56 ounces of silver or 1 ounce of gold.

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Coinscratch
Coinscratch Posts: 11,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Which is the smarter play?
Seems like my ounces of silver have a better chance of increasing in value but I like the ideal of making more room in the vault.

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  • blitzdude
    blitzdude Posts: 7,722 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 14, 2026 2:31PM Answer ✓
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    It's not even a question. Stuck in the gutter or roll with the kings. RGDS!

    The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
    BOOMIN!™
    Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
    Retiring at 55, what day is today? :sunglasses:

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Silver sounds good to me but not much room

  • Coinscratch
    Coinscratch Posts: 11,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @blitzdude said:
    It's not even a question. Stuck in the gutter or roll with the kings. RGDS!

    I like the way you think.

  • Coinscratch
    Coinscratch Posts: 11,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @johnny9434 said:
    Silver sounds good to me but not much room

    Sounds like either way is fine with not much difference aside from space.

  • toadstrangler
    toadstrangler Posts: 10,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Coinscratch said:

    @blitzdude said:
    It's not even a question. Stuck in the gutter or roll with the kings. RGDS!

    I like the way you think.

    said no one ever before you hahaha

    COPPER is gutter !

  • Downtown1974
    Downtown1974 Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I’d rather the gold.

  • Coinscratch
    Coinscratch Posts: 11,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Alrighty, then thanks guys.
    That takes a shoebox down to an almost empty tub with a few clankers.
    obviously, not enough to get in the bathtub with but maybe I could just rub them on my face. 🤣

  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Just buy an oz of gold, and add more silver on the dips.

  • Coinscratch
    Coinscratch Posts: 11,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @TwoSides2aCoin
    Good plan. Basically rinse and repeat each time I have enough silver to trade for gold.

  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Dip enough ?

  • jmb
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    @Coinscratch said:
    Good plan. Basically rinse and repeat each time I have enough silver to trade for gold.

    Good Luck trying to find anybody to do the swap. I've only had one taker in the past 5 months and I'm willing to give the advantage to the trader.

  • Coinscratch
    Coinscratch Posts: 11,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @TwoSides2aCoin said:
    Dip enough ?

    Yes but they both go up and down together. So I need to wait for the pop to sell the silver (missed the window yesterday), hold the cash then buy the gold on the next dip. That might save a few hundred help cover the premiums I paid buying the silver in the first place.

    I don’t know maybe I’m overthinking it.

  • Coinscratch
    Coinscratch Posts: 11,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jmb said:

    @Coinscratch said:
    Good plan. Basically rinse and repeat each time I have enough silver to trade for gold.

    Good Luck trying to find anybody to do the swap. I've only had one taker in the past 5 months and I'm willing to give the advantage to the trader.

    I have pretty shiny silver coming from mint and proof sets and usually sold easily on the BST in the past. Ie 56 proof Franklin raw etc. etc.

  • Goldminers
    Goldminers Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Central banks are buying gold, not silver. Even their vaults are not big enough for it.
    Keep gold, trade silver.

    My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set

  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,751 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Goldminers said:
    Central banks are buying gold, not silver.

    Industry is buying silver and consuming it in ever increasing quantities.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • Goldminers
    Goldminers Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Note "stability vs surge". Both metals are useful for dollar diversification. Silver is still in its "surge" cycle, but subject to more ups and downs with world economies in time. Dollar printing and ease of storage, lead me to save more physical gold and use SLV trading as time progresses to more rapidly deal with its ups and downs.

    My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set

  • Goldminers
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    @PerryHall said:

    @Goldminers said:
    Central banks are buying gold, not silver.

    Industry is buying silver and consuming it in ever increasing quantities.

    And it just dropped 7% in a couple hours.

    My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set

  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,751 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Goldminers said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @Goldminers said:
    Central banks are buying gold, not silver.

    Industry is buying silver and consuming it in ever increasing quantities.

    And it just dropped 7% in a couple hours.

    How did gold do today? ;)

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • toadstrangler
    toadstrangler Posts: 10,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PerryHall said:

    @Goldminers said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @Goldminers said:
    Central banks are buying gold, not silver.

    Industry is buying silver and consuming it in ever increasing quantities.

    And it just dropped 7% in a couple hours.

    How did gold do today? ;)

    The US DOLLAR is the new gold. That crap SKYROCKETED today lolzzz

    COPPER is gutter !

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