Recent content by PeterS

I gave up on all these sorts of Perth Mint stuff due to their attitude to milk spot problems.

Would that mean there is only 28 times more silver there than gold?

I'm no lawyer, but I think most Australian consumer law requires goods to be of merchantable quality at the time of sale. The consumer would be on thinner ice if the spotting occurred later and then be subject to the storage red herrings. Its almost as if the mints have defending possible...

Interesting points. Of all things it made me wonder at the situation under consumer legislation where items have to be of a certain quality. Would the mints' attitude that they are only selling bullion stand up to an examination of the level of premium on a coin that developed spots?

If he finishes up in the Family Court, he'll have bugger all gold after that no matter what weight he had before.

Up and down like a toilet seat.

The vikings I fear most gather in Canberra to plan their raids. Their pens are mightier than their swords and can even destroy the value of hoarded currency, let alone paper investments. I'm with SteveS on insurance.

'Golden Rain' would be an excellent brand name if someone wanted to bottle and market it. Presumably the customer base would be that section of the population unable to apply the product direct from source by hose.

That's interesting, hamannmj's American view of Australia! So many here, including politicians on both sides seem blind to it. Good on him!

I read an article about how the chemicals in urine are good for plants. They called it 'the golden fertiliser'. Maybe it would have a special application here.

The guy obviously enjoys the attention he gets from his fantacy. Why not just ignore him?

With silver that is.

I don't know how important it is to others, but I didn't quite expect the bulk, weight and storage issues building up as quickly as they did!!!!

and the Britannia too, thanks

I've wondered before if you had a coin so badly spotted it was never going to be worth more than melt value, could you not risk some sort of polishing to at least make it look better as long as you understood it was still never going to be worth more than melt?