I love silver too! Save your money until you can buy one $500 box of half dollars from your bank. No Risk! No Commissions! I am averaging just one 40% or 90% silver coin per box. But by continuous recycling (the 999 fake silver plated copper half dollars) you can search for and find 1 silver coin per day. Do this everyday (takes about 1 hour) 250 days per year and in 4 short years you will have + or - $10,000 dollars worth of silver. Not bad for a one time $500 purchase. DoctorCoffey@aol.com