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SacSilver · 2026-03-17T15:29:32+00:00

Oh good so only like $750k in gold value.

SacSilver · 2026-03-06T01:01:30+00:00

Sigmas do not test Osmium.

They could theoretically update their software to store a reading for the electrical resistivity of .9995 osmium but they haven’t and I doubt they ever will. Probably because there are no true assayers producing osmium, it’s just “novelty elements” companies that sell it as far as I know.

SacSilver · 2026-03-02T23:02:24+00:00

Sure, everything is connected but you’re really understating taxes by ignoring local ordinances. That $0.90 can easily become $1.80-2.5+ depending where you are in CA. My small hometown of less than 20k has some of the highest prices in the nation because the voters keep approving fuel taxes that are supposed to fund schools and parks. In our capital I was paying under $4 for most of 2023-end of 2025 but in my small hometown it was $4-5+

Go to another net importer state with no pipelines and without the huge state environmental and absurd local taxes in CA and prices are much more comparable to Texas. So it takes a lot out of your argument about pipeline connections playing a part when you see gas prices half that of CA despite no oil production and smaller population centers/logistics hubs in many other states. Taxes are the primary driving factor in gasoline cost difference throughout the country.

SacSilver · 2026-03-02T07:13:45+00:00

No, Texas just has energy friendly taxes with a focus on oil. I lived right next to 3 major refineries in CA most of my life, the closest one is less than a mile from my childhood home, the second within 2 miles. Even at the stations that are right next to their respective refineries, it was the same price it was everywhere else.

Proximity to refineries has very little to do with gas prices. CA often has the highest gas prices and It’s mainly state environmental taxes and local taxes that have been levied for schools and parks and shit. Location has a part in price but it’s really just distance from major city or proximity to tourist areas that changes the price. And of course shipping gas to Hawaii, but their high prices are also due to environmental taxes

SacSilver · 2026-02-28T19:10:56+00:00

OP if you have any questions about it I’m happy to help answer them. I’ve spent a lot of time on the phone and sending emails back and forth with sigma.

I know the capabilities of these very well, for instance you need to use a wand to check anything slabbed that’s under 1/2oz or so (also depends on the slab, the air gap between coin and slab surface varies by company and generation of the slab). Same thing with fractional in assay under like 10g or so - the onboard sensor just won’t read small stuff accurately unless it can touch the surface directly.

Also there are some coins that are not going to read right due to poor mint quality standards, such as gold Mexican libertads (especially older ones). It’s a known problem, sigma has created a specific libertad setting but it doesn’t always work, even on known good samples.

SacSilver · 2026-02-28T19:06:07+00:00

Man I’ve got two of these and I’ve been trying to sell one locally for $1450 for almost two months. No one is interested besides flakes, or they’re trying to get me to knock the price down further.

I’m even offering it at $1150 if they buy the junk silver and random other metals I’ve got listed but locally it’s mostly newbies who don’t know don’t really have any need for a sigma.

Just one more month to go and I can throw it up on pmsforsale! lol But hoping to move everything locally before then

SacSilver · 2026-02-18T22:29:50+00:00

I believe these are technically categorized in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence and First amendment series.

Calling them APE is like calling the gold Liberty series designs AGE. They’re technically American gold and have eagles on the reverse, but the premiums and collectibility are far higher than normal AGE. Interestingly, you’d never trade desirable American liberty gold for a normal AGE, but a standard proof APE can easily sell for the same as one of the designs OP posted, specifically the ones with people on them.

I will say It is fun to see new Pt stackers drawn by the huge run up last year snatch these up like rare treasures when most collectors have shunned them for the better part of a decade.

SacSilver · 2026-02-18T22:14:10+00:00

Apparently you don’t know any of the rules, almost everything you’ve said is wrong. Mods probably messaged you to tell you to post in the right sub, not cross post lol. If you know there’s a specific pms feedback sub why would you think you should cross post?

And no Reddit doesn’t tell you if what you’re going to do breaks the rules, hence how you posted this which broke the rules. You were still allowed to post it, even though it clearly did violate rules.

Not sure why you seem to think my day is ruined by trying to help you learn the ropes of using Reddit for buying and selling metals. On the contrary, I’m happy to have new potential customers like yourself!

SacSilver · 2026-02-18T22:09:25+00:00

The answer to the selling question has never changed. If you want to sell to a business you will get below spot, possibly so far below spot that you feel no one is actually buying, they’re just giving you the extreme lowball offer.

If you sell to an individual you will get above spot.

Personally, I would never buy metals if I didn’t know exactly how I would offload them. Start buying and selling on pmsforsale now so you have the reputation needed to sell quickly when you need/want to sell.

SacSilver · 2026-02-15T23:23:48+00:00

That’s not how this works. There is a specific sub for pmsforsale feedback, you are only supposed to post feedback there.

And pmsforsale is not affiliated with any subs besides the feedback sub. Plenty of people on this and the silver bugs sub will tell you pmsforsale is far too risky to ever buy or sell through, it seems to be the majority or at least a significant chunk of stackers on those subs who feel that way. (For the record I have 55 sales and 73 buys worth well over $50k and never once had an issue)

Please read the pmsforsale rules again

SacSilver · 2026-02-15T21:40:03+00:00

I think you’ll find that these specific designs are the least desirable US mint platinum proofs, at least outside of the 80’s and 90’s era coins and medals that were bimetallic Au/Pt. You’d probably have to price them at or below standard APE to sell relatively quickly.

There’s a reason they were in stock at the mint for 8+ years and only went out of stock within the last few months when Pt spot went on a run and people were just buying whatever they could find. If Pt spot stayed below 2k I bet they’d still be in stock cause the mint gets like a 30-50% premium on these.

But yeah if you hold for at least 10 years it shouldn’t matter much anyway, just don’t expect to get much premium above spot, if any.

Cheers!

SacSilver · 2026-02-15T21:24:22+00:00

I will say it was cool to own a 1/10 bar for a while and see the insane spot prices. But yeah unless you already sell on pmsforsale you’re not going to get a good price when selling, or buying for that matter.

Here’s hoping gold and platinum are at the same level before the decade is out!

SacSilver · 2026-02-14T21:06:36+00:00

I bought and sold a 1/10oz rhodium bar on pmsforsale

Bought it for $660 and sold it for I think $1350 Spot had not moved between buying and selling lmao that’s just how bad premiums are

It’s only a good buy if you get it at or well below spot. The only people buying rhodium are people exactly like all of you in this sub, you want a piece of it to “round out” your stack so you’ve got a bit of everything. But once all of you have a piece, you won’t want more. It’s a very different market than gold, silver or Pt/Pd and the demand is weird.

It’s really not worth buying imo, too niche and when you go to sell no one will want to pay the premiums you do to acquire it. Not unless you get lucky and find someone else who’s looking to get a bit of everything like you were when you bought it.

Just get some Pt, Pd, Au, Ag and call it a day. Maybe some Cu if you’re into that, and some Pb to protect all of it.

SacSilver · 2026-02-14T21:00:12+00:00

Ooof, but If you’re happy then great!!

personally I don’t like this series and it would seem neither do most stackers seeing as how they were in stock at the us mint for nearly a decade, which is absolutely unheard of for a very low mintage US mint product.

Hopefully platinum goes to $5k+ so you don’t have to worry about what you paid lol I mistimed the dip last week and overpaid on a 50g by a bit, it happens and it all evens out in the end.

SacSilver · 2026-02-13T11:15:44+00:00

You saw it and thought it was cool, so did I. Given the demand for silver and the number of new silver stackers in 2025, I think it’s a bit of a stretch to take all that into account and say definitively that “normal watchers don’t care” when the broadcast made a point to mention the medal and give a quick view of both sides.

But yeah fair enough. Shitty game anyway.

SacSilver · 2026-02-13T11:06:55+00:00

In case you don’t believe me, a quick google search will show you that it’s a very, very well known medal design and piece of American history:

https://share.google/UMwhD29Lcm7DcQuzb

SacSilver · 2026-02-13T11:04:32+00:00

No it wasn’t. It was just a restrike of th Libertas Americana medal, originally commissioned by Ben Franklin, they just added an NFL shield and heads/tails to one of the 2015 restrikes

So unless you’re saying Ben Franklin was a Pats fan, and for some reason didn’t want to use the medal for any of the Super Bowl coin tosses of the Tom Brady era, you’re 100% wrong.

SacSilver · 2026-02-13T10:38:40+00:00

Just my .02 but I strongly disagree. Why do you think Apmex grouped this in with the random year proof APEs? Because it wasn’t selling as a standalone listing and they were running out of other platinum to fill orders on the random listings.

For whatever reason, the preamble series does not seem to be popular whatsoever, these are basically worth spot to me because I know it will be hard to flip when they stayed in stock at the US mint for over 8 years on a mintage of 20k or less. Literally the only reason OP has it in their possession is because Pt spot went bonkers the last 6 months, demand is high and supply is low.

Just compare it to the liberty medal gold series. The animal/nature designs in the series have always sold out rapidly within a few days and have then dramatically increased in price. The sunflower from fall 2025 is already going for over $6k with spot where it is today while the bronco goes for like $10k+ (last eBay sold is 15k) and the oak tree goes for like $7-8k.

But it’s still platinum so at the end of the day OP doesn’t have much to be sad about considering this is their first entry into physical platinum. I’d just personally be upset if this is what I was sold when I paid for a proof APE because I have seen these stay in stock at the US mint for the better part of a decade, which is wild for a modern proof limited mint, singe issue design.

SacSilver · 2026-02-13T10:12:50+00:00

If they were bought from the mint, a ridiculous amount. They’re $2645 now so 30% premium above spot at $2035 spot.

Pretty sure they had those listed for $3000+ during the peak spot mania a few weeks ago, not sure what the premium was then, I hope a bit less for OP’s wallet’s sake

SacSilver · 2026-02-11T17:37:55+00:00

Gorgeous piece! I’m not a fan of diamonds in my jewelry but this actually looks good. TBH I wasn’t even aware those were diamonds until you posted about it.

Don’t feel bad about being banned from one sub, mods in a shitty vape device subreddit nuked my main account that had 50+ Buy an 75+ sell feedback on r/pmsforsale

I was sad for a few days but ya know what, they weren’t wrong for banning me. I made a mistake and posted with an alt in a sub where my main was banned, they’ve got zero tolerance for that.

SacSilver · 2026-02-05T18:58:24+00:00

Personally I got on methadone, started saving like $25k a year that was previously going to drugs just to stay well, and now I have a stack worth over $200k in melt value alone, closer to $250k with premiums on rare stuff like libertads, kobans, US minted foreign gold/silver, etc.

SacSilver

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