Well, I have heard that saying before, and honestly I am very skeptical of it. In any famine, or similar hypothetical scenario, it appears to be...
Obviously, there is a problem in acquiring massive amounts of gold and silver. As an example, the Federal Reserve refuses to give the Germans the...
Apmex plays an important deflationary role for precious metals investors by undercutting local coin shops and other competitors. They are almost...
I do object to a couple of points from skimming this thread. 1. "Plenty of supply." If there is plenty of supply, why are the United States...
So does anyone know if or how much the planchet flaw would affect the grade or value?
Nice. Those are, I believe, AU+. In my case, I paid $35 for the coin in the initial post. I also paid $47.50 and $42.50 for the other two (not...
I just picked up an awesome 1831 Bolivian 8 soles. It appears to have a very noticeable planchet flaw at about 12 o'clock. However, it seems to...
Well then, let me know where (unless your source is secret). On Apmex and Mintproducts.com (the two cheapest websites I have found so far),...
No, no, no. Do not pay eBay prices for Mexican Libertads. If you want Mexican Libertads, Apmex sells for barely above spot, but one must buy at...
I think Americans ought to lean more to ASEs, for practical reasons, but CMLs have the advantage of costing slightly less over spot and allowing...
I think both ASEs and CMLs are good investments. What many don't seem to consider is that there are many Canadians in the U.S. and many Americans...
In South Florida, from my experience, the average sucker who brings in a Morgan dollar to a coin shop may get about $15. I can buy one in good to...
Well, to each his own. With tens of millions of the newer ASEs, many will remain in high mint grades. This is especially true as many people,...
Despite some divergence in values between different dates of ASEs, they should be considered first and foremost as bullion and not collectibles....
Yes, the production of more ASEs will affect the value of *those* ASEs. We are already seeing price divergence between different dates of ASEs...
If silver closes in on gold in value, then the wealthy will jump on the silver bandwagon. I suspect the super-wealthy are more inclined towards...
Like I pointed out above, retail investors are just one part of the equation. Central banks are 800 pound gorillas. Another factor to take into...
In theory so many factors could cause silver and gold to plunge. But the reality is, given the relatively short life of fiat currencies, the...
Actually, this is a relevant topic because academics have studied the likelihood of this doomsday scenario and place it above 20% for this...
Yes, retail investors have a bias toward silver because it is more affordable and because of its perceived upside due to the gold to silver ratio,...
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