My Silver Investment

Like most coin collectors I view the majority of my collection as an investment. There are some coins that I'll probably end up with for the remainder of my coin collecting years, but there are others that could appreciate and be worth selling at some point. Like most coin collectors I collect silver coins.

Pictured above are some of the silver coins I could sell at any time. At some point most, if not all, of them will likely be worth more for the silver than the numismatic value. And at that point I'll sell them for a nice chunk of change. Silver enjoyed a very high premium in 2011, and prices took a couple years to really settle down. Recently the spot price has been climbing. Well within the yearly averages from past "normal" years. But still, who knows what the future holds. Maybe it keeps climbing and has the highest yearly close since 2012. Or maybe prices fall again and I continue buying.

Anyway, There are some German 10 Mark coins from the 1972 Munich Olympics in there, as well as some walking Liberty Half Dollars and Franklin Half Dollars, a 1966 Mexican Peso (which is only 10% silver despite how big it is), A US Dime, a couple Florins from the UK, Some bullion from China and Austria, A Venezuelan Bolivar, a Netherlands Antilles quarter (which is just tiny), A Swedish Krona, A Czech 5 Korun coin, and a few others that are hard to see. These are all fairly loose. Not pictured is my book of silver US dimes, and a couple of coins in cardboard holders. The rest of my silver besides that would probably stay with me unless silver passes $50 per ounce. 

Netherlands Antilles 1957 Cent!

What a beautiful cent! And in AU, too. It's from the Netherlands Antilles which isn't a country anymore, but when it was it made awesome coins. First off, they made silver coins from 10 cents to 1 Gulden until 1970. That means they kept on after the majority of the world stopped. It also features a very intricate-looking design which just pops right off the coin. It's worth about $2.50.

1954 Netherlands Antilles 1/4 Gulden! (Flea Market Finds #4)

This is my second favorite of my flea market finds. It's got a rather small mintage of 200,000 and is worth around $8.00 which is 8x what I paid for it. Yes, it's true that I paid only $1.00 for it which is less than the $2.11 melt value as well. One of the reasons I like this coin so much is because the Netherlands didn't produce silver coins for circulation from the time Juliana took the crown except the 1 and 2-1/2 Gulden and even those were only for a short time. The Netherlands Antilles, however, produced silver coins from 10 cents to 2-1/2 Gulden until 1970. Sure, they're only 64% silver but silver is silver. I also find the portrait of Juliana quite attractive and the denomination 1/4 G rather than 25 Cent a nice change from traditional Dutch coins.

1973 Netherlands Antilles Cent!

I honestly don't know anything about the Netherlands Antilles other than they are (or were) in the Carribean area. According to Wikipedia "Though the country has dissolved, the islands are all still under the Kingdom with different legal status and the term is still used to refer to these Dutch Caribbean islands." Now you nsee why I'm not quite sure whether are or were is correct. Anyway this coin is pretty simple and worth $0.20.

NOTE: This is the last cent in the series. Two cent coins come tomorrow!