My first silver buy was in 1987. Back when you major banks had a Metals desk. Walk up. Plunk Down cash, and walk out with rounds, bars, whatever.
No premium, either. I think silver was around $4 an oz before the Hunt brothers started playing games.
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Oh, yes. Dad & Grandpa had some CHOICE words for The Hunt Brothers back then, LOL!
I inherited Grandpa’s coin collection. It’s been fun going through it, as he never let us kids ‘play’ with it in the past.
Nothing terribly valuable; probably the most interesting things are a few REALLY old Silver Dollars and I think he’s saved one or more of every Wheat Penny ever minted. Woo-Hoo! Some of them are now worth a whole nickle. ;)