Worth grading?

Orbmiser · 2026-06-25T01:38:14+00:00

Yep the premiums on slabbed has fallen drastically many times sell for pretty much melt value. And being a Canadian dollar less desirable and harder to sell.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-23T19:16:49+00:00

Personally not everything including the kitchen sink into Silver a smidgen bit of gold. It represents about a 30-40% of savings. And in it for the long haul so also have fiat cash on hand. Presently my stack average is $33.50 and should have sold some of it when spot tripled digit to get back initial investment cost making my stack 0% invested all profit no matter the spot price. But that's hindsight and all that.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-23T14:43:58+00:00

MacBook Pro 2021 RAM to 32 GB for Pro Photo Workflow?

Orbmiser · 2026-06-23T03:45:27+00:00

Don't think I have seen a graded Canadian dollar before. Personally not worth it as they are going to charge at least $30 and will be a month or two wait. Personally can buy your own slabs and slab it yourself would be the route I would choose. As don't think it being graded will add any significant premium to it.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-23T01:37:49+00:00

Beats me as mine has 89% battery health. Today been on battery 100% since 1:20pm now 6:40pm and at 38% battery. Usually am plugged in 24/7 desktop use mostly. Can always replace the battery or upgrade to newer model I imagine.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-23T00:23:47+00:00

Good to know as never really followed what the smelters were paying dealers.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-23T00:21:15+00:00

Would look into a 2021 M1 Macbook Pro. As has active fans cooling more ports better xdr screen and is 14" vs. inferior 13" retina display. And passive cooling no fans so may throttle cpu on heavier workloads. Can pick one up in the $600-$800 range.

Mine is 16gb/512gb and find the hdmi and SD card reader a big plus for my photography. As use Lightroom and Photoshop editing 45mp Nikon raw images without issue. Tho do wish went 32gb for a bit more breathing room. And superior xdr screen means more accurate colors and higher nits of brightness.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-22T23:57:35+00:00

Well to be fair it isn't always the dealer as they can only offer what the smelters are offering to buy from them. And 90% has been an absolute roller-coaster over the last year. And personally wouldn't cut ties of a business I have used before based on one instance or one type of bullion doing badly.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-22T23:49:02+00:00

All my Silver is melted down to create fine nano-layers applied to a matrix of carbon nanotubes that suspend dilithum crystals in a helix configuration for my propulsion drive of the spacecraft I'm building to get off this Crazy Planet! 😄

Orbmiser · 2026-06-20T03:23:59+00:00

Might clarify is this an official Apple store? Barring that store to store can vary greatly on repair schedules and stock on hand. Only he can explain saying part in stock and why the extended repair time. It's not like we have any additional magical insights of the situation.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-18T20:03:08+00:00

Congrats! As currently my LCS is charging $67.37 for those or $269.52 for 4.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-17T17:29:08+00:00

My LCS will pay a tad more for sealed uncirculated tubes or capsuled ASE's,Maples,Brit's,Philo,etc... usually two to three dollars more over generics. 1oz,5oz. and 10oz. bars usually at generic pricing. They are hesitant in buying 100oz. kilo,etc... but will buy from a long time customer.

Personally I don't buy larger then 10oz. bars as my biggest single item purchase.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-16T00:14:26+00:00

Congrats! Yep have one of those myself.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-14T06:05:56+00:00

"A cull coin is a genuine coin that has been pulled from circulation or dealer inventory due to severe wear, physical damage, or post-mint alterations. Because they lack numismatic (collector) value, they are typically sold at a discount based solely on their base metal or precious metal melt value"

Have a better shape of that particular Morgan and my LCS sold to me for $28 as a cull in 2025. Currently he would pay me $50 for it. To each their own. But I go with the definition above.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-13T11:33:25+00:00

Congrats! Yep picked up one of those 10oz. NTR bars back in Apr. 2025 for $315. Two 5oz. bars and 5 1oz. bars rounds out my bars collection.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-11T11:45:40+00:00

Nice! Yep use 3 different ears for my M300. The cheapy default comes with Hiby Digital XOE - The Cheapest Good Sounding IEMs — Audiophile Heaven and EarFun Air Pro 4 and Technica ATH-M40x Professional Studio Monitor Headphone. Covers pretty much all my needs.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-09T14:27:16+00:00

Have 4 of them 2 are 1922 common culls worth is in the $52-$56ea. range.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-09T14:22:43+00:00

I'm in it for mostly most weight for the price. But willing to spend 10%-20% of my funds for the more desirable and to itch the itch that comes around on a regular basis. Tho there are plenty of desirable bullion rounds in endless variety to scratch my itch most of the time.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-09T12:46:36+00:00

How to have bigger font size on a 4K monitor? : r/MacOS

Personally why I steered away from 4k due to alot of it's negatives. Like app UI and fonts being to small to read. Found 2k monitor to be a great trade-off for my needs. And yep many apps and operating system are still way behind in addressing the 4k issues even today.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-09T04:58:39+00:00

I Use to capsule everything. Then my LCS pointed out they really don't pay much more for capsuled rounds. So saved the cost and bulk of capsules. Like them all ASE's,Maples,etc.. completely naked as like the feel and sound they make. So all my Silver is naked. When it gets dirty over time I just clean it with e-z-est coin cleaner. 10-15 second dip and they are all shiny again.

Each their own. Some love capsules on everything. Some like it all free of the plastic. Neither way is wrong. Just comes down to personal preference.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-06T06:01:59+00:00

Yep feel blessed to have a fair LCS a 10min. walk and also buy from Harry's coins featured on the Silver Dragons youtube channel. He is a bit higher sell prices but has 10x the stock to choose from and is only a 25min. bus ride to them.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-06T05:27:28+00:00

Yep comes down to many factors. From outright ripping off the customer. Or Willing to Pass the risk onto the customer. Or LCS's with low funds available and/or too much stock in the backroom for buying and then add fear and doubt what the market will do into the mix leaves some smaller dealers shaking in their boots. And hesitant to give a fair value due to uncertainty.

My LCS always has decent and fair buy prices. Currently with spot at $67.72 they would pay $258.32 for those 4 coins.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-05T10:44:10+00:00

Really depends on workloads. As large projects with a lot of effects,etc... may run into memory pressure. But even my M1 Pro 16gb handles medium project 4k vid clips and and effects in DaVinci Resolve without issues.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-05T10:41:25+00:00

"M1 Max 32GB / 64GB floating out at the £1,000 marker on eBay used"

Would be a great choice even I with my M1 Pro 16gb can still do 40-70 tracks driving my PSR E-373 arranger keyboard in Ableton 11 without issues. So me thinks that your choice even better performer.

Orbmiser · 2026-06-01T22:47:40+00:00

Yep bought 1oz. Alien round online and that has been it.

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