Happy Friday everyone! Last week I skipped on Nineties Friday, so this week I am back. #ninetiesfriday is a fun weekly event started by my friend 
Back in the 90's I started to collect Silver Eagle bullion coins. These are produced by the United States Mint using the Walking Liberty design that used to grace the half dollar coin here in the US. In the 90's I travelled pretty extensively so I didn't always have a lot of cash to invest, but every year I bought one of these coins. In retrospect I wish I had bought more, but I was young...
Have a look at this beauty from 1999, I got the image from eBay as mine is stored away in secure storage.
Ebay, Pinehurst Coin Exchange
In 1999 you can see the price of silver per Troy ounce, wow it was cheap at $4-5.
From SDbullion.com
Today silver is $36 dollars per Troy ounce, and I believe I paid $12 or 13 for mine way back in 1999. Not a bad return! The coin pictures above is retailing for $54, so had you had bought a bunch at the time you could have made a nice investment! It's always a good idea to invest in silver and gold...
Now onto some fun stuff from the 1990's!
Seinfeld
This was a one of the top show ever produced for television. There are a lot of great episodes, but when he drops Kristen Davis's toothbrush in the toilet was hilarious:
And now some music from the decade...
Metallica
This band formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California and produced a string of hits throughout the decade, but were never truly mainstream until 1991 with the release of their self titled "Black" album. With hits like "Enter Sandman" and "Unforgiven" they became one of the biggest bands in the world. This also came off the same album, "Nothing Else Matters".
Soundgarden
Formed as a band in 1984 in Seattle, Washington, they were fronted by the late Chris Cornell. Along with Nirvana they helped bring the grunge movement to the world. In 1991 they released the album Badmotorfinger that made them a mainstream band thanks to several hit songs, including this one "Outshined".
** Pearl Jam**
Another Seattle band formed in 1990 they quickly found their way into the mainstream grunge movement with their album Ten. One of their biggest hits off the of it was "Alive".
Stone Temple Pilots
This band from San Diego, California formed in 1989 and after a name change hit the mainstream with their album Core. One of the biggest hits off of the record was "Plush".
Shakira
Shakira is a Colombian singer/songwriter that rose to fame in 1995 with the release of her album Pies Delcalzos (Bare Feet). At this point she became a star throughout Latin America but it wouldn't be long before she became a world wide superstar are went blonde. This is "Estoy Aquí" (Here I Am).
That will wrap up this week's Nineties Fridays. I hope you enjoyed the post today and please feel free to leave any comments or questions below. Thanks for all of your support, I greatly appreciate it! Have a great weekend everyone!
References:
https://sdbullion.com/silver-prices-1999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Temple_Pilots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakira
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