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methus
@methus Oct 16, 2025, 1:09 AM UTC

The odd state of the silver market

Here are a few things I think are true regarding the current state of the silver market: - On the commercial side, demand for silver has been outpacing production for several years now. - On the larg…

83 upvotes 2 replies $3.18
methus
@methus Sep 11, 2025, 2:17 AM UTC

Grabbed a few Mercs

With silver spiking, the melt value of junk silver has been outpacing numismatic coin prices in some cases. I noticed that a local antique dealer had some constitutional silver for sale well below me…

178 upvotes 8 replies $3.42
methus
@methus Feb 15, 2025, 1:36 AM UTC

Ceeco Happy Birthday Flower Series - Calendula October 1973

This is another enameled silver bar by Ceeco. It's part of a series of 12 Happy Birthday bars with flowers, which was issued in 1973. This particular bar is the Calendula October bar. They seem to co…

86 upvotes 5 replies $3.75
methus
@methus Jan 16, 2025, 2:02 AM UTC

Enameled Christmas Bar from the 1970's

Today I have an enameled Ceeco art bar from the 1970's. I'm not sure exactly what year, because it has two on it: 1973 and 1974. The back is standard for a Ceeco bar. One interesting thing about this…

101 upvotes 6 replies $5.42
methus
@methus Dec 7, 2024, 12:59 PM UTC

Silver Woodpecker Bar

I bought this bar for my son who is very into birds. It's a hobby he picked up several years ago during the pandemic, and since he's too young to drive, I am often birdwatching with him. As a result,…

55 upvotes 8 replies $4.53
methus
@methus Nov 30, 2024, 5:39 PM UTC

Muterra: Maybe a great time to buy

https://muterra.in/static/media/mainfont_low.cc25b6cd.png Muterra is a game I've followed loosely since I initially bought some assets and played the initial versions a couple years ago. I don't know…

45 upvotes 0 replies $5.74
methus
@methus Apr 4, 2024, 7:09 PM UTC

Papua New Guinea 10 Kina Coin

I found this coin in a pawn shop. It's not worth much of anything, so I was able get it thrown in together with some other things I was buying for free. I think it's a pretty neat looking coin. It's…

56 upvotes 3 replies $3.92
methus
@methus Feb 2, 2024, 11:09 PM UTC

Crusty Shelby Mutual Insurance Company 1 oz

Oh, man, do I ever have a great old bar today! So much character/toning/patina/tarnish. If you've read my posts before, you know I love old bars with discoloration on them. But this? This is ugly, ev…

56 upvotes 5 replies $3.91
methus
@methus Jan 17, 2024, 2:45 AM UTC

Golden State Mint 1 ozers

I had the opportunity to pick up a couple more GSM bars recently. These bars have a nice clean design, which I like. I don't have any way of knowing how old these are, because this design is still pr…

65 upvotes 11 replies $4.52
methus
@methus Oct 5, 2023, 7:26 PM UTC

Another fiver for the stack

I recently found an empty box in my basement. It's not too unusual for me to have an empty box in my basement, as I generally keep a stockpile for shipping various things. But the interesting thing a…

61 upvotes 13 replies $3.64