So Many Bullion Varieties

You are right about the Rwanda Wildlife Series. It goes back several years, and has the continent of Africa on half of the reverse. I am familiar with the Nautical Series, which started in 2017. I like the Nautical series, and the Cook Island ship coin. I also like the Isle of Man Viking ship, the Noble.

Here' a 1985 1 oz silver old ship bullion I inherited from my step-dad.

Yes there are sooooo many new silver bullion release varieties there's no way I can keep up or afford to buy them all. I just buy examples of the few I like searching for the best price. I really don't have a favorite.

After collecting so many, the Panda's were a favorite, but only in silver could I afford, and I even gave up trying to collect those, the mintages were to low in the very beginning. Now they are turning out regular bullion rounds with proof like finish.

I've been trying to put together a collection of silver bullion coins from 2019. Think I have about 60 now, and the year is just barely half over. My price cut off is about $30 but I have bought some for more. Most are about $20. I like the ship ones too but I really like the wildlife ones.

All these modern bullion varities have been appearing because gov mints and/or the manufactures have been having an incredibly difficult time selling any PM bullion in significant quantaties for several years now and they need cash flow so they began rolling out variety after variety after variety. Especially with the silver bullion.

I like variety. I like pretty shiny coins. I appreciate the skill and creativity required to create an attractive design. I like learning about another country's coinage.

I don't like paying a premium on top of a premium simply because something is "new". The more varieties a country rolls out the more I doubt that they'll be the beginning of a new series and this makes a couple of red flags pop up.

When it's time to sell, modern PM bullion is just bullion to a buyer no matter what design they do or what they commemorate. In addition you will have greater difficulty selling fast and easy because the PM bullion is not easily recognizable which raise rdflags with buyers or limit the size of the market of buyers. All things that do not help you. Why pay a gov mint or manufacturer extra to make life potentially more difficult for you?

Again, there's nothing wrong with variety, I like variety, and promote variety but it would not make up any more than 10-15% of my PM bullion portfolio.

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