1-oz silver rounds
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About 1-oz silver rounds
1-oz silver rounds are cheap, straightforward to store, count, buy and sell. They're a good way for the little investor or collector to invest in pure silver bullion.
One ounce silver round, the investment option with the lowest premium, is one of the most popular choice for many investors.
1-oz silver rounds are a popular silver investment because 1-oz silver rounds are .999 fine silver, making them a pure silver investment. And, being 1 oz, silver rounds could easily be used as money in a worst-case scenario.
1-oz silver Buffalo rounds
1-oz silver Buffalo rounds have become one of the most popular one-ounce silver rounds on the market. Their design honors the famous Indian Head/Buffalo nickel, which was minted 1913-1938. 1-oz silver Buffalo round contains one ounce of .999 fine silver and has a diameter of 37 mm. 1-oz Buffalo 999 silver rounds are packaged twenty coins to a tube.
Engelhard Silver Prospectors
Engelhard Silver Prospectors have not been made since 1988, and they are available only when they show up in the secondary market. When available, Engelhard Silver Prospectors usually carry premiums above other one ounce silver rounds.
Sunshine Minting 1-oz silver rounds
Sunshine Minting produces popular one ounce silver rounds. The Sunshine Minting 1-oz silver rounds depict an eagle flying through the sun and are called Silver Eagles. Sunshine Silver Eagles are not to be confused with Silver Eagles, which are legal tender investment coins minted by the U.S. Mint.
Generic one ounce silver rounds
Generic 1-oz silver rounds are all the 1-oz silver rounds produced over the last thirty years by firms that are no longer in business. Also included are 1-oz silver rounds marketed by small firms that are still in business but are not well known.
Generic 1-oz silver rounds usually do not display the manufacturing mint's hallmark or name, and they come in a myriad of designs. Sometimes generic rounds are loose in a bag, like pre-1965 U.S. 90% silver coins. Sometimes generic silver rounds are packaged in tubes.
Generic 1-oz silver rounds sell at smaller markups than Engelhard Silver Prospectors or Sunshine Minting 1-oz silver rounds. Because generic silver rounds sell at smaller premiums than Prospector and Sunshine silver rounds, they are popular for silver investment.
1-oz silver rounds for survival purposes
Investors who buy silver for survival purposes fear the worst. These investors buy bullion metals in forms that can be used for money or to barter for goods and services.
The best forms of silver for survival purposes are pre-1965 U.S. 90% junk silver coins (in junk silver bags) and one ounce silver rounds.
If the time ever comes that silver coins and gold coins were again used as money, coins and rounds would be worth only their metal content.
