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<p>[QUOTE="Silver Planet, post: 2217228, member: 75440"]IMO most ASEs are too common in perfect to near perfect condition to be worth much. Only low mintage years command any premium, and 1986 ASEs in perfect condition can be bought for little more than 2015s. Any non-key date ASE selling raw for more than $29 is (in my experience) a rip-off. Most cost significantly less.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only exception is MS70/PF70 NGC and PCGS slabs, which seem to go up in value reliably. Do not bother with MS69/PF69 specimens, as they are pointless.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only other 2 cents is that silver is not an investment. If someone calls it an investment, run the other way. It is a store of value, for reasons that are typically better represented by gold, and if it happens to yield a return like an investment (which it sometimes does) it is purely a matter of luck. Split your purchases into liquid/commodity and non-liquid/collectable categories and do not confuse the two.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Planet, post: 2217228, member: 75440"]IMO most ASEs are too common in perfect to near perfect condition to be worth much. Only low mintage years command any premium, and 1986 ASEs in perfect condition can be bought for little more than 2015s. Any non-key date ASE selling raw for more than $29 is (in my experience) a rip-off. Most cost significantly less. The only exception is MS70/PF70 NGC and PCGS slabs, which seem to go up in value reliably. Do not bother with MS69/PF69 specimens, as they are pointless. My only other 2 cents is that silver is not an investment. If someone calls it an investment, run the other way. It is a store of value, for reasons that are typically better represented by gold, and if it happens to yield a return like an investment (which it sometimes does) it is purely a matter of luck. Split your purchases into liquid/commodity and non-liquid/collectable categories and do not confuse the two.[/QUOTE]
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