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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PeacePeople, post: 1614287, member: 20082&quot;]If you plan to hold for long term, here is what I&#039;d do and am doing.</p><p><br /></p><p>a) Since I believe silver has better potential that gold for medium term, I&#039;m stacking more of this.&nbsp; By dollars as a measure, 75% vs 25% gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>b) I&#039;d stay away from platinum and palladium.&nbsp; I only have 1 1/10th ounce platinum eagle, because I want to have one and don&#039;t care about return on that.</p><p><br /></p><p>c) For gold, I have small lunar coins because the premiums I paid for them is in line with what I&#039;d have to pay for gold eagles and maples, so I bought them because I like the design better.&nbsp; I do also have gold eagles, but prefer the lunars as I think I might have a better chance at collectable premium.&nbsp; I might not too, but it&#039;s a chance I&#039;m willing to take.</p><p><br /></p><p>d) For silver, I would stick with govt issue, but I have diversity within them hoping to catch some collectable premium on some of them.&nbsp; If I was newer to this than I am, and I&#039;m not some savvy vet that&#039;s been buying since the 70&#039;s or 80&#039;s, the things I&#039;d look at are those that you can buy at release with limited premiums.&nbsp; That would be things like the RCM wildlife coins, Antelope, Moose and Cougar, also things like Perth Mint lunar series or Kookaburras if you can get them at reasonable money.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t go back and try to buy the RCM Wolf or Grizzly, the premiums are too high, but the others you can buy for premiums of about $3 over spot.&nbsp; The lunars and kooks for about $5 over spot, and you might consider Panda&#039;s for the $6 over spot they&#039;re selling for now also, that&#039;s current year issue, and 2011 and 2012 for a couple $$ more, not the older issues.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>e)&nbsp; Eagles and Maples are not a bad idea for a &quot;core&quot; stack, or 90% US coinage.&nbsp; They tend to sell for close to spot, $2 to $3 over for the eagles and maples, and if you work at it 90% for spot.&nbsp; They are nice to have for a base, but they are tied to the spot market of silver, and I wouldn&#039;t count on getting any collector premiums out of them.&nbsp; You might, but it&#039;s not as likely as the other things I mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>f)&nbsp; The very last thing I&#039;ll say is stay off ebay, and deal with reputable dealers, Goldmart, Provident, Apmex and the like.&nbsp; The chances of getting burned on ebay are significant, especially if it&#039;s a &quot;too good to be true&quot; type of deal.&nbsp; It&#039;s not worth the hassle, IMO, and being new you might get burned and not even know it until it&#039;s too late, way too late.</p><p><br /></p><p>g) The last thing I&#039;ll say is be careful of Fancy Coin Syndrome. (or round if you prefer)&nbsp; Some mints make things that they sell for double spot at release up to $100 per ounce or in the case of the Chinese fans and flowers, even $200 per ounce.&nbsp; They might or might not work out in the long term, but paying that much up front is a very large gamble if you&#039;re looking for ROI.&nbsp; There are many that will tout items like this, and they may have done very well with them.&nbsp; I&#039;m not saying don&#039;t do it under any circumstances, but if there is a place I&#039;d tread very lightly, it&#039;s there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Be careful and remember why you&#039;ve decided to stack, it&#039;s easy to get sucked in to fancy stuff, just wanting something different then going back and overpaying for stuff that 2 months later you kick yourself for buying.&nbsp; In the end it&#039;s up to you, just keep in mind why you&#039;re doing what you&#039;re doing, but there is nothing wrong with treating yourself, but it can be difficult to not go overboard.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure I left stuff out, but that&#039;s all I have for now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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