I recently bought some silver when the spot price dipped under $21 last week. Today it arrived and I’m wondering if I should leave this plastic on or take the bar out? Does it impact resellability? If it was an assay card with a number and the specs of the bar I would obviously leave it but it’s just plastic shrink wrap.
Personally, I would want to take them out. Then they will get scratched. Does the attractiveness of the Bullion make it worth more or less? Sorry, I wish I had all the answers.
It's your call. Generic bars at silver weight don't really have to be protected. Collector bars in the factory packaging, keep in better condition and retain the added value.
That’s what I was thinking too but really it does make them harder to stack because the plastic makes an unstable stack and I don’t like stuff falling over. I just didn’t want to open up the plastic and then find out later that doing so severely impacted sellability. Some products are like that. If you take them out of their seal they lose value.
Don't throw those wrappers out. The way things are ATM the plastic may be worth more than the silver soon. Take em out to fondle. New bars don't have a premium to destroy that's worth worrying about.
I've bought and sold those same bars and never took the plastic off. When I sold them, the buyer didn't take it off either.
It really doesn’t matter but personally I’d leave them on. I have a few that have been in plastic for many years with no problems.
Yes- .999 will probably start to tarnish rather quickly. And pick up fingerprints if you handle with bare hands. High purity silver is very reactive.
Personally I leave the plastic wraps on. It keeps them from tarnishing and keeps them blast white. Keeps them from getting banged up too.
I put some art bars in plastic flips. Most of the others are in Ziploc bags. Keeps the scratch damage down from stacking or storing.
Nope! JM Bullion sells those separately.. But for $18 I’m not buying one. $18 is a fortune for a little plastic credit card sized thing.
Just curious does toning matter much? I always figured that they could be melted down and used for industrial purposes regardless of toning but maybe I’m missing something.