got my new shiny today :) this one was bought purely for the CGT~capitol gains tax,which if you're in england you will know what I am on about if not, and please remember I do not understand the details myself, I am one of those people in life that if you wish to be nice you can say stuff like; 'oh she's a creative type', or if you're being realistic you can say that anything technical, involves complicated stuff like maths, or worse 'lawyerspeak' you know all that legalese stuff, well I kind of glaze over and mentally skip away to my happy place, so CGT in the easiest terms possible is~ I buy my silver now and pay tax and if I go to sell my silver in the future, anything over a certain amount I get the dubious joy of being taxed again. I really do not like this idea, when I think about taxation I tend to get a bit flustered :) so in order to avoid good old capitol gains tax I can buy these coins and celebrate the idea of not being robbed a second time :)
I bought a britannia :) my first one
and this time instead of subjecting you to the awful pictures my adored old iphone3 takes I thought I would try to video instead see if my old phone can show you the coin better
some stuff
2018 Britannia 1 oz silver coin
reverse depiction of Britannia, inscribed Britannia 2018, 999 fine silver
obverse depiction of Queen Elizabeth, inscribed Elizabeth II, D G REG,FD 2 pounds
mint minted by Royal Mint, LLantrisant, Wales
diameter 38.61
thickness 3
weight 31.1035
fineness 999
shinyness pretty shiny
so this is one of my what I like to call practical buys, and practical buying is good but I am looking forward to getting my next coin which will be one of my 'indulge myself' buys :) also I am a little excited :) I have sat for a while now trying my best to think of ways of being able to play with silver, I watch many videos of experts pouring beautiful pieces of silver and very much wanted a go myself, being realistic though meant I had to find another way to play with silver that didn't involve furnaces etc and I think I have found a whole new area of arty happiness :) those who know me in the day to day world know that my home is very much centered on art and creativity, but I hadn't made anything with silver so now a whole new adventure awaits :) I just need to gather some materials and equipment and then have fun creating pretty silver things :)
every day is a treasure finding day!
images and writing by velveteen 2018