Twelve days of Christmas - day 3...

When @silverd510 comes up with ideas theyre usually pretty good, but when it comes to #tags, and more specifically tag posts, he's a genius. His latest post idea for the #steemsilvergold group is a "TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS" theme and involves picking 12 Precious Metal items you'd love to receive.

Take a look at his twelve days of Christmas and see for yourself.

Here are the rules he made up for this little posting sequence:

• Start off with the lowest dollar items, building up to the one thing that would truly blow you away if you got it as a gift.

• The items have to be realistic!! No one is going to gift you an 1895CC Morgan silver dollar. Unless you are related to Bill Gates or any other billionaire.

• The top item can not exceed a value of $2000

So for DAY 3 - An early 1oz Mexican Libertad

Value - $25

For me the old-style mexican libertads are beautiful and I prefer them to the newer designs. Now a 1982, first release would be a great coin to receive. Although they are one of my favourite coins, I'm actually only blessed to have 2 in my collection, both very recent.

Mexico has always been one of the world's leading silver producers, so it made sense that they released a "national" coin to recognise this. Silver production has gradually been declining over the years as we see less and less mines spring up due to dwindling resources. As a planet, we've already past Peak production of silver, so it may not belong before these coins cease altogether...