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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2339684, member: 71723"]Which coins? Bars are PERCEIVED by many to be an unacceptable risk, as are many world coins. There is far more perceived safety in U.S. legal tender coins. Remember, many buyers calculate their "all in" costs. They want YOU to eat the shipping and insurance or they reduce their bids accordingly. This is why so much bullion buying is fairly foolish. Unlike equities, it has NO earnings, costs money to ship, BOTH WAYS, and to keep securely. Those nasty paper investments can sit for nearly free in your account statement. Physical bullion slowly bleeds you dry with costs, especially if your state taxes it at purchase. When you consider ALL costs, bullion in physical form is a pretty bad investment, unless you're convinced an economic collapse unlike any seen is coming. In that case, I recommend thorazine, not silver or gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2339684, member: 71723"]Which coins? Bars are PERCEIVED by many to be an unacceptable risk, as are many world coins. There is far more perceived safety in U.S. legal tender coins. Remember, many buyers calculate their "all in" costs. They want YOU to eat the shipping and insurance or they reduce their bids accordingly. This is why so much bullion buying is fairly foolish. Unlike equities, it has NO earnings, costs money to ship, BOTH WAYS, and to keep securely. Those nasty paper investments can sit for nearly free in your account statement. Physical bullion slowly bleeds you dry with costs, especially if your state taxes it at purchase. When you consider ALL costs, bullion in physical form is a pretty bad investment, unless you're convinced an economic collapse unlike any seen is coming. In that case, I recommend thorazine, not silver or gold.[/QUOTE]
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