>>20551885Welcome to the club, fella. As suggested, Sovereigns (Sterline) and 20 Francs/Lire (Marenghi) are the among the best ones you can get here, and they hold 7,32 and 5,8 grams of gold respectively. With current prices you should be able to find them at roughly 530 and 420 euros. 5 and 10 grams gold bars have usually a bigger premium compared to coins.
Investment silver is problematic due to VAT, so you'll need for it to grow 22% only to get even. You can however buy junk silver, aka somewhat recent circulated silver coins with no numismatic value (500 lire d'argento), which are sold with no VAT by either merchants or private sellers (on eBay or Subito). Just make sure to buy from reputable stores or people.
My suggestion would be to just dive into gold and maybe get some silver along the way. Jewelries are expensive, banco metalli kinda too; either go to non sketchy compro oro or online sellers. Personal favorite are
confinvest.it,
goldsilver.de,
stonexbullion.eu and
bolaffioro.it.
Also inform yourself on testing methodology and equipment needed; it's easy and cheap, and always good knowledge.
