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<p>[QUOTE="Lucky Cuss, post: 1853086, member: 44086"]Sure, I've bought ASE's, U.S. comemmoratives, Maple Leafs, even some of the issues from places like the Marshall Islands, et cetera. But my main interest in silver monetary coinage is that from Mexico, which can be numismatically fascinating, but generally will have pretty low premiums over melt as compared with many classic U.S. silver coins. </p><p> </p><p>When I do buy bullion, I'm attracted to attractive designs, or depictions of things that relate to my other hobbies. That's why the kind of stuff that Johnson Matthey, Engelhard, or A-Mark puts out sort of leaves me cold. A lot of what I look at was probably marketed back in the day by the Franklin Mint or like companies. I have discovered that some of those will bear the legend "One Ounce .999 Silver" but that's of course subject to interpretation as opposed to the more specific "One Tr0y Ounce .999 Silver" designation that I prefer to see, and in fact I find that the former will often weigh as much as a gram lighter than the latter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky Cuss, post: 1853086, member: 44086"]Sure, I've bought ASE's, U.S. comemmoratives, Maple Leafs, even some of the issues from places like the Marshall Islands, et cetera. But my main interest in silver monetary coinage is that from Mexico, which can be numismatically fascinating, but generally will have pretty low premiums over melt as compared with many classic U.S. silver coins. When I do buy bullion, I'm attracted to attractive designs, or depictions of things that relate to my other hobbies. That's why the kind of stuff that Johnson Matthey, Engelhard, or A-Mark puts out sort of leaves me cold. A lot of what I look at was probably marketed back in the day by the Franklin Mint or like companies. I have discovered that some of those will bear the legend "One Ounce .999 Silver" but that's of course subject to interpretation as opposed to the more specific "One Tr0y Ounce .999 Silver" designation that I prefer to see, and in fact I find that the former will often weigh as much as a gram lighter than the latter.[/QUOTE]
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