. I have no plans to trade my coins for another asset unless I am desperate. The money printing will never stop so I will keep holding my coins EDIT: Silver over $17/toz

It's going to be like this for the next 20 years IMO. Those who caused the mess have been rewarded and those who were prudent are being punished. It's going to get worse There will be more bailouts for the feckless and more taxes for the industrious.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment...ing-frenzy.html

It's fine to do so as long as the coins are for yourself and you are not intending to sell them when you return to the UK. Try these guys http://www.proaurum.de/

It's a 1/2 Ounce Nugget 2009 for €355 Fixed Price

You risk being arrested if you buy sulphuric acid and fertiliser. Not worth it IMO.

I'm swapping 5% at 45:1, 7.5% at 40:1, 10% at 35:1, 12.5% at 30:1 etc. The percentage must grow each time or I will be left with 50% of my silver at 1:1. Though, I will still have some silver to swap when the silver price is 15 times greater than the gold price (really)

Aahhh. Now I get where this came from From:

Are you still in Wakey? If so you could ask http://www.airedalecoins.co.uk/ for a price. They are in Bratford.

Medals. I have lots of silver bullion coins already I have lots of scrap silver coins too Silver is Silver There's a good market for hallmarked 0.925 You aren't paying VAT

That's a really precise number. What is the significance of the 0.21? [Genuine question]

I’m glad someone else's coins have fallen out too. I was beginning to feel like CID gave me all the crappy packaging. I think you gold coins will be OK. Silver coins need a lot more care. The square plastic cover is stamped with 'The Royal Mint'. This material should be suitable if the Royal Mint are using it. Right? You can buy tubes from CID for a few quid.

I have found all the coins you mention to be over-weight too. Test your scales with a one ounce silver Britannia, these are the most accurate coin in my experience. They should be between 32.4 and 32.6 if your scale is accurate

I ordered the day the Britannia's arrived at CID. Mine didn't come with any cardboard. Maybe CID has learnt from the experience of the early customers and is taking more care with the packaging. Around 5% of my coins came of out the plastic while I was taking them out of the box and counting them. These were all at the edge of the ‘pages. The coins go back in to the plastic but they don't seal properly. At least one layer of plastic fell off and couldn't be put back on. I think there was 3 or 4 layers total. I was very very careful with them after that.

I thought my square plastic containers were good too.... that was until a coin fell out and wouldn't go back in.... and then another coin fell out and then another. Be careful with them. Mine were all connected together to form a 'page' of square plastic crap.