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Valued Member
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now, its been a long time since I've found any silver coins at work through my registers like I used to and the last time was a guy who took out a pocket full of change and had a silver dime and I gave him a quarter for it.
im tempted to buy a silver eagle but the premium is so high, I've been watching the price in silver go up from 23 dollars an ounce up to 34 an ounce and now its around 32.
am I better off getting a 1 ounce .999 fine silver bullion rather than a silver eagle if its cheaper?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Silver Eagles have the advantage of being very recognizable and easy to resell, as opposed to bullion products which might not be trusted by a potential buyer. You should be able to get them for $2.50 above spot at any given time, depending on where you shop.
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Valued Member
 United States
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can the same be said for silver american quarters and halves? I have a bunch of those or am I better selling those for silver eagles that are potentially more recognizable?
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The price on that silver eagle seems a little steep to me. If there is a coin shop or show near by, I would go there where I think you probably would be able to get them at the price barryg quoted.
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Valued Member
United States
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ive searched for coin shops in my area and they are either tattoo shops now or just vacant lots, ill try again tonight and stop by one tomorrow if I can find one
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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IF the ASE is your first and to be the type coin in your collection, don't sweat the premium too much. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Modern coin mart is a reputable place for sure. Same with provident metals and silvertowne to name a few of the online places |
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Valued Member
United States
386 Posts |
You might love your first Silver Eagle. I carried mine in my pocket for months.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ive searched for coin shops in my area and they are either tattoo shops now or just vacant lots, ill try again tonight and stop by one tomorrow if I can find one Maybe you could settle for a tattoo of a Silver Eagle.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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......Or sweep the vacant lots with a metal detector.
Like the chubby little guy in the NYS Lottery TV commercials says, "Hey - You never know!"
Besides - a decent professional quality tattoo of a Silver Eagle would cost considerably more than a nice new Silver Eagle itself would cost.
Edited by Fat Freddy
11/15/2012 3:56 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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nah, shop minimum at my tattoo place is 50 dollars, id rather buy a real silver eagle, thanks for the info guys, I've been eying silver eagles for a while now and really want one to go in my silver collection, one thing I dont understand is why the denomination is one dollar when its an ounce of silver thats worth way more than a dollar
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Valued Member
United States
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also, I have the Amazon.com credit card and have 16 dollars in points saved up on that and cant find any good priced silver eagles, I used some of my credit to buy a walking liberty, it was well worth it |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Silver eagles are way overpriced on Amazon for whatever reason without a significant increase in pm value |
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United States
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yeah, ones I saw were around 45 dollars each even my 15 dollars off wouldnt make that big of a difference buying cheaper on ebay, ill wait for last months purchases to reflect on to add more Amazon points to my account |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thats the same problem I run into. 45 seems to be the low end there. Even if you get enough points you might be better off getting less overpriced stuff and trying to trade a few walking liberties or something for an eagle
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Posted 11/14/2012 10:21 pm
