Quote Originally Posted by realist View Post
When I buy silver I like the silver eagles in one ounce weights. People recognize these so I am also looking at potentially using them in barter situations but also for investment. There are a lot of people out there that say silver is too heavy to carry and I then tell them to buy gold. They tell me gold it too expensive. So they have to make up their minds what to get, I find a lot of people just want to be told what is best.
I agree, and would buy the silver Eagles exclusively, but except for the fact the pressed bars are $2-3 less. For that standpoint, I am buying bars more than coins.