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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;E Pluribus Unum, post: 2831668, member: 74265&quot;]I did some calculations comparing the premium over <span style="color: #ff0000"><b>spot</b></span> <b>versus</b> the premium over <span style="color: #0000ff"><b>the buy back price</b></span> and found some interesting results.&nbsp; The fact that the bullion that you buy is only worth what someone would pay for it served as the impetus for my calculations.</p><p><br /></p><p>For my analysis, I have reviewed advertised prices from an undisclosed online bullion retailer, and I chose 5 bullion products from the Canadian Royal Mint: 1/10 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/2 oz, and 1 oz gold Maple Leaf coins and 1 oz silver silver Maple Leaf.&nbsp; Refer to the table below:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667510[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully, I did the math correctly.&nbsp; Here is the summary that is easier to view:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667511[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, DELTA represents the difference between the purchase price and the buy back price.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have noticed that many bullion buyers based their decision on premiums above spot.&nbsp; However, when cashing in your bullion, shouldn&#039;t you focus on the buy back price versus the spot price?</p><p><br /></p><p>The values in the red column represent the <span style="color: #ff0000"><b>premiums above spot</b></span>.&nbsp; In this case, a 1 oz gold Maple Leaf has he lowest premium, and the premiums increase as the gold content per Maple Leaf decreases.&nbsp; The silver Maple Leaf, as expected, has the highest premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>The values in the blue column represent the <span style="color: #0000ff"><b>premiums above the buy back price</b></span>.&nbsp; The gold coins still follow the same trends, that is, the premiums increase as the gold content per Maple Leaf decreases.&nbsp; However, the premium for the silver Maple Leaf is significantly lower in this case.&nbsp; In fact, of all of the five coins, the 1 oz silver Maple Leaf ranks in 2nd place with the 1 oz gold Maple Leaf in 1st place.</p><p><br /></p><p>If considering purchasing bullion based on the <span style="color: #0000ff"><b>premiums above the buy back price</b></span>, doesn&#039;t silver out perform all of the fractional gold Maple Leaf coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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