My wife and I separated two 5 gallon containers of coins about a month ago. What a job that was!! Lots of pre 1964 coins.
Have about 200 ounces of silver that we had bought at $10 per.
I love silver coins more than gold I do believe. As far as beauty goes. I just have always loved the look of silver.
Then I would look more towards higher risk or foreign mutual funds (looking for the dollar to keep falling due to inflation) or stock options a year out for major corporatons that slip in the market for those big returns on "mad money".