I've been buying physical silver, its fun to collect different things. Initially I started just grabbing any kind of silver I could, but now I'm strictly government mint issued. I like the Royal Canadian Mint (I'm Canadian, nonetheless their metals are .9999 pure versus others at only .999), their wildlife series (1 Oz rounds) have good numismatic value on top of the raw metal.
Unfortunately I started buying at about $40/oz, then more recently I thought $19/oz was a bargain... Trading at $14.65 right now.. hmm... better buy some more
The silver is getting pretty heavy though.. I prefered it to gold because in case of armagedon (LOL) 1 oz pieces is easier to barter with. But I should start getting some physical gold to add to the collection.
I guess the moral of the story is diversity.. right? Who knows whats safe, whats going to make money, whats going to crash.. Grab some of everything..