Cheapest silver you've bought

My best (and first) buy in 2006 was a 5 kg silver bar.when spot was $14.00 per ounce.

I moved it on for a tidy profit last year to finance some more "interesting" purchases.

When I look at those purchases I still see a bit of that ugly ABC silver lump looking back at me :)

Aint silver devine?
 
Bought 70oz for $700 end of 2009 - all post shillings & florins.

Remember seeing 100oz bars for $480 and $490 USD on Craiglist in the US in 2003... was toying with the idea of buying, but didn't. DOUBLE DOH!
 
One of the cheapest I actually have proof of...

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$5 per ounce when spot was about 4.50... damn that 50 cent premium!!!

I was a teenager, my dad convinced me to buy 30 ounces at that price. 20 engelhard 1 ounce bars and a JM 10 ouncer. I wish I had spent my last dime that day!
 
A 1987 Falkland Islands King Penguin Silver Proof Crown for about $6.27 (.9410ASW) last August. There wasn't much bidding and I sniped it at the end. This coin is the last (4th) one pictured on the page below. It is a very beautiful coin.

http://www.24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=1991cookislandsendangeredwildlifecollection.html

edited because link doesn't work correctly.

Clink on the coin index link in the top right corner of the page.
Select F
Select Falkland Islands
Click on the link for the 1987 50pence King Penguin Silver Proof Crown.
Last picture on the page is the coin.
 
Cheapest I got was 100 round 1966 50c at $6.43 (about .40c each under spot at the time) =) Oh actually I lie, my cheapest was from 7/11 service station about 3 weeks ago, the Indian cashier gave me a round 1966 50c for change instead of a 20c.
 
I was very fortunate the about 2 weeks ago. I went into an antique shop and walked out with 10 rounds at $4 a piece.
 
My most recept bargain within a week is from APMEX, paid on Monday for the "America The Beautiful" 5x5 oz coin set. The price was US$960 for 25 oz silver and that works out AU $35.75/oz
 
One well to do dealer who prided himself on his nuministic stock looked down on me when I brought all his rubbish silver back in the early 2000's.They included numerous proof kilo sets.I spent 2 hours using a back pack going backwards and forwards hauling weight on my back to and from the shop to my car.
In hindsight it was the best exercise I have ever got.It was embarrassing!

REDBACK
 
I'll throw in that I bought a 1kg 90's kooks for $500 when I was working at a goldbuyers kiosk. This was a 'buyback' figure for us workers. Gold buyers paid the person only a pitiful $250 each. This was when silver was $16.50 an oz US. If I recall correctly, in Australia, the cheapest around from dealers etc was bout $680 a pop.

So I was chuffed with that purchase. In total I bought 4 kg at this price (the other 3 were for mum and dad).
 
RhythmDoctor said:
Hey, I got a sterling jasper ring for the missus at an auction a month or so ago for a tenner just to shut her up. She nearly laid me an accidental bid on a 12 grand necklace...
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i'm sure she nearly did it "accidentaly", my wife goes shopping and all the time its $200 for this or that and its all the things we "need"
 
my best was a 925 silver jug weighing 1.005kg for $40...from a st vincient de paul store...
 
THUCYDIDES79 said:
Bought 87 coins at 0.09 oz each for $2.05 each when they should have traded at the time ( 2 weeks ago ) for $3.60 each.

about $23 per oz - 2 weeks ago :D on eBay

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Post a picture or it didn't happen. :-)
 
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