It's the same with silver. You're paying a premium to buy it and sell it, everyone makes a profit but you. If you want my two cents for someone wanting to hold metal. Buy boxes of nickels from the bank. It's the only coin left that is still primarily it's pure metal at 75% nickel. Cost you two dollars a roll, no premiums and it's still worth two dollars a roll to spend it. If the government eventually changes it's composite away from nickel, you are going to have something that will appreciate quickly.