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What form of bullion silver brings the highest premium over melt?

291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,336 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Is it American Silver Eagles?

What else brings strong premiums over melt?

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,113 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Is it American Silver Eagles?

    What else brings strong premiums over melt? >>



    Certain silver bars bring a premium because of their collector value---for example, 7 oz Engelhard bars come to mind.

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,336 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Is it American Silver Eagles?

    What else brings strong premiums over melt? >>



    Certain silver bars bring a premium because of their collector value---for example, 7 oz Engelhard bars come to mind. >>



    Let's exclude any items with "collector value" and stick to straight bullion items. In my area,"collector value" premiums don't seem to exist at all ... it's just silver.
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  • bstat1020bstat1020 Posts: 2,151 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Is it American Silver Eagles?

    What else brings strong premiums over melt? >>



    Certain silver bars bring a premium because of their collector value---for example, 7 oz Engelhard bars come to mind. >>



    Let's exclude any items with "collector value" and stick to straight bullion items. In my area,"collector value" premiums don't seem to exist at all ... it's just silver. >>



    Great, if you find a Engelhard 4 oz bar in your area, I will take it for "just silver" value please!!!image
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  • 1970SilverArt1970SilverArt Posts: 482 ✭
    There are certain 1-oz silver art bars that were minted in 1970's and 1980's as well as some 1-oz gov't minted silver bullion coins that bring a large premium over melt. Some of them are the following:

    1.) 1-oz GreatHouse Productions silver art bars (can fetch ebay winning bids of between $80 to up to $200)

    2.) 1-oz Green Country Mint silver art bars (can fetch ebay winning bids of between $85 to $140+)

    3.) Some 1-oz World Wide Mint Coca-Cola silver art bars (can fetch winning bids of between $60 to $750+)

    4.) Some 1-oz silver art bars that were minted by International Silver Ingot Corporation (I have seen some ebay winning bids go as high as $180 on certain ones)

    5.) 1-oz silver art bars that were minted by The Mint (enameled sports-themed art bars only) (winning bids that I have seen range from $55 to $130 depending on that particular bar)

    6.) 1-oz silver Lunar Coins (especially the Year of the Dragon).

    7.) Certain 1-oz Perth Mint silver bullion coins
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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Kookaburrah's, Libertads, Canadian Wolf & Grizzly....just to mention a few ... all are 1 oz bullion rounds, but with limited mintages.
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,824 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd have to say Silver Eagles, in the arena of readily-available and standardized silver bullion.

    Most of the time, the premium is a moot point, because you can't really control it, and it changes with the market. It's probably a bit more useful to monitor the buy-sell spreads of various silver vehicles prior to buying or selling, just to make sure that the prices are competitive. Other than that, it's mostly a matter of preference.
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,336 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Is it American Silver Eagles?

    What else brings strong premiums over melt? >>



    Certain silver bars bring a premium because of their collector value---for example, 7 oz Engelhard bars come to mind. >>



    Let's exclude any items with "collector value" and stick to straight bullion items. In my area,"collector value" premiums don't seem to exist at all ... it's just silver. >>



    Great, if you find a Engelhard 4 oz bar in your area, I will take it for "just silver" value please!!!image >>



    My comments refer to dealers in my area that buy silver. From what I have seen they pay collector premiums for nothing. I don't blame them. I wouldn't pay any premiums either if I were buying, which I am not.
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  • MilesWaitsMilesWaits Posts: 5,349 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My local dealer continues to buy above for ASE; nothing else. He always has.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,793 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Canadian silver maples continue to bring a nice premium; just under ASE's.

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  • SmallTownCoinsSmallTownCoins Posts: 688 ✭✭
    If you throw out the "collector" thing, I would have to say
    ENGELHARD silver is most asked for...
    Why, ? I don't know, all the other stuff is just as good,
    but people must remember the Engelhard name from the Hunt days ?
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  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭


    << <i>Kookaburrah's, Libertads, Canadian Wolf & Grizzly....just to mention a few ... all are 1 oz bullion rounds, but with limited mintages. >>



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    Especially early ones.
  • dragondragon Posts: 4,548 ✭✭
    Of all the well known brand bars in the most commonly found weights such as 1 and 10 oz., typically Johnson Matthey bars (still in plastic) will bring the strongest premium followed by the older poured Engelhard 10 oz. bars. There are also bars such as the PAMP and CS 1 oz. bars in assay cards and others which also bring very strong premiums over spot, as well as many odd weight and long since discontinued bars, but those could be considered more of collectors premiums.


    As far as the most commonly traded bullion coins go, I'd have to say that Eagles, Maples and Libertads typically bring very nice premiums over spot.
  • piecesofmepiecesofme Posts: 6,669 ✭✭✭
    Kookaburrah's, Libertads, Canadian Wolf & Grizzly....just to mention a few ... all are 1 oz bullion rounds, but with limited mintages

    image Especially when you buy them for whatever Spot was at the time like I've been fortunate enough to do a few times here recently. Shhhhh, be very quiet about it please. I don't know if the dealer I bought them from knows this about Kooks, Libs & Maples. image
    And yeah he's a dealer, so he should know. Not like I'm doing anything wrong...knowledge is King and above all else.








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  • bestmrbestmr Posts: 1,777 ✭✭✭
    I'd have to say kook's. They seem to have a $5 to $10 premium atm. Trying to make an album of them but they are too expensive atm.
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  • johnjinxjohnjinx Posts: 365 ✭✭✭
    Don't forget pandas. They bring a nice premium as well.
  • chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    prob get a premium for a roll of these image

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  • secondrepublicsecondrepublic Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭
    1 oz. silver Britannias from the UK.
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,377 ✭✭✭✭✭
    SAEs (current year, at least around here) and the ATB 5oz pucks, if you can't get them from an AP that had to sell at their cost+

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  • pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭
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  • HonoluluDudeHonoluluDude Posts: 2,167 ✭
    Britannias and Pandas.
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't expect to pay the normal markup for the "higher premium bullion" mentioned in this thread. image
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,113 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Let's exclude any items with "collector value" and stick to straight bullion items. >>



    At what point does a straight bullion item become a collector item? Is a Britannia, Canadian Wolf or Grizzly, Kookaburra, ATB puck, Proof ASE, etc a bullion item or a collector item? Why can't they be both? I see a big gray area here.

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What form of bullion silver brings the highest premium over melt?

    probably draped bust half dimes

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,118 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What form of bullion silver brings the highest premium over melt?

    probably draped bust half dimes >>



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