Opinion About Buying Junk Silver For Stacking

I like junk.. only because they're old coins that were once used in circulation. So if I'm getting junk for around spot I'm happy and a buyer.

I also like bullion but I don't fall into this fad of paying more for bullion with people calling it (semi-numi)... eg. pandas ... I pay spot or the premium the dealer has so they can make some $$ but that's it.

Between the two ... I'll always take the junk over the bullion but that's just because the junk is recognized by a government already and ya never know you might have a peculiar variety of coin as well... which can be neat. I've purchased bags of coins and been happily surprised with receiving an odd variety or two as a bit of a surprise.

Don't spend all your new money on coins, be sure to keep 3 to 6 months of expenses tucked away.

Having said that, I've been 'stacking' silver in various treasure chests, crowns, florins, sixpenny pieces, pesos, francs, marks, rupees, etc., for some years now. A lot more fun than boring rolls of bullion.

Whichever you can purchase for the closest price to melt value is what you want, since you're 'investing'.

I have about a kilo of World junk silver. All of it as come by way of being part of job lots at auction, which included coins that I was particularly interested in.
The result is that all of the junk silver that I have is really just a bonus.