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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sio2ga, post: 2719523, member: 83570&quot;]Yep, I&#039;m VERY sure that I had to do all of that. You see, I bought &quot;Bullion&quot; coins.&nbsp; It is separate from buying a simple proof or uncirculated coins.&nbsp; The reason for all of the security is people buy massive amounts of bullion - like 400 ounce gold bars. Yeah, single bars that are over half a million dollars each.&nbsp;&nbsp; So, they make sure of who they are dealing with.&nbsp; They probably laughed at my $94 purchase.&nbsp; To access the site you go to the royal mint website and click the link to go to the royal mints bullion site.</p><p>They have their bullion program set up differently than the USA does. It has it&#039;s plus and minus&#039;s though.&nbsp; Here in the USA, unless you pay a premium and a ten thousand dollar purchase of a sealed monster box, there is always the probability that the dealer has highgraded the coins he sends.&nbsp; You can&#039;t really buy a US silver eagle&nbsp; bullion coin with the chance that it hasn&#039;t been looked at by a dealer who decides if they want you to have it or not.&nbsp; So the UK&#039;s system has the plus that you get coins straight from the mint.&nbsp; The minus is they are not just a few dollars over melt.&nbsp; They are about $8 over melt compared to $4 over melt here.&nbsp; But, these coins are a lot nicer than the Eagle bullion coins - they appear prooflike and come in individual capsules.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is pretty good for UK citizens who also get free shipping and don&#039;t have to pay an exchange rate on the currency like I did.&nbsp;&nbsp; I ended up paying $94 for 2 coins.&nbsp; It would have been less per coin if I had bought more, because there is a flat fee on shipping and I had to pay a fee for a bank wire.&nbsp; So it would have been much more reasonable if I had of bought ten coins instead of just two.&nbsp;&nbsp; I really wasn&#039;t interested in more than a couple of coins and I can&#039;t see buying from them but maybe a couple every year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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