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Silver Bullion - Disadvantages of investing in or owning silver
bullion bars (silver bars)
What are the disadvantages of investing in or owning silver bullion bars (silver bars)? This is probably the
second question the potential silver investor will ask after reading or hearing
that silver bullion bars (silver bars) are among the most popular forms of physical silver to invest in or to own, especially
among silver investors who have substantial amounts available to buy or acquire physical silver and who simply
don't care about collector's value or have very little regard for
it.
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Silver Bullion is of the opinion that investing in or owning silver bullion bars (silver bars), have despite
advantages, several disadvantages attached to it, especially if you choose to invest in or own silver bullion
bars (silver bars) for survival purposes:
Divisibility: Silver bullion bars (silver bars),
unlike silver coins which are relatively small and
standardized measures of silver purity and weight, are not easily
divisible between the beneficiaries of an estate. Yes, silver bullion bars (silver bars) can also be
standardized measures of silver purity and weight, but due to its bulkiness or size for that matter, it’s not
that easy or always possible to divide it equally between the beneficiaries of an estate, especially if there
are only one or two bars that need to be divided between three or more beneficiaries.
In addition to the above, to divide it fairly and equally, the
silver bullion bars (silver bars) that form part of an estate must be standardized measures of silver purity and
weight of the same or equal sizes. E.g. assuming that two silver bullion bars (silver bars) form part of an estate,
the one is a 100 troy ounces in size and
the other a 1000 troy ounces in size.
Now it must be clear that even if there are only two beneficiaries of the relevant estate, it’s going to be
extremely difficult if not impossible to equally divide the relevant silver bullion bars (silver bars) between
the two. No, you don’t want to sit with a situation where you have to sell the silver bullion bars (silver bars)
in an estate or exchange it for non-redeemable paper notes (fiat money) in order to divide it equally
between beneficiaries. It is much easier and more cost-effective to buy silver that is divisible from the
beginning, and then we’re not referring to paper silver, we’re rather referring to physical silver, especially in the form of
1 oz silver bullion coins (American Silver Eagles, Canadian Silver Maple Leafs, Mexican Silver Libertads, Chinese Silver Pandas, Australian Silver Kookaburras,
Australian Silver Kangaroos, British Silver Britannia and Austrian Silver Vienna
Philharmonics).
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The silver investor simply doesn't want to force the
beneficiaries of his/her estate into a situation where they have to cut a silver bullion bars (silver bars) in half or are being
forced to sell it in order to divide the fiat money proceeds between them, especially
during times of rampant silver market manipulation and while the
"paper gimmick" is still pretty much at the order
of the day.
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