8 Avenues You Can Use to Buy Silver
If you have read my other articles, you fully understand the value and need to buy silver to ensure your financial future.
In this article, I will present and briefly discuss 7 basic options you have to build your portfolio.
1.
Buy Silver Coins: Through 1964, U.
S.
coins were 90% silver until the Government replaced silver coins with clad coins in 1965.
In the 1970's, silver coins were gathered in $1,000 face-value, 715-ounce bags which you can still buy today.
You can buy coins in bags containing 2,000 half dollars, 4,000 silver quarters, or 10,000 silver dimes.
These coins are all real coins issued prior to the year 1965.
2.
Buy Silver Bars: You can also buy 100-ounce silver bars "struck" or poured by private mints including Johnson-Matthey, Engelhard, Handy & Harman, and Sheffield.
These bars are 0.
999 percent pure.
They are becoming more difficult to get today, but you may still be able to get them through a distributor.
You can also get 5-ounce and 10-ounce bars sold in 100-ounce lots.
3.
Buy Silver Eagle Coins: One of the most popular ways to invest today is to buy silver eagle coins.
American eagle silver coins are one-ounce silver coins newly struck by the U.
S.
mint.
They have a face value of one dollar, but they typically sell for a bit more than the spot value based on the silver content.
They have the "Walking Liberty" on one side and are large, attractive coins.
4.
Buy Canadian Maple Silver Leaf Coins Like silver eagles, you can buy silver in the form of one-ounce Canadian maple silver coins.
These coins are struck by the Canadian Mint.
They have the Canadian maple leaf on one side and the Queen on the other.
5.
Buy Circulated Peace Dollars: During the period, 1921 through 1935, silver dollars known as peace dollars were minted.
Today, you can buy them in 770-ounce bags.
They have been used by the public and are therefore referred to as "circulated".
Bags of these coins are fairly limited in supply, so you will have to contact a distributor to buy silver dollars this way.
6.
Buy Brilliant Kennedy Half Dollar Bags: In 1964, the U.
S.
mints struck uncirculated silver half-dollars with President Kennedy on one side.
You can buy them from a distributor in 725-ounce bags, but they are fairly rare.
7.
Buy "Mint Quality" Coins: Some silver coins are minted specifically to create collector-quality.
You generally buy these coins packaged individually so you can't touch them.
They are rated (and priced) by their mint quality.
Today, the top quality, MS-70, typically sells for about $100 for a one-dollar coin.
These coins are often bid up in later years based on the date and quality of the mint.
Certainly the cost of silver will contribute to their future value, but their value is influenced much more by demand of "collectors".
8.
Buy Silver "Stocks" Okay, this one is not really buying actual silver, but it offers some unique advantages you will not get when you truly buy the metal.
There are at least two stocks that essentially track the price of silver: Silver Wheaton (Ticker: SLW) and Silvercorp Metals (SVM).
Some of the advantages when you invest this way include you don't take possession or have to pay for storage of the actual metal, you get pretty close to the same growth in price, you have better liquidity (i.
e.
, you can sell it instantaneously), and you can even generate an income from your holdings by selling covered call options.
This is a great strategy to add to your outright purchase of the real metal.
Which of these methods you choose when you is obviously up to you.
If you go through a distributor, you will pay a small premium and/or sales commission to the spot price of silver, and you will pay the same again when you sell.
If you don't take possession of your physical silver (i.
e.
, options 1 through 7 above), you will also pay storage fees and insurance for someone else to store it.
In this article, I will present and briefly discuss 7 basic options you have to build your portfolio.
1.
Buy Silver Coins: Through 1964, U.
S.
coins were 90% silver until the Government replaced silver coins with clad coins in 1965.
In the 1970's, silver coins were gathered in $1,000 face-value, 715-ounce bags which you can still buy today.
You can buy coins in bags containing 2,000 half dollars, 4,000 silver quarters, or 10,000 silver dimes.
These coins are all real coins issued prior to the year 1965.
2.
Buy Silver Bars: You can also buy 100-ounce silver bars "struck" or poured by private mints including Johnson-Matthey, Engelhard, Handy & Harman, and Sheffield.
These bars are 0.
999 percent pure.
They are becoming more difficult to get today, but you may still be able to get them through a distributor.
You can also get 5-ounce and 10-ounce bars sold in 100-ounce lots.
3.
Buy Silver Eagle Coins: One of the most popular ways to invest today is to buy silver eagle coins.
American eagle silver coins are one-ounce silver coins newly struck by the U.
S.
mint.
They have a face value of one dollar, but they typically sell for a bit more than the spot value based on the silver content.
They have the "Walking Liberty" on one side and are large, attractive coins.
4.
Buy Canadian Maple Silver Leaf Coins Like silver eagles, you can buy silver in the form of one-ounce Canadian maple silver coins.
These coins are struck by the Canadian Mint.
They have the Canadian maple leaf on one side and the Queen on the other.
5.
Buy Circulated Peace Dollars: During the period, 1921 through 1935, silver dollars known as peace dollars were minted.
Today, you can buy them in 770-ounce bags.
They have been used by the public and are therefore referred to as "circulated".
Bags of these coins are fairly limited in supply, so you will have to contact a distributor to buy silver dollars this way.
6.
Buy Brilliant Kennedy Half Dollar Bags: In 1964, the U.
S.
mints struck uncirculated silver half-dollars with President Kennedy on one side.
You can buy them from a distributor in 725-ounce bags, but they are fairly rare.
7.
Buy "Mint Quality" Coins: Some silver coins are minted specifically to create collector-quality.
You generally buy these coins packaged individually so you can't touch them.
They are rated (and priced) by their mint quality.
Today, the top quality, MS-70, typically sells for about $100 for a one-dollar coin.
These coins are often bid up in later years based on the date and quality of the mint.
Certainly the cost of silver will contribute to their future value, but their value is influenced much more by demand of "collectors".
8.
Buy Silver "Stocks" Okay, this one is not really buying actual silver, but it offers some unique advantages you will not get when you truly buy the metal.
There are at least two stocks that essentially track the price of silver: Silver Wheaton (Ticker: SLW) and Silvercorp Metals (SVM).
Some of the advantages when you invest this way include you don't take possession or have to pay for storage of the actual metal, you get pretty close to the same growth in price, you have better liquidity (i.
e.
, you can sell it instantaneously), and you can even generate an income from your holdings by selling covered call options.
This is a great strategy to add to your outright purchase of the real metal.
Which of these methods you choose when you is obviously up to you.
If you go through a distributor, you will pay a small premium and/or sales commission to the spot price of silver, and you will pay the same again when you sell.
If you don't take possession of your physical silver (i.
e.
, options 1 through 7 above), you will also pay storage fees and insurance for someone else to store it.
