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 | Alan Leishman |
Mineral Specimen Collecting: Silver and Gold  |
| For the last 20 years, the author has been visiting mines, mineral fairs,
and mineral dealers to purchase and self collect minerals from over 40 countries
to date.
One of his guiding inspirations was Peter Bancroft's excellent book Gem
and Crystal Treasures which describes Bancroft's selection of the 100
localities for the worlds best mineral specimens.
This essay will describe some of the background and history of famous localities,
and the minerals found there.
It isMonday, January 18, 2021 |
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 | Jeff Clark - GoldSilver |
| How and Where to Buy Silver Coins |
| Looking to buy silver coins? You’ve come to the right place!This handy guide outlines everything you need to know, including the advantages of owning silver coins, the different coins available, the best coins to buy for investment, and where to buy them. We also include our “Investor’s Edge” with each section…Advantages of Silver CoinsMany investors don’t realize that silver coins offer benefits far beyond price appreciation.Consider the advantages you gain by buying silver coins. Similar to goThursday, December 24, 2020 |
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| Jeff Clark - Goldsilver |
| Why Own Gold The Top 10 Reasons to Buy Gold Now |
| Is gold a good investment? Why should you own it?It’s natural and even prudent for an investor to wonder if a particular asset is a good investment or not. That’s especially true for gold, since it’s an inert metal and doesn’t earn any interest.But the reasons for owning physical gold go beyond the possibility of its price rising. Gold bullion offers distinct advantages that simply can’t be found in almost any other investment. These advantages give you power as an investor. And yes, one of thesMonday, May 18, 2020 |
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 | Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| Special Supplement: Counterfeit Coins You Get What You Pay For |
| Miles Franklin has been in business for 27 years – with an A+ Better Business Bureau rating, and not a single registered complaint since opened our doors in 1989. The company is still owned by the father and son team that founded it, Andy and David Schectman; and our brokers, on average, have been selling bullion since the early 1980s. For a variety of reasons – from our sterling reputation; to competitive sale prices; the industry’s best “buyback” prices (particularly for Miles Franklin custoSunday, April 19, 2020 |
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 | Mike Maloney - Goldsilver |
How to Store Silver at Home  |
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Now that you’ve decided to buy silver, it's time to think about properly storing and protecting it.
It is often said that silver bullion has no counter-party risk, and in a monetary sense, this is indeed true.
Although silver bullion requires no counter-party to sustain its value, there is and always remains the very real threat of theft.
With the threat of burglary in mind, there are twoWednesday, April 8, 2020 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| Democratization of Money vs. Economic Feudalism |
| The Fed is the Market, Until Someone Bigger Comes Along..
UPDATE:This editorial was written 3 days ago in reaction to reading the Zerohedge post As Bitcoin Nears $10,000 "Central Banks Kept Up At Night"
by Vince Lanci
“Free markets for free men”- patch worn on the Nymex floor during Iraqi war.
The reality: We were cheerleaders for Halliburton and naively thought we were on the same team. Money that can’t cross borders freely for its citizenry is not a free market. There was a time before eMonday, August 13, 2018 |
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| Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| The Chicago Way Precious Metals Protection Plan |
| Do you have a plan to protect your precious metals?
You should. I’m going to tell you mine today.
I’m from Chicago.
The second city. The windy city. The city of big shoulders.
All of that sounds nice, but if you’ve live in Chicago, the phrase that is always top of mind is not so romantic.
You may have heard it before. It’s the phrase that was famously mouthed by Sean Connery in the movie “The Untouchables” when he said “THATS the Chicago Way.”
The Chicago Way.
If you live in Chicago and don’t knFriday, March 9, 2018 |
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| Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| Silver Price Optimist or Pessimist |
| DISCLOSURE: This article was written for Miles Franklin by Gary Christenson. Miles Franklin sells silver and believes that silver is under-valued. Prices will rise in coming years. I share that belief. Regardless, this article presents both optimistic and pessimistic interpretations for future silver prices.
SILVER PRICES OPTIMIST:
DEMAND: Silver demand increases every year and will push prices higher. Our modern world depends upon electronics, computers, missiles, fighter jets, cruise missiWednesday, February 21, 2018 |
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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Silver Bullion: Once and Future Money |
| – “Silver is as much a monetary metal as gold” – Rickards
– U.S. following footsteps of Roman Empire which collapsed due to currency debasement (must see table)
– Silver bullion is set to rally due to a combination of supply/demand fundamentals, geopolitical pressures creating safe haven demand, and increasing inflation expectations as confidence in central banking and fiat money erodes– “Silver is ripe for a major breakout to the upside in 2018″ – analyst Samson Li of Reuters
– Investors can stMonday, January 29, 2018 |
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 | Theodore Butler - Butler Research |
| The Last Great Silver Buy |
| In the annals of silver in the modern age, there have been two well-known instances of very large investor accumulations of the metal. First came the purchase by the Hunt Brothers and their associates in early 1980, followed by the purchase by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, 17 years later. The Hunts were said to control around 100 million ounces of actual metal (plus another 100 million ounces in long paper futures contracts), while Berkshire held as many as 129 million ounces.Now there isFriday, January 12, 2018 |
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| Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| 38,000 Tons of Poison, 1 Gram of Antidote |
| The official U.S. national debt, ignoring off-balance sheet liabilities, unfunded liabilities, “missing money” and fudging was:
Sept. 30, 2016 $19.573 trillion
October 2, 2017 $20.347 trillion
One year increase $0.774 trillion, or $774,000,000,000
Convert those excess expenses to $20 bills (from the ATM). That makes 38.7 billion $20 dollar bills. Each bill weighs 1 gram. The paper bills representing the one-year increase in the national debt weigh about 38,000 metric tonTuesday, January 2, 2018 |
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 | Rory Hall - The Daily coin |
| Silver Demand Will Drop in 2018 Due to Solar Panels |
| A few weeks ago Jeffrey Christian, CPM Group, stated that silver investment demand was not part of the calculations used in his analysis to determine future forecast for silver pricing or silver demand. According to Christian if you include investment demand then your analysis is simply promoting the idea that there is a deficit in whatever commodity your analyzing. We’re not sure the evidence supports this concept.
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 | Stewart Dougherty |
| Gold EFPs: Absolute Proof that the Paper Gold Price is a Fraud |
| In recent months, the issuance of gold Exchange for Physical (EFP) contracts has surged. EFPs convert a physically deliverable Comex gold contract into an LBMA or LME contract supposedly deliverable at a later date ex London and/or Hong Kong. As an incentive for Comex contract holders to accept EFPs, a cash bonus reportedly is paid. EFPs in silver are also being issued in vast quantities, but we will focus on gold for brevity.Most gold market observers believe that EFPs are a Comex gimmick desigMonday, December 18, 2017 |
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| Jeff Clark - Goldsilver |
| Merry Christmas to You—Bullion Premiums at Decade Lows |
| There’s nothing like a bargain during the holidays. And here’s an unexpected one even I was surprised to see…It’s not easy to dig up industry-wide data on coin and bar premiums. To do it manually is incredibly time-consuming and then would be out of date as soon as you published it, since premiums always fluctuate.But we’ve snagged both wholesale and retail data from a couple sources. And there’s a very clear message from these statistics: gold bullion is on the SALE rack…Wholesale Prices: PlungThursday, December 14, 2017 |
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| Jeff Clark - Goldsilver |
| Should I Buy “Collectible” Silver The 3 Criteria to Look For |
| We get the same question every time we release a new proprietary GoldSilver product: why should I buy your silver round instead of a standard bullion product like an Eagle?There are several answers to that question—they can be a great way to diversify, they’re unique in the marketplace, and they might reflect values that you share.But the biggest answer of all is this: because you might make a bigger profit.That’s a bold statement, because like most things in life, there are no guarantees. But oMonday, December 11, 2017 |
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| Jeff Clark - Goldsilver |
| Merry Christmas to You—Bullion Premiums at Multi-Year Lows |
| There’s nothing like a bargain during the holidays. And here’s an unexpected one even I was surprised to see…It’s not easy to dig up industry-wide data on coin and bar premiums. To do it manually is incredibly time-consuming and then would be out of date as soon as you published it, since premiums always fluctuate.But we’ve snagged both wholesale and retail data from a couple sources. And there’s a very clear message from these statistics: gold bullion is on the SALE rack…Wholesale Prices: PlungSunday, December 10, 2017 |
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| Rick Ackerman |
| Would You Trade Bitcoin for Gold |
| The bottle-rocket trajectory of bitcoin’s rally has required me to put out increasingly ambitious Hidden Pivot targets several times each day. Currently I am using 18436 to project a top of some sort, although I hesitate to suggest it will be THE top. Actually, I’d be happy merely to see BTC pull back from that number for more than a few hours — as long as it has taken for this vehicle to obliterate Hidden Pivot resistances that we might have expected to contain the jubilation for a few days if Friday, December 8, 2017 |
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 | Steve St Angelo - SRSRocco Report |
| THE DISINFORMATION WAR: The Attempt To Disregard Silver Investor Demand In The Market |
| There is a Disinformation War taking place in the silver market as certain industry analysis is confusing individuals by purposely disregarding the tremendous impact of rising investment demand. Not only do I find this troubling, but I am also quite surprised how much the silver industry pays attention to this faulty analysis. So, it’s time once again to set the record straight.Setting the record straight has now become a new mission for me at the SRSrocco Report because the amount of disinforFriday, December 8, 2017 |
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| Jeff Clark - Goldsilver |
| End of Year Reminder: Sell ETF Losses; Buy Physical Metals—No Wash Sale Rule |
| We know our readers invest in precious metals in various ways. One way is through ETFs. If you are one of these investors, pay taxes to the U.S., and are holding onto any positions with a loss since the time you bought, here’s a heads-up: if you act by December 31, you can capture that loss on your taxes without losing your exposure to metals.The “wash sale” rule was designed to discourage people from selling securities at a loss simply to claim a tax benefit. Section 1091 of the U.S. Tax Code dFriday, December 8, 2017 |
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| Jeff Clark - Goldsilver |
| Quotes, Gloats, and Anecdotes from the Silver Gold Summit |
| I attended the Silver & Gold Summit in San Francisco November 20 and 21. It was great connecting with the many people I know in the industry, but I will tell you that a) attendance was low, and b) crypto promoters were out in force. It turned out to be more of a gold and crypto conference than anything else. Some of the more lively sessions were the gold vs. crypto debates, and one company offered “free bitcoin!” if you opened an account with them.I talked to many exhibitors and speakers and attWednesday, November 29, 2017 |
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