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Somehow when I was about 13 I ended up buying about 2k worth of silver in various places when spot was about $15 USD. One place was even an antique coin shop in my hometown. When spot went up to $20 a bit later, the same vendor bought it all off me at market price. Precious metals are a strangely easy thing to liquidate.

One of the strangest financial anecdotes of my life. To this day I wonder what the vendor thought seeing a literal child buying bars of silver bullion, then selling them at a 25% markup later.



They must charge a spread or fees?




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