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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cubenewb, post: 1076370, member: 25644&quot;]That&#039;s not necessarily true. That $145.00 is an opportunity cost, and most often is not the same as an accounting cost. As far as I&#039;m concerned, a single merc has the value of ten cents or the value of something like $1.70 (whatever it&#039;s melt is). If you had bought 100 mercs at face, then yes, you&#039;d be out $10.00 face in exchange for 170-ish in metal value. The value of ten cents doesn&#039;t play a roll in most transactions though; you buy it at some price connected to its silver value, and you resell it for whatever the bullion price is when you decide to unload. In your example the $145 is an opportunity cost, but isn&#039;t really the same as &quot;losing&quot; 145 bucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s like asking me to buy orange or apples. If I buy apples, my cost technically includes the loss of oranges (since I don&#039;t get to buy any). Opportunity costs aren&#039;t particularly applicable in this case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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