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<p>[QUOTE="tulipone, post: 2057855, member: 71656"]I think that this is an overly cynical view. At the end of the day the price of silver will be what it is. It is said that a good education costs money and well so do hobbies. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the short time that I have been collection bullion silver coins I have learnt more about events over the last 30 years and something about economic cycles. I found a need to expand my use of databases to keep track of my collection of bullion silver coins. I'm taking pictures of coins that are getting better and better results. On from there I'm also learning more about US geography with State and Park quarters and figures such as Susan B Anthony, Sacagawea and US Presidents (as a slight aside, have you seen the education program that goes along with these programs?). I have visited both the Philadelphia Mint and Bank of England and look forward to visiting the Denver Mint in May. Pretty much all because I picked up that first Silver Eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>It may be overpriced and not ever likely to have a scrap value above melt, but I got quite a lot of added value from it. And actually when you see the prices some of this silver gets on eBay that may not be strictly true.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tulipone, post: 2057855, member: 71656"]I think that this is an overly cynical view. At the end of the day the price of silver will be what it is. It is said that a good education costs money and well so do hobbies. In the short time that I have been collection bullion silver coins I have learnt more about events over the last 30 years and something about economic cycles. I found a need to expand my use of databases to keep track of my collection of bullion silver coins. I'm taking pictures of coins that are getting better and better results. On from there I'm also learning more about US geography with State and Park quarters and figures such as Susan B Anthony, Sacagawea and US Presidents (as a slight aside, have you seen the education program that goes along with these programs?). I have visited both the Philadelphia Mint and Bank of England and look forward to visiting the Denver Mint in May. Pretty much all because I picked up that first Silver Eagle. It may be overpriced and not ever likely to have a scrap value above melt, but I got quite a lot of added value from it. And actually when you see the prices some of this silver gets on eBay that may not be strictly true.[/QUOTE]
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