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United States
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The silver bar is worth about $1.30, the gold is probably only worth a few bucks too. You may have broken even.
Besides the novelty factor, the brass bar is not really worth anything intrinsically.
I hope I don't offend you, but I would have passed.
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If you are happy with your purchase then you did great. That is what really matters. The gold leaf while it looks impressive has no real weight to it. The items are fun to have and usually have great eye appeal. If your looking for investments I would go with the 1oz bars/rounds. There are quite a few out on the market and if you also like to collect the art/bullion bars...there are many to choose from. Have fun and collect what you enjoy.
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Pillar of the Community
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Depends on how much the gold weighs I guess.
Let us know I'm curious
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ya ima eventually graduate up to the 1 oz bars but makin minimum wage it sucks
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I've amassed quite a bit of gold/silver with very little money but just telling everyone I know that I buy coins and then flipping them. If you don't have money, just get creative, that's how I've managed to build my collection.
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Pillar of the Community
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Chances are you broke even at best. Weigh the gold when it arrives and calculate what it is worth.
Edited by Saruma
09/20/2011 5:29 pm
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If you're interested in purchasing silver or gold bullion for investment purposes, your best bet is to save enough cash (at minimum wage it might take a few weeks) to buy some 1oz silver government issued bullion investment coins, such as the American Silver Eagle, Canadian Maple Leaf, Australian Kookaburra and Koalas, etc. They are available at just about any coin store and go for perhaps 5-10%% over the spot price of silver. It might be a slight premium over silver bars, but you have a national government guaranteeing the silver content of the coin and that provides more liquidity in case you want to sell it down the line. Plus, they just look nicer. Edited by cperry8483
09/20/2011 10:27 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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FYI - German silver is not silver .. I think it is mostly nickel
I good way to start out buying silver, with little money to invest,
is to buy U. S. silver dimes
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Warnickels are even cheaper, and there are foriegn silver coins that can be bought for $1.50 or even less.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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warnickels are good too, but i'd rather have dimes. Dimes are not much more in price, but are easier to buy and sell because they are 90%. And dim'es do not cost that much. You can get them for about $3 a piece or less if you find good deals. Dimes are lovely :)
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I agree with the dimes being a great way to build up a collection with limited money The only silver coin sets I am working on right now are Mercury dimes and Roosevelt dimesI find a ton of roosies in circulation and haven't bought one to date but Mercury dimes can be bought for melt a lot of the times Cheap and 90% War Nickels don't usually go for full melt value but 90% is 90% |
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Oh boy, someone is not gonna be happy paying that much money when they find out German "Silver" is just a cheap white metal with no precious metal content  Read the fine print at the bottom of the listing- These are newly minted and in pristine --- MINT --- condition. Contains copper, zinc, and nickel.Edited by biokemist6
09/21/2011 11:57 pm
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Posted 09/20/2011 11:08 am
