Quote Originally Posted by Sawin View Post
The sky's the limit and you've got a terrific thing going as long as you're viewing them as an investment in a stable economy. My point is that if something gives way and the economic environment changes... you will not be able to turn their value in to anything useful, at least not in the short term. Your kids might someday, assuming they keep them safe and don't swindle them, but for purposes of flexibility and stability irrespective of economic condition, I won't commit that much $ to them...
Understood. In my case, I dont have a penny in stock. All of my IRA is either in properties, silver and gold. I think you misunderstood the whole certified coin thing... because like silver and gold its price increases tremendously during recession and market instability. I also have easier time selling them compare to bullion. For some reason noone wants to buy my bullion at market price, while, I keep buying bullions at market plus premium -- so I am losing real dollar money on bullion.

As like many of you I dont believe in US$ any longer. However, to me a bullion in the safe is like US$ in the bank.. earning nothing at the inflation rate. This may sound real corny, but I watched rich dad poor dad seminar in 2009, and Robert Kiyosaki convinced me. Part of his teaching is Silver and gold as one of asset classes. We have monthly delivery of silver eagle tube, and few ms70 from NGC. Making tons of gain out of properties and numismatic silver... plus it's not trackable by the big brother hint hint.