by James Wesley Rawles, Survival Blog:
I have been a “silver stacker” for many years. With money earned mowing lawns, at age 16 I started buying pre-1965 mint-date “junk” U.S. silver dimes and quarters in 1976 at a small local coin shop in Livermore, California. It was called Bob’s Coin Corner. Bob was patient in explaining silver coins to me. In 1979 I sold nearly half of my silver coins just after silver peaked, when spot silver was at $47.75 per Troy ounce.
I started buying some silver and gold again in June of 1987, when silver was at $8.98 per ounce.
A practical silver investor both buys and sells silver. I was warned by my Uncle Louis: “Never fall in love with any investment.” And he was right. It is foolish to say: “I’ll never sell.”