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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 823205, member: 16510"]First let me say right off that (as many already know) do not invest, collect, buy or sell bullion when and if I have the choice. I really do not care for it or think it is even a fair investment much less a good one. Of the three I think silver is the least valued on todays market and even then I only care about it as it relates to classic U.S. coins.</p><p>With that said what I want to post is a sort of general question regarding our perceptions of bullion as a total fixed amount in the world.</p><p> </p><p>I think that we (all of us) tend to get lured into thinking that there is one amount of gold, silver, platnium in the world and that's all there is. We somehow get to thinking there is this pile and all the rings, coins, everything made from it sits all around the world as "one pile" of stuff. I believe we think this way because it's easy and helps us keep it in perspective. It's hard to think of all the pounds ounzes or tons each day being mined, lost, recycled, melted and formed.</p><p> </p><p>In otherwords I believe we, (esp. when we have it as an investment) do not consider it as corn, wood, steel or aluminum. We somehow set it apart from those type things but really is it not the same thing with the only difference being "there's just a little less of it" and it's a little more valuble and rare, but not that rare"!</p><p> </p><p><b>So the topic is if you own, want to own or like owning bullion does the thought of it, wish for it, importance of it cause you to be a little jaded, (or in love) with this just because it's gold, silver, or platinum and then set it apart from more logical reasoning in regards to other commonly traded items?</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 823205, member: 16510"]First let me say right off that (as many already know) do not invest, collect, buy or sell bullion when and if I have the choice. I really do not care for it or think it is even a fair investment much less a good one. Of the three I think silver is the least valued on todays market and even then I only care about it as it relates to classic U.S. coins. With that said what I want to post is a sort of general question regarding our perceptions of bullion as a total fixed amount in the world. I think that we (all of us) tend to get lured into thinking that there is one amount of gold, silver, platnium in the world and that's all there is. We somehow get to thinking there is this pile and all the rings, coins, everything made from it sits all around the world as "one pile" of stuff. I believe we think this way because it's easy and helps us keep it in perspective. It's hard to think of all the pounds ounzes or tons each day being mined, lost, recycled, melted and formed. In otherwords I believe we, (esp. when we have it as an investment) do not consider it as corn, wood, steel or aluminum. We somehow set it apart from those type things but really is it not the same thing with the only difference being "there's just a little less of it" and it's a little more valuble and rare, but not that rare"! [B]So the topic is if you own, want to own or like owning bullion does the thought of it, wish for it, importance of it cause you to be a little jaded, (or in love) with this just because it's gold, silver, or platinum and then set it apart from more logical reasoning in regards to other commonly traded items?[/B][/QUOTE]
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