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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 77305, member: 3011&quot;]Speedy,</p><p><br /></p><p>The current annual deficit of production compared to the consumption of silver is measured in the tens of millions of ounces.&nbsp; Another way to look at it is that the deficit is somewhere between 5 to 10 times the total number of silver American eagles minted every year, depending on which source of data you use.&nbsp; Aunt So-and-so&#039;s coins aren&#039;t going to make a difference.&nbsp; If all collectors decided to do a &quot;mass-melt&quot; of all collections of silver coins, effectively destroying the hobby,&nbsp; I suppose that could delay the price rise by several years.&nbsp; I&#039;m not expecting that to happen.&nbsp; The normal reaction of markets to shortages is for the price to rise, and that&#039;s what I&#039;m expecting.&nbsp; It&#039;s also what is happening, if you follow the price of silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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