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    Victorian budget introduces gold mining royalty

    Zero industry consultation before a royalty of 2.75% was announced in the budget. https://www.afr.com/business/mining/miners-blindsided-by-vic-gold-royalty-20190526-p51rcc
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    Bitcoin explained

    ...in language we all understand :)
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    Robinhood becoming a fee free crypto broker

    https://crypto.robinhood.com Robinhood share trading app is going to start offering BTC and ETH with no commissions. This will destroy Coinbase in the US market! If you haven't already got a Robinhood account, you can join at http://share.robinhood.com/benjamg30 and get a free stock on signup.
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    iExec RLC just listed on Binance

    iExex coin RLC just listed on Binance, with BNB, BTC and ETH pairs. It's jumped 50% on Bittrex on the news. The project aims to create a decentralized market for cloud computing resources. Binance registrations are now open again at https://www.binance.com/?ref=13311931
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    55x

    Just went to a local crypto group meeting (kinda like a Silver Stackers meeting but just crypto). One of the presentations was by a technical trader who analysed what $100 in each of the top 20 coins by market cap on 1st Jan 2017 would have been worth after 12 months. $2000 down and held...
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    Bitcoin Billionaire

    Gotta watch those solar flares...
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    $1700 AUD gold

    Go you good thing! (yeah I know, we need the charts back ASAP)
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    Deep dive introduction to ancient Greek coins

    http://www.greekcoinvalues.com/introduction.php Found the above website while researching some books on ancient coins - Oliver Hoover is part way through releasing an epic 13 volume series on Greek era ancient coinage, and this introduction is a good primer for the field for anyone interested -...
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    Riches to rags: A family made homeless from a credit card debt Read m

    More of a wealth mismanagement story. Lots of mis-steps along the way, but a shocking example of how everything can blow up in your face financially.
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    A study of 2oz Engelhard Australia bars

    A study of 2oz Engelhard Australia bars Recently I received a lot of the new 2oz Engelhard Australia bars for my personal stack. After a discussion with the distributor regarding the process of getting these bars produced, I did some sorting and research on the bars at my disposal, and have...
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    Music thread removed

    I've had to remove the music thread where members were posting YouTube videos of songs. Apparently hosting screenshots of videos from YouTube (which is a Google website), violates their terms of use for Google Adsense which the forum relies heavily upon. Go figure. Due to some ill-advised...
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    George III gravy boat London 1773

    Picked this up on my recent trip to London at the Silver Vaults. Got home and just realised the significance of the piece after doing a little research. It's a George III gravy boat, made in London in 1773 by John Parker and Edward Wakelin (IP & EW). This firm would later become Garrards, which...
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    Perth Mint 100g cast gold bars

    Anyone seen these before?!? Source: http://www.theage.com.au/business/mining-and-resources/australian-acquisition-next-on-the-agenda-for-indian-gold-baron-20150727-gilm2c.html I've asked Perth Mint about these - the wholesale team isn't aware of this as a product in the last few years. I'm...
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    How to escape a parking fine

    Lifted from Facebook, so I couldn't embed it. How to get out of a parking fine with humor. Safe for work...
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    Romit

    Robocoin is introducing Romit - a direct competitor to Western Union and MoneyGram using BitCoin technology to allow cash-to-cash endpoint transfers. http://romit.io The use of BitCoin as the underlying transfer mechanism should be invisible to users of the service. Only points of presence in...
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    Hatton Garden heist - Massive SDB theft in London

    Well. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/08/europe/london-hatton-garden-heist/index.html No shit Sherlock. :| Spread your metal, spread your risk :/
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    Two federal agents caught stealing bitcoins during Silk Road bust

    "We're from the government, and we're here to blackmail you" http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/30/politics/federal-agents-charged-with-stealing-bitcoin/index.html
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    2016 Panda

    Heard a solid rumour at the FUN Show that next years Panda will be 30 grams - no longer a troy ounce. Basically 2015 is the "transition" year with no markings, but still the full 1oz. Source was reputable.
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    Qld BitCoin ATM seized in bikie raids

    ...and the owner of it is not happy. www.coindesk.com/australian-police-seize-bitcoin-atm-2-6m-drug-bust/
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