Don't Understand Why People Stack Non 999 Silver

Wow. Ok. Real numismatists buy the coin, not the, we are selling for a person trying to retire, and why would you lie to sell your coins? Please stop generalizing numismatist. And if you listened to our posts you would not have to ask that last part.

It's not. Try to refine your 90% quarter for "melt value" and you'll see what I mean. It's the "same" if you're trading with someone, but if somebody needs silver (raw .999) and you give them .925 they will pass up on it if they know about alloys and refining. Most people don't know so they get weighed down by the copper content and other metals. True "stacking" is cramming a safe with .999 quadrilateral bars that don't waste space like round discs.

I'm a bit afraid of reselling bullion rounds due to widespread plating and fakes. I know the designs and specifications of 90% or even Canadian 80% well enough that it's a lot easier to spot a fake. It makes me trust them even more then American eagles.

99.9% or 99.99% fine silver from government mint is always better, as long as the premium is low.

About the plating and fakes, I thought well-recognized coins are more likely targets than generics. For examples, there have been fake gold coins found during 2011-2012; they were all recognized brands like Krugerrand, Kangaroos and AGEs, etc. I haven't heard about any story on faked generic bar, like OPM.

If you search for them, there are several threads on the topic of fake bars. Here's one of them: https://goccf.com/t/141097

It has been mentioned by several people. I think trust is more important to the majority of people than purity. It's easier to trust a product made by a government than by a private company or individual. 90% silver has been in production in the U.S for a far greater period of time than 999 silver has and the specifications/standards are familiar to most looking for bullion silver.

I'm not much of a stacker but on the occasions that I do, I usually look at premiums over/under melt relative to what is typical for that product and other products. I will get the product I feel offers the best value.

If silver becomes expensive and highly sought in the future, there would be no trust on any brands; since the counterfeiting could be rampant due to the potential profits.

I would think many different kinds of test technology/equipment will be developed; and purity might be an advantage.

Correct me if I am wrong, but then the people would sue the big companies for false advertising. BAM the company falls into dept. No major smart company would ever start creating fake silver bars when the people would go to them because they know that they have real silver bars. As soon as someone finds out it is all over with.