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<p>[QUOTE="Rono, post: 1097963, member: 6492"]Howdy,</p><p> </p><p>Sure, but it's a mint product so you need to check the premium. I love Mapleleafs and have been buying them for years as cheaply as possible. Last year I also bought a Canadian Wolf because I liked it - even though the premium was higher than that on a Leaf. Bullion purchases that are the BEST investment have the lowest premium (markup over the spot price of the metal) and are still fungible (i.e. easy to buy and sell). You need to consider both. For example, a plain vanilla silver round from the WTF mint in BF Nowhere might have the smallest premium but are you going to be able to sell it easily? Cripes, you can sell an American Silver Eagle almost anywhere. For non-coin bullion - rounds or ingots, you want to stay with either Johnson-Matthey or Engelhard. </p><p> </p><p>And shop around. Chech <a href="http://www.apmex.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.apmex.com" rel="nofollow">www.apmex.com</a> and buy a copy of either Coin World or Numismatic News are your local bookstore and check the ads. I've dealt with Paul Sims for year with success but others like others. Here's a listing from my local dealership that shows the premiums they are currently charging. You can find cheaper prices, however, elsewhere. </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.libertycoinservice.com/images/stories/offersandquotes/daily_quotes.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.libertycoinservice.com/images/stories/offersandquotes/daily_quotes.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.libertycoinservice.com/images/stories/offersandquotes/daily_quotes.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>peace,</p><p> </p><p>rono[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rono, post: 1097963, member: 6492"]Howdy, Sure, but it's a mint product so you need to check the premium. I love Mapleleafs and have been buying them for years as cheaply as possible. Last year I also bought a Canadian Wolf because I liked it - even though the premium was higher than that on a Leaf. Bullion purchases that are the BEST investment have the lowest premium (markup over the spot price of the metal) and are still fungible (i.e. easy to buy and sell). You need to consider both. For example, a plain vanilla silver round from the WTF mint in BF Nowhere might have the smallest premium but are you going to be able to sell it easily? Cripes, you can sell an American Silver Eagle almost anywhere. For non-coin bullion - rounds or ingots, you want to stay with either Johnson-Matthey or Engelhard. And shop around. Chech [URL="http://www.apmex.com"]www.apmex.com[/URL] and buy a copy of either Coin World or Numismatic News are your local bookstore and check the ads. I've dealt with Paul Sims for year with success but others like others. Here's a listing from my local dealership that shows the premiums they are currently charging. You can find cheaper prices, however, elsewhere. [URL]http://www.libertycoinservice.com/images/stories/offersandquotes/daily_quotes.pdf[/URL] peace, rono[/QUOTE]
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