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Message:: [QUOTE="doug444, post: 2630353, member: 38849"]Agreed -- highly respected, and around for a long time.  But his book first came out in 2014, I would hold the opinion that it's all out of date now, everything has changed.  The actions of China and India, and the manipulations of big banks, have thoroughly roiled the PM markets. It seems to me that the question is not "how" to do it, but whether to do it at all, plus you have to decide if you are a numismatist or a stacker; you can't have it both ways. Browse through eBay's "Apmex" bulllion deals -- the majority are "pretty" numismatic coins with a substantial premium built into the price, a premium that will evaporate if and when silver (or gold) moves up.  Ebay emails me 5 or 6 bullion "deals" a day, they never give up. [ATTACH=full]578694[/ATTACH] Even silver eagles are not immune.  At this moment, on Apmex, silver is $17.11 (per ounce) bid, and a roll of eagles retails for $20.80 per coin (postpaid), a 22% premium.  At the local monthly coin show, if you're willing to buy wildly unpopular "bullion," like War Nickels or 40% Kennedy 50c, you can probably make a deal for 3% under spot... Back to the OP's question, if the book's $3 or less, buy it, it's interesting reading, I'm sure, and there may still be some useful nuggets between the covers.[/QUOTE]