How do you like your silver? (chicken, oil, cost, America)
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No, sorry, that only works for Werewolves. And you've got to get the proper allow as well. You didn't even mention that. Please let us know which survival manual you got this misinformation from so we can remove it from our compound library and deposit it in the compost heap where it belongs. Or is it just that you saw this lie on one of those damned "reality" survivalist shows? It's misinformation like this that poisons the well.
No, sorry, that only works for Werewolves. And you've got to get the proper allow as well. You didn't even mention that. Please let us know which survival manual you got this misinformation from so we can remove it from our compound library and deposit it in the compost heap where it belongs. Or is it just that you saw this lie on one of those damned "reality" survivalist shows? It's misinformation like this that poisons the well.
THAT'S: And you've got to get the proper ALLOY as well. ALLOY. ALLOY. ALLOY. ALLOY. ALLOY. Now write it 500 times, smart guy. If you are going to be a sarcastic.... um, sarcasticist, then you'd better get your spealing and grammer down, eh?
If the reason to save silver is to have something negotiable if TSHTF, then I suggest something recognizable.
The majority of people can't tell if a silver ingot is real silver or just aluminum. So, in the USA, junk silver coins are a good choice, because everyone can recognize those and will assume that they are real. Get a selection of denominations.
I like the 1 oz art bars. I keep the ones with pretty pictures. Those look like something and would be much easier to trade than a plain bar. They are available at spot, unless you are buying small quantities and then it is spot plus the dealers usual mark-up.
Silver unicorns would be excellent for barter.
Most of what you are going to try to barter for is going to be little. You don't want to give a gold coin for a loaf of bread and the fellow with the bread for sale is not going to be able to make change.
Even if what you are buying is a horse and wagon, the seller is not going to want a gold brick. He'll want that gold or silver in coins or in a bunch of small pieces, not a one pound bar. Because he will have problems using that one pound bar to barter with.
I don't think silver will be used as a barter item (at least I sure hope we don't come to that). I just look at it as a long term investment. IF it does come to that, I agree with you about small units so, fortunately, I like scrap Mercury dimes and Morgan dollars, as well as small units (like 10 gram bars and 1/10 ounce rounds). You pay a little more for them but they are easy to pick up when you have a few extra dollars in your pocket.
Morgan dollars - there was a beautiful coin. Mercury dimes are not too shabby, either. The only coin in recent history that comes close, imo, is the Sacajawea dollar. Of course, there we aren't talking silver or gold.
If the economy isn't in total collapse, Morgans will always be a decent numismatic investment. Forget about the silver. If you just want silver - and you are buying, better to look at other coins. Or other sources.
For me - and precious metals - I love silver - but gold is I think the better investment for WTSHTF.
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