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Psychological disorder among bullion stackers?

gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭
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Just wondering why .925 silver is so shunned by the bullion community, yet .917 gold (eagles, K-rands) are so welcomed with open arms? My PM stack is split fairly evenly between the .917 gold and .999 silver compositions, and im content. However, I would never even consider stacking .925 silver bars. Why do you think this disorder is so prevalent amongst "our kind"?

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  • secondrepublicsecondrepublic Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭
    It's weird. Especially since people happily buy 90% silver. I think the reason is maybe there's some doubt about the purity of .925 if it's an unknown mark or brand.
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  • KUCHKUCH Posts: 1,186
    No clue...... but but my doctor says to keep busy and keep stacking.image
  • scrapman1077scrapman1077 Posts: 334 ✭✭
    I stack, 35%, 40%, 50%, 72%, 80%, 92.5% anything. It all ends up as 999 after refining image
  • dontippetdontippet Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's weird. Especially since people happily buy 90% silver. I think the reason is maybe there's some doubt about the purity of .925 if it's an unknown mark or brand. >>



    90% is consistent, and it's a part of history. Not only am I stacking 90%, but I'm collecting it.
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,128 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's weird. Especially since people happily buy 90% silver. I think the reason is maybe there's some doubt about the purity of .925 if it's an unknown mark or brand. >>



    Not really. Coin silver is (usually) money, with a face value as a floor if metals were to crash utterly.

    Sterling tends to be associated with the Franklin Mint, and people vaguely remember the hatchet job that 60 Minutes did on the Franklin Mint at the 1978 ANA show in Houston.

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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,789 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>It's weird. Especially since people happily buy 90% silver. I think the reason is maybe there's some doubt about the purity of .925 if it's an unknown mark or brand. >>



    Not really. Coin silver is (usually) money, with a face value as a floor if metals were to crash utterly.

    Sterling tends to be associated with the Franklin Mint, and people vaguely remember the hatchet job that 60 Minutes did on the Franklin Mint at the 1978 ANA show in Houston.

    MOO

    TD >>



    Early on in my silver fever days I was purchasing Franklin Mint stuff because... well, it's nice looking. I quickly learned how shunned it was.
    I'll have to google the 60 minute "hatchet job" - I hadn't heard anything about it.

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  • RGJohnRGJohn Posts: 402


    << <i>

    << <i>It's weird. Especially since people happily buy 90% silver. I think the reason is maybe there's some doubt about the purity of .925 if it's an unknown mark or brand. >>



    Not really. Coin silver is (usually) money, with a face value as a floor if metals were to crash utterly.

    Sterling tends to be associated with the Franklin Mint, and people vaguely remember the hatchet job that 60 Minutes did on the Franklin Mint at the 1978 ANA show in Houston.

    MOO

    TD >>


    Franklin Mint has its place in the universe . A child for instance may not find pleasure in a roll of junk silver dimes but s/he will delight in a sterling ingot by Franklin Mint in a given motif. And we know FM is the motif king. I'd rather have a happy family leave with that than nothing. And IME, it's much easier to sell FM products than individual mis-matched sterling forks and spoons.
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  • halfhunterhalfhunter Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭
    Franklin Mint stuff can't be any worse than THIS ! ! !

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