I said “once you have food, shelter, bullets, etc., then I assume you want to preserve your wealth” and you said that in a crisis you have to first provide guns, land, food, etc.
Jeesh! did you think I was saying something else?
Further, you don’t have to pay $100 over spot for Maples
http://www.apmex.com/Category/21/Canadian_Gold_Maple_Leafs_2011__Prior.aspx
and Apmex is not the cheapest by far. If gold is too expensive, buy silver. Many people are and they are not “large buyers”
The lower price comes with purchase of quantities of coins.
I didn’t see one that didn’t charge in the neighborhood of a hundred bucks. The apmex link you sent says “as low as.” I interpret the link to be saying that if you want to go safe with a credit card purchase, that they will charge you 100 bucks over market. If you are comfortable sending them check or wiring them money, then you can go about 60 bucks over market.
I’m not trying to be obtuse or argumentative.
Your silver idea has merit, but again the over-market price is high in my mind, slightly higher %-wise as gold.
But, it is easier to get your hands on it seems. The American Silver Eagle on your website is about 48 and the market is about 43.
Just consider me a firm believer in land and its intrinsic value.