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What Is The Better Investment?

Hello,

I am curious to see other people’s perspectives on this. What do you think is the better investment? A) Buying a mixture of 25 ounces of actual Silver content of American Silver Dollars, Half Dollars, Quarters, and Dimes at dollars an ounce. B) Buying 25 Ounces of Silver Canadian Maple Leafs for an ounce or C) American Silver Eagle Rounds for Ounce?… Continue reading

3 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - July 28, 2010 at 4:27 am

Categories: Canadian Coins   Tags: american silver eagle, canadian maple leafs, Dimes, half dollars, mixture, Ounce, perspectives, Quarters, silver content, Silver Dollars

Tarnish On Silver Coins?

I have purchased a number of new mint silver coins over the past few years - silver eagles and Canadian maple leafs - and today I noticed that a few have started to tarnish, turning black in places, even though they appear to be sealed in their original mint plastic envelopes. What causes this? Does it effect the value? should I do anything about it? What is the best way… Continue reading

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - April 15, 2010 at 6:30 am

Categories: Canadian Coins   Tags: canadian maple leafs, how to tarnish silver coins, Mint, plastic envelopes, silver coins, silver eagles, tarnish silver coins

What sort of employer would be willing to pay in gold or silver ?

Specifically coin. Canadian Maple Leafs are nice.
Clearly shady dealers are out of the question *cough* *cough* But lets just say if anyone needs anything, er…moved say from one place to another I might consider such "employment". Theoretically. But if anyone has any better ideas…..… Continue reading

13 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - March 28, 2010 at 3:29 pm

Categories: Canadian Coins   Tags: canadian maple leafs, cough cough

Do "Foreign" GOLD COINS have 3 values? Do they have EXCHANGE RATES?

Do foreign gold coins (say, Canadian Maple Leafs and other countries gold coins) have 3 values to them? 1) collectors appreciation value and 2) Daily spot/market price of the gold itself and 3) the foreign exchange value. And also, do real gold coins (foreign in this case) fluctuate according to exchange rates (FOREX RATES) . It would seem to me they should have some exchange rate since they could be… Continue reading

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - February 11, 2010 at 8:53 pm

Categories: Canadian Coins   Tags: appreciation value, canadian maple leafs, currency, exchange rate, exchange rates, exchange value, Foreign Exchange, forex rates, Gold Coins