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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AndrewDS1, post: 2309792, member: 76393&quot;]Everyone has their own preferences and strategies for owning and investing in coins or silver.&nbsp; Just go with what you want to have and let the market decide.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can&#039;t control the market, but you can control what you buy and hold.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I think fractionals have their positives and negatives.&nbsp;&nbsp; First: bullion fractionals do cost more per ounce, then say 1 oz silver coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I don&#039;t see much point other than they are less expensive up front, and are often low mintage and maybe harder to find.&nbsp; You have to make the trade-off on where you think will the market will be in the future.&nbsp;&nbsp; But if I&#039;m looking for bulk silver, I buy 10 oz bars: cheapest per ounce than bullion coins or rounds! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But I like highly graded mint and proof fractionals also not only for price, but because of low mintages and I suspect it is harder to get a high grade for a smaller coin .&nbsp;&nbsp; But a highly graded proof 1/10 oz silver coin from a recognized coin can end up being worth more than its bigger 1 oz cousin because the mintages are so much lower.&nbsp; One of my current favorite, the Mexico Libertad silver proof, struck over 9300 1 oz coins, but one of the smaller fractionals was about 2400 coins only.&nbsp;&nbsp; Look at the one year the gold American Buffalo minted fractionals.&nbsp; The fractionals are worth almost as much as their 1oz cousins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep going to the example of the 1909 VDM Lincoln Penny, struck in Philly and SF.&nbsp;&nbsp; 23m+ struck in Philly and a mint coin is now work about $20; but less than 500K at SF and an example is worth $1750.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s the &#039;bullion&#039; logic I use when deciding what to buy.&nbsp;&nbsp; Low mintage is a good bet, but not guaranteed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, fractionals can be more popular if they are in a matched coin set.&nbsp;&nbsp; Same coin, Mexico Libertad has a 5-coin silver set (1oz to 1/20oz) proof releases as well as a 7-coin set (the addition of the 2oz and 5oz plus the smaller coins).&nbsp; &nbsp; I think proof fractionals are worth more (in the long term) when they are in a matched set.&nbsp; A lot of collectors really love sets.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I bought a 5-coin PF70 Libertad silver set for $400 dollars in Sept; same set has already increased in price since then despite the falling silver prices (well over $500 in just 3 months).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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