A very special edition of Sunday Porn!
gecko109
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Im fast closing in on my first 1,000. This stack represents 924. I have some other odds and ends not pictured that bring me up to 960. 40 more to go....WooHoo!
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--Severian the Lame
<< <i>I like it all!
Alot of it (maybe half) came in mylar or plastic. They immediately get cut out and the plastic goes into the trash where it belongs. This is bullion, not rare coins. Its meant to be stacked up, unstacked, and stacked up again. Not meant to be wiped with a diaper on Sunday afternoons! Anyone with me on this?
Now I have a couple of questions for you, if you don't mind.
I don't see fractionals or generic silver rounds/bars or 90%. Don't you count them or have you just got rid of them?
How do you store all those bars? I have all mine into airtites or plastics.
I am close to my goal of 200oz (5 to go), then I will balance the ratio with some gold.
Thanks for sharing these pictures!
Edited to add: just saw your reply. I am not with you even though you are right saying they are just bullions.
I usually get rif of the plastic because it contains PVC but I like them scratch free and shiny!
But if YOU like your bullion to be immaculate, thats your perogative. This hoard is simply a stash of silver bullion by known refiners to be used as a store of value. There is nothing "collectible" about a 1, 5, or 10 oz brick of silver. I have never turned away an opportunity to buy at a good price because of scuff marks....I have never offered, or been offered a higher price for non scuffed bars. It simply doesnt matter to me, or 97% of the people who buy/sell bulk amounts of this metal. If they had any numismatic value at all, I would be sure to keep them pristine. But the truth is, they dont. 924 ounces of slightly scratched, scuffed bars is worth exactly the same as 924 ounces of bars in plastic. Ever seen how the U.S. Mint or any central bank treats their gold bars? I treat these in much the same manner.
<< <i>Airtites are for sissies!
I think it's a matter of quantity. I understand that you can't take good care of 1,000oz while it's easier for me with only 200.
Also, I may need to sell some piece in the near future, not 10 years from now, and few scratches could make a little difference.
I am a newbie and I want to enjoy my bars, not only put them aside. Maybe it will be different in few years.
Oh, I gotta go. It's sunday, I need to wipe them with a diaper! LOL
Thanks again!
Yeah, I'm with you. I keep mine wrapped anyway but they sure don't stack as nice as yours. Good job!
Got Silver?
Put it this way: at a coin show, or swap meet, or wherever, me and gecko have side by side tables. Identical bullion, mine sealed, his unsealed. Whose would you buy first?
But to continue Gecko's Sunday Silver porn theme:
Heh heh heh...
--Severian the Lame
Now where's the 56' Mantle to go along with it
<< <i>Nice Gecko,
Now where's the 56' Mantle to go along with it
Gave up on cards...even sold my ultra rare Drum backed T206 recently. Cards werent for me.
Took a couple shots before it all went back to the vault
100 oz struck JM
100 oz poured JM
100 oz poured Sheffield
100 oz extruded Eng
100 oz poured OPM
50 oz poured JM (lying flat)
22 1-oz generic buffaloes
Too lazy to bring home the 90% and the small bars.
--Severian the Lame
Btw...
TD
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Took a couple shots before it all went back to the vault
100 oz struck JM
100 oz poured JM
100 oz poured Sheffield
100 oz extruded Eng
100 oz poured OPM
50 oz poured JM (lying flat)
22 1-oz generic buffaloes
Too lazy to bring home the 90% and the small bars. >>
"A trunk of booty is a joy forever!"
Long John Silver
<< <i>Hey Phil......we got some 50 ouncers (silver, not gold) you might be interested to get up closer to 1000!!!!
TD >>
I have vowed to add nothing larger than 10....Im a sucker for divisibility. You have problems trying to use a $100 bill today at most places....imagine trying to use a 50oz silver bar in a SHTF scenario! It'll be like trying to break a $5,000 bill by then!
But I'm also a fan of diversity, and I'm not all about the SHTF, either. Sometimes It's just a simple hedge or investment.
So as of right now I'm very roughly 1/3 90%, 1/3 small bars, and 1/3 big bars. I'm heaviest to 90%, lightest to small bars. But it's roughly 1/3 each.
--Severian the Lame
Oh, and BTW Cap'n...congrats to your Blackhawks. Man, that hurt.
If I ever have kids they will be getting pirate chests like that, full of shiny/old things, comics, cards, etc when I kick the bucket.
Here's my newps from this week from dcarr
Have a nice day.
Camelot
The picture is from my phone so its hard to see the detail, but, its several JM 100oz cake bars with chocolate gold coins! And....it was really good too!!!
Thanks again Kev and Lu!!!
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That's one cool cake
<< <i>Happy Birthday ~ Zubie!
That's one cool cake
That's why they call it "icing!"
20 one oz JM bars, 3 ten oz JM bars, a 2 oz JM bar, 2 MS silver comm (I didn't know I ordered), a random 1 oz round and a 2010 MS Buffalo!!!!
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