What was the best price you got physical silver at?

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  1. SilverDJ

    SilverDJ Well-Known Member

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    I was lucky and got into all this after the big drop that happened before 2014 and have accumulated most of my silver at or around the AU$20-21 mark, bit more depending on type.
    Cheapest I ever got was $668 for 1kg lunar horse, or $18.94/oz
     
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    66rounds Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    If I recall correctly I was at $21/Oz for 150oz of mostly predecimal which I sold at $27/Oz. Only a few pieces of sterling jewellery left
     
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    66rounds Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Would be interesting to know what portion of the average weekly wage that was.
     
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    GoldenEye Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I paid 50c for my first 1966 round 50. :)
     
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    66rounds Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Wow so actually pretty close, if not more expensive than comparing to a weekly wage of $900 for a kilo at $800 today.
     
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    FOR A LUNAR HORSE!! THATS A BARGAIN, great job.
     
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    Jislizard Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I was buying pre dec below spot on eBay at around spot $15 / oz.

    I wasn't a stacker at the time, around 2006 I guess, just a coin collector recently moved over from the UK and I was putting together a set of Australian decimal coins from circulation. I heard about the round 50 and figured I would never get one in change.

    So I went on eBay to try and buy one and they were about $4.50 each. Which I worked out to be just below spot.

    I figured that you could buy silver for less than it was worth and you got a coin as well.

    So I looked around and there were loads of auctions finishing below spot value.

    I just bid on all of them, with a top bid that was equal to the spot value of the items less the postage costs.

    I lost about 9 out of 10 of the auctions but everyone that came in was cheaper than spot.

    I think 300 post 3p coins was probably the biggest bulk purchase but I had lots of smaller packages every week.

    I miss those days!
     
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    From a dealer too. Without checking it must have been the low dip to AU$18.09/oz around Nov 2014.
    Yep, checked - 10th Nov

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    openeyes Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Some very cool examples here. My first purchase of silver was when it was priced just over $8 per oz. I bought pure silver (not sure exactly how pure) speaker cables for my home setup. Couple of kilos. Quite a luxury. Still have them.
     
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    Revils Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I bought lots of stuff too Nov 2014 from Perth Bullion (10oz and 5oz coins mostly).

     
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    "What was the best price you got physical silver at?". Why would you publicly disclose your private finances?
    A lot of people probably lost their purchases in that unfortunate 'boating accident', which happened as their mates were eyeing the Whiskey in the boat.
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    With hindsight that was the lowest point for 5 years before and 5 years after.
    Did anyone successfully call the bottom?
    I made a call on here were I said anything under AU$20 was "cheap"
     
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    best price was a round 50 in the change from a coke machine
     
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    This does not compute. You need to adjust for Troy ounces so not quite that cheap per oz. I picked up a 1 kilo bar on the 14-11-14 for $660 from a dealer so good price on the horse.

    My cheapest was an auction for some Masterpieces in silver sets from here that I ended up winning for about $14.40/oz in 2015.
     
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    The best price were couple of $2 coins/colour ones /from 2012 and 2013 in the change. Seriously gold panda 1/10oz year 2000 frosted rim-$380. MS-69
     
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    For me this is a winner!!!
     
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    Damn that’s crazy that you started stacking that long ago!
     
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    As far as I’m concerned, this one wins. My mind boggles at getting change from $5K for a 10oz GOLD bar!

    Edit: the same bar is now almost 500% that price, averaging 22% a year growth. Amazing stuff.
     
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    Doh, I need a drink...
    Make that $20.77
    Upon further checking cheapest I got was AU$20 even for some 10oz NTR's.
     
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