Duh... What else is new??? But I do believe it's for the best. It's just there is so many coins, and only so much $$$.

Greetings Collectors,

To start, it sure was nice of the Collectors Society to re-value "points wise" all of the Silver Eagles. I had been stuck at 199k for the longest time. Now I have been pushed passed the 200k mark by a couple thou. I still don't understand why they would "figure down" on the Walkers and go the opposite on the S E's. But, oh well, I will definitely take it. That's probably the only way I was going to bust through 200k.

It wasn't a couple weeks after I listed 70% of my "old pour" silver bars that I went back in and removed 1/2 of those. I started thinking right about the time I had sold my 4th bar that I loved these old pieces of silver way too much to sell them, no matter what the price. Each bar that sold bothered me more and more, so finally I just said, "to heck with it", I'm just gonna sell duplicates or ones that just don't "turn me on" the way some of the others do. So much for the idea of raising cash to buy other coins.

Speaking of other coins, and particularly the Walkers and Franklin's that I'm missing, all of the prices I am seeing are way north of prices these same coins were bringing just a few short months ago. Surely the increase price of silver would not have as much to do with the higher prices these semi-key examples are bringing at present. One part of me says go ahead and grab one here and there forgetting the prices, but the "practical" side of me says, wait for a better deal. So no new examples to share at present.

The bank that has my safe deposit boxes was bought by another bank and they closed the deal a week ago so now I have to move 4 large boxes to another branch because as luck would have it, the merger of the 5-branch acquiring bank to my 4-branch bank has meant the closing down of just one of the branches and as luck would have it again, it was my bank branch they are permanently closing. So this last Thursday I brought everything I had at home and cleaned out one big box and then moved all that to the new bank. But they don't tell me 'til I get there that they don't have any big boxes, so they gave me a group of #12 5" X 10" boxes with more that size if I need them, to move all of my contents to a time in early March, when they can bring all the other deposit boxes from the closed branch to the new location. This has proved to be quite the hassle as I will have to move my contents twice. But they are going to give me a free year on all of my boxes and also give me a "5th" big box on top of the deal, also at no charge. So I guess this is kinda a blessing in disguise.

But now I have only emptied one box and with the stuff from home, I have #6 of the 5 X 10's filled. I'm hoping and praying that 5 big ones will be enough to comfortably house everything. This whole deal has given me the opportunity to take a good inventory and organize things better than they were before. It's amazing how much different stuff one can accumulate over the years. It's been fun bringing some things home and noting each piece. Just wish I could find a few choice halves to fill some empty holes I have. Early Nov. is my anniversary here at the C.S. so I have my 5-coin coupon I can cash in if I can find some worthy pieces to submit.

I hope everyone is getting prepared for Christmas and also want to add that it's been great hearing and seeing all of the acquisitions all of you have been getting. I'm jealous of Jackson and the mini-hoard of very nice Walkers and have also been drooling over the gorgeous Jefferson nickels by lehigh96. There are others of you that have been getting some really nice pieces and I for one, always enjoy reading about those "snags". There are so many variations to this hobby, there is hardly ever a dull moment. Keep it up, all of you.

The silver to gold ratio today is at 48.275 This is well below 50 and will be at 40 before you know it. Keep buying and Keep collecting! Here's a piece I found in the box. Old Mexican silver, "Cap & Rays" with a few ancient "chop marks".

WKF