Silver Bars

You want to own silver, and silver bars are a great way to do it. The precious metal is what holds the value of silver more than anything else.

It is true that there are numismatic values to some items, but in the long run all we really want to do with bullion is to store value, hedge against inflation, and own real money.

Some things to know about silver bars:They come in sizes ranging from 1g (one gram, tiny) up to “brick” size of 1000 oz (troy ounce). It is very common to find 1oz bars because their convenience in that they are portable, easy to handle, and a fairly small unit of wealth if you needed to barter with them. Silver bars also usually carry the smallest premium over spot price when purchasing them, so you get more value for each “paper dollar” you spend when converting into silver.

Silver bars are not for everyone, but they are the best investment for most people who want to store value outside of the banking system. There are better metals to invest in if you are wanting to invest large sums, and you will physically holding & moving your metals, and you do not plan to ever barter with the metal. Gold, for instance, packs much more value into a similar size and weight, as compared to silver. But gold is harder to barter with because of the high value of the units, especially if using larger bars. Gold also can carry higher premiums when buying smaller volumes.

Silver is for people who want to own real money that can’t lose true value. It is also easy to barter with because the realistic values of the coins and rounds are suitable for daily purchasing. In addition, a person can convert small amounts of cash into silver “as they go along”, so for instance one could purchase a few ounces of silver with each paycheck, and slowly but surely build up a store of silver that would guarantee their wealth, even as the Federal Reserve continues to inflate and devalue our paper dollars every day. Here is a neat saying that a friend passed on:

Gold is for kings (or queens), Silver is for gentlemen (or gentlewomen), Barter is for peasants, and Debt is for slaves.

And unfortunately, all those paper dollars that look so green and valuable, are in truth and fact, notes of debt. They are your share of the United States’ debt to the Federal Reserve Bank. They are worthless in their materials, and they become more worthless in their purchasing power every day, as more and more are printed by the Fed. Who would have ever thought that “cash = debt”? Not to mention the credit card debt that so many people own, with the usurious interest that slowly bleeds life and labors away into nothingness. Recommendation: do everything you can to eliminate credit debt, then put all you can into real money: buy silver.