ZAR wrote on 11/19/13 at 19:36:03:Pine I wish I had the means to go in with you. I used to buy a 1/2 bag or a bag when I was flush,but that was long ago! I did get lucky and sell a couple of bags at 28-1 back around 1980.
As usual,JOG hit on the key.....buy "junk" silver....circulated coins in decent shape but with no collectors value. As long as the face is readable you're ok,and if TSHTF the collectors value is out the window anyway. The only value is in the metal,and standard coins represent a easily definable value.
Yep... thats when I started .. in high school! Oh I didnt get rich or anything.. but I did turn a profit. Later, I bought a bunch of "walkers" on the cheap. I loved them. something to clanck together. Then just a year later silver went nuts and I sold almost every one on ebay. I think I had about 40 of them. I had also bought Silver Eagles which are new and sooo pretty. I kept those ( well the ones I didnt give away). But they are not something I would easily sell.
lastly, were the 1 0z bars. These came from another venture, and are the profits from that, so I got into them at low cost. Its these i want to add to while the price is down, as they canbe sold on ebay very easy and there is no dicering on the coin value.
anyway... price is still dropping... so this might be fun.