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Message:: [QUOTE="1970 Silver Art, post: 936021, member: 18828"]I will give an example. Coca-Cola silver art bars are collectible 1-oz .999 pure silver art bars that were minted in the 1970's that will fetch very high premiums on ebay. With spot silver at around $18.50, there are certain rare Coca-Cola silver art bars that sell on ebay for about between $70 to $100 (or more) on ebay. If spot silver drops to $8/oz (like it did in 2008), then those same silver art bars will probably still sell for between $70 to $100 (or more) on ebay.  The above example was probably a poor example, but certain 1970's silver art bars are treated as numismatics because certain rare ones (such as the Coca-Cola silver bars) will not go down as fast (or not at all) as the spot silver price even though they are .999 1-oz silver bars they. When you are dealing with old silver art bars you are dealing with "rarity values" and that might play a bigger role in the overall premium than the spot price of silver.  Regular brand name silver bullion bars such as Engelhard or JM will move with the spot price of silver and will be much more sensitive to spot silver price movements than rare silver art bars. In other words, there are more factors in play (such as rarity values, collector demand, etc.) when you deal with price movement for collectible coins and bars. With regular bullion, you are just dealing with the metal value only and that is tied to the spot silver price.[/QUOTE]