Silver 1/ 70th The Price of Gold – Silver Eagles Buying Jumps

– Silver just 1/70th the price of gold
– Silver at $17.50 per ounce set to rise “faster than gold”
– Silver Eagles (1 oz) buying jumps to 715,000 this week
– “Supply may drop following mine closures” – Standard Chartered
– Industrial demand “will remain strong” – CPM Group
– Silver is substantially undervalued versus gold
– Gold silver ratio to fall back below 30

Silver looks set to outperform gold again in the coming months due to falling mine supply and continuing robust global demand.

Source: Bloomberg

Silver at just $17.50 per ounce remains about 1/ 70th of the price of gold at $1,230/oz today. This gold silver ratio of 70.3 continues to drive silver ‘stackers,’ value investors and those seeking a better return than gold to accumulate silver at what are seen at these still relatively cheap levels.

This is seen in continuing robust demand for the very popular silver bullion coin this week. The U.S. Mint sold 715,000 of Silver Eagles ( 1 oz) this week, to bring the year to date sales totals for 2017 to a robust – 7,557,500 Silver Eagle coins.

US Mint Bullion Coin Sales (Number of coins)
	Monday Sales	Last Week	Feb Sales	Mar Sales	2017 Sales
Silver Eagles (1 oz)	715,000	220,000	1,215,000	1,215,000	7,557,500
Gold Eagles (1 oz)	4,000	2,500	21,000	10,000	117,500
Gold Buffalos (1 oz)	1,500	2,500	15,000	4,500	51,500

Source: GoldCore via Coin News

We have seen very robust demand for silver again this year, especially from clients in the UK and Ireland buying silver bullion coins (now VAT free) such as Silver Eagles. We are seeing even greater demand for Silver Maples and Silver Philharmonics.

The increasingly favorable supply and demand fundamentals of the silver market were reported on by Bloomberg in an article entitled ‘Silver Seen Climbing Faster Than Gold as Yellen Wakens Bulls’.