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Silver is known as a precious metal and much, much more. This metal of ancient civilizations and of modern technology has been used as a medium of exchange through the ages, and is an important investment vehicle and a metal of industry. Practically speaking, silver has more industrial applications than gold, including use in photography, medicine, electronics, chemistry, telecommunication, computers, and aerospace. In fact, fabrication demand for silver in 2000 was up 5.3% to a record 921 million ounces. So demand remains at record-breaking levels. The most liquid and tradable silver comes in Bar and Coin form.
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Silver Bullion
(.999 fine silver)
 Silver has served both as a means of exchange and as a crucial industrial element throughout man's long history. One thousand ounce silver bullion bars offer silver bullion investors silver at the lowest markups over spot. 1,000-oz silver bars are products from refineries typically poured as a bulk product for shipment. After production, each silver bar is weighed and stamped with the weight, purity and refiner hallmark. 1,000-oz silver bars normally weigh between 930 ounces and 1080 ounces, approximately 70 pounds. 1,000-oz silver bars are ideal when large purchases are being stored in precious metals depositories. Bars of silver do offer an important investment advantage: they carry a low premium over spot silver. Silver bars are also recognized around the world as a trading medium and are therefore very liquid. |
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Canadian Maple Leaf Silver Coins
(.9999 fine silver)
The Canadian Silver Maple Leaf has a certified silver purity of .9999 by The Royal Canadian Mint, making these coins the highest purity silver coin struck by a government mint. The national symbol of Canada, a single maple leaf adorns the reverse of this beautiful coin while the obverse bears a sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II. This coin is often the designated choice of discriminating collectors and investors not only because of its beauty, but because of the extraordinary purity and high quality strike necessary to meet the standards of The Royal Canadian Mint. Minted since 1988. |
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American Eagle Silver Coins
(.999 fine silver)
 The Silver Eagle has become the most popular bullion coin in the world because of its beauty, quality and the assurance of content by the U.S. Government. The design is based on the famous “Walking Liberty” of Adolph Weinman’s 1916 U.S. half-dollar, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful coins ever minted. Every Silver Eagle is a work of art, minted to exacting standards by the United States Mint. The American Eagle is uniquely the only silver bullion coin whose weight, content, and purity is guaranteed by the United States Government. Minted by the U.S. government since 1986. |
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