Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1041447, member: 27043&quot;]Welcome to CT, Rob!&nbsp; Hope you enjoy it here.</p><p><br /></p><p>The answers to your questions are &quot;Depends&quot;, and &quot;Depends&quot;.&nbsp; *heh*</p><p><br /></p><p>In MY opinion, yes, the Silver Maples are great silver coins.&nbsp; They frequently sell for a very low premium over spot silver price, they&#039;re denominated at $5 instead of $1 in the country of issue (Canada), they&#039;re .9999 instead of .999 (no, that DOESN&#039;T make any significant difference, but it looks cool *heh*) and, finally, I think they&#039;re gorgeous...prettiest silver bullion coins made, in my opinion.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t to say others are somehow unworthy...merely that, in my view, the SML&#039;s are a top notch choice for silver bullion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will their price change depending on year?&nbsp; Sure, it can.&nbsp; These coins are like any other.&nbsp; Rarity, condition, and demand drive the price.&nbsp; If there were many millions minted, or if the coin is somehow damaged, worn, discolored, or otherwise &#039;off quality&#039;, then they&#039;re unlikely to EVER bring much of a premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, if few were minted (such as the 1997 SML, with just over 100k made), and you seek one in high grade, you can expect to pay a 50%-100% premium over spot, and SEVERAL times more than their original cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>NONE of the coins are likely to go &quot;through the roof&quot; as it were, and turn into multi-thousand dollar investments, simply because their existence is too well known, and being an uncirculating coin, high grade examples will be readily available.</p><p><br /></p><p>One last bit of commentary...if you&#039;re interested in a silver bullion coin with a potential upside, I recommend the current &quot;Silver Wolf&quot;...it&#039;s the first coin in the Canadian Mint&#039;s &quot;Wildlife Series&quot; of silver maples.&nbsp; Same physical characteristics as the standard maple, but the mint&#039;s limited production to 1,000,000 of each type, and the wolf is the first of what is said to be a set of at LEAST 6.&nbsp; If there&#039;s a likely premium to be realized on any current bullion coin, I&#039;d probably have to wager on that one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The only other possibly likely candidate might be the US Mint&#039;s 2010 Proof Silver Eagle, due to some speculation that mintage will be low, and demand high owing to the absence of a proof ASE last year.&nbsp; You will, however, pay a fairly high premium from the get go for the proof strike.&nbsp; You can read more about that particular coin and the current situation <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t132743/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t132743/">in this thread</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in