Note: this thread isn't about the concept or idea about whether or not to purchase bullion, but rather handling it
Back in 8th grade I went out and bought 17 oz of pure canadian 1 oz maple leaf coins, and to this day they are still in the plastic container which they were given to me in (though they are not that good, the coin continuously somehow ends up pushing up against the plastic, one of the holders is ripped half-way across the top because of this). What I'm wondering though is that holding of these coins purely for the value of the materials itself, does it matter if it's in its unsealed plastic container? It has continual exposure to air/oxygen (if it matters). So I'm just curious, if one day I decide to sell this stuff if silver does indeed raise in price, is anyone going to care if there's fingerprints on it? Are there any negative effects on the coin if it were to be put in ones pocket? It's not going to be some one-in a million thing where it'll melt in my hand right?
tl;dr
Silver maple leaf coins were given to me in unsealed plastic container (pics can be provided on request), if I decide to sell later solely for content will anyone care if it has my fingerprints all over it?
Unrelated:
Quick hypothetical, say I had 5 of those 1 oz gold bars, say minted by kitmo or whatever it's called. If I put that in a briefcase and popped on a plane for an international flight, will customs be bitchy or ask questions about it in security? Or have they seen much stranger things that people have tried to get through carry-on?
P.S. - Forgot to mention (Sorry!) I'm in Canada, British Columbia. Here we don't pay GST/PST/HST on .999+ precious metals (except palladium)
And yeah, I do put em in a safe
Back in 8th grade I went out and bought 17 oz of pure canadian 1 oz maple leaf coins, and to this day they are still in the plastic container which they were given to me in (though they are not that good, the coin continuously somehow ends up pushing up against the plastic, one of the holders is ripped half-way across the top because of this). What I'm wondering though is that holding of these coins purely for the value of the materials itself, does it matter if it's in its unsealed plastic container? It has continual exposure to air/oxygen (if it matters). So I'm just curious, if one day I decide to sell this stuff if silver does indeed raise in price, is anyone going to care if there's fingerprints on it? Are there any negative effects on the coin if it were to be put in ones pocket? It's not going to be some one-in a million thing where it'll melt in my hand right?
tl;dr
Silver maple leaf coins were given to me in unsealed plastic container (pics can be provided on request), if I decide to sell later solely for content will anyone care if it has my fingerprints all over it?
Unrelated:
Quick hypothetical, say I had 5 of those 1 oz gold bars, say minted by kitmo or whatever it's called. If I put that in a briefcase and popped on a plane for an international flight, will customs be bitchy or ask questions about it in security? Or have they seen much stranger things that people have tried to get through carry-on?
P.S. - Forgot to mention (Sorry!) I'm in Canada, British Columbia. Here we don't pay GST/PST/HST on .999+ precious metals (except palladium)
And yeah, I do put em in a safe
. But I'm just wondering if I'll get screwed over on the basic value of the silver content (1 oz) if I took them out of the plastic for whatever reason, like say the plastic was destroyed and I went down to the store to get another, and I put my coin in my pocket for instance, and I have a habit of keeping my hands in my pocket
