[Bobalu]

I suggest buying some silver.

The premiums are sky high though...

Even buffalo rounds have a high premium now.

Last I bought was Nadir Refinery bars from Turkey
10oz bars, they were 214.00USD each.

Best I can find now are Italpreziosi Italian 10 oz Silver Cast Bars at 240.00ea or a box of 50 for 12,000USD at bullionexchanges.com

[cranked]

Two concealment gun benches full off silver coins with a decent smattering of gold coins. Couple of credit unions I deal with did not have safe deposit boxes big enough to hold the amount I had nor was I willing to pay the monthly rate for them.

[STJPII]

I bought silver in 2008 $34 an ounce, when Obama was elected. Been bag holder for 14 years. My rationale for buying silver itself and some mining companies then stemmed from a belief that Obama’s fiscal policies would be inflationary. Subsequent my purchase, the CCE raised the minimal trading requirements to flush out retail.

On a side note, all of my investments against inflation have failed. I initially thought crypto would be a hedge because it wasn’t tethered to promiscuous printing of currencies by the government. Obviously, that was a horrible investment as well

[bert]

Silver casting grain from Thunderbird Supply in Gallup New Mexico https://www.thunderbirdsupply.com/sterling-silver-casting-grain. There are lots of casting grain vendors

[Repeat Offender]

There's a shortage of "blanks," used to stamp coins and rounds. American Eagles have almost 100% premium because the US Mint is having trouble sourcing blanks. Err maybe there's not a shortage - the mint can't seem to make up its mind.

The paper speculation on silver has something like 200:1 paper claims to physical.....the premiums (aside from handling and storage) reflects the demand compared to the manipulated spot "price."

[hinckley buzzard]

Kitco quotes NY spot today bid 21.58, ask 21.68. Not much of a premium.