Tonedeagles - Do your math again, if silver were at $26.00 per oz then a .6 oz silver strike center is worth $15.60 ($26 X .6 )so they aren't paying .50 cents back of spot they are paying the 90% price. Name brand silver bars and gold coins still pay more than spot and have for sometime, what I was saying is dealers pay 90% sometimes more and my math was correct.
Walt