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Buy silver coins, compared by series

Buy silver coins from €8.31 (1/10 oz); a troy ounce costs from €48 (4.31% over spot). Prices of 13 November 2026. 21 series compared at 17 shops; per series the lowest premium runs from 4.31% to 193.36% over spot.

Background

What a bullion coin is

Precious metal in bulk is called bullion: it is cast or struck into bars, wafers or coins. A bullion coin, as the Royal Canadian Mint defines it, is a coin an official agency strikes in undetermined numbers, for investors. It is legal tender, but its price follows the silver it contains, not its rarity or the amount written on it.

A silver coin usually bears a denomination, but not always: the 1-ounce silver Libertad has no face value in pesos. The American Eagle is legal tender under US law.

Weights and face value

The silver American Eagle comes only in 1 ounce, but other series go much further. In 1992 the Kookaburra had 2 and 10 ounces and a kilo besides the ounce. The Koala added a kilo, 10 ounces and half an ounce in 2008, and the second Lunar series ran from half an ounce to 10 kilos in 2008. Silver Pandas come in sizes from half a troy ounce to 1 kilogram.

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