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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1970 Silver Art, post: 929193, member: 18828&quot;]For #1. It is IMO much easier for a person who wanted to invest in (or actively trade) silver is to buy stock of silver mining companies (if they are any) or to buy the exchange traded fund called SLV. Trading physical silver bullion is not worth it because the spread will eat up most (if not all) of any profit that a person might have unless that person bought in very early (such as when silver was $4-$5/oz).&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For #3. I have been on other gold and silver forums that are not collector friendly and they talk about SHTF and about how gold and silver will again become money and will be useful for bartering for necessities. I am not a survivalist and I do not prep for SHTF, however, I agree with what some of their points such as that gov&#039;t is out-of-control with its spending and passing of &quot;bad&quot; legislation and with the eventual collapse of the dollar. Even though I agree with some of their points, I do not think the world is going to come to an end and I do not think that SHTF will happen. I will, however, go on some of those other gold and silver sites to just lurk and get a different perspective on certain issues. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I agree with you on #2. I like to buy what I like to collect and in my case I like to collect 1-oz 1970&#039;s silver art bars. I used to stack &quot;boring 10-oz bars&quot;, Engelhard, Sunshine, JM, and other brand name silver but I got bored with it and gave up stacking once I realized that I was more of a collector than a regular silver stacker. I become very interested in silver art bars in August 2008. Once I started collecting silver art bars, I gave up stacking the &quot;boring&quot; stuff and sold all of my Engelhard Prospectors, SAEs, JM, and other brand name silver bars and used the proceeds to start buying &#039;70&#039;s silver art bars that I was interested in collecting. In other words, I lost all of my &quot;boring&quot; silver (and &quot;boring&quot; gold) to a &#039;70&#039;s silver art bar &quot;addiction&quot;. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As I mentioned in the past, I am not a SHTF prepper. I am not an investor. I am not a speculator. I do not buy silver art bars as an investment. I do not buy silver art bars as a hedge against inflation. I do not buy silver art bars for SHTF prepping because I am not a survivalist. I buy silver art bars because I am a collector and silver art bars is I what I like to collect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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