is this premium I am paying really worth it over buying a coin at the shop, or just buying into an etf?
So in answering the premium over melt issue, in my opinion the best way to explain it is put an exact amount on the premium, and then explain the benefits a person gets for that premium, so people do not have to wonder. For example, take the price of a 1/10 ounce coin from a mint, and then compare it to our 1/4 shekel. Right now you can buy a 1/10 ounce coin for around 130.00. So if our 1/4 shekel is $270.00 then there is a $150.