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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1559549, member: 66&quot;]19Lyds is correct.&nbsp; Once the strategic stockpile was depleted the law requires the coins to be struck from newly mined US metal if possible.&nbsp; (Subsidy to the domestic mining industry)&nbsp; If newly mined metal is not available, or if they need more than the domestic production, then they can go into the open marketplace to purchase metal.&nbsp; I would imagine the Mint has contracts with several of the larger mining companies to buy all their gold and silver production.&nbsp; Domestic production of silver in 2011 was a little over 37 million troy oz.&nbsp; The silver eagle program for the past year or two has been consuming that much if not more silver each year.&nbsp; More than the entire domestic production.&nbsp; Which means that every other consumer of silver has to depend on recycled silver or production from outside the country, which means a worsening balance of payments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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