| What is the gold and silver ratio? | | | | The higher the ratio the better value silver is...Be a |
| How can the silver to gold ratio help you invest in | | | | buyer. |
| rare coins and bullion? | | | | What to do now that precious metals are higher. |
| It is the ratio of how many ounces of silver it | | | | Continue to collect silver coins as you have done |
| takes to buy an ounce of gold. | | | | and also get the key coins you need for your |
| In the very early days, 3500 BC in Egypt the | | | | sets. |
| ratio was at, 2.5:1........This means it took 2.5 oz | | | | As more collectors and investors build their |
| silver to buy 1 oz gold. | | | | collections it will become harder to find the silver |
| In the 1980's the ratio was around 45 to 50:1. | | | | and gold coins you need. |
| In the 1990's the ratio fluctuated between a high | | | | TV, EBAY and other Auction sales are removing |
| of 110:1 and a low of around 78:1. | | | | the supply from dealers and making it harder to |
| Many coin and bullion dealers use this ratio to | | | | find the coins you want. |
| decide when silver is cheap or overpriced. | | | | Prices continue to rise with these sales and the |
| Today, 2008 January we can see the silver to | | | | higher price becomes the norm. |
| gold ratio is around 55:1. | | | | What is the most collected coin? |
| How to use this ratio to purchase gold, silver and | | | | The penny. Don't be fooled by this. It is the |
| rare coins. | | | | easiest coin to save as no one misses a penny. |
| By calculating the ratio, divide the price of gold by | | | | But...... |
| the price of silver, $610, 16.50=36.96 ratio 1/28 | | | | Copper as an industrial metal, along with silver |
| 2008 | | | | have risen to some of the highest levels seen |
| In 1972 the mint coinage act set the price at a | | | | since the 1980 boom. |
| ratio of 15:1. | | | | Why? |
| I doubt if we will ever see this ratio again as it is | | | | China, India and other countries want to build their |
| not in relation to the low value of the US dollar. | | | | countries up to American standards. |
| The average ratio over the last 20 years has | | | | This means commodities are in demand and will |
| been around 50 to 60 to 1. | | | | be for the next 10 to 20 years. |
| A good time to be a buyer of silver bullion and | | | | Continue to collect silver coins as you have done |
| silver rare coins is when the ratio is high. | | | | and also get the key coins you need for your |
| Any time it is over 35 to 110 is a good time to | | | | sets. |
| be a buyer of rare coins and silver bullion. | | | | As more people collect they will be harder to find. |