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#Gold #Silver & #Platinum bullion shipped WORLDWIDE from Australia. Regular Youtube Coin unboxings and OTC sales. Level 6, 227 Collins St Melbourne.

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#BullionNow Public Service Announcement📣 PLEASE NOTE: Any items you see in the daily #hashtag tweets may or may not be available for sale! Some are stock items, some BuyBacks, some already come & gone. If interested in any, ask here on X in tweet. If available, 1st dibs gets it!

[Liberty Lyss @liberty_lyss]

The new $5 bill

[Eric Yeung 👍🚀🌕 @KingKong9888]

This striking suit of armor belonged to Tokugawa Ieyasu and was worn during the Winter Siege of Osaka Castle (1614–1615), a decisive conflict that secured his dominance in Japan.

The victory paved the way for the Tokugawa shogunate, which would rule the country for more than 250 years.

Decorated in gold, the armor was crafted not only for battlefield protection but also to project authority and psychological power. Samurai armor often blended function with symbolism, transforming warfare into a display of status, identity, and command.

Today, the armor is preserved at the Kunōzan Tōshōgū Museum, standing as a gleaming reminder of the battles that shaped Japan’s early modern era.

A suit of armor — and the birth of a dynasty.

Via Ancient Knowledge on FB

#Gold #Silver

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@mymetalromance I’m listening. Go on… 🤔

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⚠️PSA:

Due to the extreme queues with us running several hours into overtime for the past few months, we will be closing off our check-in queue system 1 hour before regular close of trade times starting from today, Saturday 24th January 2026.

Thank you 🙏

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#GOLD & #SILVER

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[Aussie silver stacker @stacksilvernow]

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@stacksilvernow It’s open!

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@Kellenkir It’s Tuesday today and we will be re-opening from 09:00 after a much needed break. Shop, phones, and emails will be operational from 9am and the website is back already. Your 2 ounces are good 😉

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PSA: Website update

A short video updating the wider community on what we were talking about in several BN Friday Livestreams throughout December, with pre-planned back-end updates and migration to new systems.

https://t.co/q39JaUkeoW

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@Kellenkir @stacksilvernow 🤣

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@stacksilvernow We are changing over back-end systems as pre-planned and announced on several livestreams prior to Christmas. Normally we would do a short YouTube video to advise as well, but not sure what happened with that over the holidays. In any case, all good 👍🏼

[Silver Gold Honey Company LLC @SilverGoldHoney]

During the Hard Times of the 1830s–1840s, official money became scarce and unreliable. Bank failures and collapsing paper notes made everyday trade difficult. In response, communities and private minters issued what we now call Hard Times Tokens.

These were physical copper tokens, usually close in size and weight to U.S. large cents, about 8–11 grams of near pure copper. They weren’t legal tender, but they carried real value because they had weight, metal, and cost to produce. Most circulated at 1 cent each.

The beehive symbol appeared on some of these tokens intentionally. It represented labor, cooperation, thrift, and stored surplus, a reminder that value comes from work, not promises.

In practical terms, a single token could buy a loaf of bread or a mug of beer.

A pound of honey, a staple food and primary sweetener at the time, typically sold for 12–30 cents depending on season and location. That meant it took roughly 12–30 Hard Times tokens, each backed by real copper to purchase 1 lb of honey.

With daily wages around 50¢–$1.00, a pound of honey represented about ¼ of a day’s wages yet again.

When paper failed, people returned to what worked: honest metal, honest food, and honest symbols.
A hive can only make so much honey and sound money once followed the same rule. 🐝🍯

[Medieval Digger @medieval_digger]

And after all these years of metal Detecting, this coin find from 2014 is still my favorite find! This coin is from somewhere around the year 1300 and displays the Medieval period perfectly! 😎👍🍀 #metaldetecting

[Medieval Digger @medieval_digger]

A lead bag seal from the 16th century! 😍👌

[PCGS @PCGScoin]

Silver is at $60 per ounce, so take a look back at the first U.S. silver dollar: The 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar. With only 1,758 minted, it is believed that only 150 survive today. In PCGS XF45, this coin is rare in the way collectors love it: real wear, real history, real impact.

[Eric Yeung 👍🚀🌕 @KingKong9888]

#Silver is the metal of “water” in Chinese mythology.

Be water my friend. Be water…

[Goldback @Goldback]

If gold got a security update, this would be it.

Goldbacks come loaded with anti-counterfeiting features, like:

⭐ UV-reactive ink
⭐ Serial numbers
⭐ Microprinting
⭐ Raised, reversed artwork

It takes the gold you already trust and upgrades it with modern tech, giving you a secure, stable currency.

Have you tested yours under a UV light yet?