Junk silver, or pre-33 gold. This half eagle is within your budget. https://www.apmex.com/product/119/5-liberty-gold-half-eagle-xf-random-year
Provident has random year ASE's for $1.49 over and Junk 90% at spot. I'm still not biting though. silver just seems kind of Ugh right now.
Provident definitely has the best deals I've seen, especially free shipping over $99. SD Bullion beats on price, but shipping kills the deal. Provident has been slow as molasses through when processing an order. Has anyone bought and "cull" ASEs? These seem like a good deal but I heard a lot of folks end up with those painted ASEs.
That was my thought, too. But how much cheaper are the culls, and how much work are you willing to put into them to save those few cents each?
Exactly, I would prefer painted over scratched/holed/etc; and some people like the painted ones and may actually pay you an extra $1-$2 for it (compared to a plain one).
https://www.providentmetals.com/1-oz-american-silver-eagle-random-year.html Best deal in town. $1.49 over melt for Random Year ASE's.
Yes! I ordered a few when they ran these recently and got a mix of 2012 and 2013 BUs. They look great.
This is another good one. Spot for Kennedy Halves: https://www.providentmetals.com/90-silver-kennedy-half-dollars-1-face-value.html
Not bad. I order 7 ASEs just a couple weeks ago and got all 2015. When I ordered with APMEX, I got two 1991 and other random 90's years.
Provident metals has a weekend sale for 2014 Britannia's with the horse Privy for .99 cents over spot.
I saw that. Brittanias are fun, but I don't know what the resale market is like. At this point the .99 cents is the same price as Ag rounds. Great deal but I just loaded up on the ASE deal on Provident.
Yeah, i'm passing on these as well. I just bought some ASEs on their current deal and a few queens beast. The Britannia's are going fast but would rather wait for a coin that i can't pass up.
I have a couple of the Brittannia,s but they are far from my favorite, currently working on the queens beast series.