Silverheartbone, Clif High, and
Bix Weir have all said that they believe there will be a 1 to 1 silver gold ratio for a brief time in our future.
After the dollar collapses and the silver manipulation fails, instead of 150 to 1 silver to Bitcoin ratio, those guys expect things to settle at a 1 ounce of silver for multiple Bitcoins.
At that time I'd hate to be a silver buyer because of 1) the high price, and 2) fake silver.
I hope to be a seller at that time, and I believe that the form of silver sold will be very important. I'd hate to be trying to figure out how to sell
one of these.
It would have to be assayed or destructively tested, and that would cost.
Being so expensive a chunk, your selling options would be restricted, and it would be a much more dangerous target than taking a
dime to the farmer's market.
Generic (non-government) silver and gold rounds, while relatively cheap today, will be far too easy and tempting to fake once the price of silver takes off. That will then make the legitimate silver rounds harder to sell when the time comes. The smaller rounds are much harder to fake for several reasons while providing a smaller gain for the increased risk of detection, so I've decide to invest in some of those
high premium 1/10 oz rounds along with my Mercurys.
I just picked up my first
ATB 5oz, and want to get one more, the upcoming Missouri Ozarks coin.
At ~$3100 an ounce, I wonder if the premium percentage will remain? That 30% premium would make it $4100 for an ATB.