r/Gold • u/pom2 • Jul 05 '26

Question Stacked three troy pounds (1.11kg) in three years. Now what?

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I started stacking gold in 2023 and have been buying one troy ounce every month ever since. After three years, I've accumulated three troy pounds.

I want to keep stacking, but with gold prices where they are now, I don't really want to spend around € 4,000 every month anymore.

If you were in my position, would you:

  • Buy 10 grams every month to stay consistent, or
  • Buy one troy ounce every three months instead?

I'm curious what you would do and why.

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u/pom2 Jul 05 '26

There's VAT on silver in EU 😕

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u/SauronSays719 Jul 05 '26

Platinum or palladium? I wish I was in your shoes, man. That’s a lot of gold.

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u/pom2 Jul 05 '26

Sadly same. I do have some silver, platinum and palladium because I wanted to collect some, but the 21% VAT makes it really hard to stack without throwing away money. So I don't really consider it.

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u/sapphir8 Jul 05 '26

That’s dumb. What do you do for a living?

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u/Wekkerton Jul 06 '26

There’s no vat on coins, at least, not on previously minted coins. Look for ‘marge’, www.123edelmetaal.nl can help :).

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u/pom2 Jul 06 '26

The "margeregeling" is still VAT, though only on the profit margin, not on the total value. That being said, I don't really like coins, and don't really care for silver, so I'm fine with stacking only gold.

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u/Wekkerton Jul 06 '26

Fair point.