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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JrCoin, post: 583598, member: 18390&quot;]I think the gap between bullion and coin &quot;investing&quot; is getting pretty wide...modern coins just don&#039;t have the precious metal content anymore.&nbsp; I think anyone can appriciate that variety is the spice of life, however a coin collection becomes much more sentimental than a solid oz. for oz. bullion investment.&nbsp; The line is blurred.&nbsp; If you only cared about the metal value you&#039;d buy it in big bricks that would weigh too much for a thief to physically lift!&nbsp; But bullion isn&#039;t like that.&nbsp; You see Canada making special designs with limited editions, and the prices on those far exceed any spot price...those are collectables.&nbsp; Very expensive ones.&nbsp; Who is to say any modern coin will retain it&#039;s value let alone appriciate?&nbsp; I like statehood quarters but there are alot of them out there.&nbsp; I&#039;ve bought some of the silver ones, but then you have the 99 set which puts a complete set at a stiff premium over spot.&nbsp; You can buy &quot;junk&quot; .90 us silver and put a set together but unless you want to pay more for keys it wouldn&#039;t be complete...I guess that would make Franklins an ideal balance between owning silver and getting to complete a set.&nbsp; My problem with junk coins is that&#039;s what they look like.&nbsp; For an investor with collector tendancies I think you&#039;re better off with a solid collection of bullion and occasionally treating yourself to a a nice &quot;eye candy&quot; coin.&nbsp; If you&#039;re already loaded then go for the limited edition, .9999 pure silver/gold bi-metallic with the authentic dinosaur tooth embedded in the obverse.&nbsp; That will impress the grandchildren at least!&nbsp; Whatever the case, go with what fills your need and fits your personality, because you probably want to hang on to it for awhile.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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