Personally, I prefer gold coins and rounds.

I believe Hive account@bitcoinman and Hive account@goldrooster accept Hive/HBD in exchange for silver/gold. They'd be your best points of contact for that. They're both awesome. 😁

I recommend everyone join at least one community on Hive and also join their Discord. It makes it even more fun, it helps to have a group of friends to support you, and Hive can become very lonely without that interaction. #silvergoldstackers is an awesome group of people. You won't regret joining! 😁

My understanding on VAT is that most European countries consider gold to be an investment, whereas the other metals are considered commodities, and so only gold is exempt because of this.

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