Which Silver Bullion To Buy?

Get them all! That doesn't help? Ok. If he has all the major countries minted in 2014, nothing will be particularly rare. Having said that, some coins are capped at or less than 1 million. Examples would be Perth Lunar Horsed, Kookaburras, and Canadian Flacons. More obscure coins like Benin elephant, Rwanda Impala, Aussie Kangaroo, and NZ Kiwi will have mintages in the 5-20k range, but are most likely going to be priced higher than the others. Eagles, maples, philharmonics, pandas, etc. are minted in the millions or tens of millions annually. Assuming the coins are all priced the same (which I doubt they are), I'd start with coins that have an alternating annual design like the Lunars, Kookaburras, Koalas, Pandas, etc.

Leo,

If the OP is "looking for something special and rare", an ASE ain't it. As beautiful and timeless as the ASE design is, I got totally bored with it after the 50 or 60th one I bought. Same with Maples, Libertads, Philharmonics, and all the other never-changing (other than the date - whoopee!) bullion out there.

It made sense to me to find a limited run series I liked and go about purchasing as many years as possible of them. SDC already mentioned some good ones. Aussie Kangaroos and NZ Kiwis are among my all-time favorites. The Lunar series from any number of countries is quite interesting (and typically low mintage), also. Canada made a low mintage stamp and coin series beginning around 2004 that I really liked. They had an awesome presentation, came in a nice, large wooden box, with a very informative pamphlet, and I had to have all of them. Canada also had a series of playing card-shaped coins (ten, jack, queen, king) that was pretty cool. Mongolia has an ongoing series that started around 2004-2005 called Wildlife Protection. I love them all but they started getting pricey by 2012 (I mean "hundreds" of dollar each) and I stopped collecting. Cook Islands, Nuie Islands, Palau, and Tuvalu have some great series that cover any number of hobbies and interests. Most don't run over 20k with 5k being more common. Some hold their value very well, some quickly skyrocket to unbelievable price heights, but most are never worth more than their initial cost. But if you buy what you like, it doesn't matter where the price ultimately settles.

There are almost endless possibilities, though. Get on ebay, find something that interests you in a search, and have at it.

Yea what they said above, I'd say the rarest of the newest ones out is the Benin 2014 silver elephant.

Sounds like a great plan, SS. The key, like with most things worth doing, is to consistently stick with it. Even slow growth of a PM collection over time beats no growth, hands down. There are tons of addictions out there, some far less healthy than others. Collecting silver has to ranks as one of the more beneficial, guilt-free, and respectable ones :)

I'd recommend the US Mint's America the Beautiful 5 oz silver coins. Low mintage and 5 different designs to choose from.

There's all sorts of odd stuff out there, being hawked by governments you wouldn't necessarily expect to be jumping into the bullion biz. I saw an Armenian Noah's Ark coin on ebay recently, and today I picked up a 500 tenge proof finish issue from Kazakhstan, of all places. The latter is one troy ounce of...sterling instead of .999 as you'd think would be logical from a marketing standpoint. Why? Who knows, but it's from Kazakstan! Be the first on your block, as they say.

I wonder how the Perth Mint bullion 1/2oz silver Great White Shark coin fits in here?

A mintage of 300,000 min buy 25 coins. So if my math is right that is 12,000 buys.

Nice looking shark!

Nice thread silver surfer!

Thanks for the direction yup!

Yes there is some very nice looking items.

Now to see what I can do from Aussie.