Gold is nice, but it’s hardly what I would call affordable a 1/10 OZ will cost you just as much as 10 OZ Silver bar, or you can do individual ASE,S as well.
No, 1/10ths are not worth the buy unless you buy from your LCS, and still the price of gold is too high right now. Incidentally when I went by my LCS a few days ago, best he could do on a 10 OZ. bar of Silver was $348 and change. I was shocked but he said, look around it will sell easily. I don't doubt it! I'm gonna go back over there, when I have more time to throw my rap!
This is exactly the reason I dont invest in " Boutique Bars " anymore, the question why pay more for the same thing ? just because its a major brand, I would say in the soft drink world yes a coke tastes better then a same club coke so of course I will pay more for it, this is the same concept for people that buy or get there bullion coins graded, just a waste....
Just curious what type of 10 ounce silver bar was that?? Generic bars or something else that has a collector premium?
I just watched a YouTube video from (bullion now) a dealer in Australia and he recommended buying well known brands because they are more recognizable in other countries as you travel. That would be the #1 reason to buy a recognized brand over generic and pay the premium if your looking for silver or gold.
Iam not traveling to Australia anytime soon most of my silver does have an assay and that’s good enough for me, I would use the same analogy in reverse, there are allot of fakes out there in the “Boutique Market “ both Englhard bars as well as JM Matthey are faked more on the other side of the token.
Not sure if I agreed with you or not. I like the term you coined boutique market I considered them art bars but you threw in commercial bars into the mix now. It all comes down to buy what you like and get the best price.
It really depends on what the purpose is Investment or just plain cool, but the cool items usually have a hefty price and if your looking for investment that not always your best option
See there you go making sense again. Dang your a hard read Pictures might help Say this one at spot trumps a generic bar at spot