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Copper Catcher
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USA
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 Posted - 09/13/2008 : 08:07:06
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Poll Question:
Let's say for this example you have $25,000 to invest in precious metals. Your goal is not short term profits but more for security and peace of mind. You plan on holding the commodity for at least ten years before you sell; if you sell at all! How would you invest?
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 13:38:06
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I remember the saying, "Never put all your eggs in one basket."
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Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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pennybullion
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 09/13/2008 : 14:14:00
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| how about 1/4 palladium, 1/8 gold, 3/8 copper, & 1/4 silver....heh, i like things as complicated as possible :) |
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Posted - 09/13/2008 : 15:20:08
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| I would be inclined to invest in metals that have broader applications than just as money / jewelry and the more uses the more of it I would want to hold. |
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Nickelmeister
Penny Hoarding Member
Canada
588 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 16:31:35
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| You forgot nickel! |
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natsb88
Administrator
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 16:38:40
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By value, I'd go for:
30% silver
30% copper
20% nickel
15% gold
5% platinum
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The Copper Cave
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 16:46:19
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Definitely a mix...
40% silver
30% gold
20% copper
5% nickel
5% platinum |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 18:57:07
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| Oops on forgetting nickel! |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 22:35:27
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30% copper
25% silver
20% gold
5% nickels(4%US CuNi, 1% CAN .999)
20% FRN, 2 reasons-buying oportunities do arise and you wont want to miss one, metals could fall and it never hurts to be able to have some cash. Or a new model ryedale comes out! 
wow that looks like my hoard  .
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 22:39:10
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Palladium is looking pretty good at current price levels.
You forgot Franklinium. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
4841 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 22:40:58
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| You forgot zinc. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 22:48:03
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Dang, I forgot zinc too.. and I have one of the biggest hoards on the board of zinc.
Zinc.. the forgotten metal.. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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scooter
Penny Pincher Member
240 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 23:46:07
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| the forgotten medal, hehehehehehehhe good one |
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kavajava
Penny Collector Member
USA
490 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2008 : 00:23:53
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| I think silver is the best deal going right now--especially if you look at the silver to gold ratio--buy silver now and as the ratio changes swap some silver for gold... |
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3 Blue Stars
Penny Sorter Member
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2008 : 00:58:28
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I've got some lead & brass. Ya know, just in case. |
You're kidding, right? |
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WheatieFan
Penny Pincher Member
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2008 : 01:53:19
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Rhodium - If a reputable mint sold coins for close to bullion value, I'd consider it.
Platinum/Palladium: Definitely. One, the other, or both.
Gold - Definitely
Silver - Definitely
Copper/Nickel/Other - Too bulky to handle and less liquid.
So that puts my bet at either:
1/3 Platinum, 1/3 Gold, 1/3 Silver
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1/6 Platinum, 1/6 Palladium, 1/3 Gold, 1/3 Silver
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2008 : 11:23:16
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| I want some palladium and rhodium oz bars....but I cant find anywhere close to spot, and I'm too cheap to pay a huge premium! Especially when I wont get it back when I go to sell it back to the dealer... |
"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2008 : 11:40:22
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I choose 1/3 gold 1/3 silver 1/3 copper.
to me gold holds its value the best. You never see it take a plunge like rhodium, platinum,or even palladium |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2008 : 14:02:54
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| I can't see investing on copper too much with that. I'd likely invest in a ryedale and put away my copper at a discount. |
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magnasort
Penny Pincher Member
USA
174 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2008 : 20:32:27
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Magnetic sorters, no moving parts except the coins |
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Lemon Thrower
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1588 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2008 : 08:56:33
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Originally posted by PennyWhoreDer
i would/did put my pile in the mining stocks covering all bases
i would stick with PM's because the others are very illiquid. Avoid Platinum becuase its high priced and palladium is much cheaper and a good substitute. 1/6 to 1/3 palladium, rest evenly split between gold and silver.
copper pennies are sort of outside the box to me. no risk, potential high reward strategy/hobby. |
Buying:
Peace/Morgan G+ at $15.00
copper cents at 1.3X
wheat pennies at 3X
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Ant
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2008 : 20:13:14
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You mean measured in terms of dollars and not ounces, right?
I'd do 75% gold, 25% palladium. Palladium can't get much lower than it is right now.
You can always add the silver later on. |
Lovely dimes, the liveliest coin, the one that really jingles. --Truman Capote
Coins are the metallic footprints of the history of nations. --William H. Woodin |
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2008 : 20:25:02
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I'm close to Coinhunters, but slightly different:
50% silver
25% Gold
12.5% Palladium(at current prices)
12.5% Nickel
As others said, copper can be had with a Ryedale. |
"May your percentages ever increase!" |
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Cody8404
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2008 : 15:47:22
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Gold is Money and has been for thousands of years. Silver has the best abilty to go up in value.
Lead and steel may be the one to save your life, I agree. |
Awake, O kings of the earth! Come ye, O, come ye, with your gold and your silver, to the help of my people, to the house of the daughters of Zion, to the help of the people of the God of this Land even Jesus Christ. |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2008 : 22:03:59
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I'd really like to invest in what ever is down that I expect to go up.
Do you know any crystal balls that clearly devine the future?
I think Ag will show the best return on investment in the next year or two.
But, I've always wanted Gold and Platinum...
Lead is a good "hedge fund" if TSHTS, I can't help but want some of that too (especially in double aught buckshot form)!
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There's profit if you melt things!!
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Edited by - Computer Jones on 10/24/2008 20:37:04 |
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