Monster Box Of Silver Maples!

Since I bought these purely as bullion, I'm not overly concerned with milk spots or other issues. In fact, other than the one tube I opened, I don't even plan to inspect the other coins.

Are you gonna buy another when it hits $25, I am for sure. Though I do like SML I would probably never buy a box in this country, truth is Americans pay more for American coins at least on ebay. I have been adding to my silver dollars lately as with the price of silver dropping fast I can buy them for cheaper but they still have a lot more intrinsic value.

One thing is true I believe you have more silver then me now, so I guess I need to do some buying lol

If you are doing all this buying with cash you should checkout CL. I have great luck buying cheap silver there.

Well, my wife has asked me to limit future purchases to around $2000 a piece, so no more monster boxes for the foreseeable future. Of course, that leaves plenty of room for $100 face value bags of 90% silver...

As for ASE vs. SML, you may very well be right, which is why my first purchase was a monster box of ASEs. The price for the SMLs was significantly cheaper, however, and I did like the look of them. Besides, in purely bullion terms, I'm sure that the SML is equally regarded as "legitimate" silver bullion and I don't expect to have any trouble selling them at or near spot if and when the time comes.

Well, after I bought my monster box of ASEs awhile back, a number of members suggested that SMLs were a better deal with more upside due to popularity.

I guess they must have all been Canadian...

I am not liking the milk spotting which forms on these Canadian coins, an I think in time as more form, the value will fade as well with the populairty an high premium over spot for these coins....

I think Phil harmonics look great for the price, but seemed to be real undervalued on this side of the planet. New 2012's are selling around 32 each at Provident....

And I would rather have Perth products like any of the lunar series compared to US or Canadian coins, but that is just me....

Also Brittania's are right up there with Perth IMO, an they have some of the good designs at Provident right now, right at 35 each, not bad at all...

Yeah, and it only took 10 years of saving every penny to get to this point...

Seriously, my wife and I have been squirreling away as much as we can since getting married. Most has gone into our house (nearly paid for) and into a fund for our son's college education. Just recently, we've been trying to figure out what to invest the "excess" in for the long term. The stock market is scary and even real estate has been entirely too volatile lately to make us comfortable.

Granted, PMs are also a bit of a crap shoot, but at least we feel that they will always hold some value (and may potentially increase in value over time), as opposed to stocks which can become worthless overnight.

Anyway, we are certainly not sinking our life savings into PMs, but we have decided to start funneling some of our "extra" savings (stuff not earmarked for other purposes) into it. Worst case scenario will be that we have a bunch of shiny metal to keep us company in our retirement and not much else, but hopefully our then college-educated son will be able and willing to help us out if we need it.

A man after my own heart. It's the steeply lower mintage that helps keep premiums way higher than the ASEs or SMLs, even here in the US.