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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 24554, member: 68&quot;]Yes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wholesale prices of physical metals will vary from spot by a wide margin.&nbsp; The most popularly traded physical silver will trade at a premium to the retail price.&nbsp; The popularity of any specific form of silver will vary over the long term.&nbsp; In the early &#039;70&#039;s private bars were the popular way to own silver and traded at very large premiums.&nbsp; In the late &#039;70&#039;s it was silver bags (especially dollars).&nbsp; In the early &#039;80&#039;s it was 1 Oz Ennglehardt bars.&nbsp; In the late &#039;80&#039;s it was 100 OZ bars.&nbsp; Since the early &#039;90&#039;s it&#039;s been silver eagles.&nbsp; It is this rotation which makes it probably unwise to purchase silver at large premiums for a long term </p><p>holding.&nbsp; If you are collecting the eagles or buying them for short term silver speculation then it&#039;s not a factor, but if you want silver as a long term investment then you&#039;re better off buying whatever sells at the lowest price.&nbsp; This, too, varies over time but is probably war nickels or silver clad halfs at the current time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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