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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1383671, member: 18157&quot;]Hi Zephr...</p><p><br /></p><p>I prefer US Mint produced Numismatic Bullion over bars and rounds because there&#039;s a chance for Numismatic price support should the bullion prices collapse. I put Numismatic Bullion into three groups; ASEs, Circulated US Mint (pre-1965) coins, and Uncirculated US Mint (pre-1965) coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <b>ASEs: </b>American Silver Eagles are the best buy from a silver/dollar perspective. Silver is currently about $35.50/Oz and APMEX sells 2012 ASEs for about $39.50/one Oz coin...10% premium over spot. You can get better prices the more you buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. <b>Circulated US Mint silver coins: </b>There are many dealers that sell bags of circulated US Mint coins. When silver was cheap, I bought two (2) twenty-six (26) lbs buckets of mercury dimes. The only reason I bought them was because I found a dealer that sold by weight instead of face value. Most dealers sell by face value and the buyer loses at least 15% right off the bat.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. <b>Uncirculated US Mint silver coins: </b>This is what I like the best. Whenever I can find Uncirculated rolls of US Mint silver (Pre-1965) coins for less than a 25% premium over spot, I go for it. Based on current prices, that would be $321/roll for quarters and halves (7.236 Oz * $35.50 * 1.25 = $321) and half that ($160/roll) for dimes. Silver rolls dated 1953-1964 were heavily hoarded in the early &#039;60s so you may find them for less than that on eBay. I believe they will increase in <i><b>numismatic </b></i>value as they approach 70 years old (2023-2034)...which is a bonus. </p><p><br /></p><p>You also have a &quot;chance&quot; of finding gradable, error, or variety coins. Your Father&#039;s 1964 quarters could very well contain some Type-B reverses. Between 1956 and 1964, the Mint would only strike a few thousand proof coins from a proof die. The die would be no good for additional proof coins, but could be used to strike many more production coins. These &quot;used&quot; proof dies were used to strike production coins, but there were slight design differences that are easily identified by the average collector. About 1%-5% of quarters during that period were struck with Proof (Type-B) reverse dies and will likely sell for a premium in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>EDIT: </b></i>There&#039;s a series of silver Unc Roosevelt dime auctions on eBay by a single Seller. The current bids are between 1¢ - 6¢ and the dimes contain $2.57 of silver (each). Anything less than that will be &quot;Below Spot&quot;. What&#039;s interesting is that the auctions end around 2:00 PM Monday afternoon (likely not many last minute bidders) and all the auctions are &quot;Free S&amp;H&quot;. I&#039;ve stumbled on these auctions before...sometimes I get outbid and other times I get GREAT BUYS!!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FKB8-1955-S-SILVER-Ch-Gem-BU-Uncirculated-Dime-Roll-SILVER-BONUS-READ-%2F310382889704%3Fpt%3DCoins_US_Individual%26hash%3Ditem4844430ae8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FKB8-1955-S-SILVER-Ch-Gem-BU-Uncirculated-Dime-Roll-SILVER-BONUS-READ-%2F310382889704%3Fpt%3DCoins_US_Individual%26hash%3Ditem4844430ae8" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/KB8-1955-S-SILVER-Ch-Gem-BU-Uncirculated-Dime-Roll-SILVER-BONUS-READ-/310382889704?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item4844430ae8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Seller will give each bidder that wins sevens (7) dimes...a bonus dime.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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