Unless you are prepping for the end of the world, a default by the US Treasury, or some other very low probability event, I would recommend buying miners over physical gold/silver. Physical is a hassle to store and to sell. With mining stocks, all you need is a brokerage account, you get leverage to the price of the physical and it is much easier to sell (although nearly impossible to hide gains from the tax man). Just my two cents worth…
Unless you are prepping for the end of the world, a default by the US Treasury, or some other very low probability event, I would recommend buying miners over physical gold/silver. Physical is a hassle to store and to sell. With mining stocks, all you need is a brokerage account, you get leverage to the price of the physical and it is much easier to sell (although nearly impossible to hide gains from the tax man). Just my two cents worth…
IMO one does not buy physical gold and silver to sell at a higher price.
One buys precious metals for insurance. One buys precious metals to spend.
Whether in my lifetime or my children’s, the time will come when fiat currencies settle at their real net worth – zero.
There are several good sources for physical metal. Here are a few:
https://www.top10.com/sites-to-buy-gold-and-silver