In the US....
premiums are extremely low for many silver bullion coins and generic bars and rounds - apparently there's a great surplus of silver on the market....
I remember 2011, when the SilverDoctors and Zerohedge scammers tried to trick people into buying at $32-$50, using record low Comex stocks as argument that a shortage would soon drive up the price to.... let's call it DA MOON.
Reality is, as usual with Big Lies, the opposite, dead easy to understand yet equally easy to miss: during times of scarcity, prices ALREADY ARE high, and during times of plenty, prices ALREADY ARE low.
This is Comex depositories data for silver:
Activity date 15 december 2011
34.084.040 ounces registered.
77.895.005 ounces eligible.
111.979.045 ounces total.
Activity date 9 april 2012 26386
29.302.649,795 ounces registered.
110.308.238,305 ounces eligible.
139.610.888,100 ounces total.
Activity date 21 february 2013
37.274.685,302 ounces registered.
123.539.163,878 eligible.
160.813.849,180 ounces total.
Activity Date: 7/20/2017
37.274.685,302 ounces registered.
175.013.635,651 ounces eligible.
213.447.269,516 ounces total.
Activity Date: 7/23/2018
78 908 093,017 ounces registered.
201 899 332,418 ounces eligible.
280 807 425,435 ounces total.
Activity Date: 3/27/2019
91.112.339,497 ounces registered.
213.835.643,713 ounces eligible.
304.947.983,21 ounces total.
It's now 307 Mounces.
Nearly 3 times the 2011 low.