I can see that Mike. I see it more of a long term investment. I have purchased some of my silver but for face value I just see it getting more and more valuable as I get older (I'm 20 right now). I'm more focused on moving back across the country (IL back to TX) with my wife and trying to start a career in finance. On the topic of the original post though, I keep a spreadsheet of all of the coins I have (type, denomination, silver value) and lately I updated it again to see the new price. Needless to say I was happy as the last time I had checked silver was at $14.50 an ounce.