On a Bullion Now Live stream (which I enjoy immensly) Michael said that a staff perk is they get to buy 10 ounces of silver a month at spot price. That'd include the pick of the buy backs. They've got quite a few staff members now as it's easy to forget the back end staff (packers).lt feels like dealers arent putting secondary stuff back out like they used to when the price spiked. It used to be a chance to get 'interesting' things (for a newbie) as people would sell off.
Its like everything is going to refineries instead of being recirculated.
This may be because at these prices they dont think there will be immediate retail buyers, and its just more efficient to melt? Or maybe my perception is incorrect, but at these prices i would expect to see heaps of cool older stuff becoming available. Maybe its all on f.b and ebay. Maybe thats where its at.
Then there's their sister store The Little Coin Shop which would get the prime stuff. I should imagine there'd be other people who'd get prime picks as well