As a numismatic I check out silver and gold prices daily. I have mixed feelings about the huge drop. One one hand (numismatic) I love seeing more coins now going for collector value instead of PM value. On the other hand (scrapping) it is going to be hard to see the updated price list. My big thing is that I scrap for my collecting. I am happy to say that any "junk" silver coins I bought over the past 2 years I turned around quickly so I did not loose money.



I think that there is still security in putting some silver and gold away for retirement but I am going more for collector coins instead.