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Message:: [QUOTE="DW-coins, post: 1316819, member: 33380"]My advise to people to stay away from bars and other silver products that are unique and unusual mainly because they're difficult to determine authenticity. For instance, a ASE has very exacting dimensions so along with determining mass you can also quickly determine dimensions and thus if a coin has those exact dimensions AND the proper mass, then it must be made of silver since only silver in those exact dimensions will have that exact mass. Bars, on the other hand, have only mass that can be accurately measured as each bar maker will use different dimensions. Imagine if silver were to go as high as $100 or $200 an oz, I guarantee you'll be reading in the local newspapers about fake silver bars and as a result bars and non-US silver coins will sell at a discount relative to ASE's. In fact, I think the premium on ASE's would become much larger simply due to the easy of verification. However, you could argue that at $150 an oz you'll be so far in the black that a little discount wouldn't hurt and I would have to agree with you.  But nevertheless, I would consider sticking with mainstream silver products that will be easily verified on the off chance that silver goes thru the roof.[/QUOTE]