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Message:: [QUOTE="gboulton, post: 1010381, member: 27043"]For bullion coins, I have a fondness for Silver Maples.  Denominated somewhere other than the US, for more than an ASE, and usually slightly closer to private mint round price than ASEs, while retaining the same potential numismatic "bump". Outside of that, I'm a fan of "junk" silver, since I enjoy assembling/looking at sets, regardless of condition.  I can just as easily keep Mercs in a set as in some rolls, and I enjoy the process of filling gaps, searching, etc.  In many cases, the MORE worn the better, since more wear = more stories for me to wonder about. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  So, from this point of view, junk silver lets me hold silver AND enjoy circulated sets. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Finally, there's a few "passions" in life that, if I can find them represented in silver rounds or bars, I'll acquire them.  I hold, for example, approx 25 oz in various rounds/coins/bars associated with aviation in some way, and hold a few private mint rounds that tie to the themes/characters in Rand's Atlas Shrugged.[/QUOTE]