Comments on: Gold And Silver Bullion Coin Sales Plunge In April – What Is John Q Public Thinking? http://goldandsilverblog.com/gold-and-silver-bullion-coin-sales-plunge-in-april-what-is-john-q-public-thinking-0368/ Precious Metals News and Commentary Sat, 18 May 2013 16:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jim McCraigh http://goldandsilverblog.com/gold-and-silver-bullion-coin-sales-plunge-in-april-what-is-john-q-public-thinking-0368/#comment-2942 Jim McCraigh Fri, 11 May 2012 14:34:21 +0000 http://goldandsilverblog.com/?p=3780#comment-2942 The American public has a very short memory and attention span. Remember the outpouring of patriotism post 9/11? What ever happened to that? When they do wake up, the prices of gold and silver will be higher. Tough to buy insurance when your house is on fire!

]]> By: BullionSyndicate http://goldandsilverblog.com/gold-and-silver-bullion-coin-sales-plunge-in-april-what-is-john-q-public-thinking-0368/#comment-2939 BullionSyndicate Wed, 02 May 2012 07:33:07 +0000 http://goldandsilverblog.com/?p=3780#comment-2939 Perhaps the public has gotten more sophisticated and realized that American Eagle bullion coins are rip-offs, and that the Canadian variants offer the same government endorsement at more attractive prices (not to mention more aesthetically pleasing!) ?? :)

Only kidding, of course! For whatever reason, there is a divorce in reality when otherwise intelligent individuals are confronted with the concept of precious metal bullion investment. My goodness, the looks of confusion that I get! You would think gold would be as an easy of a sell like ice-cream in the Mojave desert, but you’d be wrong, apparently…

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