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To: TobagoJack who wrote (168614)	2/15/2021 11:36:37 PM
From: maceng2	1 Recommendation Recommended By ggersh Respond to of 218903

I bought my first little batch of Platinum in July last year, so the price I paid was fairly good. Of course in the UK we have to pay VAT on it at 20% as it's "not real money", and I am OK with it not being defined as "real money". Same with silver. I used to work with kilograms of Platinum in industrial uses once, and also with Palladium and other pm's. Generally Platinum is better then Palladium, and should be more expensive than Palladium, and Gold. Lots of people know that of course, which is probably why its hard to get hold of the physical material. Platinum coins are thin on the ground here. The greatest musical hits are called a platinum certifications for a reason. If the big boys wish to suppress the price of Platinum, I am happy with that as I need more Platinum. As much as I can get :-) I am thinking that the Platinum Gold ratio should be 2 or more. That in fact looks sensible to me. Anything below 1 is bizarre imho. A Detailed History of the Platinum Gold Ratio - Antique Sage

To: TobagoJack who wrote (168614)	2/16/2021 6:03:19 PM
From: sense	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218903

Pt/Pd raises a few interesting questions about the fungibility of the metals versus elasticity in prices. Physical limits in the ability to alter processes... timelines and costs in doing so... making an obvious arbitrage potential as an issue in a commodity trade... in which, once again, timing is the key... awareness at first being enough to move a market... but, some dynamic occurring from first perception to market equilibration ? How easy is it... or how hard... to switch from using one to using the other ? Seems to me China had to do a lot of work, a few years back, to figure out how to substitute Pd effectively... but shouldn't require any of that work to address the problem in reverse... leaving only the physical limits in modifications required... and the will to make it happen. There will be a timeline... but, what will it look like ? Maybe still an issue in tuning not just designs but the composition of fuels to the catalysts used ? So, maybe more to it than I'm thinking... not knowing what changes have been made in "tuning' things. What role do the two metals play in EV manufacture ? Remember the market impacts when they figured out you didn't need solid Pt... but coatings... and mixed metal alloys in coatings... massive swings in the platinum markets back then. And, seems not that long ago the same discussion took place re converter thefts rising... Last cycle, I found a couple articles and one buyer quoting prices on line... now they're ubiquitous... YS CATALYTIC RECYCLING LLC Maybe I better get the garage cleaned out to make room for that old truck...