by Ryan Valentine | Aug 25, 2026 | Gold
This is the question most precious metals dealers either dodge with vague platitudes or answer with a number that happens to be exactly how much they want to sell you. Neither approach is useful. The honest answer depends on where you are financially, what you are...
by Ryan Valentine | Aug 21, 2026 | Traditional Finance
There is a reason farmers’ markets feel different from a trip to a big-box store. The vendor knows where the tomatoes came from because they grew them. The price reflects actual cost rather than a corporate margin target. The transaction is direct: no...
by Ryan Valentine | Aug 18, 2026 | Gold and Silver
The sound money movement has made more legislative progress in the past decade than in the previous five combined. More than 40 states have introduced or passed legislation related to gold and silver as legal tender, sales tax exemptions on precious metals purchases,...
by Ryan Valentine | Aug 13, 2026 | Silver
The term “junk silver” is one of the more misleading phrases in the precious metals world. It sounds like something you would pass over at a garage sale, old, worn coins of little value. The reality is the opposite. Junk silver refers specifically to U.S....
by Ryan Valentine | Aug 11, 2026 | Travel
A coin show is not just a place to buy and sell. For the people who take numismatics seriously, and for anyone in the precious metals and alternative currency space, a coin show is one of the most productive networking environments that exists. Dealers who build...
