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Message:: [QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1389257, member: 26302"]I simply do not know the answer. Do we know for a fact that a polymer cannot be as or more efficient in that use as silver? Silver may be the most reflective METAL, but I do not know if its the most reflective SUNSTANCE in that application. Even if its not, do not dismiss "cheaper". "Cheaper" is what allowed Americans to all drive cars, since most of us could not afford custom fabricated Bugattis, cheaper allows us to own cell phones now that were once the status symbols of the 80's. In many ways, inventing something has not been what has helped the world, its inventing the way to make something cheaper, and therefor affordable to millions of new consumers, which is what truly advanced a field. Btw, regarding on how "strong" coin holders are of silver, (a point frequently argued here to say that the huge booming "consumption" of silver is not inventory), I was at a coin show in Bloomington yesterday and saw a garbage can full of US and other mint packaging completely full. The people are buying these proof sets and pulling the coins out to melt. If proof sets and the like are getting melted, why are we so sure ASE and other bullion coins would be immune?[/QUOTE]