Good stuff....manhattan wouldn't help me as that's still about 45 minutes away from me but I wouldn't mind a Stamford, CT office, that's a lot closer and easier drive. :whistle: I have been thinking about my silver storage as well....I probably don't own as much silver as you did when you had storage issues, but these bars do take a lot of space.... I bought silver on the premise that it had a chance to go up faster than gold, and based on volume, it would be a better bet. I haven't yet seen that so if I do offload my silver, it will be in return for gold....not USD!!! I'll check out the Mexican Libertads, what about Canada do they have anything of beauty worth checking out?
Canada has some nice commems but not so much in the way of bullion. The Queen's portrait is on everything which I particularly don't like much on their modern bullion issues so I tend not to buy those, yet they do offer .9999 quality silver bullion, which is a very nice bonus.
They gotta get with the times, what they need to do is show the queen when she was 20.....then it will be a hot seller!! :goofer:
Well they did, sort of, she's been on many issues of coins over the years as Regent and each successive portrait over time has changed as she ages or to reflect a particular noteworthy milestone of her reign. Here's a funny Advert:
Currently: In UK/EU markets... GOLD @ $1,158.20.oz. Silver @ $18.37/oz. Platinum @ $1,721/oz. Palladium @ $514/oz. US market opening within the half hour...
Currently: at the US market open... GOLD @ $1,156.90.oz. High $1,158 Silver @ $18.33/oz. High $18.36 Platinum @ $1,723/oz. Palladium @ $514/oz.
This is an issue for me as well. I don't really care for modern coins with the Queen which pretty much rules out Canada, the Perth Mint, the UK and Isle of Mann coins (though I would make an exception for the 1989 and 2009 cat coins). I can't imagine what they will do when it is Charles' turn to be on these coins.
Maybe his sons will be next in line with the way grandma is going... LOL! The Princes are much more picturesque and I bet they feel lucky coming from that family to be so.
You gold bugs should have listened to me on page 1 of this thread. At the time, both Platinum and Gold were around $1k...>Mike p.s. in case you're interested, I'm starting to slowly sell Platinum now.
I'm thinking fear of another pull back in equities and the ongoing unemployment issues in the US... then factors with regards to China Yuan-USD, inflation in the US from states going broke... piles of the same problems. What about your thoughts?
I really liked your post #3 of this thread and stand by that as well, that is why I continue to maintain and see how long it actually takes for the OP to come to fruition. Of course I really like PMs, invest in them and collect coins made from them, but I don't feel I'm a bug in comparison to the OP. Let's just say I'm an interested party.
I thought these were all pressing issues for the last year! Which is why I was shocked that although gold has hovered above $1,000, it hasn't really stayed up too high....now I'm seeing it go back up..... What boggles my mind is when it comes down, yet the issues (the ones you stated above) continue to still be factors... But perhaps now things are starting to fall into place now....things that the market can't ignore anymore?
where is elaine?. she forgot to report the gold. now reached a high at $1,165.90 an ounce. i should have listen to her earlier and buy more.
We don't need to reply on Elaine to report it, she's in a different time-zone and it's already well into the weekend there... We all know how the PMs are doing... and I'm glad to see other's post the updates: Currently: GOLD @ $1,162.40.oz. High $1165.90 Silver @ $18.41/oz. High $18.45 Platinum @ $1,728/oz. Palladium @ $517/oz.
Final 2009 AGE Unc bullion mintages from the US Mint: 1 oz. ($50 denomination) 1,493,000 1/2 oz. ($25 denomination) 110,000 1/4 oz. ($10 denomination) 110,000 1/10 oz. ($5 denomination) 270,000 from Coin Update News 4/9/2010
exactly. but according to the Kitco index, the price surge is mainly due to buying. so, the question is, who's buying?