10oz Of Gold Or A Monster Box Of ASEs?

Yes, there IS that. You can put a few 10 oz bars in a SDB, for example, but only a small part of that monster box worth of ASE tubes will fit in most SDBs. If storage is not a problem, I would go with the more divisible silver.

On the other hand, one could buy a tube of 40 1/4 oz. AGEs and get some divisibility that way too.

Take a look at Tulving.com. I checked today & opened boxes of ASE's were $1.60 over spot....sealed boxes of 2011's were $2 over spot. Canadian Maple Leaves were $1.30 over spot.

It's been a while but I have dealt with Tulving in the past. He's not the most user friendly but prices are right if you can meet the minimum purchase requirements.

My 2 cents is the monster box of ASE

Go with the monster box. When silver goes back up to where it was in May or August you can piece them out very easily, as people will eagerly buy them as the price rises. 10 ozt of Au is nice if you're going to sit on it. Would you be getting a 10ozt bar or 10x 1ozt bars? I would suggest if you can afford it, to get the singles. Again so that you can sell off bits at a time. Eggs and baskets...

Yes, the premium on coins is higher than on an equal weight of metal in bars or rounds. Still, US gold coins are worthy items to have and to collect. As others have said and with which I certainly agree, if you need money ASAP, the 10-oz bar route means that you HAVE to sell it all. The coin route means that you only sell what you need to sell at the moment. If gold prices happen to be down at that time, then you may very well take a bigger hit from that than you did from the higher premium. That divisibility is worth more to me than the higher premium costs, although it might not be to someone else.

I would go silver eagles. When silver goes back up you can piece it out. The silver eagles go for a premium also. They are selling for $4 and $5 over spot on ebay and people eat them up. But I'm a beginner, just what I would do.

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I would go with the silver. I think it's more likely to see profits (especially short term) , is slightly easier to sell, and is nicer and easier with the smaller increments. This doesn't mean that I think silver WILL see good profits, I just like it more than gold.

I'm not sure why people keep bringing up the storage issues. The silver equivalent of 10oz of gold isn't THAT much. Someone that can afford such a purchase can easily buy a big enough safe or a big enough safe deposit box. Also, you could even put it under the bed somewhere if you wanted to, behind some shoes or dusty boxes nobody would ever find it.