Silver coins/rounds question

[Sawin]

You actually hit 2 birds w/ one stone by collecting numismatics. Sold my 1986 ngc ms70 1 oz silver eagle... for $670. I have a collection of complete silver eagle.. ms70 and ms69 from 1986-2013. In Bullion, it's only worth $560. Care to estimate the ms70 value?

The sky's the limit and you've got a terrific thing going as long as you're viewing them as an investment in a stable economy. My point is that if something gives way and the economic environment changes... you will not be able to turn their value in to anything useful, at least not in the short term, and at least not their ACTUAL value. Your kids might someday, assuming they keep them safe and don't swindle them, but for purposes of flexibility and stability irrespective of economic condition, I won't commit that much $ to them...