Question. What would it take for the precious metal bullion dealers to form an exchange type system like stocks and bonds where a bid and ask price is offered for their various products. If products are plentiful and available at the various mints then ask would be reflective of this. If demand is high the bid price would increase as the demand could be met with people who would be willing to sell their stack. This industry needs reasonable prices on both sides, both buying and selling and transparently displayed for it to be viable. I realize that coins and bars are real tangible things that have to go through a delivery process so that cost would not be reflected in the bid and ask. It could be that a credit may be needed to secure transactions. With my recent experience with a large bullion dealer of whom I have been a substantial customer I received a quote for silver eagles for $10 under what they were asking for them. That was about 42% difference…what a crock!