Silver Coin Premiums Are Smaller, But…

August 15, 2023

by Kelsey Williams Silver Seek

One year ago I published the article Silver Coin Premiums – Another Collapse? In it, I expressed concern about the high premiums being paid by stackers and others for the privilege of owning silver in coin form, particularly Silver Eagles…

“Today, retail investors are paying premiums of 40% on junk US silver coins. They have paid higher premiums recently, too, and they seem to be willing to pay pretty much any premium asked in order to own the coins.

The saving grace of buying pre-1965 US silver coins at 40-50% premiums right now is that they seem like a bargain compared to buying freshly-minted US Silver Eagles at a 70% premium. (Shouldn’t it be the other way around?)” August 8, 2022

I followed that with another article a few months later Two-Fold Risk For Silver Eagle Coins…