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Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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From a resale perspective, would you purchase
1oz silver generic rounds, or 1oz foreign rounds,
such as Maples, Philharmonics, etc. Assuming
your purchase prices were the same?
Timbuk3

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    Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would go with Maples.

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    DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Libertads if same price all day.
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    bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 9,964 ✭✭✭✭✭


    No to the Philharmonics in any case.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: bronco2078





    No to the Philharmonics in any case.




    Why? What's wrong with them?

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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Probably the S&P 500 index fund.

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    tneigtneig Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭
    Buy one of each. Wait a week. Then try to resell them.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,845 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From a resale perspective, I'd ask my customer what he wants. Resell was never my choice.
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    PokermandudePokermandude Posts: 2,710 ✭✭✭
    Assuming prices were the same, 1st choice Maples 2nd choice Libertads all day long.
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    bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 9,964 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: PerryHall
    Originally posted by: bronco2078


    No to the Philharmonics in any case.


    Why? What's wrong with them?


    They are the red headed stepchild of the bullion world .

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    gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: bronco2078
    Originally posted by: PerryHall
    Originally posted by: bronco2078


    No to the Philharmonics in any case.


    Why? What's wrong with them?


    They are the red headed stepchild of the bullion world .



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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The foreign rounds mentioned are actually officially minted coins. Much, much better odds of stated purity. Go with them.

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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,935 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Assuming prices were the same? Maples. They have a strong following.

    But I'm not a fan of any of those options for physical silver. So I probably wouldn't want them.

    Eagles, or better yet, 90%, would be better to me.
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    piecesofmepiecesofme Posts: 6,669 ✭✭✭
    Kind of an unrealistic question as I have yet to find the prices of said comparison to be the same.
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,550 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: bronco2078

    Originally posted by: PerryHall

    Originally posted by: bronco2078





    No to the Philharmonics in any case.




    Why? What's wrong with them?




    They are the red headed stepchild of the bullion world .







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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Phillies, like American Eagles are exempt from reporting.



    Now I'm talking gold as I would not buy silver under any circumstance.



    When buying both back in the day, I never spent more than 15% of the loot on silver. The lion's share ALWAYS goes to gold.
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    CakesCakes Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: topstuf
    Phillies, like American Eagles are exempt from reporting.

    Now I'm talking gold as I would not buy silver under any circumstance.

    When buying both back in the day, I never spent more than 15% of the loot on silver. The lion's share ALWAYS goes to gold.


    Top, can you please elaborate on why you wouldn't buy silver under any circumstance? Is it a storage issue?

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    tincuptincup Posts: 4,771 ✭✭✭✭✭
    90% is my favorite, when not priced at ridiculous premiums.

    That being said, any silver (and gold) has its place and I consider nearly all forms... nothing wrong what so ever with philharomics.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I prefer gold....and if buying silver, I prefer ASE's....although I do have some novelty rounds and rectangles. Cheers, RickO
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    ghighghigh Posts: 54 ✭
    Originally posted by: DrBuster

    Libertads if same price all day.






    Yep. Maples, Libertads over generic any day.

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    jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,596 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can easily place ASE and maples

    Hard to sell generics, philh, other odd balls


    the only generic that are easily to sell for me are prospector
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,845 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Given the "same price" issue, of course take the government minted and issued coin. It's real money.
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    moonshinemoonshine Posts: 1,039 ✭✭

    well maybe then not stack the Philharmonics, but they have a very desirable design!

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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't put coins in the same category as rounds. Go with the foreign coins, preferably the maples since US buyers are more comfortable with them.

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