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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;playin4funami, post: 771961, member: 21976&quot;]I was asking these same questions not too long ago! Now I&#039;m still no expert,but have been on a fast learning curve and pushing myself to learn more. I have invested in a nice pocket scale to weigh oddities and anything that looks funny. I trust most ASE&#039;s to be what they say they are,and have bought many of the standard ase&#039;s. I decided I wanted a collection of silver that would be nice to look at and be worth it&#039;s weight,not to hard to do really,but stay away from slabbed silver and proofs,those are for nusimatic value,not silver value. If you pay a premium for slabbing or proof copys you don&#039;t get that back when selling as silver bullion,you have to find a interested collector.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Now alot of guys say stay away from the &quot;art rounds/bars&quot; but I don&#039;t,an oz. of silver is an oz. of silver and I&#039;ve found that while nobody pays a premium for most of them,neither do I,often times 3 or 4 dollars an oz. below spot price,so if spot price goes up and I sell for 3 or 4 dollars an oz. less than the new spot price I still increased my money/value,and also sometimes you find someone looking for a particular art peice and can double your money overnight even if the spot drops.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ASE&#039;s,the Maple Leafs,the kookaburra,and several other well know and traded coin bullion like the chineese panda are all good investment peices in uncirculated condition,but you need to shop around and make a deal on them to really get a good return.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The art bars don&#039;t hold much interest for me but if the price is right they can be stored right next to the rounds,remember an oz. of silver is an oz. of silver,right.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Now on my take of the larger coins and bars,I think the large coins are ugly myself,but whatever floats your boat is alright with me,the 10 oz. and up bars comand a lesser price per oz. as you need to find a buyer for a larger amount of silver at once and they&#039;ll want a deal,I go with a name brand bar for investment purpose only,the mathy&#039;s the scottsdale stacker,and a bunch of others are nice here. No artwork,just nice clear labeling of weight,assayers,purity,and I like them to stack neatly and not take up too much room,no real premiums here just good old fashioned bullion trades and business(buy low/sell high/try to make a profit).</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Myself I like the ONE oz. size the best,I can sell one oz. or three oz. or whatever I want to,I&#039;m not locked into a 10 oz. sale,or 100 oz. sale,it just leaves so many options open for my small time operation,now if I was moving hundreds of oz. back and forth every month then a larger size peice of silver would be the way to go. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; My own tips for art rounds. buy the Christmas art rounds in jan.,feb.etc. when nobody wants them and resell in nov., and dec. if the price is right,but to me what matters the most is not the art but the oz. of silver its printed on,the melters don&#039;t care. I really should not be giving selling advice as I have not done any myself,just hoarding for the future and watching and learning from the big dogs.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Also try to buy stuff you wife likes,it will keep her interested,and help you out when wanting to spend $$ on more silver next week![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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