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Just wondering what the general thinking is on this subject?

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Davidking623

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It will prove to be a much better store of value than CGC-graded comics, methinks.

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Just wondering what the general thinking is on this subject?

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Davidking623

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It will prove to be a much better store of value than CGC-graded comics, methinks.

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The problem with silver is that its primary "use" was photographic, and that demand has tanked thanks to the digital revolution. There are still some artistic people making silver gelatin prints, and there are even people printing digital photos onto high-end silver papers, but the enormous amounts of silver eaten up by Kodak and the like are kind of at an end.

Next blip in precious metals will be the downturn in platinum thanks to the displacement of catalytic converters by hybrids and alternative-fuel engines. But that will take longer, and platinum will always have enormous industrial uses as a catalyst. But unless there's a real uptick in people wanting to hold silver coinage, the underlying dynamics for silver are downward. I suspect that the only reason silver is up is that people see it as an alternative to gold, which is overheated (though I think silver will turn down sharply long before gold does, because Arab money will continue to salt bucks away in gold for the foreseeable future).

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Very intelligent post which will probably hold true.

Also worth mentioning is that many Radiology departments are going filmless due to digital radiography. This alone is a huge section of the silver market.

There is a silver recovery system on chemical processors which recover much of the silver on x-rays which is washed away, which proves the amount of silver used is enormous.