Mexican Libertad

Any coin can be counterfeited. I hear Pandas and American Eagles are more often counterfeited.
Anyway: my issue with Libertads is manufacturing quality... Have seen some defects on them. Too bad, the recent design really looks great.

I hear people occassionally say AGE ASE are counterfeited but it seems most people believe counterfeitters would want to steer clear of the Secret Service and would not want to counterfeit these. Always interesting when eagles are brought up.

I've never seen fake libertad
show me ple ASE

5 years later...I've never heard of counterfeit gold libertads. I'd also like to see pictures...

Angel de la Independencia**
whoops! close enough!

It's bullion, just round-shaped bullion. Round vs coin, what is the actual difference, I feel. I mean, just because an ASE says one dollar on it, doesn't mean you can readily spend it, so all this chitchat of is it a coin, is it currency, is kind of a waste of time. Just know that it's one ounce of fine silver and the shape of said unit is a cylinder. If your car were a triangle shape I'm sure your car would function exactly like any other.

Libertads are the most down to Earth (truthful) silver bullion "coin" there is. It's produced by the Mexican Mint, same as the peso currency, however they don't pretend like it's real currency, instead it is treated as physical savings. Silver is a long-term holding, and usually increases in value over time. When the price goes down one can save money buying more silver (you get a "discount" when "buying" your savings-product), when the price goes down it's time to sell and enjoy the fruits of one's labor.

What's the takeaway? A silver Libertad is a cylindrical silver unit meant for saving and not spending. It basically tells you what it is and doesn't lie about what it isn't (currency/money). I wish I had more Libertads but I'd rather stack 10 ounce bars because they don't steal space in the safe. Silver is silver, you can cut it down to what size you want and it'll be worth that much in weight (fungible). You can't tear a dollar bill's corner to pay for anything, and that should tell you which one is worth more (metal vs man's invention in a ledger).