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United States
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I'd go for the ASE. The only junk I'm buying are halves/Morgans. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree with DNA. Get the quarters since they have more silver which is what you are buying it for anyway
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, if the quarters are something like slick Standing Libertys, they may not have more silver than an ASE, which could be long by a few hundredths. So how about this? Just flat out buy what you like better. The "investment" difference is likely to be negligible. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Vending machines don't take ASE so you are less likely someone will accidently spend you silver on a coke. Go with the ASE. :) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Most vending machines don't take silver quarters either. That is how I found my first one in circulation. The machine wouldn't take it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like pure silver over 90%. The only 90% I keep is halves. They are the easiest to move over the other stuff. The silver eagles always command a premium so I like them also
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:Vending machines don't take ASE so you are less likely someone will accidently spend you silver on a coke. Go with the ASE. :) That happened to my brother in law, lost his whole stash of silver coins when his kids found them and treated themselves to a day at the video arcade. He should have killed them, but they are still alive lol. |
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Go thats brutal. Hopefully it wasnt to substantial of a loss
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If silver goes past $100/oz., individual junk silver coins will be easier to sell (and demand will jump for Quarters and Dimes). There are already some fractional silver rounds being made (by Northwest Territorial Mint, for one). And this is coming from a guy with a lot of ASE's. Quote:Vending machines don't take ASE so you are less likely someone will accidentally spend you silver on a coke. Go with the ASE. :) My lucky pocket piece is a 1989 ASE I bought for face value out of a 7-11 cashier's drawer (in 1993). Someone could very well have bought a Big Gulp with it. Never say never!  Edited by DNA
08/19/2012 9:21 pm
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United States
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He should have killed them, but they are still alive lol. Perhaps. But then, HE did not have HIS hoard properly secured to prevent such a possibility either. Not preventing that which is easily preventable puts most of the blame on him, IMHO, and not on the kids. They were just being kids. A sad story for sure but also a reminder that people need to take good care of their valuables if they want to keep them. |
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Well of course I was just kidding about killing them lol, but they were old enough to know they shouldn't take things that don't belong to them. One of them is now in the pen, so I guess he still has not learned that valuable lesson.  |
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Well of course I was just kidding about killing them lol... Oh, sure. Having once been a kid I remember that there were a couple of times when I did something dumb for which I thought that, "my folks are gonna kill me".  Quote:
...but they were old enough to know they shouldn't take things that don't belong to them. Agreed. This important lesson is one that everyone SHOULD learn by the age of 4 or 5. In fact, there was a really cute little booklet put out once that was titled, "Everything I Really Needed to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten" or something close to that. It was humorous but also contained a lot of basic truth as well. Not taking things that aren't ours was one of the 1st items on the list. Quote:
One of them is now in the pen, so I guess he still has not learned that valuable lesson. Society does not have unlimited patience, although it sometimes seems as if it does. Eventually, a judge somewhere will tire of people who still act like toddlers and will then put them in a cage somewhere to do some heavy duty assessment of their lives and how they might change them for the better. Sounds as if this fellow is having a dose of that treatment now. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I am starting my nephews off with 3 - 1 oz. coins each including 1 ASE so they can have the opportunity to accidentally spend it and learn a very valuable lesson. They already understand the value of money. Hopefully they won't learn the hard way. Edited by starbuxinvestor
08/21/2012 7:03 pm
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United States
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It is good to teach kids about money and its value. My wife is doing that for our grand kids by letting them work in her dress shop to earn money the old fashioned way... by working for it! They are getting the message too. Money is valuable stuff and comes to those who sweat for it. Those who sweat more tend to get more. Those who take care of their money tend to have money when they really need it. Etc. Next up will be my part via introducing them to bullion collecting. I won't be sharing info on my silver hoard with them but I will be showing them a few coins and bars and giving them a few of each for special occasions, such as birthdays and Christmas. I have high hopes for my grand daughter. She is VERY smart and will appreciate the true value of gold and silver... with a bit of help from me, that is.  |
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