Heirloom?

[Roy]

I've lost interest in collecting silver.

Rather than sell it, I thought I'd keep it in the aluminium case in the fridge and just finish off the collections in there.

There's an up to date Lunar 2 1oz set, a nearly complete Brit date run (cheers HT), many Kooks, Koalas and Pandas and many birth year coins for my child.

I thought I'd complete the Lunars, carry on with the Brits and carry on with the Queen's Beasts. Perhaps the RM Lunar?

If I gift it to my young 'un in say 16 years, do you think it will have appreciated or should I just sell it now and put the funds into P2P or gold?

[Agpanda]

The pandas will most likely go up in value

Especial the ones before 2010, as the mintage was lower then

[Roy]

Cheers Boss! You are clever to specialise 

I'd suggest that no one knows? Let's consider the history of the modern bullion coin..

"86? '87? Eagle and Panda. Only 30 yrs provenance.

[Ravinella]

Fairly confident over a 16 year period they will have appreciated Roy As you say and you are absolutely correct, nobody knows, but I'd have a wager that silver will have hit £30 an oz at some time during that period,thereby beating its £28 and a bit high of 2011  ..................Global ecconomy is far deeper in the sticky stuff now than we have ever been.With increased industrial usage as well like solar panels etc personally I think its a no brainer will hit £30 an oz during the next 16 years......but as you say and I agree that could be total bo%%ox

[Roy]

I'm having an identity crisis twixt stacker or collector! I wish there wasn't such a fine line.

I started collecting silver because it was interesting, some cracking designs and beautiful to look at. It was never for investment.

Gold, on the other hand, was for insurance, pension, savings etc etc. something easily converted. But now I have fallen in love with some of my coins and I don't think I can ever sell.

I put the coins in different places. The sovs and US/Mexican are keepers and the krugs, brits, ducats are to trade.

But then I think of the Dos Pesos. Which pile? And what about the krugs that I'm subconsciously starting to date run?

It's an addiction I tell you! 

[Paul]

18 minutes ago, Roy said:

I'm having an identity crisis twixt stacker or collector! I wish there wasn't such a fine line.

I started collecting silver because it was interesting, some cracking designs and beautiful to look at. It was never for investment.

Gold, on the other hand, was for insurance, pension, savings etc etc. something easily converted. But now I have fallen in love with some of my coins and I don't think I can ever sell.

I put the coins in different places. The sovs and US/Mexican are keepers and the krugs, brits, ducats are to trade.

But then I think of the Dos Pesos. Which pile? And what about the krugs that I'm subconsciously starting to date run?

It's an addiction I tell you! 

Its addiction that isnt bad for you just think of yourself as 'collecting a stack' now  

Better than doing a date run of guaranteed depreciating assets like a brand new Ford Mondeo each year, iPhone 1 through to iPhone 7 or Christian Louboutin shoes date run