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$5000 per ounce

>>53987051
1 oz silver = 1 acre of land

>>53986999
>999
Checked.

>>53986999
>St Helena Edition
The finest mint for cooming!

Post your storage solutions.

>>53984551
Post nose

>>53987240

Hi, I like copper too.

Question. Is good to stack rare earth metals?

>53987051
With inflation it will have the same purchasing power as today...

>>53987155
If they ever get around to releasing the regular versions ;;

>>53987330
But anon those are the regular versions
>>53987294
I love copper
I love copper
I love copper

with these coins I will buy myself a farm, 4 chickens, 2 goats, and an ox, and with this gun I will shoot trespassers on that farm in a self defense situation

OP check. Appropriate digits.
Posting newly delivered Sov.

>>53987294
Copper bullion has seen gains in the last decade and is worth stacking. Platinum is likely the better third wheel to the gold and silver duality BUT if PMs really start to take off as hyperinflation sets in copper will see gains as well. Just sorted through my copper stack today and there is something magical about heavy hand poured bars.

COPPERCHADS RISE

I'm going to go on a vacation in the Appalachian mountains and want to pick up some silver collector shit with about $100-$150 to spend. Any more experienced numisfag bros have recommendations for cool stuff to look out for?

>>53987360
Of the rest of the set. I have the two pictured. The rest only seem to be proof versions with Latin text at the moment. I don’t know if they will release regular versions of the other 4.

>>53987564
True story. I think we lamented the loss before.

>>53987464
>COPPERCHADS RISE

Bigboi coppers, babbysmol coppers, and all coppers in-between are welcome here.

>>53987294
>Is good to stack rare earth metals?
Maybe. It's hard to know how to unload these unusual elements. Will coin dealers take it? Will manufacturers that use the stuff buy it from you? We don't yet know.
Copper though... Right now the stuff can be gotten for free, but it takes a lot of time to get it. Unloading it is easier, and depending on the form and forum, you can make a good profit in terms of percent. It's just right now the price is so low ($4/lb avdp), you need a lot of it to make headway.

>>53987294
>Question. Is good to stack rare earth metals?

Only after you've gotten ahold of some Mercury metal, a must-have in every diversified stack.

MADHATTERCHADS RISE

>>53987713
We have coomerbro. Many moons ago. I haven’t had many recent coomer relevant coins to my stack. Just those artsy mucha coins, a Britannia facing backwards with her ass a bit.

>>53987736
i like BU stuff myself

>>53987840
>coomer relevant coins

Nothing new under the Sun, the Greeks beat us to it 2,500 years ago.

>>53987051
How can this come to be? Unreal.

Minnesota Viking

>>53987899
Waiting on that Leda and the swan guy to post his 2oz booba/bird sex coin. Not sure when they ship. They officially released on the 28th feb so he should have in hand in a month. I have most of the others on watch on eBay and occasionally get offers for not terrible prices… but far too rich for me when I’m trying to get to 100.

WAGMI frens

>except for ASE/Gaudens tranny, he WNGMI

>>53987941
Eligible contracts are paper silver. Registered contracts are the actual silver held by the COMEX. Notice the discrepancy? More people want silver than the COMEX can provide.

Lemme put this in some actual numbers (I'll be rounding them up; bite me). There is ~37.5 million ounces of silver in the vault right now. The Wall St. Silver subreddit (yeah, yeah, bear with me) has ~239,000 members. If this silver was divided equally among every member of the subreddit, each member would walk away with ~157 ozt silver each.

Just keep stacking silver. The bankers can't keep propping this up forever.

>>53987840
I don’t know where the fuck those cheesy coomer boomer coins came from that you see on eBay that look like Las Vegas roastie tokens but I’m dedicated to collecting all of them once I’m a /pmg/ certified salamander. You know which rounds I’m talking about.

>>53988113
Thanks for taking the time out. What a fascinating timeline.

>>53988129
Heads you win, tails you win. Often with a couple of cougar like woman in underwear hugging too closely? Yeah I think I know the ones. I occasionally see one just called “Japanese girl” and it’s a busty Japanese woman with her tits out. I shouldn’t want it, but I do.

I just wanted to stack silver. Then 3 oz in I wanted numismatic stuff and boob angels.

>>53988192
I still believe “big cats are dangerous but a little pussy never hurt anyone” is the best. Stack what you love, anon. Funny enough, those cringe boomer coins will carry their premiums as long as you aren’t dragging your booba to the LCS.

>>53988012
>I have most of the others on watch on eBay and occasionally get offers for not terrible prices… but far too rich for me when I’m trying to get to 100.

What's the going rate for pieces from that coomingest of coin series? I guess if you get really good below-market offers it could be considered an investment. Coomer silver probably isn't for me but I'm thinking I could afford a few fancy niggers to work in my kitchen.

>>53988113
Explain to me where silver for the COMEX is coming from? Are government mints pulling from the COMEX when they mint government coins? Or is this a separate entity?

>>53988209
Are you this guy? Because you have my respect.

>>53988229
No, anon. I want to BE this guy. Those fuckers are like 60$ a pop.

>>53988224
I’d you didn’t preorder directly and are secondary market / eBay than you’re looking at maybe £375 or so. Working up to 800-1200 for that birth of Venus one.

They were about 275 on release anyway for antique looking 2oz. That mint did a lot of cool stuff (Cameroon mint) so it’s worth a browse.

>>53988224
This is a coin and technically legal tender as it’s like 5000 francs or something.

>>53988327
That's unironically art. Unexpected for Cameroon.

>>53988129
Damn, a salamander. I’m only a pirate, and that’s because I have several sovs jacking up my score.

>>53988225
(Some more knowledgeable anon, please correct me if I'm wrong)

People sell their physical silver/gold to the COMEX for money. The COMEX then puts that physical metal into the vaults until someone steps up to buy.

The COMEX sells commodities through Futures Contracts. A contract is simple: people call them up, say "Hey, I wanna buy some commodity on this date at this price," and hammer out a contract with the COMEX. If/when the contract comes due, the COMEX must sell at the agreed upon price- even if they take a loss.

Example: The COMEX and I make a contract to sell me some 1000ozt silver at $20/ozt (so, $20,000). For the example's sake, let's say it was sold to them at $20,000. When the time comes to take possession of the silver, the spot price is now $25/ozt. Though the COMEX would like to sell me at $25,000, they must sell at the agreed upon $20,000.

>>53988327
>technically legal tender
I feel like there's a Tom Green episode just waiting to be made.
>"Yes one hamburger please."
>"Here is my legal tender, a statue of Venus. You are obligated to accept this."
>"Yeah, stick that filthy slut in the register with the rest of those nickles like the whore she is."

>>53988522
This is all I have to go on, that some Anon posted yonks ago. Dunno for the manipulation and timing otherwise.

Well shit I'm pretty butthurt right now frens. This seller listed yesterday a 96 piece Gorham Sterling silverware set as "silverplate" (Sterling hallmark in last pic) as an auction, I thought about messaging them with a lowball offer but figured I'd just try bidding. Turns out another scrapchad offered the exact amount I was thinking and the seller agreed, ended the auction and relisted the 3 kilos of sterling for $250+shipping this morning:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/155444272063
It hurts bros, it easily could have been mine if I had only sent the damn message. Oh well lesson learned, I will embrace my inner Jew from now on and make sure I don't let the next fat cheapie opportunities slip by, happy hunting lads.

>>53988522
Maybe I’m just a smooth brain but the moment things start getting bizarrely complicated I assume it’s a Jewish scheme and everything’s a lie. Just gonna sit here and stack muh metals.

>>53986999
>>53987240
i'll kill 2 birds with 1 lizard

>>53988414
No shame in letting gold bump your numbers, fren. I’m only at 1 oz gold but have 500 oz silber because I luv me some Ag. Gold is guaranteed to see growing gains while silver is delegated to Jewish suppression until the fiat Ponzi shits it’s pants. If that’s tomorrow or ten years from now IDGAF since it gives me all the more time to reach mythical dragon tier.

>>53986999
Here. Have a derpy-looking horsie.

>>53988522
>>53988564
Yeah, that's how you take delivery of the silver. You need a large truck and a good lawyer to pry it out of them, though.

Because of this, most investors don't want to buy physical gold and silver. They want to get rich quick. They do this by buying and selling these Futures Contracts (shortened to just "Futures.") You can see this on /biz/ sometimes. These traded Futures are the "eligible" contracts, meaning they haven't been cashed in yet.

The "registered" contracts are the ones people are cashing out, causing the reduction in silver in the vaults.

Remember, most investors (i.e., traders) just want a quick buck, so most of those eligible contracts will never be cashed out. This means, by manipulating the eligible contracts, the bankers can manipulate the actual price. The price of silver would skyrocket if the price was commensurate to the amount of physical silver.

>>53988414
I wish it included factors for Pt, Pd, and Rh.

>>53988564
I am definitely going to try and get a full COMEX bar once I somehow get the funds together but cake slices sound like so much fun.

Palladium stackers where are you buying your bars. Premium on Coins seem too high for me

>>53988552
I don’t have that goblina. Ty.
There’s a few articles about the royal mint making £50 / £100 quid coins and a guy buying them on a credit card for £40 or so for air miles or something then spending them at petrol stations. He had £20000 worth, but got arrested for not being able to pay. So the royal mint had to issue a statement regarding the definition of “legal tender”
>>53988572
Sorry fren. That sucks. I often regret not taking chances on eBay then seeing things sell very cheaply. Or missing a meme coin then regreting not buying it.

I don’t use the “offer” function often. But a guy didn’t want to sell me a pickle Rick for £55. It’s still for sale 3 months later.

>>53988588
You're not wrong, fren. All you need to know is this: stack physical silver and gold, as much as possible. Unlike digital (fiat) currencies, there's a finite supply of precious metals. They can't pump the markets forever.

>>53988664
Dunno for the lawyer part. Sounds like memetalk.
But actually going to the warehouse with the receipt is certainly a deterrent.

>>53988679
>I am definitely going to try and get a full COMEX bar
Fortunately, you can buy 1kozt bars from vendors at very low premiums (and free shipping - that's a cost!). Worth the freedom from hassle.
Example:
https://monumentmetals.com/silver/silver-bars/1000-oz-silver-bars.html?page=1

>>53988572
Live and learn, scrapchad. Know that you’ve got frens rooting for you here because fuck me that is a rabbit hole I will not go down. WAGMI!

>>53988697
https://www.goldeneaglecoin.com/buy-palladium/palladium-bars
Two have sold since yesterday.

>>53988721
Appreciate the link, anon. Give me some years of stashing away funds just for that fat 1000 oz and I’ll make sure to post my loaf when it comes in.

>>53988702
Thanks for commiserating anon. Unfortunately the way the game is played these days you basically need to be a dirty jew yourself if you're going to compete with all the other cutthroats out there. Anyway I hope you get the pickle rick of your dreams soon fren.

>>53988741
>buying a pm p&d on the way down

>>53988768
Also, there are vendors (dunno where, offhand) that sell slices (cross sections) of the 1kozt bars.

>>53988741
I heard from an anon a few threads back that palladium may be inflated at the moment. No fudding, I have a laughable amount of copper and won’t shit on any anon exploring alternatives, BUT I feel platinum is the sleeper vs. Palladium. Gonna grab some 1/10 cute plat coins next week since I’m already bracing for the wife to shit when she sees this month’s bills.

>>53988647
Anon, you shouldn't talk about the deceased like that.

>>53988732
Thanks buddy, I think I feel better now lol. WAGMI indeed!

>$20/oz

>>53988792
Not sure about Pd being inflated. It very recently dropped to these prices. So maybe that was the crash. I bought it at just under $1k, bit that was a dozen years ago and it hasn't looked back.
I agree Pt is a sleeper. I wish there was more of a variety of nice designs.

>>53988789
That’s what I was talking about with the cake slices. Both are attractive but I am seriously lacking in my gold stack and just got to 1 oz.

Holy shit am I thankful the shitposting in the last thread has dissolved and we’re back to fren posting and good vibes.

>>53988552
kek

>>53988826
For silver? Must be time to pick up some more.

>>53987294
I´m sorry, I tried to said rare earth elements (like neodymium and so on).

>>53988830
What’s your stack of Pd relative to gold and silver, anon? Pd is NEVER talked about and Pt alone is never posted. I’m deciding between a fractional Pt or Pd and your response may help.

>>53986999
Anime stackers reporting in

>>53988768
>loaf

If I ever get a bigboi loaf it'll have to be one of the bricks from the S.S. Gairsoppa shipwreck sank by a U-boat in 1941, these guys are sweet.

>>53988705

>>53987509
From outside the US?
Older US coins. Local Freemason or other club tokens. (Generally silver the older they are.)
Well worn Spanish coins can sometimes be found around here.

I'm torn between buying guns and Gold/silver. They both seem like good stores of value, especially the guns i tend to buy. thoughts?

>>53988826
Post nose.

>>53989155
remember that you might not be able to resell the guns for cash, as is right now in Canada.

On the other hand the government has confiscated gold, but not silver.

>>53989155
Balance your buys between both bby girl. I have shotguns, a revolver, and two semi pistols and need to get an AR or AK. Lead is as valuable as gold or silver and is something you can use to bang bang the niggers trying to jack your stack.

>>53989470
>remember that you might not be able to resell the guns for cash
i don't think that is a realistic thing to worry about in the united states. gun laws have gotten significantly better since 2004.

>>53989470
Canada seems so gay from the eyes of a burger. Why doth thou let them cuck you so, maple fren? I’m buying a maple to honor your spread cheeks at the hands of Castro’s son.

Why do people come into the precious metals general to FUD precious metals?

Why do they care so much that strangers on the internet are stacking Precious metals?

What incentive do they have to do this?

anyone else bag the stupid good deal from liberty on ebay for the 100 coronas??

Test

Let the compass be your guide

following the secret thread

>>53989689
Hello anon I am thinking about purchasing some silver bullion. But right now I believe the price is a bit high at $20 an oz. What do you think? Buy now or wait?

>>53986999
Any anons here willing to give advice on a good spot price to buy at?

>>53989638
How much of a cashback % are you getting on that purchase?

>>53989638
HOLY SHIT; apmex is next level kikemastering i think

>liberty had 100 corona coins for less than spot somehow on ebay
>order one, get cc back
>tell friends
>friend says deal out
>liberty corona deal was due to expire the 10th?
>liberty coin in fact gone, but now apmex selling them for just over spot

https://www.ebay.com/itm/123063077166

i think the apmex fuckers bought libertys stock and simply tagged on 5-10% . im basing this on pure circumstance and the fact apmex is asshoe

>>53989798
just 2%, i dont have a special evay or paypal rewards card

>>53989777
$5/oz would be a good spot price to buy at.

>>53989853
I wish I wish. I scored 25oz some years back at 13.50. Wish prices were still that good.

>>53989849
Cool. My BoA card gives me 3.3% back for online purchases.

>>53987947
Nigger

>>53989872
i keep remembering how Silver was around $5/oz back around 2001-ish.
i wasn't smart enough to buy in back then. wish i would have.
but it seem,s it wasn't that long ago and makes me think it is possible to go there again still even today

>>53989872
all my gov (eagles and maples) and junk silver was bought pre pandemic for awesome prices

since premiums went stupid ive focused on gold; plat, and silver in generic form like kilos

>>53989901
I hope you are right anon. I check spot price everyday. I hope like hell $20 an ounce is not the new normal. But it is hard to tell. When I went to the bank last week and mentioned I wanted a money wire for a bullion purchase the teller got pissed. Fuck fiat currency.

Rule the waves!

Is there a numismatic coin thread anywhere on this website or is this the closest?

>>53989155
You need to buy both. Also, invest in lead because shooting is a perishable skill that needs to be practiced

>>53989714
>>53989726
>>53989754
BOOK ANON! What book is that?

>>53988830
Platinum is rarely used in industry after the dieselgate scandal (its still used though, usually used in encoders I think? We had platinum fingers in one if I remember right) but that might be about to change, more and more renewables energy sources are powering hydrogen production and those do use catalysts like platinum, it’s definitely worth investing in and is one of the rarest of the rares

t. Industrial electrician

>>53990007
Dude I’m drunk so platinum is worth investing in?

>>53990001

Harvard Classics, Vol. 3, Part 1

Essays, Civil and Moral

Francis Bacon

Whether turning a phrase or observing the politics of the day the father of the scientific method also took his place with Essays as the master of English prose.

read it here


https://www.bartleby.com/3/1/

>>53989907
Thanks for the advice anon.

>>53989961
Welcome

>>53987890
What coinage is that?

>>53988741
Thanks

>>53990053
I’ll make it simple for you:
1. It is not one of the 2 monetary metals and never will be (silver,gold). Too similar in appearance to silver.
2. It is (at this time) a bet on hydrogen fuel cell technology

>>53989961
/ngmi/ is what your looking for

>>53988414
>Damn, a salamander. I’m only a pirate, and that’s because I have several sovs jacking up my score.

Being pirate tier is way more gold than most people in the developed world have today.

>>53989961
>Is there a numismatic coin thread anywhere on this website or is this the closest?
This is the closest. Luv me numismatics.

>>53989754
Suuuch a cool pic

>>53988229
how do you explain this collection to your mom

>>53990260
I’m sure she already knows he’s not gay.

Hey anons I had the dusty Rhodesian pound a few threads back. I tried dusting it with compressed air and the end result is near spotless!

>>53990290
It's just very hard to capture in perfect resolution, I should really switch to a better camera. I also patted down the velvet with sticky paper taken from a lint roller removing much of the dust in the presentation case

>>53990055
Thank you! I’m looking for a hardcover copy now

>>53990053
yes, I also own zero, not trying to shill
>>53990128
true it’s not the traditional physical “money” metal like gold and silver but it certainly shares a lot of qualities they do like being rare, valuable, useful, and in jewelry. Green hydrogen is probably the future, Siemens and Germany are heavily investing in hydrogen plants for their energy production to power, they’re at the cutting edge of innovation in the energy sector

>>53990315
https://www.amazon.com/Essays-Francis-1561-1626-Bacon/dp/1362363243

>>53987564
Oops my bad.

>>53990328
It’s cobalt-lithium for me. Just stacking silver. Don’t see harm in grabbing an ounce or 2 of platinum(baby silver) for fun

>>53990403
Not a bad investment, aren’t those toxic tho? Silver/copper are still the ultimate industrial metals and more used than any other, when you buy those two think of it as you’ve just invested in solar, evs, and all the other industries that require them. I wouldn’t call platinum baby silver though, it’s rarer than gold and silver, and is completely different, whereas gold, copper, and silver are used for their conductive properties in industry platinum is used for its extreme resilience, it’s so resistant that ancient peoples used to throw it out because they lacked the technology to work with such a hard substance

>>53990290
Canned air has mercury in it. Your coin will be permanently disfigured by this time tomorrow.

>>53990377
Tysir. Is that the copy you have?(Not trying to copy you, I’m trying to see what the regional/paperback differences may be)

>>53990462
The Spanish called it platina or baby silver.

>>53990619
Ah okay that’s actually pretty interesting anon, I stand corrected

>>53990619
I’m an industrial electrician and technician who owns no platinum, trying to give you guys my honest unbiased opinion on precious metals in industry, pic rel is me at work in the belly of an industrial beast so you know I’m not full of shit

>>53990811
Nice safety strips on the overalls!

>>53988608

>read about perth mint
>go into my order history
>find gold coin
>see origin
>almost have heart attack (unvaxxed)
>"austrian"
>mfw

>>53990878
Gotta warn people I’m a hazard haha

>>53990563
I made this up.

>>53990584
No. I don’t actually own a copy. I would recommend finding one that has the Latin phrases translated in the body of the text.

>>53988945
I have only one Pd bar. I bought it for the novelty of the metal, and did not expect it to moon. True also for rhodium.
At $1300 now, I would love to buy a second Pd bar, but my budget quite firmly says "No".

>>53990966
I know you're joshing but I am slightly paranoid about the bitterant/propellant in the can reacting negatively with the coin. I've done some digging across coin forums and nobody's had legitimate chemical reaction problems; save for warnings not to spill any of the can's fluid on the coin or let the can get too cold and start leaving condensation on the surface of the coin.

>>53988705
Crypto nerds with seethe.
PM kings will breed.

>>53988414
what does FWTDHWADOQA mean?

>>53991456
Formerly Well-To-Do Housewife And Daughter of Questionable Age

>>53987445
4 chickens?
I have 10, but then again you are probably going to be by yourself

>>53991581
>I have 10, but then again you are probably going to be by yourself

It was a comfy run, but I guess it's about time that eggfaggot the seething projectionist came back to reveal more insights into what a lonely stupid loser he is.
>>53988098
>except for ASE/Gaudens tranny, he WNGMI
Facts.

>>53991606
im not that dude but I find it hilarious that I don't come to pmg for a while and theres an eggfaggot

Just purchased some more cheapies
10x 1oz aztec calender rounds, an 1880 morgan, and a lakota nation silver coin. Need to stop with the late night ebay browsing.

Deeper dive into the world of cashback bonuses.

>>53989939
Nice Britannia. How’s you find that?

>>53988552
>>53991308
>>53991506

>>53991906
Forgot img. Oops
>>53988552
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>>53991506

>>53991930
based elf

I’m gonna get a bunch of credit cards and max them all out to buy PM. How long would I have before I was in serious shit for not making payments?

>>53991930
I need to know what anime this is.

>>53992821
Lookup Peter grill goblin episode

>>53990290
I am very jealous

>>53989838
>think the apmex fuckers bought libertys stock and simply tagged on 5-10%
It looks like they did the same with the 50 pesos deal too

So remove god from the equation and whose money is PM’s?

Love all you precious metal holders.
>>53993204

>>53993322
The Sun's

>>53991847
got it from heads or tails statues (now https://silverstatues.com/))

ive also seen them on jmbullion before i think

Fuck.
I am retarded. And financially ruined too!

I put my gold that I sluiced yesterday in a small plastic plate to dry and I put that on the balcony in the sun and then forgot about it. Normally, it's never windy here, but of course tonight it got very windy.
The plate and the gold are gone!
Aaaahhhh!

>>53987240
lol the case is worth more than the brass

>counterfeit pelicans are a thing too

am i a boomer? this is my first purchase of american coins

>>53993423
This...is fucking beautiful.

>>53993828
ngmi
Maybe you can get it all back in a few million years.

>>53993828
oof!

>>53994053
Bet you're sipping a white Monster right now.

>>53993828

>>53994083
it's an overpriced canned cold brew coffee. I cant do the artifical sweeteners monsters uses so i had to switch to redbull. those blueberry redbulls are too fucking good.

>>53994064
The sun always brings out the beauty in a reverse proof.

>>53994128
Nothing says trash like energy drink consoomers

>>53994255
Nothing says incel like insulting, 1pbtid, no stack faggots.

>>53994160
Been trying to find out when the 2023s come out. No luck. Even the mint doesn't have any info yet. There's a pdf catalog, but no good way to order. Guess I wait and buy them from a bullion dealer.

I bought my first shiny in almost a year. It comes today bros.

>>53994255
nothing says poor like not posting coins

R8 my sheet
my stack plan is FOMO whenever I get paranoid about Greatest Depression reset conspiracy facts

>>53994624
>Posting digital records
>1pbtid

>>53994160
Luv Mexibro silver. I still think the Caballito Peso is one of the finest coins ever struck and would love to see them make high relief bullion with the design but those are very very nice too.

>>53994624
>my stack plan is FOMO whenever I get paranoid about Greatest Depression reset conspiracy facts

Based, schizostackers shall inherit the earth. I've never kept an overarching spreadsheet but run pencil+paper calculations on purchases every few months to make sure I'm under my average cost/oz limit.

>>53994605
Nice kooks

>>53994605
Beautiful kilo coin, Anon!

>>53994548
>I bought my first shiny in almost a year. It comes today bros.

You'll be posting pics right? What did you get?

>>53994943
> over double Centurion-tier

impressive, very nice

The good news is I got a gold krug being delivered today.

The bad news is someone stole my trash can which makes no goddamn sense. It was full of wood and drywall from the renovation on my house and you would think if they wanted my van they’d dump all the shit first but the entire can and its contents are gone.

God bless country living.

>>53987240
Ah yes very convenient for... someone... to walk away with

>>53989114
Nah I'm a burgerstani who lives by a coinshop, been buying a lot of silver proof sets and wanted to get something a little more memorable while on vacation. Wish Seated and Trade silver dollars weren't so expensive, I'd love to have even a worn one.

>>53987155
Hello anon, you are back. How are you holding up? Buy anything recently?

>>53994993
Pics now.

>>53994992
Nice roman wage chart, I haven't seen that in months and didn't save it then, It looks quite accurate. As an interesting aside, during the Republican era they actually struck little ~1g silver sestertii which I have 2 examples of, while the more common Imperial brass sestertii were basically fiat currency with intrinsic value below face. Sestertii were last struck in the early 250s and during the catastrophic debasement in the latter 3rd century their metal value exceeded face so they got pulled from circulation just like good older denarii and hoards of sestertii buried during that time have been uncovered, probably stashed by plebs who had no meaningful access to silver. It'll be funny if hyperinflation hits and poors hoard and bury caches of copper lincoln cents or nickels to be discovered centuries from now.

>>53994605
Hope your happy with yourself, you made me order one.

In one of the tubes of my first purchase of silver was a blank one with a different thickness and diameter
Went back to the LCS who is an official partner of the mint and it turned out to be silver just not fancied up as yet
Friendly fellow who talked to me and the manager of the store said he hadn't seen such an occurrence in the decade or so he's been working with PMs
Of course exchanging it for the real deal was easy but I'm hoping they'll tell me what the mint's response was as I'm sure they called them about the matter

>>53995198
Is there anyway to post pics when on 5G? I am phoneposting until I got WiFi and I can barely post without randomly being hit with IP range bans.

>>53995277
I already hoard copper cents. Am I a poor?

>>53995366
Sorry about that, but post pics when you reach home.

>>53995398
>I already hoard copper cents. Am I a poor?

Copperchads are rich in sovl and spirit my fren.

>>53995398
Yes son, trade it in for silver.

>>53995436
>rich in sovl and spirit

>>53995436
I’d stack copper hard if stacking bullion made sense. Too expensive

>>53995452
It wouldn't get me much and I like how the metals compliment one another.

>>53995301
Based /pmg/ impulse buyer. Drunkenly bought a maple while taking a shit after hearing a Canada anon cry about gun restrictions.

>>53995770
Today I discovered how nice it is to stared at the reeding on a maple up-close and then tilt it slight to each side and see the tiny radial lines from a new perspective. They really pop differently then.

>>53995617
Stack those copper pennies, anon. A tube of them will eventually get you a goblin throatpie.

>>53995497
Bullion has funnily enough gone up in price over the last decade and is worth getting at least a small stack. Even though anons here will laugh at the premiums per ounce, the fact that the copper has been converted into a marked and measured amount such as a round or bar gives it an itemized value vs. a bucket full of wires.

COPPERCHADS RISE

>>53987941
Divide total quantity of physical above-ground silver by total acreage of arable land as a first approximation.

Then you will need to account for there things that can be traded for land and/or silver, such as gold or pussy.

1oz gold for a typical acre of land is probably a more reasonable estimate.

>>53995834
I'd like to build a greenhouse environment and upgrade it as well since I live in a place with Winter and it'd be nice to keep growing in that season. Not that I'll be waiting for a PM boom to do so.

>>53995356
You just gave away are rare misstrike/planchette error

>>53989155
Doesn't this image suggest that the price of silver is NOT suppressed?

>>53995893
It's value in dollars is supressed.

>>53989777
checked.
There is no 'spot', there is only 'cost to acquire metal'.
You should be exchanging your fiat for money at frequent, regular intervals (e.g., monthly), regardless of 'spot'.

>>53995143
I've been posting the past few days but was taking a break for a while.
>How are you holding up?
Pretty good I guess. Same old same old.
>Buy anything recently?
I've actually only bought two ounces this year desu. I went to an lcs for the first time in January and picked up two bars. It was a very small building and very awkward so next time I'm not going alone.
How have you been anon.

Is my Melbourne sovereign not pure gold? Just heard about those sneaky Australians

>>53996202
The gold is still 9999 fine, they just had.more silver than they should in the remaining 00001

>>53996202
Seems like a nothing burger, long and short of the drama is that the gold had slightly larger traces of silver than stated and the bugmen are very strict about their non-tungsten gold.

Gold krug master race gets copper alloyed rose colors and robs Africa of their metals.

How hard would it be to buy $10k in silver with only cash? Can I do it online? If I wanted to sell part or all of it a few years later, how would I go about doing that?

>>53996339
Try not to buy too much at a time (so you don't get reported), but not too little either (so you don't get taxed too much).
You sell either to other people or to a local coin shop. Avoid online dealers, avoid banks. However, silver is money, if you want more USD from your silver then you're doing it wrong.

Well? How would you respond?

>>53996202
sovereigns are 22kt gold (.9167 fine, 0.2354ozt AGW). I hope you knew that before you bought kek
>>53996339
that's only like four kilos and some change that's not impossible to buy in person

>>53996421
>Try not to buy too much at a time (so you don't get reported),
Are online metal dealers required to report the buyers name to the government?

>but not too little either (so you don't get taxed too much).
I was fully expecting to pay state sales tax. Is there another tax I should be concerned about avoiding?

I am not planning to sell any precious metals but i would rather sell $10k in metals than lose my house, if it ever came to that. I would just like to know I could liquidate my stack if necessary.

>>53996520
All of that is more or less what I believe.
It's a just-in-case item, which if one has the presence of mind for such things, was likely last on the list next to water, food and shelter solutions.
Virtually nothing is guaranteed. You could lose your resources before getting to use them due to whatever emergency is prompting their use. Where your stash is could literally get bombed.
They used to think tsunamis had a maximum until they made discoveries worth coining the term mega tsunami. PMs are just one area of just-in-case items. But with the general upward trend of their price if nothing ever happens you'll at least be able to sell them later on.
Could you get unlucky and the price happens to dip when you're ready to sell as an older person? Sure. But similarly your just-in-case items can literally expire before any emergency happens.
Good on whoever can perfectly predict the future and know precisely what they need and when.

>>53996588
if you buy online sales tax + dealer's premium is probably the most you'll be hit with, you could probably skip sales tax buying local. you're not going to ping the feds over 10k of silver that's pretty low profile

>>53996520
Cry about it on /pmg/. Hope to get a bunch of (you)s with people echoing sentiments like "it's a paid Jewish shill!" Then post a picture of a coin next to your stinky buttplug for continued updoots.

>>53996588
i think each state is different with bullion taxation. my state doesn't tax on purchases over 1000.
dealers only have to report you if you make a purchase over a certain number in one day (5 or 10k, i forget which) if you go to 2 stores or buy over a few days you won't have to worry about this. also if you buy from an individual you won't have to worry about this

>>53989714
>>53989726
>>53989754
What version is this

BOLD usually has great prices, but their memorial sovereign is selling for more than both JM bullion and Apmex wtf

>>53988572
I once posted a deal on here to see if anyone thought it was real and it was sold in 2 minutes.

>>53995301
>>53994605
I heard y’all like kooks

>>53996998

>>53997028

>>53996520
yeah this sounds Jewish asf

>>53997049

>>53997056
Very nice, how much did that run you?

>>53997056
That is nice. I even like the coin alone. Can it come out of the bar or is that not a feature? Either way is fine, the way it looks just got me wondering.
If I'm not mistaken, I saw a similar setup for a Philharmonica some time ago.

>>53987445
>>53991581
The jew fears the indoor chicken farmer

>>53987899
I mean are you supposed to jerk off to the coin or what

>>53988552

>>53997135
Coin is separate from bar

>>53996588

>>53996520
>why wouldn't precious metals increase in a recession
>because reasons
Typical vague college professor verbal diarrhea eluding to an answer, without ever actually giving one. Reminds me of most "scientific studies." You'll never actually get an honest answer, as most of the population, even those that work for these companies, are midwits at best and will accept aloofness as some sort of elusive pragmatism too above them to comprehend. They think their answer makes sense and their smarter (((cooperate bosses))) pat them on the back. Social norms reaffirm their ignorance. Anyone who wants genuine explanation for something, while having answers veiled by those in power, come up with likely explanations based on observable patterns, and are labeled as conspiracy theorist. Rinse repeat to infinity. Just stack. the name of the game is not profit here.

>>53996628
Some kind Anon (not I) compiled this.

>>53997151
That's a fascinating setup. Definitely has extra advantage if cold weather comes.

>>53997218
Very nice. Sweet that the bar portion forms a whole other ounce.

>>53996520
His reasons don't seem much different from reasons during normal times.

>>53997151
>imagine the smell

>>53997278
>California
Fucking kill me. I just want to buy a few rounds or a 20 franc coin sometimes. I don't want to have to spend $1500 every time I want a fucking Rooster.

>>53996008
I made a shady purchase of a kilo too. The bar does not have any kind of marking on it, but I got it very close to spot so I bought it. I've bought lots of 20g bars from that lcs, but I'm never going back for kilos. I found a way to buy kilos directly from a refinery and I'm happy that I did. Their deals are excellent, but I have to travel quite a bit. So far traveling has been worth the cost. Other than that, life is pretty good, my close friend is getting married.

>>53997339
>fears chicken smell
Men are so weak these days.

>>53997400
I have a cart with $600 I won't pull the trigger on because of it.
>>53997582
I think I'd be more concerned about the noise.

>>53997651
>I have a cart with $600 I won't pull the trigger on because of it.
Been there multiple times. Seen so many good deals on Ebay that become shit deals solely because of sales tax. Almost considering ordering shit in my friend's name since he lives in a non-fucked state and just paying him to mail it out here, might end up being cheaper although longer.

Got the gold krug but it was bizarre. The pinehurst coin flap AND the small plastic bag it was in were broken so the coin was just in the priority mail bubble package wobbling around. The package was in a cardboard priority mail box and everything was taped so it doesn’t look like Keshawn Jackson fucked with my gold but I’d never seen anything like that before. Coin looks great and pinehurst is a legitimate company but did someone have a bad day shoving the coin flip into the plastic bag?

>can’t believe someone would be so harsh to my cute little krug.

>>53997651
On that note, fellow California fag you can try Reddit. They have a PMs for sale sub and I've seen good deals there. Just gotta make sure you're buying from someone with a good amount of sales.

>>53997857
so many people in this gen want to pass on r/pmsforsale because it's plebbit, they're too blinded by tribalism to realize that that is likely the biggest forum for private pm deals with the only fee tacked on, if anything, being shipping. deals way below what dealers offer, no tax, very private

>people unironically California and reddit posting in /pmg/
This general is full of absolute faggots now.

>>53997921
keep paying 10% more than you need to at apmex retard

>>53997913
Plus you can haggle with them.

>>53996626
>>53996628
>>53997228
>>53997278
I understand now. Only transactions under $10,000 to avoid paperwork. Same as buying a vehicle in cash. Thank you, anons.

Liquidating in cash requires an individual buyer or spread over a few different shops.

>>53996632
Old Hard bound copy. Got it at home. I can check later, after work and post a pic of the Title/edition page. In this thread if still up. or the next one

>>53997921
>I won't buy gold at spot because reddit is selling it
Jesus fucking Christ you're a bigger fag than them. Stop trying so hard to fit in.

>made myself an autistic and logical stacking plan that currently limits my purchases to weekly buys of merc tubes.
>can’t impulsively buy random shit from eBay auctions anymore

Help me, bros.

>>53997857
I'll look into it again. I popped in a few times about two years ago, but nothing really piqued my interest. Lots of sellers only dealing in one coin at a time. To be worth it, I would still have to bundle a bit due to shipping costs.
>>53997921
Go back to shucking whatever flat cornfield you came from then.
>>53998288
Fight the good fight, brother, but if something really is a great deal with promising profit more than your merc plan, might be worth placing a bit.

>>53998288
make sure you have a reserve pool of cash in case you come across any great deals (like the gold sov under spot) that you can't afford with the merc tube budget

>>53997544
Checked and congrats to your friend. Was the unmarked bar from the refinery? Where'd you get it and how do you know it's real?
>I've bought lots of 20g bars from that lcs,
Just normal bars or? I know they made 20g silver bars in the 70s that had different flags on them. Ussr, Mexico, USA, confederate states, Canada, etc.

>>53997913
>sleep on
Nigger

>>53998959
was that anywhere in his post retard nigger

Should I buy gold, silver, or platinum?

>>53999666
>>53999999
>>54000000

>>53999156
1:1:100, my boy. Platinum is that weird middle ground where it’s hard to justify spending 1000$ an oz when that’s half an oz of gold or 1.5 tubes of silber. BUT, it feels like a sleeper that will eventually break out.

>I can save her

>>53999403

Thank you sir.

>>53999156
Yes

>>53999999
check these six nines fine buy gold

>>53997913
so what you’re saying is you’re selling fakes on r*ddit

So here's an experiment for you guys.
I've uploaded a spreadsheet with a bunch of PM utilities to help you through calculations. It's based on my real one, but the PuchaseRecords tab has dummy data so you can at least see how it works.
I am not proficient in Google Sheets, so I am not sure if you can edit it (I'd rather not) or view it (that's good), or (ideally) download it.
If you think it's useful and have questions, I'm fine with answering them (up to a point).
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11oZ4X8Gkgv3oGd_BunwFAHRhS92cfocIcmHzVK1D5s4/edit?usp=sharing

>>53986337
>failing that, could you build a rocker? you might have a better time using a rocker box or a tiny highbanker style tool than a stream sluice.
>https://www.ebay.ca/itm/265181283298
something similar to this could work for you.
I've really been contemplating building a rocker, would be a neat little project, but if it's supposed to work and not look like ass, a handsaw and a tiny kitchen table aren't going to work out. Plus, I don't have space to store it. And I probably would need an external frame backpack to haul it, which would also run into the storage issue.
Highbanker would be just what I need (most of my spots don't have enough flow for a sluice to start with) but while you can do all kinds of stuff with/on rivers, pumping water from them is not among these things. Apparently, you can get a permit, but it's a long and expensive journey through the labyrinths of bureaucracy, so I won't bother.
So a small, cheap, ready to go sluice seemed like a good start to see if I can up my production a bit. If that sluice manages to pay for itself (lol, will be a while if I don't finde good spots closer to the source, plus >>53993828 didn't help, that like 0.05 cents gone forever), I can always upgrade, one way or the other.

>>54000121
Also, it'll probably take me some time to figure that thing out. Haven't yet found a good, concise "manual".
Panning and finding gold, you find plenty of good stuff on youtube, but sluices are a bit of a niche, it seems.
Dan Hurd did quite a lot of good educational stuff before he became a full on e-thot, but nothing on sluices.
Vo Gus has some stuff, but he mostly uses dream mats, which work a bit different.
Two Toes has some good stuff, but he's using classic riffles + miners moss, which is also a tad different from what I have, plus, he's often
>normally, you'd do that like this, but I'm doing it differently, and my thinking goes that I'd rather catch more big stuff in a shorter time instead of fines
which probably is really a good idea if you're in motherlode country, but not for my fine gold ass. Oh well, I guess it's all first world problems.

>>53987155

asahi 1 ounce rounds or asahi 1 ounce bars?

>>54000325

Rounds.

>>54000121
a rocker doesnt need to look good, all it has to do is catch gold. Some of my earliest ones were built from cast off wood core boxes from the mine i was working at. You dont need to over think or over build, a riffle trap, some carpet and a slight gradient is all you need to catch gold particles in any sluice setup. You could also go the route of using a sluice out of the water and use a dipper stick to feed water in. Its back breaking but it works.
>>54000260
Unfortunately stream sluices are technically illegal in BC, thats why dan doesnt do videos on them, he focuses on highbankers mostly. From your video, i can see you have a great flow and the sluice mat is working nearly perfectly. If your still having issues though with angle and flow, look into buying a set of legs / a sluice stand for it.

>>54000121
Also >>53993828 that sucks! I ve gone and lost snuffer bottles with a few nuggets in them before, watched them bob their way down river.. never to be seen again. Also fyi never leave glass vials in your pocket with an ounce in them, the vial bottoms cant hold the weight in during a fall, gold goes everywhere.

>>54000799
>Unfortunately stream sluices are technically illegal in BC, thats why dan doesnt do videos on them, he focuses on highbankers mostly.
Funny. So that's the opposite of my situation. He's got a lot of explanation about hand pumps (which, now that I think of it probably also are a no-no here, but I guess I can just feign ignorance on that, but an electrical pump is very obvious.
>From your video, i can see you have a great flow and the sluice mat is working nearly perfectly. If your still having issues though with angle and flow, look into buying a set of legs / a sluice stand for it.
I thought I need some more "boiling" for the sluice to work and my large riffles less than 80% filled.
The legs are on my to do list. I think I can just drill a few holes and put in some screws with wing nuts and have a strip of Al with a long hole in the middle, L profile at best, just gotta see if I can buy those L profiles somewhere that's not exclusively B2B.
And sure, I can easily build a rocker, but the compactness and built quality of the sluice is really appealing (pic related), plus, since I've used all my scrap wood for a diner table seat for my child, it'd probably be as expensive as the sluice…
But now that I think of it: I probably could jury rig some kind of contraption that turns my sluice into a rocker…

>>54000972
>I ve gone and lost snuffer bottles with a few nuggets in them before, watched them bob their way down river.. never to be seen again.
Ouch. That must've hurt.
>Also fyi never leave glass vials in your pocket with an ounce in them, the vial bottoms cant hold the weight in during a fall, gold goes everywhere.
Luckily, I'm save from that! Way away from an ounce…

>>54001076
>He's got a lot of explanation about hand pumps (which, now that I think of it probably also are a no-no here, but I guess I can just feign ignorance on that, but an electrical pump is very obvious.
Somehow I forgot to finish that sentence:
>) so it's kinda weird that he doesn't mention that, but I guess since there's this >high and dry loophole for handpumps, it makes sense to use them where possible, whereas there is no loophole for sluices, besides the high banker, which in some way is a whole different beast.
Guess the whiskey I'm sipping against my sore throat is kicking in. Probably call it a night soon.

>>54001076
can you get a closer shot of your riffles? how agressive is your mat? any idea on the brand? I use Gold Owl matting in my highbanker for example, it often looks packed up when operating but catches 99% of heavies.

Also, consider a land sluice setup like pic related, i can draw up a diagram too if you want. How expensive is wood in your area? I get everything for nearly free as cast off from work or from local saw mills.

>>54001132
my old mentor once dropped a pouch of about 4ozs on his driveway, the bottom split open and we ended up sluicing his drive way to get it all back. Gold dust is a pain in the ass.

>>53995356
>exchanging it for the real deal was easy

>>54001231
>can you get a closer shot of your riffles?
Sure.
>how agressive is your mat? any idea on the brand? I use Gold Owl matting in my highbanker for example, it often looks packed up when operating but catches 99% of heavies.
Hard to say how agressive it is, It's your standard "modern" rubber mat. It's this one: https://goldenshark.pl/en/63-medium-sluice-m.html
>Also, consider a land sluice setup like pic related, i can draw up a diagram too if you want.
Thanks for the offer, but no need.
I should have some blueprints somewhere anyways. Probably thanks to you? Didn't you dump a bunch of links to old reports and various bureau of mines guides for folks trying their luck in the Yukon or California gold fields a few years back?
>How expensive is wood in your area? I get everything for nearly free as cast off from work or from local saw mills.
OK, maybe I was a bit over dramatic, but I did some back of the envelope calculations a while ago and pure material was like a third of a bought sluice, and since I only have a hand saw, I didn't want to bother.

>>53996317
>Gold krug master race gets copper
>gets copper
>copper

>>54001572
yep i have all sorts of documents and plans for sluices and different setups if your interested!

As for your mat and it plugging, how does your concentrate pan out? lots of heavy blacks or blonde sands? The only thing i could recommend is a tiny bit more angle and flow, you have the "V" at the top which is perfect, but you need a little more velocity to clear your riffles. Your mat looks very similar to what i use, so dont worry too much, its catching everything even if its a bit gummed up.

>>54001579
Isn’t it a copper alloy 22k? Don’t be a salty negro, anon. Luv me cherry gold.

Seems like Bobos and red Wojaks are reigning in /biz/ today thanks to Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank crashing which is dragging down larger banks' share prices too along with BTC which is down 8%, so crypto nerd seething is adding to the chorus.

Is it finally happening bros? Will we get to see catastrophic contagion, global market crashes and scores of banksters jump off skyscrapers soon?

>>54001690
>yep i have all sorts of documents and plans for sluices and different setups if your interested!
If you have any "modern" stuff (or links to that), I'd be interested. I had a cursory look for modern scientific papers on this topic, but seems like not much is done. But don't stress over it! Already got a lot of good info from you. The old stuff I already have a lot (If I ever need a 100% original long tom, I know how to do it).
>As for your mat and it plugging, how does your concentrate pan out? lots of heavy blacks or blonde sands?
Mostly red stuff (i.e. garnets). I rarely get noteable black sand, but I got a few neat large-ish magnetite or heamatite chunks out of it, and it caught some small stainless steel wire in the top riffles, so it's probably not totally off, but I feel I need some more water. lot of stuff just slides over it, it seems.

>>53997400
>Masshole
Not as fucky as Cali but $1000 per order kinda sucks. Could be worse I suppose.

>>54001954
the most recent recent info on sluices can be found through 911 Metallurgist here. They have all sorts of charts and data you can look at. https://www.911metallurgist.com/blog/long-tom-sluice
I cant help you with garnets, their a pain to every sluice, but if your still catching stuff like steel your fine.

>>54000260
that webm just inspired an incredible idea (or so it seems in my head) thanks

>>54001745
This kneegrow prefers his gold...well...gold.

>>54001927
>scores of banksters jump off skyscrapers
I can only get so hard, anon, but I don't think we're there yet. Besides, I NEED MORE TIME!

>>53995889
>>54001406
It was completely blank in terms of any intentional design work and just had numerous digs and scratches
I mean, who else but the shop would believe it was an error from the mint and then pay extra for it, right?
Not that they were unreasonable, but me calling them ASAP, having a receipt and dealing with the same people I bought from was probably why I got it replaced.
Guy I dealt with, very friendly and all, told me the manager was wondering if I was for real and he had to tell him there's no way someone would come down to the shop to try and rip them off for a Maple that would only fetch a bit more as bother were still 1 oz silver.
On the topic of numismatic value I did actually look through my collection to see if any of the orientation was off at all. Could call them falling leaves if they were off by enough, like the diving goose of old silver dollars.

>>54001579
I figured the "gloat" factor was that copper makes it more durable. I was wondering why the Chinese would complain about more traces of silver and I guess that makes it slightly less durable? No?

>>54002122
Now I’m curious about that idea!

>>54002271
Yeah, that was a valuable error anon, exchanging it for a normal maple was a noob mistake. The coin shop probably turned around and sold it for hundreds to a collector within the week.

>>53995889
>>54001406
Alright I did some more reading up on this (still a greenhorn really) but I have to wonder who would believe me if I wasn't dealing with the LCS I bought the stuff from. Nothing at all indicates it's from a mint as opposed to someone making their own stuff. It'd be one thing if there was a tamper-proof sticker but as far as I know Maples don't get that, though, that could be changing this year if footage I've seen of the smilodon tubes is any indication. That said, I bought 2023 maples and I haven't seen evidence of their tubes having one of those stickers that go over the cap. Still, interesting to read up on briefly.

>>54001954
>>54001690
have either of you built/bought a hand dredge for sucking stuff out of crevices? i saw them on various youtube videos and they seem useful?
i think in my state crevices might be one of the best shots for finding gold

>>53988192
I've seen one that says
>Tails, I get head
>Head, I get tail

>>54002328
Just a comfy little game that could be made. Some rough setting where survival by day is rough, night is even worse (cryptids and the like) and prospecting for gold is the MC's only real chance of getting a reliable ticket out of town.

>>54002387
They must be good actors then because they weren't jumping at the chance of taking it back. Guy I dealt with was more dumbfounded than anything. I'll keep it in mind for the future though. Just not sure how I'd convince someone it's legit. Any tips?

>>54001927
They aren't the only ones struggling right now.
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/credit-suisse-delays-publication-annual-report-following-sec-call-2023-03-09/

>>54002299
Yeah the copper makes it more durable. Some frens here like to fondle their gold, so that works for them. I imprison all my PMs in plastic, and only fondle junk and antiqued pieces. To each their own.

>>54002401
Sounds like you just got a blank planchette and not a misstrike. From what I've read misstrikes are intentionally made by employees who then smuggle them out of the mint to sell.

>>54001927
>banksters
are they really banksters if they weren't stacking?

>>54002460
yep this is what i use!
https://www.tenorex.ca/products/mothersucker-prospector

I hook it up to a simple header box on an inner tube, and just suck up obvious cracks or fissures close to shore. I use it more to remove overburden slimes or silt than to actually mine with, I use my crevasse tools to pull the material that has the gold out. The only down fall of these tools is they "push" a jet of water out the end when you go for your next "pull" of material, so anything under the tool end gets blasted and can get sent down stream. Its best to have a guy in a snorkel watching the tool tip, funneling material in, who can pick any bigger flakes up before you suck them up.

>>54002482
>Just not sure how I'd convince someone it's legit. Any tips?

It probably had a formed "rim", which would have been recognizable/identifiable to experts. It's something I would have submitted to a coin grading and slabbing service.
>Planchet rimming is an operation used to make blanks a little smaller to allow them to drop by gravity into the collar before being struck. It helps smooth the surfaces of nicks and grooves, evenly distributes the metal for a proper strike, and creates the upset edge around the outside face of the coin.

I doubt you'll ever see another but it would be cool if you did.

>>54002621
>I use it more to remove overburden slimes or silt than to actually mine with...
thank you for that, very helpful info
i'm still figuring things out and trying to maximize my chances of success

>>54002514
So what I gather from your picrel is that I need to find a way to jam 800+oz of silver in my ass and head to Venezuela to live like a king for a while?
Are Venezuelan women attractive?

>>54002599
Checked.
Looking at ebay for simply blank ones I'm not seeing such a thing going up in value over the real deal.
Also this: https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/blank-coins-sit-in-a-barrel-at-the-royal-canadian-mint-ltd-news-photo/1130208612
Seems like they're a bit too abundant even if I could prove them to be from the RCM. I would love to have gotten a Maple that was missing the Queen's face on the other side just for the visual alone.
>misstrike
Clever little tactic from a certain point of view. Another thing I learned is that the LCS doesn't test each and every round which I think is due to being partners with the RCM. That might have changed after what happened. I intend to call them just to ask, though, I did have them test my coins and they checked out. I had figured it might be a thing used to test for weight and other aspects that could afford to be roughed up and dropped.

next one up >>54002753

>>54002720
>Looking at ebay for simply blank ones I'm not seeing such a thing going up in value over the real deal.

You're not looking quite hard enough anon, like I said I would have gotten it authenticated and slabbed, I just found one here one that sold for $380 CAD with premium:
https://www.icollector.com/Mint-Error-Blank-Canada-5-Silver-Maple-Leaf-Planchet-Type-II-PCGS-Certified-MS60-A-Unique-blank_i44639578
Like I already said the coin dealers probably sold it for hundreds within the week, trading it in was a major goof.

>>54002667
While trying to find an example I came across this seemingly defunct website: https://canmint.com/
Apparently the blanks they did offer were rimmed or straight. Mine was like the pictured stuff but more damage.
But I'll keep in mind those services for next time.

>>54002832
Fascinating then. A little absurd too. Oops. Can't say mine had quite as much character though.

>>54002870
>but more damage.
see:>>54002832
A nearly $400 error you gave away.

>>54002906
What's the logic behind collecting that though? Mine was knight in shining armor tier compared to that one's back and front, but I guess then it'd be like 100, which is still much more than the Maple.

>>54002947
Honestly, the one in the slab looks like a "reject" that a worker removed and put into their pocket instead of the melt bin, that big divot would have made a flawed coin which would have been rejected. If anything your planchet, since it defied the odds and clearly went through the whole process without getting seen and pulled would almost certainly have been worth even more, maybe much more.

>>54003015
I could see that. It's definitely a valuable lesson for both the Mint and their partnered LCS.

>>54002947
Same logic as collecting a graded slick set, slick coins are far from rare but a graded set of them is very rare since they are so common and worthless they don't get graded. It's all about rarity, and getting a blank is pretty rare since so many things have to line up for one to make it into circulation.

>>54003064
I'm just super surprised blanks can be unique enough that graders could identify them on top of believing the story about how it came to me. I wonder if anyone's ever made money making blanks and getting them graded to sell.

>>54003038
You should go talk to them, be upfront about how you now know it was a rare error and ask what they did with it or managed to sell it for. Sorry if I'm coming off as a bit exasperated, I would have killed to get my hands on it. Reminds me of a story an uncle told of getting a "really weird" 1955 penny as a kid that he then spent on a 1 cent gumball. The appearance always stuck with him and later on he learned that it was a famous 1955 doubled-die cent, worth about $2,000 nowadays. Most expensive piece of candy he ever bought he says, lol.

>>54003119
That's why i used the slick set as an example, for a top tier set you want the coins to be on the cusp of being so worn down they are unrecognizable. It adds to the rarity.

Found my new storage box, about 20x20x7 and solid as a rock.

$70 at a secondhand store.

Mail call

>>54003396
explain?

>>53997834
Gold's dense and packages get physically thrown / dropped by machinery.

>>54003570

No.

>>53998151
Thanks. I think I found it online and ordered it