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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2224707, member: 73555&quot;]Glad you asked.&nbsp; It makes sense to &quot;stack&quot; the smallest unit of silver you can, so that a vendor or speculator doesn&#039;t have to try to &quot;make change,&quot; which could be a deal-killer.&nbsp; Today, at Kroger&#039;s, a loaf of bread costs from $1 to $1.25, and that&#039;s roughly the value of a silver dime.</p><p><br /></p><p>Way down the line, you walk in with a silver half, and the guy says, &quot;I can&#039;t make change for a half; I&#039;ll give you one loaf of bread, a jar of grape jelly from 2017, and a jar of peanut butter...&quot;&nbsp; Meanwhile, he&#039;s thinking, &quot;Take it or leave it!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember the whole purpose of stacking is not to make money, although you might, if you&#039;re lucky.&nbsp; It&#039;s to preserve the purchasing power of the money you already have, as well as an <u>alternative way</u> to hold capital other than depreciating paper money.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s folks on CT who think they&#039;re smarter than the good citizens of Greece, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, Argentina, China, etc., etc., all of whom have seen their paper money go <u>virtually worthless</u> at some point since the 1920s.&nbsp; And these same folks have <u>zero control</u> over what happens. </p><p><br /></p><p>A stacker simply believes that the average person is better off with a substantial part of his liquidity in precious metals instead of paper promises-to-pay.&nbsp; The middle class has already taken a BIG haircut since 2007, and it can happen again.&nbsp; The goal, in simple terms:&nbsp; prepare, but hope nothing happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone here with Hungarian grandparents?&nbsp; Ask them about 1946-47, when it took over a quadrillion forints (their monetary units) to buy a loaf of bread, and prices changed four times a day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the &quot;strength&quot; of the American economy, there are already some deflationary trends, such as the falling price of oil, copper, aluminum, and coal.&nbsp; In the worst case, first you get deflation (which destroys commerce), later you get hyperinflation (which destroys households).</p><p><br /></p><p>One last point; in the past 3 months, the premium (for 90% silver) has gone from $1 to about $4, spot compared to retail.&nbsp; See Apmex or Provident.&nbsp; Why do you think this happened?&nbsp; And a month&#039;s wait for delivery.&nbsp; This is the new normal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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