Maybe back in the 90's and early 2000's (before 2005ish) Silver would have been a great investment it had been under 20$ an ounce for years, but in recent years the price has gone up tremendously. But if you are thinking of buying in this year i would'nt advise it. The price is stuck, it hasent came close to 40$ since last or two summers ago. The silver market is being manipulated, and also silver isnt even scarce yet as there is still alot of un found silver,gold,copper and other minerals left in the earth. All this buy silver talk as an investment is the manipulation from high levels. You wont gain anything from buying silver now, more will just be added to the market and dilute the current price... You really want to invest in a good like this? Buy non-GMO seeds, the main reason silver is being bought is the whole 'end of economy' doom scenario played through the media.. But really if markets and the econmony did crash what would be worth more? Shiny stones or something you can live off????? In a scenario like that individual seeds would be worth way more than their weight in gold. that's a guarantee.