me too. if you can afford the 10 oz bars- you pay less for the ounces you get versus 10 -1 oz coins. check out 'silvergoldbull'. very low commissions and free shipping on $500 orders or larger.

i can only comment as to my personal experience and what some of the financial letters i receive state. Concenus seems to be if you are buying metals as a 'chaos' hedge, allocating 10% of your total investment