I only buy generic silver, bc for example take grandmas antique diamond ring to the pawn shop and see what they tell you. They'll tell you they only want the gold and will only pay spot price for it. The same with silver , who cares what shape it's in bc it's going to be melted down anyway, I'll get the same price for my buffalo rounds as the guy with the collector double eagle ounce when the shtf . Just sayin. And , collecting silver and PMs is only a part of it, get some drygoods , weapons and ammo, a water purification system too.