1 gram silver is expensive

Ok, that's a good point.

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when the shite hits the fan and you actually have to use them

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I will never understand this. You think if SHTF the grocery and mall are going to have a weight and measure scale where the credit card machine uses to be?

Guns ammo and stored food will be all that matter till a new government is formed and a new currency is created.

Also... I dont think this will happen.

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Because when the shite hits the fan and you actually have to use them, you'll have reasonable/negotiable denominations to buy the proverbial "bread and milk".

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Add this to the library:

John Law and the Mississippi Bubble

Ok back to the op's question. For the same reason that coke, doritoes and anything else cost more per volume in smaller quantities, production, packaging, and marketing cost are higher on a per unit ratio the smaller unit you buy. The doomsday wacko's think they can buy supplies after armagedon with small amounts but have not thought it through very well. NO ONE is going to give up what they need to survive in a end of the world as we know it situation for a piece of metal.
If this is why you are planning to buy silver you would be much better off stockpiling ammo, guns, and non-perishable food items.

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Because when the shite hits the fan and you actually have to use them, you'll have reasonable/negotiable denominations to buy the proverbial "bread and milk". Smaller is better in that regard, and you're paying for the immediate buying power.

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Ive been thinking of picking up some Eagles....

But I have been leery of people thinking that the listed demonination is the fair value of the coin.

$20 dollars for currency labelled as one dollar.

You only come out the deep end rich if the metal you trade for still has value. How many pieces of silver or gold will you trade for a can of pork and beans if you are starving?
I also buy and hold some physical silver and have for over 20 years. I did however unload most of my holdings in the last 24 months. Bought most under 5$ an ounce sold at 45$. This is why you invest in metals if you have the time money and patience, not because the world is coming to an end. It is just like anything else, buy low sell high. Just remember entirely different forces drive the metal market than the stock market and they are much harder to predict on a daily basis. Trying to daytrade metals has lost many a man his fortune and I would not advise it to anyone.

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Somebody with propane or gasoline.

Somebody with MREs

And maybe by that time, somebody with Viagra