What did CRH get you?

[maine_Jim]

Just wondering why you do it? If you never cash out is it really worth it. Have you cashed out and rewarded yourself. Myself I put a deck on my house and took a trip to disney world for a week. Could have had more if I cashed at the peek but who really knows...so why do you do it besides hoarding a bit of silver?

Maine_Jim

 

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[TimZim]

I save all i find i am going to retire in 10 years. I hope.. This year i found 512 oz so far. To morrow i hope to pick up 20 more silver dollars. All scrap!!Plus i love to hunt for the silver. The more boxes the better..

 

[ihittheskislopes]

Im in my late 20s I dont plan on selling until Im about to retire or silver gets over $100oz so its just stacking for now.

 

[LeoTrench-MAINE]

I love collecting coins.....end of story


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[maverick]

Hey Jim, I've said this in other threads but, I save all mine( I have never sold any) this is an extension of my 401K, if you will, and I know it is there incase of emergency ( not so much SHTF) but anything else, health, house, my kids, thing like that. Now if I never have to use any of it and I die before hand, my children will have all that I have saved. I also do this becuase I love the hunt! Thanks, Maverick.

 

[Bigheed]

i cashed out 200 face of 40% and 50 face of 90% back in sept at 43 per oz. just to prove to my wife that it was real....the rest is "one eyed willy's pirate ship" for a rainy day or the goonies!

 

[baddbluff]

Love the Goonies reference, Big.

I'm going to put 1/2 of mine toward family vacations & the other half (if silver ever gets back up to $35/oz) will go to building my Morgan dollar registry set.

I am a collector. The silver is just a stepping stone for me to get to rare coins. (Tho I have to admit, you gotta love a big fat stack of Ag all bought at face value!)

 

[Mrs.CRH]

We do it for the fun of the hobby but it is also our savings so we hold on to it. When we first started & were super poor we cashed some in to put a deposit down on a place to live. Ideally we'd like not to have to cash any in but if we need it for emergency situations or unexpected expenses we have it as a backup plan.

 

[fistfulladirt]

I'm hoping it grows in value when my kids receive my stash, that is, if my 401K and savings have not been looted by then.

 

[apush]

I was lucky enough to sell right when silver hit $50. Paid for my daughter's wedding en toto. That was a great blessing. Have not sold any since then. Just holding for now--until my granddaughter is ready to drive--then a nice down payment for her first car.
apush

 

[BuffaloBoy]

i save all i have unless they are dirty 40%ers, i've always loved coins and hate to part with any coin i get... but sometimes the dirty ones need to go!

 

[Ben-Ro]

I got into it because I was buying junk silver from a coin shop. I figured there had to be a way they were obtaining it, so I went searching for ways to find silver in circulation. I begain buying junk silver and bullion coins to protect against a hyperinflation/SHTF scenario.

I have only sold once, selling 2 out of 6 solid 40% rolls I found in CWR. Everything else I've hung on to!

 

[jnb1994]

I'm saving all my finds until silver goes back up to its old high or even higher hopefully, or until the time comes to buy a house. Down payments can be pretty steep

 

[SilverForBrains]

I can't part with any of them, I have serious hoarder's syndrome. They are security, as long as I have them I'm not completely broke, which in terms of fiat currency I definitely am

 

[SilverForBrains]

Sometimes I think about selling for security reasons, but I don't think I have enough silver in my house that it's worth getting past me and my pitbull. I am not the type of person that would throw my hands up and say "take whatever you want, just don't hurt me!" I live alone, and will honestly die for the sheer principle that no one has a right to my property

 

[fistfulladirt]

Sometimes I think about selling for security reasons, but I don't think I have enough silver in my house that it's worth getting past me and my pitbull. I am not the type of person that would throw my hands up and say "take whatever you want, just don't hurt me!" I live alone, and will honestly die for the sheer principle that no one has a right to my property

Strong principle! Keep in mind that we really don't own our homes or property. Stop paying property tax, watch what happens.

 

[SilverForBrains]

Strong principle! Keep in mind that we really don't own our homes or property. Stop paying property tax, watch what happens.

good point, always sad to think about

 

[Seener53]

I sold 300 40% ers and bought an eTrac
Etrac found me 12xx $ in clad, 491 90% silver coins, 29 sterling items and 4.1 grams in gold so far

 

[sagittarius98]

I sold 300 40% ers and bought an eTrac
Etrac found me 12xx $ in clad, 491 90% silver coins, 29 sterling items and 4.1 grams in gold so far

How long have you been MDing?

 

[BillyOceansEleven]

I got into the hobby back when silver was climbing towards $50/oz. I had a handful of silver coins collected at my high school and college jobs (video store manager and then a bank teller, and unfortunately I didn't CRH then) and while looking up the values I had the idea that not many people know the 1965-1970 halves had silver content and it should be easy to find those still in circulation. I then did a google search and eventually found this forum which fed the compulsion a bit even after I figured out it wasn't as easy to find the 40% coins as I thought it would be.

I'm similar to Ben-Ro in that I don't sell my finds. I have big concerns about our country's economic stability and loose monetary policy so I hold onto the coins as a hedge against inflation and just to have a store of wealth outside the mainstream financial system. I actually looked at buying junk silver before I started CRH but just never pulled the trigger.