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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rono, post: 771577, member: 6492&quot;]Howdy,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I do both and love it.&nbsp; I have some prospectors and 1 and 10 oz ingots but I really focus on the name brand stuff - like JohnsonMatthey or Englehard. It&#039;s more fungible.&nbsp; That too is the reason why I like the coins starting with the ASEs.&nbsp; Hell, you can sell ASE&#039;s at McDonalds.&nbsp;&nbsp; I like them both as a set in an album and in tubes of 20. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The coin collector in me has a set of eagles, leafs and I&#039;m working on the other modern silver bullion coins - like pandas, kooks, etc.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And I generally love Silver Crowns - this is where my heart lies.&nbsp; Silver crowns from around the world.&nbsp; These are silver dollar sized coin at one time minted by most countries and particularly with the face of their king/queen, etc., &#039;wearing a crown&#039;.&nbsp; &nbsp; They&#039;re some of the most beautiful coins ever minted,&nbsp; have enormous history behind them, and make for a great collection that you can work on forever.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For example, I bought a pillar dollar from mexico in XF so you could really study it.&nbsp; This was what our dollar replaced but not until long after we became a country.&nbsp; The pillars on the reverse are seen today in our dollar sign as the two bars crossing the S.&nbsp; They were denomated as 8 reales&nbsp; and often to help make change, they would be cut into &#039;piece of eight&#039; with 2 bits being a quarter and 4 bits being a half.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now does it get any better than this and your grand kids?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>peace,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>rono[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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