Silver Panic Imminent? First the US Mint Suspends Sales Now Its Canadas Turn! New iMac Production Delayed Over Silver Shortage. HSBC Purchases $876 Million Worth Of Silver From Poland. China Likes Silver, The World Likes Silver!

First the US Mint suspends Sales… Now it’s Canada’s turn!

US Mint Out Of Silver Coins – Suspends Sales

“Authorized Purchasers, 

The United States Mint has temporarily sold out of 2013 American Eagle Silver Bullion coins. As a result, sales are suspended until we can build up an inventory of these coins. Sales will resume on or about the week of January 28, 2013, via the allocation process. 

Please feel free to call us if you have any questions. 

Regards, 

Jack A. Szczerban

Branch Chief, Precious Metals Group

Department of the Treasury

United States Mint”

Canadian Mint Limits Sales of 2013 Silver Maple Leaf Bullion Coins

Investor interest in silver bullion coins remains at high levels with yet another world mint showing signs that it is unable to meet demand. The Royal Canadian Mint is now rationing supplies of its 2013 Silver Maple Leaf.

This move comes one week after the United States Mintsuspended sales of their 2013 American Eagle silver bullion coins after inventories sold out, saying it would ration or limit orders when sales resume. Both series of bullion coins are struck for investors and guaranteed for weight and purity by the issuing government.

A statement offered by the Royal Canadian Mint identifies strong demand as the catalyst for the Maple Leaf rationing:

“We are carefully managing supply in the face of very high demand for SML (Silver Maple Leaf) coins to ensure all our distributors are served and we continue to take sales orders,” states Alex Reeves, RCM Senior Manager of Communications.

“Coming off strong sales volumes in December 2012, demand to date remains very strong for our Silver Maple Leaf and Gold Maple Leaf bullion coins. Specific (sales) numbers will be made available at our regular reporting intervals.” 

Apple Contractor Claims New iMac Production Delayed Over Silver Shortage!

Silver expert Ted Butler has long predicted and awaited an eventual industrial shortage of physical silver, and a resulting panic silver buying that terminates the bullion bank cartel’s manipulation of the silver market.
Butler may be about to be finally proven correct, if an Apple contractor is right that Apple has delayed production on the new 27” iMacs over an industrial silver shortage in China.

With the US Mint sold out of Silver Eagles and production shut down for the 2nd time in 2 weeks, and shortages of nearly all retail silver products rapidly developing along with spiking physical premiums, it appears that a widespread retail, and perhaps industrial physical silver shortage is developing and escalating by the hour.

I work as a sales contractor for a local independent Apple dealer. I don’ know how many of you closely watch Apple delivery dates, but we received a consignment of the new 21.5? iMacs and then they dried up. We haven’t received any of the new 27? iMacs. Our shelves are bare with lots of backorders. I’ve never seen this before….
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