While I agree on buying semi numismatic coins over bars, that is not recommended for a new stacker. Making the wrong coin choice you will lose the premium immediately and have just a piece of silver. The Queens Beast series is a winner but the series in one coin away from being over. The time for that series is over for a new buyer. The current premiums on American Silver Eagles is stupid and you’ll never recoup that money unless silver goes to $50 an ounce. Starting off bars are the best bet until you learn the market and what coins have a potential for being winners. Only 2-3% of all coins released become winners, even extremely low mintage ones. Platinum & palladium are very hard to sell on the aftermarket, and carry a huge premium to buy as a coin or bar. I strongly recommend getting into precious metals as they never lose buying power EVER. I have been a coin collector/stacker for three decades and have had to liquidate to get out of a bad partnership. I have hit many homeruns in my days but have struck out several times as well.
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i think a lot depends on what country you live in. Im in UK so its entirely different. We pay VAT for a start unless you can buy from Germany. For me its a no brainer to buy coins instead of bars. The queens beasts were just an example of why you want coins and not bars. Chinese pandas are pretty much guaranteed to keep their value no matter what the market does. In America they tend to sell to coin shops and in the UK we just dont have that same thing going on so entirely different.
I get the whole VAT thing and think it ridiculous. The problem with pandas now is there are way to many produced and they are very prone to milk spots which turns your high premium coin to a piece of silver.