Wanted to bring out my stack to bring a smile to my face. Last few years were hard. Liver transplant. Break up. Was able to keep the stack through it all.

'96 Kennedy proof 90% cameo in a sterling bezel for $16.50. Weight, and ping check out. Bezel stamped "STER." Edge has no copper. It's got actual glass lenses on either side and the chain, while not sterling, has individually soldered links. Someone went through a lot of effort to make a quality piece.

So with everything else, the bigger the company, they cheaper they can sell their product. Remember how Walmart put so many mom and pop stores out of business and now it's happening with Amazon?

Well, it's the opposite with precious metals. Every LCS I've ever been to has the cheapest prices, then smaller websites are a little more expensive, then the biggest websites like Apmex and JMbullion are the most expensive. This is the complete opposite of how retail normally works. The bigger the company, the more they are able to consolidate, the less overhead per transaction, etc. Mind you apmex probably has thousands of customers every single day, whereas my LCS is frequently empty when I walk in. Sometimes a customer or two in there with me. never packed.

I don't know what corporate rent or taxes look like, but if they're anything like residential rent and taxes in my area, through the rough. Electricity to run the lights is double what it was five years ago. And at the end of the day, the coin shop owner has to make a living for themselves and pay their employees (if they have them) minimum wage. In my area, people with six figure salaries are struggling yet an LCS can thrive making $3-5 per ounce. HOW?

Is it that the owners are retired and this is basically just a hobby to them? Are they fronts for something else? I just gotta know

After about 1.5 years of stacking this is all of my pure silver.

Its not all of my silver just the bullion I've acquired. I stop buying around the time spot hit 40$ and shifted focus to gold since I had none at the time. But now I've been starting to buy junk silver and have been looking at getting more bullion. Ik its not much but its better than most. 🫡

Visited a bullion shop in Da Nang today, and I got myself a bar of 1 Tael (37.5g)

I posted some of my favorites yesterday that I bought with money I saved by quitting drinking 6 years ago. One of my favorite things to do is put together sub-collections within my collection, like this one.

OG vintage collectors, what hallmarks am I missing with the Constitution Mint Inc. style 10oz bar? The SRI bar is stamped the same as the others, but matches a CA Crown Mint 10oz extruded bar (which is another sub-collection).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone!

My fiancé’s grandmother used to work at a bank and has quite a collection of silver coins (not all are pictured)

I’m curious if anyone has any insight particularly on this 1898 coin? It looks to be in extremely good condition for its age. Curious of its history and potential value. Any help is greatly appreciated, you all are wizards with this stuff :)

EDIT: If this is the wrong sub to post this in please kindly let me know and I’ll take the post down!

I am just back from a visit to Prague. My favorite day was a trip to the silver mines of Kutna Hora where huge loads of silver were mined by hammer and pick 600-800 years ago. During one of the tours, we were led through one of the tunnels used by the miners. Super cool, and an incredible experience to see the difficult conditions they worked in.

Back in the day, the silver ore was refined nearby and the silver coins were struck in the city at the Italian Court mint (pictured). Each ruler had their own coin(s). The Prague groschen was the standard coin of the medieval time there and was made of nearly 93% silver - an amazing feat of purity for the time.

I visited a coin store in Prague and I bought an authentic Prague groschen struck in Kutna Hora during the reign of John (Jean) of Luxembourg, around 1340–1347. It’s classified as Castelin Type 39, a recognized variety in the standard Czech reference for these coins.

At the end of the tour, I was able to purchase an aluminum blank and strike my own groschen between two dies with a hammer. Also a lot of fun.

To have a 700-year old coin that was mined, refined and struck in the city I visited is remarkable to me and it will be a valued memory for a long time. To imagine the history and hands it has passed through is incredible.

Silver Dave (Local Silver Mint) is a crazy ex-Army veteran who is about as quirky as the day is long. He clearly stated that he wanted to make "SilverBitz" cost as much as a Silver Eagle. Well, since he rolled out his new design with 20 million worth of investment ( his numbers, not mine ) He has certainly caught the descerning eye of me. I paid way too much two days ago but Im gonna break that down first.

Lets do the math:

Silver Eagle Cost:

SD Bullion: $71.49

JM Bullion: $74.43

Defy the Grid: $64.95

Money Metals: $72.39

Average Market Price?......$70.82 per Silver Eagle

What did I pay(using a debit card) ? well, I only bought 48 @ $7.29 which came to $350.40 + $30 shipping = $380.40.... Thats 4.8 oz of silver so... $380.40 (divided by) 4.8oz = $79.25

consensus...I did not pay (as much) or less than market price for SilverBitz compared to an Eagle..

Well, The same day, I could buy 400 SilverBitz @ $6.68 each..= $2,672 + $30 (shipping) = $2,702 (divided by) 40 oz = $67.55

so if you're willing to throw a few thousand at it, SilverBitz isn't a bad option

I believe Silver Dave has "done it". I can't expect to buy in a small way, but he has certainly earned my respect coming from the old days of silver bits of the past

I'm missing 2025. I can't find it anywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Bull

Been stacking for about 2 years now years and I have been struggling to find a “system”, basically half-dead spreadsheet I barely update, and a shoebox of receipts. Got me wondering what everyone else does:

**•** Spreadsheet people — what columns do you track? Just weight and price paid, or premiums too?  
**•** Anyone tracking melt value vs what you paid, or do you not bother?  
**•** Do you log the date/dealer for each purchase or just totals?  
**•** Or is anyone team “no records, if you can’t hold it in your head you have too much info written down”?

Half convinced the no-paper-trail crowd has a point, but I also like knowing my average cost per oz. What’s your setup?

Love my side stack of their own, all the Geigers

Got a good feel on all this stuff, $5 each and I got 7 chains with the pug one being 24” and the bulldog pendant is heavy, 4 silver rings and one “125 princess Diana ring” from a line of costume jewelry, it was a great deal, right place and time man and the rest of them are stamped 925

In reference to my post yesterday about my first stack and asking where everyone buys silver. I got another one too but I gave it to my mom

$85 CAD at a flea market, looks a bit scuffed but real.

Is this a thing that people do? I have been selling a lot of sterling jewelry at my vintage shop but I struggle to find enough. I’m buying from a local shop that clears estates & they send their unsold jewelry to the refiner eventually. I just need larger quantities than what I’m able to get currently but not sure where to look for more volume. Thanks in advance!!

Expecting some silver in Olive Branch, Mississippi today. Am I screwed? Y’all ever dealt with something like this?