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However, if nobody want's to pay $35 a coin, how will they ever increase in price?

@Montana

Absolutely right. There were plenty of coins out there worthy of $35 or higher spot price. However, the problem I had was that I'd not yet settled on real buying strategy. As a result I put too much hard earned cash in to ordinary BU ASE's and Maple's when I could have been shopping for more interesting silver coin and bar options. There's absolutely nothing wrong with ASE's and maples. However, numismatic premiums tend to shrink somewhat when the spot price takes off. It was a missed opportunity. Lesson learned.

In light of recent events that are occurring domestically as well as globally, I went to my financial advisor last month and cashed out all but one of my various IRA's, All mutual funds, Annuities, matured CD's, and bonds to purchase AND possess more tangible assets such as Physical PM's.

I just knew my advisor was going to strongly disagree and try and talk me out of doing it, but he told me that as long I left at least one 403b for him to micromanage, it would be a good idea, as long as I had a place to securely store it and knew the risks of owning that much PM and of course the early withdrawal penalties I would have to pay. Ouch!

But here is my thinking, WTSHF (Which I believe is imminent) and the fiat$ implodes, it's not going to be a gradual decline.

History has been known to repeat itself, and I believe that people are going to wake up one morning in the near future, to discover that their life savings, which is made up of binary code transcribed onto monthly or quarterly statements that are stored in a box in their closet will become their tangible assets!

And yes,it pains me that I lost a substantial amount of money in early withdrawal fees, penalties and taxes.

But I feel that, by personally holding real, tangible assets such as PM's, puts me in a much better position to support and protect my family in the event of a global financial catastrophe.

In the event of a financial catastrophe, do you really think you will be able to take your gold and silver certificates that state you own X amount of ounces and successfully redeem them for actual ounces of physical gold and silver from a clearing house that is already years, if not decades behind on clearing sell/stop orders? Maybe?

I do not regret doing it one bit.

For me it was a no brainer.....

X amount of $'s - approx. 20% = SOMETHING!

Zero amount of $'s - 20% = NOTHING!!


Therefore I am stacking .999 silver in 1/10 oz rounds to kilo bars.
And all the 90% I can find! ($2000 face so far)

I'm stacking gold mostly in 1/10, 1/4, & 1/2 oz. AE's, .9999 1 oz. Buffalo's and pre 1900 $20 Double Eagles that I have been able to purchase close to spot.

I also snagged a few 1 oz. PE's to diversify my new "portfolio" as well as the tons of pre '82 copper LC's I have acquired over the years.

I have also splurged on a few coins of greater numismatic vs. intrinsic value, just because I've always dreamed of owning them since I started collecting.

1995-W 10th Anniversary Eagle Proof Set in OMP (Raw)
1937-D 3-Legged Buffalo nickel PCGS MS62
1942/1 Mecury Dime PCGS MS63 FB
1909-S VDB PCGS MS65 RD
1955 DDO-001 Wheat penny PCGS MS64 RD
1838-C Classic Head $2.5 PCGS XF45

I've also been filling those pesky holes in my numerous Dansco Albums which has given me a great deal of satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment that all the gold and silver combined couldn't give me!

For me it has been the best "Mid-life Crisis" I could possibly experience!

IMHO........

There is not a better way to spend your hard earned money, than on PM coins that have and always will have guaranteed purchasing power!

End rant..............

For myself.....(price depending) 100 ounces of silver and at least a 1 ounce gold coin every year....

JDRMCB many will tell you how foolish you were. I agree 100% with your decision, because I did the same thing in 2007. PM's are financial insurance for this current upside down economic world. Nothing makes sense anymore and the old rules are out the window.

I personally believe the powers that be, will go forth with their devious plan, MyIRA, that they put into motion last year before attempting to confiscate PM's from Americans armed with the 2nd Amendment!

From what I have read, in a last ditch effort to wipe the proverbial slate clean(deficit), they are trying to pass a bill that would require all private citizens holding IRA and 401(k) accounts to purchase Treasury bonds (T-bills) by mandating the placement of government-structured annuities in their retirement accounts!

The total amount of retirement assets in America, including 401k, IRA and savings accounts is around $21 trillion. With our national debt coincidentally approaching the same, the government sees big money and potentially a way out of our country's current fiscal disaster!

That is just ONE of the many reasons I chose to get off the roller coaster.

Because we are, without a doubt, approaching the apex!
The uncertainty lies in what happens after we crest and begin that downward spiral. Will there be a bottom? Or will the proverbial wheels just fall off and everything come to a halt?

So stacking PM's in today's society is quite acceptable to me, because the uncertainty of tomorrow's society will make them necessary for your family's survival!

Besides.......What's it gonna hurt?

And coinwatch, I am also stocking up on durable goods, such as potable water and nonperishable food items as well as renewable energy sources and fuel.

And of course, I'm exercising my 2nd Amendment right in abundance!

I plan to keep buying myself as the price in PM is just a beat down for some big banks like JP Morgan which is buying all the silver they can get there hands on and I think is the one of the reason for falling prices so JP Morgan can use the stronger dollar to buy more silver up. the US Mint say ASE are red hot and I would think supply and demand will come back into play soon.

Gold Drops on Week; US Mint Silver Sales Fly

http://www.coinnews.net/2015/04/25/...r-sales-fly/

We have yet to understand everything silver has to offer us going forward as it's the key to solar power ..

A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it possesses the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and reflectivity of any metal.

In 2014 researchers invented a mirror-like panel that, when mounted on a building, acts like an air conditioner.[30] The mirror is built from several layers of wafer-thin materials. The first layer is silver, the most reflective substance on Earth. On top of this are alternating layers of silicon dioxide and hafnium oxide. These layers improve the reflectivity, but also turn the mirror into a thermal radiator.