KEEP STACKING

Peru and Mexico both mined less silver than a year earlier, and Mexico was the one expected to grow, so the supply case that silver holders rely on just got a little firmer.

https://www.kitco.com/opinion/2026-10-15/silver-output-mexicos-san-dimas-mine-fell-41-and-now-it-has-stopped

“Central banks buy gold” is routinely presented as a reason we should buy it. But why should their priorities automatically become ours?

Gold has legitimate industrial uses, including electronics and aerospace. Its historical monetary status, however, developed long before those applications. Its value cannot be explained by industrial necessity alone.

Its geological rarity is real, but underground rarity is only part of the supply picture. The World Gold Council estimates that almost all the gold ever mined still exists in some form. Any scarcity argument should account for that accumulated stock and the conditions under which its owners would sell.

Gold’s physical properties also allow industry to use extremely thin wires and coatings. That helps manufacturers economize on an expensive material. Recycling exists, and gold's high price incentivizes its recovery.

Silver raises a different question: what happens when monetary ownership competes with industrial demand for the same material?

In 1965, President Johnson publicly acknowledged that silver demand was outrunning new production and that continued silver coinage would exhaust Treasury stocks. He also explained that Treasury sales at $1.29 an ounce were intended to prevent the metal’s price from making existing coins profitable to hoard or melt.

Treasury’s own subsequent account says that, in May 1967, it restricted silver sales to domestic industrial users, requiring purchasers to certify manufacturing use. Government policy was explicitly deciding who could access public silver stocks at the controlled price.

Then, in 2002, Congress acknowledged depletion of the defense stockpile’s silver reserves and authorized purchases from other sources to continue the American Eagle silver bullion program. That deserves scrutiny as a decision about public resources and strategic priorities.

This history is why I question treating gold and silver as interchangeable expressions of financial independence.

I understand the argument that privately held gold can protect someone’s savings. But personal protection and changing the distribution of economic power are different goals. Buying gold does not automatically accomplish both.

So here is the discussion:

What makes gold the better use of an ordinary person’s limited resources?

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends

Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,925,671.88

Total in-stock oz tracked: 628,733.95

Tracked oz added (24h): 17,994.5
Tracked oz removed (24h): 14,020.37

Number restocked since OOS: 1
Number now out of stock: 4

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:
1. 2,951 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Secondary Market
2. 1,431 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Morgan Dollar Design
3. 1,239 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle (Cull, Damaged, etc.)
4. 1,055 oz: Great Britain 1 oz Silver Britannia BU (Random Year)
5. 750 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - Ben Franklin $100 Bill Design
6. 690 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - 2026 APMEX Year of the Horse (Series 2)
7. 601.04 oz: 90% Silver Franklin Halves $10 20-Coin Roll Avg Circ
8. 546.55 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - Secondary Market
9. 505 oz: 2024 Mexico 5 oz Silver Libertad BU
10. 410 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
11. 310 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
12. 257.59 oz: 90% Silver Washington Quarters 40-Coin Roll Avg Circ
13. 225.05 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
14. 225 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
15. 169 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU

Sure, it's easy to think I should have sold 30 Jan at USD 121 and buy back now at 55, but I don't pretend to time the market. I legitimately thought Ag would be over 200 this year (and I still think that is undervalued and would struggle to part with it).

The balloons last year were great fun. Hopefully they return soon (above 121), but still happy regardless.

Cue ' I'm not leaving Wolf of Wall Street gif ha' For better or for worse.

Post corrected ...A change of over 1 million dollars in sales in 8 hours...Provident also added a large amount of silver bars of 10 oz kilo and 100 oz bars...morning screenshot of over 9.6 million now 8.6 ..so silver is being bought and not sold as bankers produce false sell offs in the price of digital silver vs physical silver....

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends

Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,911,651.51

Total in-stock oz tracked: 624,759.82

Tracked oz added (24h): 15,543.31
Tracked oz removed (24h): 12,040.39

Number restocked since OOS: 4
Number now out of stock: 5

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:
1. 1,640 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Secondary Market
2. 1,500 oz: 100 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
3. 1,160 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
4. 1,060 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
5. 750 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - 2026 APMEX Year of the Horse (Series 2)
6. 500 oz: 100 oz Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
7. 500 oz: 100 oz Silver Bar - APMEX (Struck)
8. 463 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle (Cull, Damaged, etc.)
9. 417.95 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - Secondary Market
10. 317 oz: 1 oz Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coin BU (Random Year)
11. 200 oz: 100 oz Silver Bar - Royal Canadian Mint (.9999 Fine, Pressed)
12. 180.98 oz: 1878-1904 Morgan Silver Dollar AU (Random Year)
13. 172.47 oz: 1878-1904 Morgan Silver Dollar Cull (Random Year)
14. 165 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
15. 164.48 oz: 90% Silver 1964-P/D Kennedy Half Dollar 20-Coin Roll BU

My shit sank in a boating accident wtf you talking about?

Yall loved the dino pendants i did for the nephews so I figured id round up and get a few more!!! So here's the spinosaurus and the fossil raptor in an egg... I haven't added the torus loop or added the purity yet but just wondering what yall think? Anddd what would you like to see next for the dinosaurs??

Call me shocked

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends

Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,899,611.12

Total in-stock oz tracked: 621,256.9

Tracked oz added (24h): 3,742.97
Tracked oz removed (24h): 10,092.59

Number restocked since OOS: 3
Number now out of stock: 2

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:
1. 2,336 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Random Year)
2. 1,626 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Morgan Dollar Design
3. 1,060 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
4. 882 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Secondary Market
5. 500 oz: 100 oz Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
6. 430 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
7. 361.1 oz: 90% Silver Roosevelt Dimes 50-Coin Roll BU
8. 240 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - 2026 APMEX Year of the Horse (Series 2)
9. 232 oz: 1 oz Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coin BU (Random Year)
10. 215 oz: Coca-Cola® 1 oz Silver Polar Bear Round
11. 163 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle (Cull, Damaged, etc.)
12. 135 oz: 1 oz Silver Coin - Random Mint
13. 134 oz: 1 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
14. 110 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
15. 107 oz: 2026 1 oz Silver American Eagle (MD Premier + PCGS FirstStrike®)