THE Powerful Case For: Silver
THE Powerful Case For: Silver
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POWERFUL
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Presented by
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▶ Why professional investors are buying as much silver as gold in terms of value –
and much more in terms of weight.
▶ Which physical silver products are truly investment-grade and which are known
rip-offs.
▶ How to purchase physical silver at very low prices.
Even if you already understand the importance of protecting your wealth with
precious metals, this report will serve as a great educational tool to share with friends
and loved ones, so they can also prepare for the future.
Sincerely,
Chairman
SchiffGold
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condition. Nevertheless, these coins US Mint - Silver Coin Sales
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Silver coins are no longer issued
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minted silver bullion coins at record record-breaking trend continued in place silver sales are flourishing. An
rates. Look at the sales figures of 2015 with 47 million ounces sold. escalating international currency war
the United States Mint, the largest Sales began dropping of in 2016 is driving citizens around the world
producer of silver and gold bullion as investors got caught up in the to precious metals as an alternative
coins in the world, in the chart above. euphoria of the stock market bubble, to collapsing paper currencies. Just
Beginning with the financial crisis but will almost certainly rev back up look at China, where silver demand
of 2008, we see an obvious surge with the inevitable onset of the next exploded with the full liberalization
in silver sales. As the value of their financial crisis. of the Chinese silver market in 2009.
401(K)s evaporated, investors rushed And in India, more people are buying
In fact, we saw a big jump in silver from bullion shops because
to buy something of real value. Since sales as the Federal Reserve cranked
then, demand has continues to grow they cannot afford gold but still
up the monetary printing presses want an inflation-proof asset. India
by leaps and bounds as more and in response to the economic chaos
more people lose faith in the Federal imported 5,598 tons of silver in 2019.
caused by government shutdowns These high sales aren’t surprising
Reserve’s inflationary, easy-money due to the coronavirus pandemic. The
policies. when you consider that citizens
US Mint reported over 30 million in emerging markets like China
In 2013, we saw an all-time ounces of silver American Eagle and India are among the first and
record high in US Mint silver coins sold in 2021. hardest hit by a currency war. During
bullion sales. This new record of a currency war, countries devalue
more than 42.6 million ounces of Surviving an their own currencies in an attempt
silver vastly exceeded 2012 silver International Currency to stimulate domestic business by
sales by 26%. In 2014, the US Mint War promoting foreign exports. While a
hit another record year of silver sales cheap currency might allow a country
of just over 44 million ounces. The The United States is not the only
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tends to destroy the purchasing Barter also spread through launched a demonetization scheme.
power of the citizens. Incomes and several European countries after The idea was to push Indians into
budgets of the poor are already very irresponsible government spending putting their hoarded cash in the
tight in emerging markets, so people led to debt crises and bailouts. bank – thus bringing it “out of the
have little choice but to abandon the shadows.” The demonetization policy
local currency and put their savings In 2012, Spain saw a noticeable resulted in severe cash shortages in
into something of real value, like increase in barter exchanges, as some areas of the country. Many
silver and gold. Spaniards sought alternative ways Indians skirted the government
to do business with each other in scheme by using their black money to
The Rise of Barter an economy on the verge of a major buy gold and silver. When everything
debt crisis. Greeks also became fluent else collapsed, precious metals were
When local currencies lose value, in barter and alternative means of there to save the day.
barter becomes commonplace. trade when their financial system
As the inflation rate approached effectively collapsed in 2010. Greeks Honest Money Is Safe
1 million percent (You read that had their access to cash severely
right: 1,000,000%) Venezuelans
Money
restricted during the economic
were forced to turn to barter just to turmoil. It got so bad, a robust During the 2013 Cypriot banking
survive. As a 2018 Reuters report barter economy developed out of crisis, depositors lost between 30 –
put it, “The rise of barter exchange, sheer necessity, as everyday Greeks 100% of their holdings over €100K.
amid hyperinflation and a dearth of had to find ways to cope with cash In the wake of the crisis, interest in
cash, is a reflection of how the once withdrawal limits and currency alternative currencies shot up. It’s not
prosperous country is reverting to the shortages. hard to imagine Cypriots trading in
most rudimentary of mechanisms of silver when their banks were closed
commercial exchange.” Indians also turned to precious for almost two weeks. Imagine if
metals barter when their government your bank took a holiday for a week
or two – your physical precious
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Everywhere you look in the world,
loss, just like a bar of chocolate. Fractional people are either already bartering
(less than 1-ounce) gold products typically for everyday necessities or are buying
carry very high premiums. 1-gram gold more silver to be prepared for an
bars can sell for as much as 30% over spot. emergency. Countries like Argentina
Valcambi CombiBars offer the best of that have strict regulations on gold,
both worlds: a reasonably priced gold will likely see a renewed interest in
bullion product that is still easily silver, following in the footsteps of
divisible for barter transactions. China and India.
While gold has been the money
of kings for ages, the fallout of an
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Solar power generation is expected Silver is also an important element every year.
to nearly double by 2025 according in the production of electric car
to a report released by the Silver batteries. Battery electric vehicles and Silver has features that can weather
Institute. According to the report, plug-in hybrid sales could account both good and bad economic cycles.
“Potential substitute metals cannot for as much as 17% of global car sales While nanosilver still accounts
match silver in terms of energy with traditional hybrids making up for a relatively small percentage of
output per solar panel.” another 20% of the market by 2030. total silver demand, its potential for
This will also boost demand for silver. growth is huge. Investors are always
“Further, due to technical hurdles,
seeking the “next big idea,” but
non-silver PVs tend to be less reliable Nanosilver there is plenty of money to be made
and have shorter lifespans, presenting
serious issues for their widespread Did you know silver is a powerful improving the types of products that
commercial development.” anti-bacterial agent? People have people use every day.
used it to keep water clean for
Even if the global economy thousands of years, but this special Counter-Trend
recovers more slowly than expected property of silver has never been as Applications
in the wake of the pandemic, green widely appreciated as it is today.
energy demand for silver will likely There are many industrial uses
remain robust. Analysts expect many Nanosilver is composed of tiny of silver that continue to thrive in
government stimulus plans will silver particles that can be spread spite of a challenging economic
include funding for green initiatives. over large surface areas to prevent environment:
microbial growth and maintain a ▶ Automobile production has risen
Analysts estimate roughly 820 sterile environment. From special almost 16% worldwide since 2009.
million ounces of silver will be medical bandages to dental alloys to Heavy truck production is expected
utilized by global solar energy food packaging to cooking utensils, to reach the highest levels we’ve seen
applications through 2030. the application of nanosilver expands in a decade. Meanwhile, previously »
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Silver to Gold Ratio
This chart shows how dramatically 20th century government monetary policy
distorted the historical silver to gold price ration.
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Source: Bloomberg, U.S. Golbal Investors
crisis, the US Congress passed the governments had picked a monetary was in turn backed by gold. Then, in
Coinage Act of 1873. Following winner – and it was gold. The price 1971, the US closed the gold window,
the lead of other Western nations, ratio of silver to gold was in for a leaving the world adrift with paper
including England, Portugal, Canada, period of extreme departure from its currencies backed only by other paper
and Germany, this act formally long-term historical norm, increasing currencies.
demonetized silver and established a from an ordinary 15.5:1 in the
gold standard for the United States. mid19th century to a shocking 97:1 Over the next 30 years, the West
ratio by 1940! essentially leveraged its preceding
Even though it had been forced centuries of capital accumulation
out of worldwide monetary use, silver There are about 19 ounces of silver and the East accumulated history’s
was still being mined. As a result, the for every ounce of gold in largest pile of IOUs. This historically
white metal experienced a significant the earth’s crust. bizarre period saw the precious
decline in price. In the following 20 metals face their greatest neglect.
years, political pressures exerted by As the 20th century progressed, The silver-gold ratio experienced
the suffering silver industry led the Western nations abandoned the gold some volatility during the late 20th
US Treasury to make several large standard as well in order to cope with century, notably during a few key
purchases of silver at a higher-than- their mounting debts. By the end of events: the relegalization of private
market rate. Nevertheless, Western World War II, all Western monies gold ownership in the US, the Hunt »
were backed by the US dollar, which
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But generally, since the 1970s, the price ratio of silver to gold has remained astonishingly out of sync with the
historical ratio of 12-16:1
brothers’ attempted cornering of during the COVID-19 pandemic terms of dollars, but much more
the silver market, the credit crisis of have only made things worse. Over silver than gold in terms of volume.
2008. But generally, since the 1970s, the past decade, investors have once And, as detailed previously, industrial
the price ratio of silver to gold has again looked to gold as a safe and demand for silver is also on the rise.
remained astonishingly out of sync compact store of value. Some central The metal is constantly being used
with the historical ratio of 12-16:1. banks have even come to realize the up and discarded in electronics and
need for gold. In fact, in 2018, central other industrial applications.
As just one example, at the banks purchased the most gold in
height of the coronavirus pandemic, one year since 1964! All of these factors are coinciding
the silver-gold ratio expanded to in a world where there still exists
over 100-1. This means silver is While gold maintained its strong only 19 troy ounces of silver for every
significantly undervalued compared lead in the initial recession-era metals ounce of gold in the ground – and
to gold. rally, multiple factors are now poised even fewer above ground.
to raise the price of silver relative to
The Historical Ratio gold (and certainly relative to fiat Government manipulations may
have contorted the monetary system
Will Be Restored currencies).
for the past century, but we expect
The purely fiat monetary system Investors increasingly view silver to see the historic ratio return closer
began to worry some investors as a valuable complement to gold to normalcy with the collapse of the
during the technology and terrorism- for its prospective barter utility in global fiat system.
related recession of 2001. The Fed’s times of financial uncertainty. Silver
also serves as an affordable substitute As Peter Schiff has noted, a silver-
subsequent programs of “quantitative gold ratio over 70:1 is literally silver
easing” and the reboot after the for highly priced gold for many
investors; currently the US Mint on sale.
housing crash and Great Recession,
along with the massive QE program is selling as much silver as gold in
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Even people who understand the importance of protecting their savings If you cannot afford to purchase
with precious metals sometimes hesitate when it comes to actually buying silver in bulk now, consider putting
physical silver. money aside every week until you can
afford to place a larger order.
The wide range of products and aggressive sales pitches often
overwhelm would-be silver and gold investors.
Fortunately, buying silver and gold is easier than most people think. A
Silver Products to Avoid
few common-sense buying practices make shopping for precious metals SchiffGold neither recommends
relatively painless, and ensure you won’t get ripped off: nor sells numismatics, proof sets, or
commemorative coins. These products
▶ Shop with a reputable dealer. As with any high-value item, do your
tend to carry a much larger premium.
shopping with someone you trust. Larger, well-respected metals dealers tend
Some sellers try to excuse these higher
to have lower prices and better buy-back rates.
prices by claiming they are rare or
▶ Buy common, well-recognized products. You will pay the best price for special in some way. Few people have
silver products that are well known, such as the Canadian Maple Leafs and the knowledge and experience to
American Eagles. When it comes time to liquidate your silver, or barter it for appraise true “rare” or “collectible” coins,
something else, you will get the best value for trusted products that are easy to and investing in them is a very risky
recognize. game!
▶ Order in bulk. Metals are heavy, and most metals dealers charge a flat For defensive investors looking to
rate for insured shipping – which can add significant expense to a small order. safeguard their wealth, the value of the
Also, many dealers will offer better prices for larger orders. metal in the coins should be you only
concern.
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I n this report, we have demonstrated why silver’s growth is far from over. That $50 price point wasn’t an
anomaly, but rather an early indicator of silver’s true potential.
So, the next time someone questions silver’s potential to maintain and grow value, keep these points in mind.
▶A
growing international appreciation of saving (and even spending) silver will continue to drive
sales in both Western economies and emerging markets.
▶Wherever
fiat currencies are losing value, people are looking for new stores of wealth and new
ways of doing business. It won’t be long before Americans join the rest of the world in recognizing
the importance of having a little silver on hand to trade for everyday essentials.
▶Silver’s
unique physical properties ensure that its thriving industrial demand will continue to
grow to new highs, securing silver as an essential component of 21st century technology.
▶As
the world reawakens to the value of silver, and as this awareness grows, silver will reclaim its
former status as circulating money.
▶As
our historically abnormal era of worthless paper currency ends, we expect silver and gold to
return to a historically normal price ratio — meaning greater gains for silver.
We live in uncertain times – bank deposit seizures, reckless money-printing by central banks, and crumbling
international trust in the world’s reserve currencies. While these are all good reasons to worry about the future,
investors must not allow fear to paralyze them.
Fortunately, protecting yourself from financial calamities is as easy as diversifying part of your wealth into
physical precious metals.
Just remember that silver has its own unique advantages, and deserves a place alongside gold in any healthy
portfolio.
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