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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1944463, member: 38849&quot;]I am not a dealer either, except in the sense that I am selling off a lot of peripheral items to raise cash to buy junk silver.&nbsp; I think it is a harmless, prudent strategy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold and silver are the only REAL money you will ever hold in your hands, and because the gold/silver ratio is currently very high (takes 60+ ounces of silver to buy 1 ounce of gold), and these things tend to revert to the historical mean (in the 16 to 25 ounce range), I tend to believe silver will rise in price, percentage-wise, more quickly than gold.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For China and India, where much of the gold purchased is in the form of jewelry, silver might not work out as well.&nbsp; Also, silver comes in sizes and denominations more useful for trade, whereas the smallest unit of gold coin (1/10th ounce) you can buy is in the $150-175 range.&nbsp; A silver dime will always buy a loaf of bread, and no one has to &quot;make change&quot; for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why I shy away from silver ASE&#039;s, bars, rounds, etc., and stick to the coin types Americans have seen in their pockets for the past century:&nbsp; Mercury and Roosevelt dimes, Washington quarters, and Walker and Franklin half dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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