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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1872251, member: 38849&quot;]See <a href="http://www.coinflation.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinflation.com" rel="nofollow">www.coinflation.com</a> for silver values, constantly updated.&nbsp; You can buy junk silver at most coin shops, but will probably pay sales tax.&nbsp; The chances of you getting a fake &quot;junk silver&quot; dime, quarter, or half are virtually NIL.</p><p><br /></p><p>I buy junk silver because:</p><p>1.&nbsp; it has the lowest premium of any type of silver</p><p>2. it is already in a small, convenient size for bartering</p><p>3. everyone recognizes the coin designs</p><p>4. the odds of getting a counterfeit are exceedingly small</p><p>5. when you sell, you don&#039;t have to &quot;prove&quot; to anyone that it is silver</p><p>6. when the dollar tanks, all the premiums you paid for eagles, US Mint coins, bars, etc., etc.,</p><p>will evaporate - so why pay any premiums up front?</p><p><br /></p><p>====================</p><p>agree on silver war nickels - nobody wants them, although if you happen to have the opportunity to choose the ones you want, and can pick out AU&#039;s or borderline UNC&#039;s, then it&#039;s a good deal.&nbsp; Most of them you now find are slick underweight culls.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s say you buy Eagles.&nbsp; Bad things have happened in this country, and silver&#039;s $90/ounce.</p><p>You want to buy a loaf of bread.&nbsp; No one accepts Federal Reserve Notes anymore, except at a substantial discount.&nbsp; How&#039;s anyone going to make change for you?&nbsp; Worse, you bought bars or rounds.&nbsp; The merchant says, PROVE to me that&#039;s silver.........</p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors and stackers have rehashed this argument for YEARS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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