Just doing a quick check of APMEX agrees with you. ~11% premium (Gold) versus ~72% premium (Silver). [IMG] Time to sell all your ASEs and buy AGEs?
Interesting.
Are you specifically asking in the context of bullion coins/tokens? For bullion, I don't care. Lowest price for the most ASW. For...
Me too. I can still get foreign silver coinage for small or no premiums. Right now, I'd rather take the chance of a 'low' buy price/percentage...
Also...I remembered one of the best ways I collected before the internet. One of my newspaper route customers (this is ~1992) saw me at the LCS...
Same thing(s). ;)
Let me guess. Retired account or engineer? ;)
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I hear what you're saying, but, as a 44 yr old with an uncatalogued collection, I'd say f-it if I was your age. Just have fun with what you have....
Started collecting at 12 in 1990 and my pre-internet collecting required change/roll searching, the small LCS in town and the yearly coin show at...
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Down to $18.22 right now.
Silver price drop today makes it more enticing - dropped to ~$18.30/toz
Ignorance and bullcrap (purposeful or unintentional) all around on this story.
Recent buy on vacation: 1879 Italy 5 Lire [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It’s about living in a high portion of the third largest metro int nation…and having several good shops within 15 mins of work.
Bought $57 dollars (current spot) worth of silver 1974 Bahamas proof set and the base metals coins were basically free.
Yep. The stores are consistent with the general market right. That’s why I prefer buying 1970 Panama 5 Balboas for essentially melt. These...
Yep. Especially when you look at the actual business strike mintage numbers for just most of the ASE years from like 2012-2020. Huge numbers...
Rhetorical question: Why is an ASE worth more on the market than a 1970 Panama 5 Balboa? Both have approx. the same amount of silver (ASW)....
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