Category: Silver Market

How to Distinguish Between Cast Vs. Minted Bullion Bars

Whether you’re stacking gold or stacking silver, you’ve probably noticed there are two styles of bullion gold or silver bars: ‘Cast Bars’ and ‘Minted Bars’. On first appearance, they look alike – they’re gold or silver, solid precious metals, trusted investments, and ideal for storage. But there’s more to these differences than looks. Learning about…

Passing Down Bullion: Estate Planning Simplified

Historically, gold and silver investments have meant so much more to each generation – they are a symbol of security, a symbol of a legacy. Many investors today are accumulating their bullion to pass down to their children or their grandchildren, but when this comes to an estate, a physical asset, an investment like a…

Why Industrial Demand Could Make Silver Scarcer Than Ever

“The little brother of gold”, known as silver, has traditionally been accessible, useful, and beautiful by comparison to gold. But what’s happening now is bringing silver, as a precious material, front and center as one of the most vital resources usable by the world today, due to the technology demands that are consuming silver at…

Silver Surpasses $50 per Ounce: A Historic Milestone

Spot silver prices have crossed the $50 USD per ounce threshold, reaching a high of $51.30 marking its new intraday high. This marks the highest nominal price since the 1980 peak during the Hunt Brothers episode, when silver briefly flirted with $50. Adjusted for inflation, that earlier summit equates to over $190 in current dollars,…