Image 1 — 2025 Silver Britannia SS Tilawa Shipwreck Silver Privy Coin
Image 2 — 2025 Silver Britannia SS Tilawa Shipwreck Silver Privy Coin
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2025 Silver Britannia SS Tilawa Shipwreck Silver Privy Coin

As requested by u/BlazeBullionBotique

The SS Tilawa Britannia privy coin. Also a photo of the silver being salvaged.

SS Tilawa Shipwreck Silver refers to a historic haul of roughly 60 tonnes of .999 fine silver bullion (2,364 bars) recovered from the floor of the Indian Ocean.

Dubbed the "Indian Titanic," the British-Indian passenger liner SS Tilawa was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine on 23 November 1942.

At the time of its sinking, the ship was transporting the silver from Bombay to the South African Mint for coinage production.

In 2017, salvage operators secretly recovered the bullion from a depth of 1.6 miles (2.5 km) underwater. Following a high-profile UK Supreme Court battle with South Africa over sovereign rights, the silver was finally settled and released for the commercial market.

u/BassIck — 7 days ago

Buying the Dip

Hey guys.

In UK the silver spot price has fell over 50% but the premiums (with VAT) are 30% for a silver Britannia. You can find them for about £55 but mostly around £56-£58

I bought 4 2026 Brits that cost me £223 posted, so better than the average but it still seems risky to me, considering I was paying £30 posted last year.

Are you guys comfortable with those prices, or would you expect silver to fall more? Personally I'd feel much happier paying below £50 and might hold off before I get more. I'd be interested in what the general feeling is for stackers that speculate a bit

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u/BassIck — 17 days ago

Cancelled

Did anyone do an NHS search test today and get cancelled? I swear I did what I always do, gave it my full attention and "think" I did everything well, but it got cancelled.

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u/BassIck — 1 month ago

Ohme ePod, mini countryman, Octopus Fandango

Has anyone got this configuration working?

Only 1 charge from all 6 worked.

It keeps starting and stopping and is never ready. I've set the car to start immediately, but in the morning I noticed it has set a schedule.

I told Octopus I wanted the charger to be the Master, but they ignored me and recommended i connect through the car.

I can't rely on it and have no idea what rates I've been charged

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u/BassIck — 2 months ago

AI advised me...

Hi

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I opened a 60% Lifestrategy last year and a month ago I decided to start putting the money into a 100% equity one.

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Gemini was telling me this was a good move.

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Now just a minute ago Gemini has told me Its pointless having both of these things in the same ISA because they're in essence the same thing and giving me no diversity.

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I'm aiming to invest money for at least 5 years, hopefully longer, but that's in the hands of god unfortunately.

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So I'm in a bit of a pickle and thinking I should just stop the 100% one and shift the funds back into the 60/40 one

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I'll be in the corner over there wearing my cap

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u/BassIck — 2 months ago
▲ 78 r/Morgans+2 crossposts

1881 Beater with nice colour

This one has been kicked about a bit boys!

I was going to list this on feeBay, but to hell with it, cartwheels aren't everything. This one has lovely colour, if you stand on one leg at a 70 degree angle. Im keeping him.

u/BassIck — 3 months ago

Nervous about using my account at a different location

I have had to switch days with my sister, to look after my dad, and I have committed to doing a study at 4pm BST. I'll be in my dad's, about 20 miles away from mine, and he has a laptop, but I don't want to trigger any flags.

Logic dictates this should be just fine, but we all know the horror stories.

Should I risk it, or contact the researcher?

And curses to you if you downvote me!

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u/BassIck — 3 months ago
▲ 40 r/Morgans

1904-O Is this Uncirculated?

It looks like real mint lustre, to me, but the absence of a cartwheel is making me pause.

Any Thoughts. Good Morgan People

u/BassIck — 3 months ago
▲ 109 r/SilverCollectorsMob+1 crossposts

1896 Queen Victoria Half Crown

Struck at the Tower Hill Mint in Old London Town. Valued at two shillings and sixpence (written as 2/6), this coin represented one-eighth of a pound sterling during the late Victorian era.

u/BassIck — 3 months ago
▲ 92 r/UKcoins+1 crossposts

Now there's something you don't see every day...

Anyone tempted?

u/BassIck — 3 months ago

Do PayPal convert your currency as soon as they get it? The reason I ask is that Paypal always reports less than I sent from Prolific. They do a currency conversion when I transfer to a bank account. Are they charging me a conversion rate twice? Gemini says yes!! I'm not so sure.

I do have separate wallets for USD and GBP

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u/BassIck — 4 months ago

Do minor edge knocks put you off buying a coin?

I'm collecting half crowns and I want them to have as much original lustre as possible. I know this will be unrealistic with some key dates.

If you found a coin that had lots of eye appeal and original lustre, but 1 or 2 minor edge dings, would you buy it, or continue the hunt for a perfect one?

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u/BassIck — 4 months ago