They will, that's one of the things that make them great. There are value buyers, and buyers who don't mind paying less for milky silver. If premiums go super high again on the ASEs and 90% you'll see the Britannia and Phil become more popular options again.
There is one main reason I don't like the Britannia - it milk spots. That's it. I think it's got the most beautiful design of the 4 bullion coins mentioned. I love the security features. I also like the obverse with the monarch - something different from other bullion coins except for the Maple and the Australian coins made by the Perth Mint.
The ASEs here in Florida are the same way. There is a tax advantage meaning no tax. Whereas my local coin dealers prefer to sell Britannia by the tube. Reason? A tube is worth over $700. Florida tax law is that any foreign silver coin be taxed if the value of said coin in the purchase is less than $500. Makes sense to me to buy Britannia in the U.K.
@@floridastackerThat’s a really weird tax law, but even weirder ones exist (for example, in California). As for myself, I usually save up and buy a whole tube of a given silver bullion coin, so I’m fortunate not to have had to deal with weird tax laws.
Ha ha I was looking for the trolly from Mr Rogers to come out at the beginning of your vid. Love it. Eagles are coming down under 600 now for a tube, I do wanted to grab a tube but was just shy of what I needed. But at least it wasn't 700 dollars plus. Thanks for tha vid brother.
I would save for the Eagles. You can find them on eBay from Bullion Exchange and a couple others like PineHurst around $550 i think. The premiums on Eagles won't get much if any lower than they are now.
ASEs will also milk spot. By the time I ever sell chances are great all my bullion will have milk spotted. The newer Maple Leafs won’t. Also, milk spots or not, I’m a stacker and am only looking to obtain weight. So hopefully the spot price will out pace my initial purchase price. So it’s mostly rounds for me with a few tubes of Philharmonics, Britannias, Krugs and Kangaroos. But only when they’re on sale and it’s cost effective. I’ve also began to purchase “Constitutional” silver again as the premium has fallen. I’ve been lucky to have found a coin shop that has been selling it to me at around 17x face. But I need to purchase at least $50 face value of it at a time. The premiums on ASEs are still to high for me to start purchasing them again. I’ll leave those to the younger stackers who have years ahead of them in their stacking journey, hopefully the spit price of silver catches up for them later on down the road. Your age will also factor into your stacking strategy, so people need to factor that in when stacking. Maybe someone will make a video one day will about it. Happy Stacking!
True, I have a few milked ASEs in my small stack of them. If you are truly just concerned with weight than no big deal! I am more selective and willing to pay a little more for non-spotted bullion but that is what makes Stacking Silver so great. It's affordable, fun and you have a lot of options to consider from.
I've been seeing more milk spots on eagles lately too. I hate milk spotting. You make a great case why we shouldn't stack these coins. Great video sir.
Thank you for giving it a watch, Sal! I enjoyed viewing your impressive Gold Stack over coffee this morning. I even had to show my wife. Inspiration my friend, inspiration!
@@floridastacker Thank you sir. I'm sorry if I miss some videos from time to time. But, you produce soem great content! Nice to see this one doing well for you!!
The Pipe Organ on the Reverse of the Phil Harmonic is so cool after I Removed Those Nasty Milk Spots with Fluoride and Carbomer. Note: Most often removing Milk spots is not cost effective. Otherwise know as "more work than it's worth"
Yeah I've tried to remove them in the past myself and the coin still doesn't look like it should after. I usually sell my heavily milked coins through my channel and cut my losses and move on. I just put the money into something else to show you all haha
Of course, I don't like milk spots. I generally buy American bullion, and British coins. I have a lot British coins, and some have mostly minor milk spots, but I think the designs make up for it. It doesn't stop me from buying them. Most of them are fine, even if they aren't perfect.
I switched to all American coins the last 2 weeks. When I started stacking a few years ago I went for rounds, generic bars, and euro coins. I've seen it said a few places that you mature as a stacker and it goes by weight. My first 100 ounces were all in junk and generic rounds and bars. My next 100 was in kilo bars and junk. My 3rd 100 was the same. I recently switched out all of my generic silver for junk halves. With the premium drop I picked up a few tubes of eagles. I have only been buying bars in kilo form, and now those are all the bars I have. I stack for trading and direct purchase of goods with my silver. I live in a farming community and most of the people I get feed and equipment from are more than happy to take a handful of Mercury dimes for a pallet of chicken feed. Its helping me meet more interesting people in my area (I'm new here, like a lot of other "refugees" that showed up in RVs) and I now purchase all of my junk silver from my LCS. My farmstead is just sout of Lake City, FL if there's anyone in the comments that's close by and might want to meet at the LCS for a coffee and chit chat.
I've been buying a lot more ASEs these last 2 weeks myself, and some silver dollars which have been coming down too. I definitely agree that as you mature you tend to grow more "vanilla" as a stacker having learned some lessons and choosing to stick to what has proven to be a better choice.
@@floridastacker I have definitely gone "vanilla" and changed my purchases to match up with my long term goals. Of course I'm getting ready for the rainy days we may have ahead, like a lot of if not all the people on here. I also starkly remember all of the "things" in the last 30 years that were "inevitable", and watched relatives lose big getting "ready". In 30 years I want to roll out a dolly of sealed tubes of low mintage years to buy the kids a house, pay for grandkids college, get myself a bigger property etc. The only product consistently increasing in value, thats bought at "spot plus" at shops, and that gains value annually separate from the value of the metals, are Eagles. Yeah, I still rack my credit cards up a few times a year getting kilos, but I consistently buy junk, and when the premiums drop I will trade in my "dont care but it" box and walk up with a stack of notes to get sealed tubes. Man, I like your down to earth style, and I subbed when I dropped this comment. Too much sensationalist out there. They'll give you a heart attack if you let em. I love Bix, he's entertaining as hell, but he's a personality on a payroll that has a job to do. No problems with that and I hope he does well for himself. But he's not talking about long term, thought out, asset strategies. Thanks for the time you put into this and for not having crappy music. I'll be seeing you in the comments down the line.
@@TheHaughtyOsprey That's the best approach in my opinion. I think you are on the right track. I personally am stacking silver, cash and some bitcoin (to flip into Gold) in order to build a layer of fat for any possible economic hibernation (I lose my job for instance). I had to come out of pocket for several big items this summer including a $7500 home repair, so I'm focused on generic silver rounds, bars and cash for the next 6 months or so for my personal stack to rebuild that layer of protection. Premiums coming down is good timing as I'm acquiring Silver Eagles and 5 Silver Dollars per month right now which my RUclips channel profits pay for. I basically put everything i make with this right back into more stuff to show you all. What drives a lot of my buying is that I have this channel and so I am not as vanilla as i'd be if I were simply a viewer and not also a content creator. Stacking on RUclips is a small community. Gaining subscribers and subsequently revenue, partnerships, etc. is slow business and takes years to develop. I buy more frequently, and I also buy more variety to provide a better experience for all of you that I would likely not do if I weren't on RUclips. I also don't buy much Gold right now. Not because I don't want or believe in it, but mostly because a Gold purchase would eat deeply into my budget as a single item purchase. For instance, if I buy a 1/4 ounce Gold Eagle for $600 or a tube of 20 American Silver Eagles for $600 I can only make one video featuring the 1/4 oz Gold Eagle. I earn about $12 dollars on average over 30 days for each video. With the Silver Eagles I can stretch that tube out to 4 different subjects and show 5 of them at a time. I am getting more value from unboxings on RUclips than I am with Gold. Basically stacking silver is a lower premium option for me over all with this channel vice stacking gold.
@@floridastacker I had to drop a good bit on a foundation repair in June, and that toned acquisitions for a few months. I'm right there with ya. I was at Benning in '01. 2/47 on Sand Hill. Small world out there.
I think it's my 2018 philharmonic that's never been taken out of the capsule and it's milk spotted like crazy. But the milk spotted coins don't bother me. I think there an excellent choice for an alternative low premium, highly recognized sovereign bullion coin
With premiums coming down on ASEs and Maples I am now moving back to picking them up again. I do like the look of both the Phil and the Britannia, but it is a risk if spots are a concern to the buyer.
If silver ever stops getting manipulated and prices go up to $30-40/oz I won't be worried about where the coins came from, milk spots, or anything. I buy on sale items almost exclusively, as much weight as I can get for my money...love design on Britannias and Phil's, I've bought a good bit of other Britannia, and Germania silver, including some limited mintage items I really liked. My savings acct 😂 not much interest but who knows what prices are gonna do. Good luck all.
@@1011Shke agreed, I don't think it's going to matter which type of silver it is in the end. As for me, I'd probably rather have bulk weight in silver than collectables and numismatics
I have three main reasons why I don't like the Philharmonic - 1) it easily milk spots, 2) it has no security features and can be easily counterfeited and 3) this is just my personal preference - I don't like smooth edges on coins, I prefer edge lettering if the edge is smooth or reeded edges on coins. I like the Philharmonic because it's cheaper than its North American equivalents, the overall design is beautiful.
We all have our reasons. I agree with point number 1 and 3 mostly. I just prefer other coins. I openly buy 20 Philharmonics a year. I do this for the Channel to bring more variety in my content and show a broad swath of bullion and collectible options as I do have viewers from all of the world. The coin doesn't look bad in my view point, i just prefer some others. Also, my 2 local dealers often treat them like Rounds. So I consider them from a $$ viewpoint to be a higher premium Round as I can't expect much premium selling them locally. There just isn't enough demand for them as compared to Generic, Eagles, Maples and Krugerrands which dominate.
I am from Canada. Britannias and Philharmonics are cheaper here than Maples and Eagles. However, I prefer buying the Maple because of the Mint Shield technology which prevents milk spotting especially those Maples minted after 2018, the security features and the fact its the most liquid bullion coin after the Eagle.
Maple is a beautiful coin, and I purchased a good amount when their premiums vs ASE premiums had a very large spread. Now with the spread shrunken, I'll get ASE's.
@@dronetestdaegan That's sort of where i'm at. If i can get an ASE for $26 and the Maple just 50 cents less I'll usually get ASEs. I think we learned that while many of us here didn't buy them at very high premiums people in general do. They buy them at $10 over or even $12 over so having a big stack of them to offload at a high premium in the future wouldn't be bad either. Really cuts down on the Gold to Silver Ratio too
I just did a review of the Achilles from the same series as Eric the Blood axe. What are your thoughts on them? Higher premium Silver Rounds but I really like the detail.
I like the philharmonic and Britannia and have a few of them. I find at my LCS I can get Canada Maple's cheaper. The silver eagle was finally a lower premium last week so I bought a couple. If you are stacking mainly for weight it really doesn't matter.
You hit the nail on the head. Stack for weight. But I'm also poor so like last Oct I could only buy 200 Oz when silver hit $17.25. I sold in Dec for $25.25 made some profit and knew silver would come back down. Would been more a drop but banks failed so I had to go get it back the moment I heard the banks went. Still gained 15 Oz in that deal. Sold alot of junk when that got really expensive. Now buying back at $18fv. Waiting for the next crisis that will send silver up. In today's world don't have long to wait.
Stacking for weight is great, but stacking for weight with the stuff most people buy too is even better. Do you have a go-to Silver Round that you like? Yes, ASEs are definitely getting more affordable and are back on the menu for stacking here in this house.
I agree with almost all of the points on this video, except one. Not buying the silver Britannia because there is a monarch on the back is a stupid reason. Silver is silver. Buy it for the design, beauty, lower premium, don't buy it or not buy it to be politically correct or be part of a group.
Hey FS if given a choice of Maples at $25.65, Britannia Charles $25.34, Philharmonic at $25.03, Rounds at $24.42, or Eagles at $26.82; which order would you buy and why? Thanks
Well you asked me so I'll answer. I would go for the Eagles. I've hardly stacked them for the last 2 years. I want to complete a monster box of them so at that price I am stacking what people want the most and at the best price over the last 2 years which to me is a win. The Maple is my usual go-to coin if I want to add coins to my cart for that purchase. You get quality every time, a lower price and they are in demand. I won't be stacking the Britannia, Kangaroo, Philharmonic or Krugerrand much if premiums on Generic, Maples and ASEs stay this low (compared to recent times). I have a couple tubes of each at this point and can open them up for videos. I do however want more 10 ounce stackable bars and some BU 90% to show more of that on the channel.
So many mints for so many years have been making them. The fact they are common makes them seem acceptable. The Queen and now the King are still on so many coins.
Also I would like to point out that the Queen's beasts series, which I collected from the beginning, has been insanely lucrative as flipping material. Literally every one more than double in resale value.
Certainly. I think that these coins were a great option when premiums were higher. I don't see the advantage to them right now considering the milk spots and closer premiums.
Thank you for your wonderful face. Do you advise me to save these silver ounces? Is it feasible to buy a quantity to make profits from it in the future? Are they all sold at the same price if we want to sell?
I get Britannia (king) for the same price as generic rounds. Fresh tubes have milk spots. I don’t care the coin is beautiful, has mad security and is governmental. What do y’all think?
You'll get the same price as generic rounds when you sell. Your buying a secure round lol. They are nice looking coins, don't get me wrong. I just like my silver Shiney
I’ll start buying Britannia’s when they implement some type of mint Shield like rcm does with the maples. I really like the way Britannias look I just can’t see me getting something with milk spots.
I think that is a sound idea. I have this channel, so I stack a tube of foreign coins like Britannia and Krugerrand etc. each year that I can for the variety, reviews and discussion. But outside of RUclips i prefer the Maple Leaf Silver coins if I'm not buying an ASE, round, bar or 90%
I have eagles, philharmonics and krugerrands. I have been fortunate enough to not have one milk spot yet. I tell you what will really irritate you is buying an MS65 double eagle from a “reputable” on line dealer, getting it and having a damn copper spot on it. 🤬
Sorry to hear about the MS65. In my experience buying numi's online - don't lol. I think there is too much that can go wrong buying them online. I am always left a little disappointed so i stick to bullion with the online guys. You've had great luck with your Bullion coins!
I like having a tube or two of the Brits, Phils, Krugs, and Roos, a little more MLs, but lots and lots of tubes of ASEs. I wonder, if it ever gets down to using silver coins for real money, which will be more detrimental to the coin's value, milk spots or toning?
Toning can be seen as a desirable feature. Never known anyone to specifically seek out a Spotted coin but maybe that person exists! I also stack like that. I like to do a couple tubes of the foreign stuff each year. Brings more variety to the videos and Its fun for me to have that variety as well.
@@floridastacker Just imagine how spoiled we are today, with the Internet. You can find any coin, round, or bar that you want, and get the best price. It is amazing. Rare isn't so rare anymore.
I only have 2021 and newer Britannias, no milk spots so far. For me the king of milk spots is the Kangaroo. Counterfitting of silver bullion coins is not really an issue I think, because they are currency, punishments for doing so are way more severe than for counterfitting rounds - and simply not worth it.
Wow that's lucky not to have spots. Yes, i've seen some pretty spotted Kangaroos, too. I kept this video to Euro silver but Krugerrands and Kangaroos are spotters too
I’ve noticed that the Australian Kangaroos can also be prone to milk-spotting. Fortunately for me, as a stacker, milk spots aren’t a big deal to me, and none of my local dealers seem to care, either. I have at least one tube of coins from all of the major players who mint silver bullion coins, and really, most of them can get milk spots. Two exceptions that I’ve found are the Mexican Libertad and the Armenian Noah’s Ark coins. I have yet to see a milk spot on either of those two coins. (I don’t recall seeing them on American Silver Eagles, but I hear that others have noticed some.)
People who buy Silver tend to buy with their eyes. Yes, there are those are a strict buyers of only what is cheap without a worry in the world what the coin, round or bar looks like. However, a lot of buyers once more buy with their eyes so a coin dealer knows this and can be reluctant to pay you the full premium that the coins you have should receive if the coins are heavily spotted. Reason? They may have to sit on them longer. Coin dealers love quick turn-arounds as they have tight margins to be competitive so in and out is what they aim for to stay profitable.
Better off with USA made generic rounds especially if you plan on a bigger purchase. Tax can be avoided only with domestic silver - at least in California - on bigger purchase $2k+... from what I understand, although may be inaccurate 7:30
Here in Florida it is $500 or under that is taxed on generic rounds and foreign silver or gold. So fractional foreign gold under 1/4 oz doesn't make sense as I have to pay tax. Also foreign silver coins, if the purchase is less than $500 or Generic I am taxed so my dealers prefer to deal in full tubes of Rounds or Foreign to avoid the tax.
I don't like buying American Silver Eagles. Nothing against Americans personally. It's just very expensive in Canada. There is almost a $14-$15 difference in premium between Eagles and the other silver bullion coins. So, if you are still getting 1 oz of silver, why would you go with the most expensive option, regardless of the liquidity. Total price for Silver Eagles in Canada is $52 per oz counting the premium, in contrast Maples, Britannias and Philharmonics are $36 to $37 per oz counting premium.
I stack maples, ASE, & libertads.. as my main stack... Then I stack a few tubes of krugerrand and generic Buffalo, but I think of these as my " shit, I need cash" \ "I'm going to sell these before my others" type of coins..... other than that I do stack very little bit of room numismatic type of coins in capsules... I really enjoy Ghana coin with the aliens on them, items that have turtles (any type) and certain indigenous coins (more research needed tho).... but overall I stack mainly Maples & American silver eagles, and every year I stack at least a half a tube to one tube from the Mexican mint..... my thought pattern behind this is that I want to have coins from any country that has contact with my current country which is United States...Thusly, ASE is like 30% of my stack, maples are 25%, mexican is 15%, krugerrands in Buffalo 10%, & 20% is numismatic that I have no plans on selling and passing down to my kids or only selling in worse case scenario.... I should say that I am considering getting one tube of Britannia's being they are the first year with the King on them, I bet if I held onto that for good ten years they maybe worth something, or if he ever passes away that kind of stuff... but I would take extra care with oxygen absorbers and only handling them with gloved and not at all if possible... anyways I'm rambling that's my two cents though😂.. Take care✌️
you have good taste and I understand your approach. I believe living here in the USA, owning Canadian and Mexican products is a good choice! Happy Stacking, TwitchRadio!
I'm sorry to hear that. It's hard to find the 2018 and newer Silver Maples locally without buying the entire tube. So I usually buy 5 at a time online with a few other coins or rounds I can do reviews on to get me over the free shipping minimum. I know you are scorned, my dealer calls them Milky Leaves the older ones, but the newer ones are much improved.
I couldn’t care less about milk spots. They mean nothing to me. But my local stores all have a lower premium for Maples than any other coin, sometimes it’s nearly the same as the premium for rounds.
I wonder if those "milk spots" could be something similar to "hydrogen embrittlement" in many alloys...although I think silver isn't particularly susceptible to that exact issue. Perhaps it's something similar caused by infusion of a gas over time. Has anyone tried storing some coins in nitrogen (along with some control coins from the same production run stored in normal air)? Perhaps someone could even try testing by storing some of the susceptible coins in different pure gases (nitrogen, hydrogen, helium, oxygen, etc)...although as I understand it, the larger the gas molecule is, the less likely it is to infuse into the metal at room temp.
I have only one loose Silver Philharmonicas, the other coins are still in a sealed tube bought directly from the mint. The milk spots are pretty terrible on it! I haven't seen it on any other coin in my stack of loose coins. Sadly the old type Maple Leafs I have look at least as bad due to red copper stains. Which is quite frustrating as well. Even though they were stored the same way as my other coins not in tubes. Eagles and Krugerrands don't show any defects over time so far. Same as modern Maple Leafs. I experienced milk spots on a Britannia coin as well but to a way lesser extent than on the Philharmonic. When I buy more Silver my priority would be more new Maple Leafs.
That is well thought and similar to my own experiences. I think I see more spotting, especially over time with my Philharmonic coins than I do with my Silver Britannia coins and bars. I think where the Philharmonic has a "leg-up" on the Britannia is that they are beautiful and that there is no Monarch on the coin. Some people do not want to hold coins with the Monarch. Yes, i've seen those copper spots you mentioned especially on Maples that were .999 from early on. I also agree that the newer Maples are the best choice all around for coin stackers IMO.
SML FTW! No milk spots on any of my SML. And for those of you who say that SML can milk spot, post link to website showing 2018 and up SML that have milk spots. To me post 2018 SML milk spots is a unicorn. Sometimes heard of but never seen.
Sorry to butt in with an opinion, but not about Kangaroos. I love Platinum, if you like Kangaroos, definitely try one. I only have four ounces, all beautiful coins, and I think a great bargain. Who knows what the price will be later. If it's your first Platinum, get your Kangaroo and enjoy it. Platinum is harder to sell, not as liquid as Silver and Gold. I say definitely get one because you like it, then you will understand how different it really is. Then study the market to see if you want to get more. There are lots of great Platinum coins to choose from, but you have to look for them. Good Luck!
Platinum is definitely interesting. It is a lot more volatile like Silver. It's sort of the Rich man's Silver. Speculative and not as beautiful as Gold. I'd say if you believe in Platinum over time the Kangaroo, Maple, Britannia and Platinum Eagles are good choices.
That's my plan as I only buy AG cause of cost.1 day I wanna trade some AG 4 some AU but I keep buying AG because I am hooked.Stacking AG still way better than blowing it.😊
I don’t understand why the ASE sells at all. It’s a boring coin, with a joke of a security feature. Canadian Maples are clearly the winner. 9999 fine, beautiful design, radial lines that reflect light, strong security features, for a much lower price than an ASE.
I kept this video about Euro Silver, but the Krugerrands are also coins known for developing or coming with spots. I find them to be more in demand, that is the Krugerrand is more in demand than the Britannia or Philharmonic but all spot in my experience.
So would you say buying a tube of 2023 type 1 Britannias is a no brainer because of the enhanced collectability of it being the last time the queen will be on it?
I have a tube of them for those very reasons. So yes, I would say that is a good idea. They made a lot of them, but over-time, like the first few years of ASEs for example they will begin to pull a higher premium over spot for that reason. Gotta be patient.
Don't stop buying silver. But for me, if premiums for ASE's are only 1.60$ more than the premiums on Maples, I'll buy ASE's all day. That's about what it is at Bold.
Austria (in eastern Europe) is NOT and NEVER WAS part of The British Empire! Therefore, why would the Queen or King of England be on the Philharmonic? Failed Geography class in school, I see!
With premiums down on Eagles and Maples, to me the other stuff is now a pass. It made more sense to risk it on Britannia's, Krugs, Phils etc. when they were $5 to $10 less in premium. But now with premiums between them hovering around $1, i am going back to domestic stuff when it comes to coins.
Austrian Philharmonics are my favorite silver bullion coin. Nobody wants to buy Brittanias, they are the most difficult to sell and King Charles looks like mashed potatoes on the new ones.
@floridastacker agreed. I can't believe the U.S. Federal government bows down to an evil monarchy either. Didn't we go to war with those people to obtain our freedom and then we fly the flag at half mast for 2 weeks for their monarchy?
you are going to get maybe 1 or 2 dollars of that premium back on that eagle. And boy that security feature ion the eagle s fool proof huh? Dont throw your money away. This video is crap advice.
We joke about the milk spots being an anti-counterfeit measure.
Literally started to collect a month ago, good to know it's a feature not a bug.
@@IcarusRepublique more like an exploitable bug until its patched somehow.
I have some of all. They will probably never be a collector's item but they should always hold their wealth as silver..
They will, that's one of the things that make them great. There are value buyers, and buyers who don't mind paying less for milky silver. If premiums go super high again on the ASEs and 90% you'll see the Britannia and Phil become more popular options again.
There is one main reason I don't like the Britannia - it milk spots. That's it. I think it's got the most beautiful design of the 4 bullion coins mentioned. I love the security features. I also like the obverse with the monarch - something different from other bullion coins except for the Maple and the Australian coins made by the Perth Mint.
I totally agree!
Here in the UK the big attraction for buying Britannias-silver or gold- are because they are not subject to capital gains tax………..
The ASEs here in Florida are the same way. There is a tax advantage meaning no tax. Whereas my local coin dealers prefer to sell Britannia by the tube. Reason? A tube is worth over $700. Florida tax law is that any foreign silver coin be taxed if the value of said coin in the purchase is less than $500. Makes sense to me to buy Britannia in the U.K.
@@floridastackerThat’s a really weird tax law, but even weirder ones exist (for example, in California). As for myself, I usually save up and buy a whole tube of a given silver bullion coin, so I’m fortunate not to have had to deal with weird tax laws.
Ha ha I was looking for the trolly from Mr Rogers to come out at the beginning of your vid. Love it. Eagles are coming down under 600 now for a tube, I do wanted to grab a tube but was just shy of what I needed. But at least it wasn't 700 dollars plus. Thanks for tha vid brother.
I would save for the Eagles. You can find them on eBay from Bullion Exchange and a couple others like PineHurst around $550 i think. The premiums on Eagles won't get much if any lower than they are now.
ASEs will also milk spot. By the time I ever sell chances are great all my bullion will have milk spotted. The newer Maple Leafs won’t.
Also, milk spots or not, I’m a stacker and am only looking to obtain weight. So hopefully the spot price will out pace my initial purchase price. So it’s mostly rounds for me with a few tubes of Philharmonics, Britannias, Krugs and Kangaroos. But only when they’re on sale and it’s cost effective. I’ve also began to purchase “Constitutional” silver again as the premium has fallen. I’ve been lucky to have found a coin shop that has been selling it to me at around 17x face. But I need to purchase at least $50 face value of it at a time.
The premiums on ASEs are still to high for me to start purchasing them again. I’ll leave those to the younger stackers who have years ahead of them in their stacking journey, hopefully the spit price of silver catches up for them later on down the road. Your age will also factor into your stacking strategy, so people need to factor that in when stacking. Maybe someone will make a video one day will about it.
Happy Stacking!
Bold has the ASE premium for 4.50 if you buy 1-20. Very good premium. Won't get any lower.
True, I have a few milked ASEs in my small stack of them. If you are truly just concerned with weight than no big deal! I am more selective and willing to pay a little more for non-spotted bullion but that is what makes Stacking Silver so great. It's affordable, fun and you have a lot of options to consider from.
@@dronetestdaegan For an online dealer, that is a good price.
@@floridastacker
Libertads are my guilty pleasure and Pandas.
I've been seeing more milk spots on eagles lately too. I hate milk spotting. You make a great case why we shouldn't stack these coins. Great video sir.
Thank you for giving it a watch, Sal! I enjoyed viewing your impressive Gold Stack over coffee this morning. I even had to show my wife. Inspiration my friend, inspiration!
@@floridastacker Thank you sir. I'm sorry if I miss some videos from time to time. But, you produce soem great content! Nice to see this one doing well for you!!
Most of my collection is Britannias.
They are beautiful. I just feel that they are a riskier buy right now and the premium advantage has been significantly reduced.
The Pipe Organ on the Reverse of the Phil Harmonic is so cool after I Removed Those Nasty Milk Spots with Fluoride and Carbomer.
Note: Most often removing Milk spots is not cost effective. Otherwise know as "more work than it's worth"
Yeah I've tried to remove them in the past myself and the coin still doesn't look like it should after. I usually sell my heavily milked coins through my channel and cut my losses and move on. I just put the money into something else to show you all haha
I used Rembrandt, had to soak it about 5 times, looks great. @@floridastacker
I love stacking!!! It’s addictive
I agree!
Of course, I don't like milk spots. I generally buy American bullion, and British coins. I have a lot British coins, and some have mostly minor milk spots, but I think the designs make up for it. It doesn't stop me from buying them. Most of them are fine, even if they aren't perfect.
That's great news. Yes, I do have some British Silver that is pretty nice, some with just a few minor spots and a few that are terribly spotted. :(
Maples are the best, that's all I stack
Maples are great IMO but I shop 4 good deals on both AG rounds and bars.Hero Bullion has good deals.😊
They are my favorite coin to stack as well.
I switched to all American coins the last 2 weeks. When I started stacking a few years ago I went for rounds, generic bars, and euro coins. I've seen it said a few places that you mature as a stacker and it goes by weight. My first 100 ounces were all in junk and generic rounds and bars. My next 100 was in kilo bars and junk. My 3rd 100 was the same. I recently switched out all of my generic silver for junk halves. With the premium drop I picked up a few tubes of eagles. I have only been buying bars in kilo form, and now those are all the bars I have. I stack for trading and direct purchase of goods with my silver. I live in a farming community and most of the people I get feed and equipment from are more than happy to take a handful of Mercury dimes for a pallet of chicken feed. Its helping me meet more interesting people in my area (I'm new here, like a lot of other "refugees" that showed up in RVs) and I now purchase all of my junk silver from my LCS. My farmstead is just sout of Lake City, FL if there's anyone in the comments that's close by and might want to meet at the LCS for a coffee and chit chat.
I've been buying a lot more ASEs these last 2 weeks myself, and some silver dollars which have been coming down too. I definitely agree that as you mature you tend to grow more "vanilla" as a stacker having learned some lessons and choosing to stick to what has proven to be a better choice.
@@floridastacker I have definitely gone "vanilla" and changed my purchases to match up with my long term goals. Of course I'm getting ready for the rainy days we may have ahead, like a lot of if not all the people on here. I also starkly remember all of the "things" in the last 30 years that were "inevitable", and watched relatives lose big getting "ready". In 30 years I want to roll out a dolly of sealed tubes of low mintage years to buy the kids a house, pay for grandkids college, get myself a bigger property etc. The only product consistently increasing in value, thats bought at "spot plus" at shops, and that gains value annually separate from the value of the metals, are Eagles. Yeah, I still rack my credit cards up a few times a year getting kilos, but I consistently buy junk, and when the premiums drop I will trade in my "dont care but it" box and walk up with a stack of notes to get sealed tubes.
Man, I like your down to earth style, and I subbed when I dropped this comment. Too much sensationalist out there. They'll give you a heart attack if you let em. I love Bix, he's entertaining as hell, but he's a personality on a payroll that has a job to do. No problems with that and I hope he does well for himself. But he's not talking about long term, thought out, asset strategies.
Thanks for the time you put into this and for not having crappy music. I'll be seeing you in the comments down the line.
@@TheHaughtyOsprey That's the best approach in my opinion. I think you are on the right track. I personally am stacking silver, cash and some bitcoin (to flip into Gold) in order to build a layer of fat for any possible economic hibernation (I lose my job for instance). I had to come out of pocket for several big items this summer including a $7500 home repair, so I'm focused on generic silver rounds, bars and cash for the next 6 months or so for my personal stack to rebuild that layer of protection. Premiums coming down is good timing as I'm acquiring Silver Eagles and 5 Silver Dollars per month right now which my RUclips channel profits pay for. I basically put everything i make with this right back into more stuff to show you all. What drives a lot of my buying is that I have this channel and so I am not as vanilla as i'd be if I were simply a viewer and not also a content creator. Stacking on RUclips is a small community. Gaining subscribers and subsequently revenue, partnerships, etc. is slow business and takes years to develop. I buy more frequently, and I also buy more variety to provide a better experience for all of you that I would likely not do if I weren't on RUclips. I also don't buy much Gold right now. Not because I don't want or believe in it, but mostly because a Gold purchase would eat deeply into my budget as a single item purchase. For instance, if I buy a 1/4 ounce Gold Eagle for $600 or a tube of 20 American Silver Eagles for $600 I can only make one video featuring the 1/4 oz Gold Eagle. I earn about $12 dollars on average over 30 days for each video. With the Silver Eagles I can stretch that tube out to 4 different subjects and show 5 of them at a time. I am getting more value from unboxings on RUclips than I am with Gold. Basically stacking silver is a lower premium option for me over all with this channel vice stacking gold.
@@floridastacker I had to drop a good bit on a foundation repair in June, and that toned acquisitions for a few months. I'm right there with ya. I was at Benning in '01. 2/47 on Sand Hill. Small world out there.
I think it's my 2018 philharmonic that's never been taken out of the capsule and it's milk spotted like crazy. But the milk spotted coins don't bother me. I think there an excellent choice for an alternative low premium, highly recognized sovereign bullion coin
With premiums coming down on ASEs and Maples I am now moving back to picking them up again. I do like the look of both the Phil and the Britannia, but it is a risk if spots are a concern to the buyer.
@@floridastacker very true, it may not bother me but it could be a game changer for a buyer
If silver ever stops getting manipulated and prices go up to $30-40/oz I won't be worried about where the coins came from, milk spots, or anything. I buy on sale items almost exclusively, as much weight as I can get for my money...love design on Britannias and Phil's, I've bought a good bit of other Britannia, and Germania silver, including some limited mintage items I really liked. My savings acct 😂 not much interest but who knows what prices are gonna do. Good luck all.
@@1011Shke agreed, I don't think it's going to matter which type of silver it is in the end. As for me, I'd probably rather have bulk weight in silver than collectables and numismatics
I have three main reasons why I don't like the Philharmonic - 1) it easily milk spots, 2) it has no security features and can be easily counterfeited and 3) this is just my personal preference - I don't like smooth edges on coins, I prefer edge lettering if the edge is smooth or reeded edges on coins. I like the Philharmonic because it's cheaper than its North American equivalents, the overall design is beautiful.
We all have our reasons. I agree with point number 1 and 3 mostly. I just prefer other coins. I openly buy 20 Philharmonics a year. I do this for the Channel to bring more variety in my content and show a broad swath of bullion and collectible options as I do have viewers from all of the world. The coin doesn't look bad in my view point, i just prefer some others. Also, my 2 local dealers often treat them like Rounds. So I consider them from a $$ viewpoint to be a higher premium Round as I can't expect much premium selling them locally. There just isn't enough demand for them as compared to Generic, Eagles, Maples and Krugerrands which dominate.
I am from Canada. Britannias and Philharmonics are cheaper here than Maples and Eagles. However, I prefer buying the Maple because of the Mint Shield technology which prevents milk spotting especially those Maples minted after 2018, the security features and the fact its the most liquid bullion coin after the Eagle.
Maple is a beautiful coin, and I purchased a good amount when their premiums vs ASE premiums had a very large spread. Now with the spread shrunken, I'll get ASE's.
CML is more liquid in Canada than the ASE, I would attest
@@livinthedream7714 I would hope so! But it's good to hear as someone who has not bought or sold in Canada.
@@dronetestdaegan That's sort of where i'm at. If i can get an ASE for $26 and the Maple just 50 cents less I'll usually get ASEs. I think we learned that while many of us here didn't buy them at very high premiums people in general do. They buy them at $10 over or even $12 over so having a big stack of them to offload at a high premium in the future wouldn't be bad either. Really cuts down on the Gold to Silver Ratio too
My latest 2 picks are the "Dead men tell no tales" Pinehurst Coins round, and the Eric Bloodaxe round from JM Bullion.
I just did a review of the Achilles from the same series as Eric the Blood axe. What are your thoughts on them? Higher premium Silver Rounds but I really like the detail.
Like the ASE prices coming down. Bought a few for the first time in at least a year.
Launching a Silver Eagle Monster Box Series tonight, DudeDave! It's time to buy them again.
I like the philharmonic and Britannia and have a few of them. I find at my LCS I can get Canada Maple's cheaper. The silver eagle was finally a lower premium last week so I bought a couple. If you are stacking mainly for weight it really doesn't matter.
You hit the nail on the head. Stack for weight. But I'm also poor so like last Oct I could only buy 200 Oz when silver hit $17.25. I sold in Dec for $25.25 made some profit and knew silver would come back down. Would been more a drop but banks failed so I had to go get it back the moment I heard the banks went. Still gained 15 Oz in that deal. Sold alot of junk when that got really expensive. Now buying back at $18fv. Waiting for the next crisis that will send silver up. In today's world don't have long to wait.
Stacking for weight is great, but stacking for weight with the stuff most people buy too is even better. Do you have a go-to Silver Round that you like? Yes, ASEs are definitely getting more affordable and are back on the menu for stacking here in this house.
I agree with almost all of the points on this video, except one. Not buying the silver Britannia because there is a monarch on the back is a stupid reason. Silver is silver. Buy it for the design, beauty, lower premium, don't buy it or not buy it to be politically correct or be part of a group.
I say boycott Bud Light,not AG.
Britannias are the best value at least here in uk
They are a good value here too. Usually cheaper than other coins
Hey FS if given a choice of Maples at $25.65, Britannia Charles $25.34, Philharmonic at $25.03, Rounds at $24.42, or Eagles at $26.82; which order would you buy and why? Thanks
Well you asked me so I'll answer. I would go for the Eagles. I've hardly stacked them for the last 2 years. I want to complete a monster box of them so at that price I am stacking what people want the most and at the best price over the last 2 years which to me is a win. The Maple is my usual go-to coin if I want to add coins to my cart for that purchase. You get quality every time, a lower price and they are in demand. I won't be stacking the Britannia, Kangaroo, Philharmonic or Krugerrand much if premiums on Generic, Maples and ASEs stay this low (compared to recent times). I have a couple tubes of each at this point and can open them up for videos. I do however want more 10 ounce stackable bars and some BU 90% to show more of that on the channel.
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I'm not a monarchy fan, but the queen or king on coins make them look more official IMHO
So many mints for so many years have been making them. The fact they are common makes them seem acceptable. The Queen and now the King are still on so many coins.
I only buy Brittanias by the tube, and never break the seal from the mint. If i sell them, it's still a sealed roll and i expect BU prices
Also I would like to point out that the Queen's beasts series, which I collected from the beginning, has been insanely lucrative as flipping material. Literally every one more than double in resale value.
I like Philharmonics and Brittanias, but only for a low premium. If the price is equal, Canada maples are the best imo
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25.71$ for the 2023 Phil vs 26.11$ for the 2023 Maple on Bold. Maple is a more attractive coin, and one I'd much rather have in my stack.
I also prefer the Maple
As long as they are silver. Doesn’t matter what’s stamped on it.
Certainly. I think that these coins were a great option when premiums were higher. I don't see the advantage to them right now considering the milk spots and closer premiums.
Thank you for your wonderful face. Do you advise me to save these silver ounces? Is it feasible to buy a quantity to make profits from it in the future? Are they all sold at the same price if we want to sell?
I get Britannia (king) for the same price as generic rounds. Fresh tubes have milk spots. I don’t care the coin is beautiful, has mad security and is governmental. What do y’all think?
You'll get the same price as generic rounds when you sell. Your buying a secure round lol. They are nice looking coins, don't get me wrong. I just like my silver Shiney
Buy everything
I’ll start buying Britannia’s when they implement some type of mint Shield like rcm does with the maples. I really like the way Britannias look I just can’t see me getting something with milk spots.
I think that is a sound idea. I have this channel, so I stack a tube of foreign coins like Britannia and Krugerrand etc. each year that I can for the variety, reviews and discussion. But outside of RUclips i prefer the Maple Leaf Silver coins if I'm not buying an ASE, round, bar or 90%
I have eagles, philharmonics and krugerrands. I have been fortunate enough to not have one milk spot yet. I tell you what will really irritate you is buying an MS65 double eagle from a “reputable” on line dealer, getting it and having a damn copper spot on it. 🤬
Sorry to hear about the MS65. In my experience buying numi's online - don't lol. I think there is too much that can go wrong buying them online. I am always left a little disappointed so i stick to bullion with the online guys. You've had great luck with your Bullion coins!
I like having a tube or two of the Brits, Phils, Krugs, and Roos, a little more MLs, but lots and lots of tubes of ASEs. I wonder, if it ever gets down to using silver coins for real money, which will be more detrimental to the coin's value, milk spots or toning?
I thought people liked toning, and pay extra for it.
No
Toning can be seen as a desirable feature. Never known anyone to specifically seek out a Spotted coin but maybe that person exists! I also stack like that. I like to do a couple tubes of the foreign stuff each year. Brings more variety to the videos and Its fun for me to have that variety as well.
@@floridastacker Just imagine how spoiled we are today, with the Internet. You can find any coin, round, or bar that you want, and get the best price. It is amazing. Rare isn't so rare anymore.
@@floridastacker Good to hear as you were a main influencer during my formative stacking days!
I only have 2021 and newer Britannias, no milk spots so far. For me the king of milk spots is the Kangaroo. Counterfitting of silver bullion coins is not really an issue I think, because they are currency, punishments for doing so are way more severe than for counterfitting rounds - and simply not worth it.
Wow that's lucky not to have spots. Yes, i've seen some pretty spotted Kangaroos, too. I kept this video to Euro silver but Krugerrands and Kangaroos are spotters too
I buy Britannias for tax and security reasons. But the core of the stack is Kooks and world constitutional.
I’ve noticed that the Australian Kangaroos can also be prone to milk-spotting. Fortunately for me, as a stacker, milk spots aren’t a big deal to me, and none of my local dealers seem to care, either. I have at least one tube of coins from all of the major players who mint silver bullion coins, and really, most of them can get milk spots. Two exceptions that I’ve found are the Mexican Libertad and the Armenian Noah’s Ark coins. I have yet to see a milk spot on either of those two coins. (I don’t recall seeing them on American Silver Eagles, but I hear that others have noticed some.)
New stacker here, want to know what’s the big deal with milk spots? Would the coin be hard to resell?
People who buy Silver tend to buy with their eyes. Yes, there are those are a strict buyers of only what is cheap without a worry in the world what the coin, round or bar looks like. However, a lot of buyers once more buy with their eyes so a coin dealer knows this and can be reluctant to pay you the full premium that the coins you have should receive if the coins are heavily spotted. Reason? They may have to sit on them longer. Coin dealers love quick turn-arounds as they have tight margins to be competitive so in and out is what they aim for to stay profitable.
@@floridastacker oh ok, interesting, thanks
Better off with USA made generic rounds especially if you plan on a bigger purchase. Tax can be avoided only with domestic silver - at least in California - on bigger purchase $2k+... from what I understand, although may be inaccurate
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Here in Florida it is $500 or under that is taxed on generic rounds and foreign silver or gold. So fractional foreign gold under 1/4 oz doesn't make sense as I have to pay tax. Also foreign silver coins, if the purchase is less than $500 or Generic I am taxed so my dealers prefer to deal in full tubes of Rounds or Foreign to avoid the tax.
I don't like buying American Silver Eagles. Nothing against Americans personally. It's just very expensive in Canada. There is almost a $14-$15 difference in premium between Eagles and the other silver bullion coins. So, if you are still getting 1 oz of silver, why would you go with the most expensive option, regardless of the liquidity. Total price for Silver Eagles in Canada is $52 per oz counting the premium, in contrast Maples, Britannias and Philharmonics are $36 to $37 per oz counting premium.
that is crazy. I was buying Maples around 25$ when Eagles were around 35$ or so. If this was still the case, I'd buy Maples all day. Beautiful coin.
I stack maples, ASE, & libertads.. as my main stack... Then I stack a few tubes of krugerrand and generic Buffalo, but I think of these as my " shit, I need cash" \ "I'm going to sell these before my others" type of coins..... other than that I do stack very little bit of room numismatic type of coins in capsules... I really enjoy Ghana coin with the aliens on them, items that have turtles (any type) and certain indigenous coins (more research needed tho).... but overall I stack mainly Maples & American silver eagles, and every year I stack at least a half a tube to one tube from the Mexican mint..... my thought pattern behind this is that I want to have coins from any country that has contact with my current country which is United States...Thusly, ASE is like 30% of my stack, maples are 25%, mexican is 15%, krugerrands in Buffalo 10%, & 20% is numismatic that I have no plans on selling and passing down to my kids or only selling in worse case scenario....
I should say that I am considering getting one tube of Britannia's being they are the first year with the King on them, I bet if I held onto that for good ten years they maybe worth something, or if he ever passes away that kind of stuff... but I would take extra care with oxygen absorbers and only handling them with gloved and not at all if possible... anyways I'm rambling that's my two cents though😂.. Take care✌️
you have good taste and I understand your approach. I believe living here in the USA, owning Canadian and Mexican products is a good choice! Happy Stacking, TwitchRadio!
Where I am located, if the Britannia or Philharmonic coins have milk spots or not, I still get 90% of spot from a dealer.
Ooof. I'm guessing you avoid them then, right?
The Britannia is a beautiful and secure coin and I have my share of them. However, I think for now, I am done with them due to the milk spots.
With premiums coming down on Eagles and Maples they are less desirable to me at this time, but I agree how beautiful they are.
I own a bunch of milk spotted CSM. Wouldn't buy the newer ones because I'm still pissed at them.
I'm sorry to hear that. It's hard to find the 2018 and newer Silver Maples locally without buying the entire tube. So I usually buy 5 at a time online with a few other coins or rounds I can do reviews on to get me over the free shipping minimum. I know you are scorned, my dealer calls them Milky Leaves the older ones, but the newer ones are much improved.
I couldn’t care less about milk spots. They mean nothing to me.
But my local stores all have a lower premium for Maples than any other coin, sometimes it’s nearly the same as the premium for rounds.
I'd be buying Maples at your shop. Around me, tubes spotted silver lose their premiums. So it's a risk gambling with online purchases of euro silver
I wonder if those "milk spots" could be something similar to "hydrogen embrittlement" in many alloys...although I think silver isn't particularly susceptible to that exact issue. Perhaps it's something similar caused by infusion of a gas over time.
Has anyone tried storing some coins in nitrogen (along with some control coins from the same production run stored in normal air)? Perhaps someone could even try testing by storing some of the susceptible coins in different pure gases (nitrogen, hydrogen, helium, oxygen, etc)...although as I understand it, the larger the gas molecule is, the less likely it is to infuse into the metal at room temp.
I have only one loose Silver Philharmonicas, the other coins are still in a sealed tube bought directly from the mint. The milk spots are pretty terrible on it! I haven't seen it on any other coin in my stack of loose coins.
Sadly the old type Maple Leafs I have look at least as bad due to red copper stains. Which is quite frustrating as well. Even though they were stored the same way as my other coins not in tubes.
Eagles and Krugerrands don't show any defects over time so far. Same as modern Maple Leafs. I experienced milk spots on a Britannia coin as well but to a way lesser extent than on the Philharmonic.
When I buy more Silver my priority would be more new Maple Leafs.
That is well thought and similar to my own experiences. I think I see more spotting, especially over time with my Philharmonic coins than I do with my Silver Britannia coins and bars. I think where the Philharmonic has a "leg-up" on the Britannia is that they are beautiful and that there is no Monarch on the coin. Some people do not want to hold coins with the Monarch. Yes, i've seen those copper spots you mentioned especially on Maples that were .999 from early on. I also agree that the newer Maples are the best choice all around for coin stackers IMO.
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Welcome aboard!
Why not the krugerrand?
Today's video was about the European Silver Coins.
Silver is silver….i. Don’t stack ASE they hard to sell over Brits here…plus the few ASEs I did have spotted so much it was unreal…
i have about 30 brittanias, not a single milk spot on any of them.
Luck
SML FTW! No milk spots on any of my SML.
And for those of you who say that SML can milk spot, post link to website showing 2018 and up SML that have milk spots. To me post 2018 SML milk spots is a unicorn. Sometimes heard of but never seen.
They are the winner in my book, too! lower price, best quality, better demand in the USA for them and of course, no spots!
Just was anxious to hear your thoughts on Platinum 1 oz. Kangaroos & their future value…?
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Sorry to butt in with an opinion, but not about Kangaroos. I love Platinum, if you like Kangaroos, definitely try one. I only have four ounces, all beautiful coins, and I think a great bargain. Who knows what the price will be later. If it's your first Platinum, get your Kangaroo and enjoy it. Platinum is harder to sell, not as liquid as Silver and Gold. I say definitely get one because you like it, then you will understand how different it really is. Then study the market to see if you want to get more. There are lots of great Platinum coins to choose from, but you have to look for them. Good Luck!
Platinum is definitely interesting. It is a lot more volatile like Silver. It's sort of the Rich man's Silver. Speculative and not as beautiful as Gold. I'd say if you believe in Platinum over time the Kangaroo, Maple, Britannia and Platinum Eagles are good choices.
@@floridastacker Thank you for your prompt response on my Platinum inquiry…!
God Bless You..!! 🙏🙏🙏😀
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While this video was about Euro Silver. I like Silver Rounds too
Just stop buying silver and stack gold....less premium on gold.
That's my plan as I only buy AG cause of cost.1 day I wanna trade some AG 4 some AU but I keep buying AG because I am hooked.Stacking AG still way better than blowing it.😊
I don’t understand why the ASE sells at all. It’s a boring coin, with a joke of a security feature. Canadian Maples are clearly the winner. 9999 fine, beautiful design, radial lines that reflect light, strong security features, for a much lower price than an ASE.
ASE's have gotten cheaper recently and I grabbed a few but I also love the Maples.😊
I like the ASE more than you do. But i agree that the Maple is the winner amongst as far as stacking is concerned. Would rather collect Eagles.
don't mind the Queen but not interested in Charles, the Terd...
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If you haven't figured it out, the European mints flood the US market to make up for their VAT tax.
Makes sense!
When I bought Phil's they were cheaper than the cheapest rounds at the time. My Maples have milk spots, but ( fingers crossed) none on my Phil's do
Pre 2018?
I wanted to thank you on the s d tax ordeal good to know i wont be buying there
Gotta keep people informed. Especially newer buyers that are still learning what to look for.
Simple. Buy krugerrand.
I kept this video about Euro Silver, but the Krugerrands are also coins known for developing or coming with spots. I find them to be more in demand, that is the Krugerrand is more in demand than the Britannia or Philharmonic but all spot in my experience.
Stack them phils
So would you say buying a tube of 2023 type 1 Britannias is a no brainer because of the enhanced collectability of it being the last time the queen will be on it?
I have a tube of them for those very reasons. So yes, I would say that is a good idea. They made a lot of them, but over-time, like the first few years of ASEs for example they will begin to pull a higher premium over spot for that reason. Gotta be patient.
Don't stop buying silver. But for me, if premiums for ASE's are only 1.60$ more than the premiums on Maples, I'll buy ASE's all day. That's about what it is at Bold.
Hero Bullion is near those prices also.
I'm buying most domestic at this point until the premiums become high once again when I'll look back to foreign
@@winnhill3736 Near but not as good. Most of my buys came from Bold.
Austria (in eastern Europe) is NOT and NEVER WAS part of The British Empire! Therefore, why would the Queen or King of England be on the Philharmonic? Failed Geography class in school, I see!
Yes ofc.
But no king or queen / president or manarch of any kind is a plus to libertarians and anarchists, that's what hes saying
Austria is in Central Europe. I said the Philharmonic lacks a Monarch. Never mentioned Austria as part of the UK. Have another listen.
@@floridastacker .. Well, you did very specifically mention the king (and former queen) of England!
ASEs, Maples and Unity round are my priorities and favorites. No Phils, no Brits since the queens passing.
With premiums down on Eagles and Maples, to me the other stuff is now a pass. It made more sense to risk it on Britannia's, Krugs, Phils etc. when they were $5 to $10 less in premium. But now with premiums between them hovering around $1, i am going back to domestic stuff when it comes to coins.
Austrian Philharmonics are my favorite silver bullion coin. Nobody wants to buy Brittanias, they are the most difficult to sell and King Charles looks like mashed potatoes on the new ones.
I do prefer the Queen Elizabeth versions...i think Charles was a coin downgrade in my mind.
I NEVER buy from a country that displays a symbol of an evil monarchy.
That's why it is a good thing we have so many options today.
@floridastacker agreed. I can't believe the U.S. Federal government bows down to an evil monarchy either. Didn't we go to war with those people to obtain our freedom and then we fly the flag at half mast for 2 weeks for their monarchy?
you are going to get maybe 1 or 2 dollars of that premium back on that eagle. And boy that security feature ion the eagle s fool proof huh? Dont throw your money away. This video is crap advice.
A difference of opinion. But hardly crap advice.
They milk spot badly stay clear
Worst advice I’ve encountered as a silver stacker spewing from this guys mouth.
Phillies are bad. I just buy whatevers on sale at this point