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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Allen, post: 2325896, member: 74249&quot;]I am using the forum as a sounding board, to be heard by you seasoned veterans.&nbsp; I aim to discover what insight you have and if what I have to say, based on all of my reading (zero experience) makes any sense.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Near as I can tell this is for the love of the precious metal.&nbsp; I simply love coins, coin collecting and silver and gold.&nbsp; But, when it comes to bullion rounds and bars, am I right that the practical side is, if we keep cash in a safe, it is always what it is printed being worth.&nbsp; But bullion bars and rounds is a small, but significant step ahead of this in that it CAN appreciate.&nbsp; Not much, but if one is thinking of just keeping cash reserve on hand then its worth does not change.&nbsp; Bullion, on the other hand, if bought low and sold high has the potential to be, at least fundamentally, significantly more than cash in value.&nbsp; I am discovering that the spot on bullion effectively soaks up what ever small gains are made.&nbsp; But, over time, a significant gain is likely to be made and a profit, though small, can be made.&nbsp; Still, better than simply keeping cash.&nbsp; Now, I&#039;ve got enough going on in the market.&nbsp; That is still (despite the oil storm wreaking havoc right now) the best place to make one&#039;s money.&nbsp; BUT, bullion does have a niche between cash and stocks.&nbsp; And it is beautiful.&nbsp; And, if all hell tanks the markets, precious metal (survivalists out there?) will always have an intrinsic value.&nbsp; Like I said, this is a sounding board, so pardon the long-winded post.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I&#039;m looking to make a small purchase of bullion (not talking a &quot;monster box&quot; but something a skosh less) and a place in town is talking $4 over spot on eagles.&nbsp; I find JM is offering what looks like $3 and free shipping.&nbsp; Am I missing something with JM?&nbsp; And what does...um ok.&nbsp; I just checked JM and earlier today they had a box labeled CoA associated with Eagle rounds.&nbsp; Why was it significantly more for 29 of those than 30 of the &quot;silver eagle sets.&quot;&nbsp; Well, I&#039;m very curious why in a few hours they have sold out of the CoA sets.&nbsp; They were a few hundred more than the simple sets. What Certificate of Authenticity warrants them selling out and being several hundred more, and with only the difference of one round?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Which leads to my next curiosity, looks like some bullion, like the Eagle, Philharmonic, and Canadian Maple leaf, have worth beyond their bullion value.&nbsp; I have a &quot;Wildlife series&quot; South Dakota Deadwood with an eagle on it, saying it is .999 silver and a dealer told me it was a tourist gimmick and worth nothing more than its bullion weight.&nbsp; The Somalian Elephant, China Panda, Australian Kookaburra look like short lived gimmicks.&nbsp; Heck, I even found &quot;Zombiebucks&quot; somewhere on line.&nbsp; Wow.&nbsp; Just looking for silver with integrity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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