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Message:: [QUOTE="dannic113, post: 1395865, member: 35203"]It comes down to collecting vs investing. If you are looking just to cash in so to speak on silver and the prices realized; hoping it will go up more then rounds and bars are fine. If you are a collector especially of coins then you mostly want eagles. Something to consider also is even though both are silver (and providing the rounds are .999 fine as they do have some 90% rounds) and therefore are tied to the market price the silver eagles at least some of them like the 1996, 06W, 07W, 08W 07's with the reverse error has a numismatic premium over the silver value. Now with silver prices what they are those premiums are long gone on all but the 07 error but if you don't time the sale of your silver just right and get out at the top you can actually lose money if silver drops back even close to pre 2008/09 levels. Then if you have those higher value dates the premiums will be back in place and could help you at least break even if not make a bit of money. Rounds and bars you are out of luck no one will ever pay more than the silver content of those items. So it comes down to your interest, you purpose for buying, and your comfort level with understanding the investing side of bullion and 90% silver.[/QUOTE]