You or I can not buy Silver Eagles from the U.S. Mint. Only a few dealer clearing houses are on the government list to be able to buy. Also the number you have to buy is very large. This is the play ground of the big boy coin dealers not you and me. I know were monster boxes are all over the country at from $2.49 premium plus spot silver price. You will pay more for credit card sales and one or two coin orders.
Oh, I know that. Of late, I’ve been relegated to finding most of my PMs detecting...
A friend just scored two barber 1/2s, 2 Morgan’s and a $20 a few weeks back, I need one of those days :-)