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Valued Member
United States
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im not a numismatic guy but more of a bullion hoarder. I've been snapping up 40% IKEs for $10 a pop and was wondering what you guys think of them as a bullion holding. whenever I bring the topic up on a bullion forum I gets slammed, seems like true silver bugs dont want to bother with 40%.
my thinking is if and when we see triple digit silver these migh be appealing to some buyers.
so far I've picked up 63 of them at an average price of $10.12, it makes up a miniscule percentage of my stack.
just wondering if I should keep accumulating at these prices or pull in the reigns already.
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Valued Member
United States
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If you are only interested in silver content why would you pay 10 when the melt is only 6 even at todays prices
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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40% Ikes are at $12.67 right now, actually. 40% Kennedy halves are about $6. There's nothing wrong with 40% coins. I have lots of them, and like you said, they're easy to get below spot. You can get rid of them on ebay if the coin dealers don't want them; they always seem to sell for spot or more there.
Edited by CPC24 07/23/2011 8:55 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Each to his own. If you are picking them up at $10.00When Spot for them right now is $12.67     I personally would be backing up the truck and filling that baby up UNTIL THEY RAN OUT OF THEM It means you are getting Silver at $31.62 An OunceIf you have following silver even casually you know more about it than 99% of the country. And you know there is a good chance that we not even see $31.62 for a very long time if ever. Do your math,Watch your fundamentals and just keep stacking  Congratulations and a Hat Tip to you
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Valued Member
 United States
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like I said I usually hang out on bullion forums and EVERYONE there dislikes them. I have a nice stack of 40% kennedys also that I got slammed for buying. their thinking is that I will have big trouble in little china trying to get rid of them and that ebay is my only source of buyers. my rebuttal to that is when and if silver goes mania that I will have little trouble unloading them, are these thoughts coherant?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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97guns, It is all good. There are purists in every field But you are absolutely right in your thinking and are very coherent. Even when it was $9.00 an ounce it was never hard to get rid of 40%silver at spot at coin shops. When it really goes high it will be even easier to get rid of. That's if you even want to. Hint: search around the net for a USGS report concerning the first element of the periodic table to go extinct. You may not get a premium over spot like with a Silver Eagle. But your premium will come from buying them under spot. THINKING VERY COHERENT When the rest of this country catches on to exactly how under priced silver actually is, due to the decades of PROVEN price suppression. that is being implemented even as late as the little smack down they tried last week. Off to the races we go People all around the rest of the planet already know and are adjusting their silver and gold purchases accordingly. Heck, Hong Kong Metals exchange just went online and active Friday. Once it actually catches on here and people understand that the little green backs in their pockets won't buy any where near what it did just three years ago the precious metals will take off at an incredible pace Here is a place for you to check out. I just read a lot for a few months before joining Very informative and educational site and forum. HINT: make sure you check out the forums http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/Terry
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Even if silver goes crazy 90% will still be in higher demand than 40%. The problem with 40% isn't so much that there aren't buyers, just that there aren't buyers willing to pay decently for them. Dealers don't want to pay anywhere near what you'd want to sell them for and most private buyers figure it out quickly too. You'll still come out ahead if silver doubles or triples but you'll probably come out more ahead if you put that money into 90% silver unless you can buy 40% at a major discount right now. ebay will be your only source of buyers if you want to get full melt value out of them (until you add in all the fees).
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Valued Member
 United States
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thanks terry
i guess I will continue stacking them at reduced pricing of course. the last batch I snagged was a lot of 23 blue ikes for $9.89 a pop in the envelopes. I am a big turd fan myself, I never miss him.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Revised estimate: If you browse the Ferguson site and forum then you know more than 99.999 percent of the rest of the country  Keep Stackin'
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm in agreement with the others. Ignore the folks at the bullion forums. I got the same ignorant reactions when I was buying foreign silver below spot back when silver was $17. Others were tripping over themselves paying premiums buying U.S. junk silver. It was definitely low grade junk. Even Canadian silver was looked down upon. I was picking up P.L. sets below spot. Now Canadian silver is getting the respect it deserves in the U.S., and foreign silver is getting melt with no problem. I had the same thought, when the price inevitably goes through the roof because silver is short on supply, all those myopic xenophobic attitudes about "coin of the realm" and fineness will go out the window. When the inevitable collapse of the Euro and the U.S. dollar occurs, along with the debt default of half of Europe and America, there will be a rush by the now awoken sheeple to real money as a safe haven That real money being gold and silver. I have no worry that at that time, all silver will be getting the same price. There is a reason why the central banks of Russia, India and China are buying gold by the ton as fast as they can. They see the writing on the wall... Kudos to you for thinking outside the box.
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Valued Member
United States
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Well, I'd certainly like to know how to buy silver under spot in this environment, if you decide to stop buying from these people :)
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Valued Member
 United States
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i buy them on ebay with rebates, they are easy to get under spot when your getting 6.5% back.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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97guns mentioned "triple digit silver"...
If you're investing in silver with those figures in mind, be prepared to sit on those 40% Ikes for a long, long, LONG time.
Les
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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MercLover, You may be right, But then again that long, long, Long time may come a whole lot sooner than a lot of people think.  Besides I would trade something that has lost half of it's value in 3 years (U.S. Federal Reserve Note) and falling.  for something that has more than doubled in 2 years (Silver) and rising  any day And to the Silver Bugs out there Keep an eye on the fundamentals and keep stacking 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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can't hurt buying siler under melt. Not matter what your play is
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