If Silver And Gold Keep Rising, When Do You Stop Collecting?

I am not melting or selling or worrying much. Just along for the ride.

I wonder if we get to the point where we are melting Capped Bust Halves. With silver halves currently melting at around $28.00 we would need to see silver double again (and a bit more) to get into that territory where the ugly, damaged, extremely low grade Busties hit the melting pot.

I will continue adding silver coins to my set of Coins of Composers.
Since these are typically priced well above spot, the current higher silver price hasn't had much of an influence yet. If anything, the "premium" on these collectibles has come down a bit.

What was once common will be the new key dates when the melting comes to the end.

This whole recent crazy metals madness is sort of like sitting on your porch watching a tornado dancing in the fields 200 yards away, wondering if it might be time to seek shelter while you sort through 50 powerball tickets hoping for that life changing bit of luck.

I have accumulated a lot of 'junk' silver over the past couple of decades in the form of coins that are nice to own but not as liquid as they ought to be, given the current frenzy. If ca$h becomes an urgent issue, how does one dispose of things like Cuban centavos, Dutch guildens, German marks etc etc etc without suffering huge discounts to intrinsic silver value because domestic buyers either have no clue what they are looking at, or are unwilling to take a chance on something they seldom or never see? A lot of this foreign stuff was already melted during the 1980 run-up, but there is still enough around to satisfy hobby-collector demand. In all the silver stacking threads, I never see any mention of non-USA items. I am watching these volatile markets closely, wondering what the best way is to proceed with downsizing what I do not really need.

If you are holding bullion silver or gold, you'll always be able to sell it and get the collector coins you want. Your bullion holdings will continue to rise with metals prices allowing you to do a decent swap.

With random date Canadian silver Maple Leafs selling today for $126.23 CAD each, I certainly have slowed to a crawl in purchases. .
As a matter of fact, my last order was at $96.94 CAD (Dec. 15th)
I am beginning to question continuing my Canadian Commemorative proof silver dollar collection.

1. I collect things other than gold and silver, so that won't end.
2. As was mentioned, I have enough surplus silver that I can trade for numismatically interesting pieces that I am really keen on. with more numismatic pieces being threatened with the melting pot, it may be easier to snag some of these pieces for the silver value.