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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 29726, member: 57463&quot;]Yes, I do.&nbsp; I am not an active collector -- but I am not an active collector of anything, really; I just write.&nbsp; Even so, silver is always worth its weight and when I see a bar or round I like, I buy it.&nbsp; If I were to group them all, there are:</p><p><br /></p><p>(1) Patriotics</p><p><br /></p><p>(2) Banks</p><p><br /></p><p>(3) Other businesses</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the Patriotics, I include New Mexico in particular and Frontier, generally.&nbsp; One of these crosses with (2) being a Bank from New Mexico. Item (3) is pretty easy when the business is, say, a dentist, but is harder to tell from (2) when the business is Monex or Engelhard.&nbsp; There, also, Engelhard&#039;s &quot;Prospector&quot; rounds took their obverses from the California Commemorative coin of the US Mint.&nbsp; So, is this a Bank, or a Patriotic?&nbsp; As with any area of collecting, it is up to the collector to define.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do pay attention to the issuer.&nbsp; The &quot;Flying F/M&quot; of the Franklin Mint is a hallmark I trust.&nbsp; Silvertowne is another.&nbsp; I mentioned Monex and Engelhard, already, but you do have to be careful not to buy just any old thing with &quot;Engelhard&quot; scrawled across it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that these privately issued coins (which is what they are: coins) show that we do not really need a government Mint, but that is just a matter of personal political philosophy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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