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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1482622, member: 38849&quot;]For jcb1983 and rottenapple2, I would NEVER buy bars or rounds, I would buy ONLY junk silver, preferably dimes and quarters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s why -- if and when the Crunch comes, you will have to &quot;prove&quot; to a skeptical buyer that your bars and rounds are really silver, not silver-plated, not Chinese fakes, etc.&nbsp; With old U.S. dimes and quarters, no such &quot;proof&quot; is needed.&nbsp; And why would I not buy halves and silver dollars (unless they were underpriced)?&nbsp; Because you want bullion in convenient denominations.&nbsp; If someone agrees to sell you something for a silver quarter, and all you&#039;ve got is halves and dollars, there&#039;s an unnecessary problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would not even buy bars and rounds now, even if I could flip them for 10-20% profit.&nbsp; I am suspicious of the multitude of bars and rounds, virtually none of which appear in reference books; the same goes for foreign silver, unless you are a numismatist collecting a date series, like early Canadian dimes, for instance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Simplify your life.&nbsp; The only drawback to junk silver coins is that it&#039;s a pain to store, and takes up a lot of room compared to gold.&nbsp; Gold and silver may rise together, but what are you going to do with a 1-ounce gold coin?&nbsp; Who&#039;s going to make change?&nbsp; You already see a substantial premium for the 1/10th, 1/4th, and 1/2 ounce eagles.&nbsp; I might eventually buy some gold 1-ounce, but they would be my core holding, the very last thing to be sold (if necessary).</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I would never buy a single coin from the U.S. Mint if you are stacking bullion.&nbsp; The premiums over PM value are huge, and a buyer down the line will laugh at your attempt to get that premium back.&nbsp; Let us say you pay $55* for some 1-ounce Mint concoction today, compared to $27-29 for an ounce of silver (as junk silver) today.&nbsp; Down the line, in a panic-driven bullion market, you will be offered the SAME AMOUNT for both items.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>*Even higher for Proofs in fancy wood cases, etc.&nbsp; WHAT are you thinking?&nbsp; But if you&#039;re a coin collector, ignore this warning.&nbsp; I&#039;m directing my remarks to stackers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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