Australian Silver Bullion

Silver, another valuable precious metal that has been adorned, invested in, and trusted upon, is another highly invested in tangible asset. The ratio of silver to gold has been relatively steady for many decades. Before the U.S., and most of the world, was taken off the silver standard, gold and silver ratios were very stable. Now that silver and gold are not basis for the worlds currency, there has been slightly more volatility between the two. Some of the causes are the new demand for silver in cell phones and medical equipment. As the demand for Silver increases, and the supply decreases, the price will rise. As a world wide shift has been made to purchasing and hoarding silver bullion items, collectors are starting to look for reasonable cost silver bullion items with lower mint numbers in hopes of getting the first jump on the numismatic side of bullion items. Australia is producing many of these type silver bullion items. With low mint production and combined with an attractive design and the obvious silver investment, these bullion coin is moving up the ranks as one of the more desired bullion coins. Australia produces the Kookaburra silver bullion series, with sizes in one, two, ten ounce and 1 kilogram bullion rounds; the Lunar Calender Series, with sizes in half, one, two, and ten ounce as well as half and one kilogram rounds; the Koala Series, with sizes in half, one and ten ounce as well as one kilogram rounds.