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29th September 2015, 08:20 PM
http://www.junksilverbook.com/?m=201509
Over the last couple of months the premiums on Junk Silver have exploded.
Using the Wayback Machine website I went back in time to see what prices were historically on $100 bags of 90% Junk Silver from Apmex:
Prices for $100 Bag of 90% Junk Silver from Apmex:
There are some interesting facts here:
It is more expensive now with spot at $15.24 than in August 2014 when spot was at $20.49.
The current markup price is a staggering 42.59% over spot.
Apmex’s purchase price (that is what they will pay people to buy Junk Silver), previously was right at or very close to spot. Currently the advertised purchase price is 15.75% over spot.
However, their current sale price ($1,553.70) is marked up 23.19% over their purchase price ($1,261.26).
Compare to August 2014 when the sale price ($1,535.82) was only marked up 4.83% over their purchase price ($1,465.03)
What is interesting is that even with these high premiums many businesses are still sold out of Junk Silver frequently. This indicates that either people are still purchasing in high volume and/or businesses are having a hard time purchasing Junk Silver to resale. But based on the very large difference between their advertised purchase price and sale price it is clear that they are making a healthy profit.
The markup on other premium silver products like American Silver Eagles is also very high currently, especially when purchasing small quantities.
It is hard to say if the price markups on Junk Silver will ever return to how low it used to be. It used to be fairly easy to purchase Junk Silver at or even a little below spot.
One advantage of purchasing Junk Silver historically when the price markups were low was the fact that it is a scarce product, and there was the possibility that a larger premium price would develop. The amount of Junk Silver coins in existence is what it is , and since no more are being minted, the amount of coins in existence will never increase. Compare this to things like American Silver Eagles which have millions of new coins minted every year.
It seems like the best option right now, to avoid paying extreme markups, is to buy generic rounds and bars, and hope that once the price of silver stabilizes that markups on Junk silver and ASE’s will come back down to more reasonable levels.
Over the last couple of months the premiums on Junk Silver have exploded.
Using the Wayback Machine website I went back in time to see what prices were historically on $100 bags of 90% Junk Silver from Apmex:
Prices for $100 Bag of 90% Junk Silver from Apmex:
There are some interesting facts here:
It is more expensive now with spot at $15.24 than in August 2014 when spot was at $20.49.
The current markup price is a staggering 42.59% over spot.
Apmex’s purchase price (that is what they will pay people to buy Junk Silver), previously was right at or very close to spot. Currently the advertised purchase price is 15.75% over spot.
However, their current sale price ($1,553.70) is marked up 23.19% over their purchase price ($1,261.26).
Compare to August 2014 when the sale price ($1,535.82) was only marked up 4.83% over their purchase price ($1,465.03)
What is interesting is that even with these high premiums many businesses are still sold out of Junk Silver frequently. This indicates that either people are still purchasing in high volume and/or businesses are having a hard time purchasing Junk Silver to resale. But based on the very large difference between their advertised purchase price and sale price it is clear that they are making a healthy profit.
The markup on other premium silver products like American Silver Eagles is also very high currently, especially when purchasing small quantities.
It is hard to say if the price markups on Junk Silver will ever return to how low it used to be. It used to be fairly easy to purchase Junk Silver at or even a little below spot.
One advantage of purchasing Junk Silver historically when the price markups were low was the fact that it is a scarce product, and there was the possibility that a larger premium price would develop. The amount of Junk Silver coins in existence is what it is , and since no more are being minted, the amount of coins in existence will never increase. Compare this to things like American Silver Eagles which have millions of new coins minted every year.
It seems like the best option right now, to avoid paying extreme markups, is to buy generic rounds and bars, and hope that once the price of silver stabilizes that markups on Junk silver and ASE’s will come back down to more reasonable levels.