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This is more about collections. If you are only interested in buying silver close to spot, this is not for you.

I do believe there is value in buying some US Mint products.

Highlighting below, there are new special coins honoring 250 years of America. Many now have the 250 and liberty bell insignia for 2026. Note these are a bit pricey over spot, but also note that some have limited mintage.

  1. These sets are honoring the coinage from the past. https://www.usmint.gov/best-of-the-mint-1916-standing-liberty-quarter-dollar-gold-coin-and-silver-medal-set-26BM2.html

  2. These 2026 Morgan and Peace dollars have the 250 liberty insignia: https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/morgan-and-peace-silver-dollar-coins/shop/

  3. The annual sets show new coins. These can be great gifts for children: https://www.usmint.gov/uncirculated-coin-set-2026-26RJ.html

  4. And the the FIFA world cup coin is also very cool. FIFA was a great success for the country, and many Europeans found that America was not as advertised by their media back home. One quote that went viral: “If you want to hate the U.S, listen to the media. If you want to love the U.S drive across it”: https://www.usmint.gov/fifa-world-cup-2026-proof-silver-dollar-26CC.html

There are more of course but I wanted highlight some.

Silver Hitting Extremes

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The silver/gold ratio is hitting 90 and above again. As you can see from the long term gold/silver ratio chart these are extreme levels where silver is cheap compared to gold.

The large spike from covid can be somewhat misleading as even though the spot price tanked, premiums over spot sky rocketed.

While the silver chart looks messy, buying today is a good deal for the long term. Right now it's in the $22 range: https://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=SI&p=d

The move is from public (gov debt) to private assets. So any private asset that looks cheap buy it.

For online buying just go to APMEX's deal page: https://www.apmex.com/deals

Cheers