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Good catch, AyeJay. $17 dollar silver....ah....the memories. Those were the days. Seems like it was just a few months ago, doesn't it? Wait...shoot. It was just a few months ago.

Yes Mitch, those were the days, I wish it could have waited another few years to fly off the hook though. I really would like to see a steep correction in Jan or Feb. Will have about 12k freed up to slap toward silver at that point.

I remember my very first purchase to this day from my local bank. My aunt was a regional manager for a major bank chain, and she gave me a 1996 SAE that they sold at the bank for
Christmas. I had only collected Pre-65 silver up to that point from circulation and the occasional roll hunt.
The beauty of it blew me away and I called the bank and asked how many they had left and how much they were.
$7.00 each, and they had 400. I drove to town, walked up to the teller and told her I wanted all the SAEs they had. She came back, laughed, and said we have 400 sir, how many do you want again?
I said, bring them out, take it out of my savings and let's call it a day. That smile turned into bug eyes lol. Just so happened to be the key year. I still have every one of those and have not turned my back on silver since then.

I kinda have it set, but just not sure. From a complete silver investment standpoint, I am not the smartest investor. The most effective thing to do would be to buy 5 and 10 oz generic bars, as they are the cheapest way to go, especially in quantity. However, the collector mentality that I have had since childhood, doesn't allow me to do this. Junk silver is out of the equation for me. I watch the ads in the local papers for Estate auctions with coins listed, and do very well acquiring great Morgan/Peace dollars, Halves, Dimes and Quarters for spot or less at these with weekly disposable income. My last purchase being two rolls of Mercury dimes for 85 each.
I'm primarily going for 10k in bullion coins from the Perth Mint, Some 2011 SAEs, Mexican Libertads, Britannias, continuing with the Canadian Wildlife series, etc. I really love the design on some of the Foreign bullion coins, and it satisfies the collector in me to have a collection of different items. I do plan to buy at least 20 of each kind, so I can get the first level of discount per coin.

The remaining 2k will be for a mix of different size and design bars. I'll keep you posted, and post some pictures when I have it all in hand.

My own opinion, I think you're quite ahead of the curve. A majority of people still don't know, or understand the potential silver's future has. I am not planning on selling anytime in the next 15-20 years anyhow, let it crash if it has to, I can just get more, cheaper!