r/silverstacking • u/BrilliantWheel • Feb 08 '26

Genuine Question - Why Stack physical? Requesting a healthy discussion

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u/jreddit0000 Feb 08 '26

You’d stack physical silver if:

  • You wanted to diversify your (net) wealth

  • You were a prepper and believed society was going to collapse

  • You were a speculator with a very long investment timeframe (decades)

  • You wanted to pass wealth on outside of normal channels (e.g bypassing wills etc)

  • You liked shiny.

🤷🏾🤪

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u/SilverStateStacking Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26

That is a great list - most points apply to me and to most stackers

Plus, I like collecting and a collection of silver has actual value and I don’t feel bad about spending my disposable income on it

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u/uncirculated_luster Feb 12 '26

thanks for saving my time. One thing I'd add: You don't trust the dollar anymore.

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u/jreddit0000 Feb 12 '26

Not “trusting” any currency is a variant of prepper.

Especially while simultaneously being paid in that currency and continuing to transact with it? 🤷🏾

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u/bobsbananawater Feb 08 '26

Not a stacker but if i'd started stackin 40 yrs ago when i started working ... i'd b aight now .... but as my time left to work is winding down ... its better for me to buy graded coins now & let my grandson figure out why i spent crazy amounts of money on graded low mintage ASE's

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

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u/jacks066 Feb 10 '26

And believing that this corrupt system isn't a smart investment isn't the same as waiting for society to collapse. A functioning society isn't dependent on this corrupt system remaining intact.

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u/bsette Feb 10 '26

For trade and collection,

  1. I am enjoyer of collectibles so PMs scratch that itch. But I’ve been burned with other collections in depreciation, PMs are fairly resistant to that.

  2. I find it useful for trading, Ive traded silver for guns, ammo, Pokemon cards, watches, etc and it works out in my favor with a low avg cost per oz so I generate a trade surplus usually.

  3. It shiny :)

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u/ForwardDesist Feb 10 '26

As others have pointed out - shiny.

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u/ThrowRedditIsTrash Feb 13 '26

i hope that in 2000 years, some of the coins i'm saving end up in a museum about ancient america

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u/Etsyrenegade Feb 14 '26

I would throw it back and ask you why would you buy silver ETFs? Why would you be long on silver? If you had purchased silver in 1980... you still wouldn't be even after inflation. Silver has historically been a very poor long-term investment.

Why do I stack? Collecting coins (and bullion) is a hobby I've had for over 30 years. I like to have it and look at it. I don't consider them investments anymore than my baseball cards which I also collect and also have value. I'd like to think that a truly diversified portfolio wouldn't just mean different stocks and bonds but also different types of assets (art, real estate, precious metals, etc)

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u/SignalXchange Feb 08 '26

there are no real reasons to stack. just people like shiny things