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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1729664, member: 26302&quot;]Last things first. I did pay the premium for a roll of 1986 ASE&#039;s, the first and only ones I have bought. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sourcing silver blanks, handling security, making dies and then shipping high value loads is all expensive. So is the union workforce in the mints. I would seriously doubt their costs are less than $1 per ASE, most likely higher. Then coupled with it having to go through an authorized distributor, then to retail channels for sale. All of those people applying overheads to them, I simply do not feel a $2-3 premium is unwarranted. The value to the owner is very recognizable, very pure silver which will be worth the maximum when it comes time to sell. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have never against ASEs, I simply happened to buy junk silver because I love coins also, and to me an ASE is not really a coin but more US minted bullion. Give me WL halves and mercury dimes any day of the week. Plus I had a source where I bought many below melt, and now I have nearly all junk silver. BUT, looking at pricing today, and what I consider excessive premiums for junk silver and my leeriness of bars, and I am seriously considering buying a box of ASEs when I want to put more money into silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, if I find a lot of junk world silver in the meantime near melt I doubt I will have that much self control. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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