Hi there. Yes indeed, silver is silver and gold is gold. BUT, paint is paint, and canvas is canvas. Yet paintings go for millions of dollars. Nuts right? It’s just paint on a canvas. So, in many ways, I agree with you about stacking silver. Get the cheapes possible, which I do - at times. Actually, I have an ownx account for that reason. Stack cheap, and a lot of ounces, so when it comes time to sell, I hit a button, and I can take delivery (which I’ve done numerous times), or take cash (which I’ve done numerous times) or roll into gold when the GSR goes to 40 (which I haven’t done yet). All at the hit of button, whether I have 1 ounce or 10,000 ounces. There have been many instances where I bought high premium bullion coins and have done quite well, and sold easily (2017 swans as example). But there are many other examples too, where I bought at high premium coin and flipped and done very well. Another example are the southern sky dome 1 oz gold, in at 1500.00, and sold quite a few at a good profit.
I can go on and on with success that I’ve had buying high premium coins and flipped and done great. Of course I happened to.buy low and sell high...but some of those I sold went even higher and have stayed there (swans as an example). There are many different strategies to invest in PM’s and one size doesn’t fit all. I know folks who have an eye for collectibles, and make a fortune buying and selling these. What about the Ares Gods series? 200.00 buy in, now selling for 1500 or higher. There is example after example after example of folks doing very well buying high premium coins. I have many different approaches to investing in the PM sector. I’m not saying all my purchases have been mega profits when I go to sell, but I’d say most have done just fine, even with the expensive premium and ebay fees. A newbie needs to first dabble in this space and find out what best suits him or her. If it is to simply play the spot price, then yes, get lowest silver over spot and stack as much as possible. But there are definitely different approaches and strategies to buying, selling and collecting in this universe call PM’s.
Actual sales Ares (sadly I didn’t buy any)
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=2017+ares+god+of+war+silver+coin&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&LH_Sold=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=29926&_sargn=-1&saslc=1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=200&LH_Complete=1&_fosrp=1
Actual sales 2017 swans (got these at 24.00)
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_od...swan+b.TRS0&_nkw=2017+silver+swan+bu&_sacat=0