Posted 03/28/2015 12:01 am
Silver, like oil, is a fungible commodity. That means that, for someone who is interested only in using the silver for industrial or commercial purposes, one piece of .999 fine silver is just as good as any other piece and you can swap them around and nobody would really know or care. So, from a bullion dealer's point of view, a 2015 ASE is identical to a 1990 ASE.
It's only us, the weird "coin collectors" who think certain pieces of silver are somehow "different" or "special" or otherwise worth a premium over bullion value. Dates and mintmarks are just two of the reasons we've found for differentiating them.
Of course, this too comes down to supply and demand. If large numbers of collectors are not pursuing ASEs by date-and-mintmark, then there is no "demand" for specific years and "rare years" will not attract much if any premium over "common years".
It's only us, the weird "coin collectors" who think certain pieces of silver are somehow "different" or "special" or otherwise worth a premium over bullion value. Dates and mintmarks are just two of the reasons we've found for differentiating them.
Of course, this too comes down to supply and demand. If large numbers of collectors are not pursuing ASEs by date-and-mintmark, then there is no "demand" for specific years and "rare years" will not attract much if any premium over "common years".
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
