My precious metal investment is low cost etfs, none currently though, and old but not rare American silver coins. Silver is still pretty cheap compared to gold, and I really just like the look and feel of Morgan and Peace dollars and Mercury dimes. A lot of people don’t like the premium for US Mint products, but it isn’t that high really, they are very liquid, and enough of us prefer them to maintain and slowly grow the premium.

There is something a bit cheesy about the coin shaped silver and gold products that are privately minted. If I wanted very low premium silver I’ll get a couple 10oz bars.

The old platinum premium over gold disappeared for a while, then the old ratio snapped back for a nice profit.

I also just can’t see dropping that much money on a little coin when I can get around 55 90% silver dollars weighing several pounds that are 90 to 120 years old.