Back in the old days, I used to “dabble” in the bullion market, in a small hobbyist way, and was fortunate enough to make a little money. Although when I think of what I was holding at one time, and the prices of gold and platinum today, I could still weep!
I kept a few mementoes though (some under lock and key – not all the gold was liquidated 
) and here is one of them – this a one kilogram block of 99.9% pure silver, made in Neuchatel, Switzerland and intended for the jewellery trade. I though of melting it down and minting my own coins, but as that is illegal everywhere except for, probably, the Cayman Islands, I keep it as a reminder, and it makes a damn fine paperweight. 
