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<p>[QUOTE="Rono, post: 1610958, member: 6492"]Hi Mikey,</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm with the group that suggests to 'collect' bullion coins. You get twice the bang for your buck in that you have the bullion but also the joy of coin collecting. The 90% silver sets are a nice star (franklins, liberties, mercs, washingtons). You're shooting for pre-1964 and in all honesty, I'd avoid buying what is being sold as BU and go for XF/AU. Anyone can tell an XF/AU coin while so many of the raw BU coins have been dipped. I'd also go for silver crowns - both modern and old. It's easy to put together most of the sets since 1986 and the older crowns are very interesting and have such an historical interest. Someone mentioned the pucks (5 oz ATB) and I just started buying them- but I'm only buying the ones that I've been to at this point - they mean more to me. As for gold - why not do the same thing - assemble a "collection" of the various type coins from around the world. </p><p><br /></p><p>While many have said go after gold instead, I'd go perhaps 60/40 silver to gold or even 70/30. I say this because silver has a great profit potential than gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>And as someone mentioned, check the rules on you shipping this stuff home. </p><p><br /></p><p>and keep your flak jacket close,</p><p><br /></p><p>peace,</p><p><br /></p><p>rono[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rono, post: 1610958, member: 6492"]Hi Mikey, I'm with the group that suggests to 'collect' bullion coins. You get twice the bang for your buck in that you have the bullion but also the joy of coin collecting. The 90% silver sets are a nice star (franklins, liberties, mercs, washingtons). You're shooting for pre-1964 and in all honesty, I'd avoid buying what is being sold as BU and go for XF/AU. Anyone can tell an XF/AU coin while so many of the raw BU coins have been dipped. I'd also go for silver crowns - both modern and old. It's easy to put together most of the sets since 1986 and the older crowns are very interesting and have such an historical interest. Someone mentioned the pucks (5 oz ATB) and I just started buying them- but I'm only buying the ones that I've been to at this point - they mean more to me. As for gold - why not do the same thing - assemble a "collection" of the various type coins from around the world. While many have said go after gold instead, I'd go perhaps 60/40 silver to gold or even 70/30. I say this because silver has a great profit potential than gold. And as someone mentioned, check the rules on you shipping this stuff home. and keep your flak jacket close, peace, rono[/QUOTE]
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