Weight or collector? What kinda of stacker are you?
When I started my silver journey, I made alot of bad purchases, as I am sure most of you did.
Silvershield collections.
Are you a weight stacker or collector? When I first started I thought that I was going to be a collector, but quickly turned into a weight stacker. Now there is a couple of reason I decides to go into weight stacking.
First one, spot is spot, and thats probably what you will get for it when its time to sell. Trust me I understand that the price will skyrocket and it really wont matter what you paid for it, but wont it? Lets take ASE for an example. Right now you would be lucky to get a $1.00 over spot if you sold one. So if you took an ASE and compared it to a silver round. ASE would cost you $19.57 usd, with a buy back price of $17.87, so immediately you would loose $1.70 usd. Now lets take your average 1oz silver round, it would cost you $17.36 usd, with a buy back of $16.47, resulting in a loss of .89 cents usd.
ASE price courtesy of Provident metals.
Silver round courtesy of Provident Metals.
So basically you would cut your looses in half by buying the silver round.
This is the main reason why I changed over to weight stacker. When the times come to sell, I believe you will be lucky to get spot, no matter what the coin is.
Now this is just my opinion, really doesnt amount to much, but what are your thoughts?
Are you a weight or collector stacker?
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I started as a weight stacker, no doubt. However now I try to have half my stack be higher premium pieces as well as growing my weight side with near spot generic pickups. I like to be able to trade some premium stuff for a greater weight at a future time, as well as hedging against further market manipulation. I'm not really a collector myself but I like seeing my stack appreciate even when spot price stays stagnant. It's a micro-diversification haha. Great topic, cool post, thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks for the visit and comment. Sounds like your plan is working for you. Keep stacking.
When I get buyer's remorse, for paying a high premium, on that .999, that I just had to have, I will buy, a low premium, generic .999 or two, to "dollar cost average." I've really got it bad, but I really think it is going to pay off, in the long run. Maybe the short run. The Provident Prospector 1 oz Silver Round, is the coolest generic round.
Provident is my go to bullion dealer thanks for the visit and comment.
Silver Bullet - Silver Shield has a website, listing mintages, dates, variations etc... Some are very rare.
http://silvershieldguide.com/
At today's spot price, of $16.57, Silver can only go down $16.57. How high can it go? You get the point?
I guess I'm a little of both. I love the SSG coins for the message that goes along with each coin. Anything else I purchase is determined by how close to spot the round is. Good post, interested in seeing how the rest of the stackers respond.
Thanks for the visit and comment. I try to get as close to spot as possible myself.
I buy 3-50 of around 12 coins every year for date runs and a few odds i like the look of so i would have to say im collector stacker but as im from the UK, its cheaper for me to buy a ASE/kooks/elephants over a round/bar because of the 20% vat we pay. If i buy from certain euro counties, i can get coins with a monetary attached vat free, vat is still paid on rounds/bars. So i guess i can say i stack for weight in a way :) Nice post :)
Dont know much about the VAT, but from what i see it sucks. Thanks for the comment
weight stacker all the way, I only pay a premium on rare silver coins, bullion coins should be purchased as close to as possible as the silver price.
Smart stacker, right here. Thanks for the visit and comment.
I still do both , i collect bullion coins as close to spot as my provenance allows, but there is this deep seated need in me to form collections, ive done it with stamps fossils LPs and now silver coins. I love quality well designed coins with low mintage and with a bit of meaning behind them.
However you stack, at the end of the day you are exchanging fiat toilet paper for real tangible assets, that is the most important factor for me
100% agree, as long as you are trading out of the fiat paper, its a win win for you. Thanks buddy.
Weight. For my kids birthdays I usually buy them a cool looking coin but other than that I am into the rounds.
Me too, all about the weight. Thanks for the visit.