Silver and gold are always a good bet. Many people buy precious metal in times of poor economic conditions. These precious metal do not lose there value as readily as dollars. Thanks to cutlerylover‬‎ for his silver series. I have been a coin collector for many years, however, I have not been very active in the past 7 or 8 years. I am restarting my collection and including some of this Silver Bullion. In case of a total economic collapse of the United States this will still be viable tender and you will be able to trade it for goods and services. Since the dollar would be all but worthless it is good to have other currency available to barter with like seeds, ammo, food, water, and the thing people will need to survive. We all hope this never occurs in such case it will reside in one of my safes in a safe location. I typically do not but and sell at the highs and lows of the market. I will buy and hold until I really need it or I will eventually pass it down to my kids. Either way it’s good to have as a collectible and as an insurance policy against the unknown. Go and get some today and be prepared!

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Silver Update / collection / Investing – Buy Silver while there is still some left in 2009

Silver Facts – All the silver ever mined to date would fit into a 55 metre cube!! out of all that silver mined to date 99.2% of all that silver has been consumed and sent to a landfill. Silver is a lot scarser than you may think.

(EST) Only 500 Million ounces of silver left out of 56 Billion ounces

SILVER:

1 cubic centimeter = 10.5 grams
1 cubic inch = 5.5326 troy ounces
1 cubic foot = 9,549 troy ounces
1 cubic meter = 10,500 kilograms = 10.5 metric tonnes

All the silver ever mined (est.) = a 55 meter cube = 166,375 cubic meters = 56 billion ounces
Refined silver today (est.) = an 11.38 meter cube = 1475.6 cubic meters = 500 million ounces
Comex reserves = 454 cubic meters = 153.26 million ounces

GOLD:

1 cubic centimeter = 19.3 grams
1 cubic inch = 10.16946 troy ounces
1 cubic foot = 17,572.834 troy ounces
1 cubic meter = 19,300 kilograms = 19.3 metric tonnes

All the gold ever mined (est.) = a 22 meter cube = 10,648 cubic meters = 6.6 billion ounces

Silver/Gold mined ratio = about 8.5

NOTE: Nearly all the gold ever mined is still in somebody’s possession. Even if we increase the estimate of refined silver by ten times, there is still more refined gold than refined silver!

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Why invest in silver?

I invest in silver because silver is a unique metal that wins whether the economy is doing well or is doing bad. When the economy is in bad shape and everyone is printing money, as demonstrated by the links below, silver is an excellent hedge against inflationary or deflationary pressures:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-debt-will-keep-growing-apf-219502322.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=

http://www.federalbudget.com/

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article15521.html

http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/japans-new-stimulus-likely-to-require-y72-trillion

http://www.wiseupjournal.com/?p=826

http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KI22Ae01.html

http://mises.org/story/3390

And when the economy is doing well, then the industrial demand for silver will increase, especially with all the new (and old) ways silver is being used today. See the links below:

Silver Used In Batteries

http://blogs.computerworld.com/apple_to_pioneer_use_of_silver_zinc_battery_technology

http://gizmodo.com/5060103/silver+zinc-batteries-coming-in-2009-with-40-better-run-time-than-lithium+ion

Silver Used In Solar Energy

http://www.nanomarkets.net/perspectives/articles.cfm?articleID=169

Silver Used In Medicine

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158575.php

http://www.sterling-silver.ws/articles/about-silver/medicinal-uses-of-silver.htm

http://www.silversinus.com/historical-current-antimicrobial-uses-silver.html

http://www.doulton.ca/silver.html

http://www.silverinsights.com/_pages/_uses/uses.html

Peak Silver

According to a U.S. Geological Survey, silver will be the first of the elements on the periodical table to go extinct by 2020.

http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/stangelo/2009/1111.html

http://www.kitco.com/ind/morgan/aug072009.html

http://seekingalpha.com/article/4410-is-us-silver-mining-in-irreversible-decline-proposed-etf-ticker-slv

Any investment portfolio worth its weight in gold, no pun intended, should have a percentage of precious metal. However, due to the circumstances surrounding us today, it would appear that a portfolio heavily weighted in precious metals would not be a bad idea.

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Why invest in silver?

Historically every major fiat currency such as the U.S. dollar and the British pound have self-destructed in what is popularly called hyperinflation (that is, extreme decreases in purchasing-power) caused by either unlimited increases (or printing) in the supply of that fiat money by the issuer or accelerating loss of public confidence in the continued value of the money or the economic or political fortunes of its issuer, or both.

What is Fiat money and how is it created?

Fiat money is paper money or a medium of exchange composed of some intrinsically valueless substance which the issuer does not promise to redeem in a commodity or a fiduciary money. The link below does an excellent job on how the U.S. and other governments are creating fiat money out of thin air

(In particular, begin with Chapter 6 of this video):

http://www.anglofareast.com/crash_course.php

HERE ARE SOME EXCELLENT MODERN DAY EXAMPLES OF HOW FIAT CURRENCY WILL NOT PRESERVE YOUR WEALTH DURING A NATIONAL OR GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS:

http://www.thefinancialphysician.com/blog/?p=1100&cpage=1

http://www.mydigitalfc.com/currency/fiji-devalues-its-currency-military-asserts-control-850

http://www.belreview.cz/articles/3252.html

http://www.rferl.org/content/Switzerland_Becomes_First_Major_Western_Currency_To_Devalue_Currency/1509618.html

http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/12/russia-devalues-currency-again-as-foreign-reserves-plummet.html

http://ezinearticles.com/?Japan-is-About-to-Devalue-Its-Currency—Heres-How-to-Profit&id=1889130

AMERICA’S HIDDEN DEBT PROBLEM (Halfway down the screen is a video showing an interview of Senator Alan Simpson and Former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles)

http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/01/news/economy/budget_debt/index.htm

GREECE’S ECONOMIC CRISIS IS AMERCIA’S ECONOMIC WARNING:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_an/us_power_and_debt_analysis

I choose to invest in silver because silver is money. Real money that has been in circulation since 700 BC. It’s a very unique investment that wins whether the economy is doing well or is doing bad. When the economy is doing bad and everyone is printing money, as demonstrated by the links listed below, silver is an excellent hedge against inflationary or deflationary pressures:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-debt-will-keep-growing-apf-219502322.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=

http://www.federalbudget.com/

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article15521.html

http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/japans-new-stimulus-likely-to-require-y72-trillion

http://www.wiseupjournal.com/?p=826

http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KI22Ae01.html

http://mises.org/story/3390

And when the economy is doing well, then the industrial demand for silver will increase, especially with all the new (and old) ways silver is being used today. See the links below:

Silver Used In Batteries

http://blogs.computerworld.com/apple_to_pioneer_use_of_silver_zinc_battery_technology

http://gizmodo.com/5060103/silver+zinc-batteries-coming-in-2009-with-40-better-run-time-than-lithium+ion

Silver Used In Solar Energy

http://www.nanomarkets.net/perspectives/articles.cfm?articleID=169

Silver Used In Medicine

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158575.php

http://www.sterling-silver.ws/articles/about-silver/medicinal-uses-of-silver.htm

http://www.silversinus.com/historical-current-antimicrobial-uses-silver.html

http://www.doulton.ca/silver.html

http://www.silverinsights.com/_pages/_uses/uses.html

Peak Silver

According to a U.S. Geological Survey, silver will be the first of the elements on the periodical table to go extinct by 2020.

http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/stangelo/2009/1111.html

http://www.kitco.com/ind/morgan/aug072009.html

http://seekingalpha.com/article/4410-is-us-silver-mining-in-irreversible-decline-proposed-etf-ticker-slv

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A video wherein I sound very posh and make a mess. Showcasing this year’s acquisitions.

Cast in order of appearence:

==SILVER==
120 x Austrian Philharmonic
6 x Australian Koala
6 x Australian Kookaburra
6 x Australian Lunar (ox & rat)
2 x Chinese Panda
1 x US olympics commemerative (1oz?)
4 x Austrian Philharmonic
1 x Canadian Maple Leaf
2 x Mexican Libertad
3 x US Silver Eagle
2 x US Peace Dollars
2 x US Morgan Dollars
1 x British Crown (pre 1947)
217 x British Florin (pre 1947)
131 x British Half Crown (pre 1947)
350 x British Shilling (pre 1947)
120 x British Sixpence (pre 1947)
Assorted British pre 1920
5 x British Threepence (pre 1947)

==GOLD==
12 x Half Sovereign
57 x Full Sovereign
2 x Proof Full Sovereign
1 x mint sealed half sovereign
1 x mint sealed full sovereign
3 x British Britannia
1 x US Buffalo

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Silver & Gold

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