Silver really isn't lower. Just lower than the last few months. The hobby was fine for years with $5 silver. Silver has to surpass $15 before the death of the $10 strike. I'm predicting this in the next year. It would be interesting to see a spike somewhere down the line ($25+ silver). Alot of commons would disappear and that could drive the "collector" value downward on other strikes from lack of interest in the hobby due to silver value trumping collector value on 90% of the strikes in the hobby. Just my 2 cents. Personaly, I would love to see silver at $5 again. I'm banking my retirement on gold and silver and I have 16 years to go til the youngest kid turns 18. Then its off to the hills to dredge for gold in retirement.