Although you might spend a little bit more per ounce of silver on a coin rather than a bar, I think in the long term, Coins are better. Purely because of Capital Gains Tax.
This unfair tax punishes you for using your initiative and investing in something that is outside of the fiat system. If you want to invest in something that will protect your money and keep it out of the banking system, then silver is a wonderful investment. It maintains it’s value over long periods of time, preventing you from losing money to inflation. So when the government taxes you for using your brain, it really isn’t fair at all.
So if you buy coins, luckily you don’t have to pay Capital Gains Tax when you go to sell your metal. If you make a profit you won’t have to give any of it away to the government!
This is why I think that silver coins are better to buy than bullion bars and is why I am now only buying 1 oz silver Britannia coins.
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