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<p>[QUOTE="Victor, post: 848853, member: 5454"]Not knowing what you are interested in my advice is to just start small.</p><p>There are many kinds and types of silver. Make a few purchases of some silver US coins like Mercury dimes, Walking Liberty and Franklin halves, maybe a Barber dime, quarter and half dollar. Look at these coins and see if anything interests you. Some of the 90 percent US coins can be bought rather inexpensively. They can be sold without much of a problem if you need to liquidate.</p><p> That said, another area to consider is the .999 pure bullion. American Silver Eagles are one of the safest [low risk] ways to own silver. Then there are the foreign coins like the Libertad, Philharmonic and Maple leaf. I do not advise getting into the Brittannia [expensive] unless you just get one example for your collection. These world coins are also fairly easily liquidated when the time comes.</p><p>Everything listed above is government minted coinage.</p><p> Then there are silver bars and rounds. I like to have a few one troy ounce silver bars on hand. Englehard and JM are a couple of the most accepted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor, post: 848853, member: 5454"]Not knowing what you are interested in my advice is to just start small. There are many kinds and types of silver. Make a few purchases of some silver US coins like Mercury dimes, Walking Liberty and Franklin halves, maybe a Barber dime, quarter and half dollar. Look at these coins and see if anything interests you. Some of the 90 percent US coins can be bought rather inexpensively. They can be sold without much of a problem if you need to liquidate. That said, another area to consider is the .999 pure bullion. American Silver Eagles are one of the safest [low risk] ways to own silver. Then there are the foreign coins like the Libertad, Philharmonic and Maple leaf. I do not advise getting into the Brittannia [expensive] unless you just get one example for your collection. These world coins are also fairly easily liquidated when the time comes. Everything listed above is government minted coinage. Then there are silver bars and rounds. I like to have a few one troy ounce silver bars on hand. Englehard and JM are a couple of the most accepted.[/QUOTE]
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