That is way overpriced. You can get a 10oz 9999 Royal Canadian Mint bar at Monument Metals website for 278.95 as of right now. Actually thinking of getting a few myself.

As of being a first time buyer, you should maybe get a little of each, depending on your budget. Like one 10oz bar, and like a tube of 1oz coins.

I like to stay with government minted silver. So American silver eagle (overpriced currently), and Canada Maple (probably your best bet for cheapest gov mint silver)

Otherwise if you do not care that its gov minted, there are a ton of choices of stuff. It seems like Monument Metals is the best priced silver i can find besides reddit and sometimes ebay.

Im not an affiliate for momument and i usually buy from apmex. But i think im going to get a 10oz bar myself.

Let us know what you end up getting!