TommyTwoShots

Problem: They didn't.
The claim about the US Mint appears to be false. The only shutdown I'm aware of is the Mexican Mint. I'm not aware of any shutdown of the Royal Canadian Mint. I have no idea about an Australian shutdown, other than buzz about Perth and their allocated or pooled accounts or whatever. Is Perth production shut down? If so, what about RAM, the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra? Australia has two mints, not just Perth.
The best measure of shortages is availability and price. By that measure, your conspiracy theory collapses. At SD Bullion, one of the best and lowest priced dealers in North America, 2021 Australian Kangaroos are dirt cheap right now, the cheapest of all the major silver coins, at $31.30 for singles and $30.90 at tube quantities. (And that's with free shipping on orders over $199.00, so a tube ships free.) Well, "dirt cheap" in the context of the present silver bullion market.
2021 Silver Maples are next up at $32.79 for singles, and 2021 Eagles are the most expensive at $35.79 for singles. The prices go down if you get tubes, and they go down again if you order monster boxes.
I'm not saying these are great premiums – they're not, and I wouldn't pay them, except maybe the Kangaroos if I could get them without sales tax. (California is one of the few states that imposes sales tax on precious metals bullion, except for purchases over $1,500 for some reason. The sales tax rate varies by locality, and mine is 9.25%, so I always make whatever arrangements necessary to avoid said lecherous extortion.)
In any case, the broad claims of shutdowns, present tense, appear to be false. Silver isn't nearly important enough to be the focus of massive conspiracies of this sort, and organizations like the US Mint have no motive to be operatives in such conspiracies, which would severely reduce their revenues...

What silver? I lost mine in a boating accident last year 😔

What silver? I lost mine in a boating accident last year 😔

Dont know really I have not looked into it, but I had a women saying the same thing the last time they did it. 
Im wondering if they will prosecute, especially as they dont know my name? 

Gonna look tomorrow & ignore the chavvy TV licence type people and look at how the data is used mainly. 

Exactly - looking at what has been happening this year, especially with the freedom of speech & out in the open control of a lot of tech companies (FB and YT especially), keeping a low profile is a very savvy thing going forward (not to mention protecting online movements). Signing a petition is like doing a naked truffle shuffle on top of the WW2 trenches midday - "hey government I think this stick me on that list for the rest of my life". Im even not really wanting to do this census thing, but I feel I would attract more attention if I dont (I had a girl at my door telling me I am breaking the law today). 

There is increased demand which is another way of looking at it, and saying the same thing because that creates shortages. There is shortages because the bankers and industry and silently pulling massive tonnage off the comex, and this has created tremors throughout the whole industry. That is called front running a bull market as they see it looming, they are shorting it to give them time to accumulate the physical.

 When you stack up the real silver v's the BS paper traded there is a discrepancy, and a massive one, and that would be a "shortage".

And the bankers are shorting in a different way too, it so it will never get it's true value, for if it even got to be near it's real price and people saw that then you would not be able to get any, and I hope and believe that will happen. If that can't happen then we're near the end. The shorting is trying to lessen demand and not reveal the real shortage.
Yes silver is running short for what is coming, that's my take on it. Absolutely there is a shortage given the increased demand. There's no other explanation. There's a lot of trolls out there paid to quell the panic too, see them come out now. Nothing to see here. Not saying anyone here is a troll but you never know.

Echos of last year? Bairdmint's own silver bars on their website working out at a reasonable per oz price after VAT is added. For example, the 500g cast bar is 311.72 + 62.34 = 374.06. Works out at £23.27 p/oz. Yes you will likely be waiting a while before it's delivered and yes you have to add delivery (same as most dealers) but that's a lot cheaper than some dealers are charging for Bairdmint's own product. Plus they're made up new. Last year a lot of us were buying from Baird's with VAT when the Euro option was still a thing, it seems they've gone to that level of pricing again.

Nothing amazing for most, but I’m on a weekly pursuit and knowing that I have to go to hospital straight after work it’s been a pic me up  
A 1oz Engelhard bar I need to start somewhere with this specific collection, a happy stacker none the less.

HGM have Krugs back in stock at 2.8% over spot

Both of these came quicker than I expected. One RM and one Atkinsons.
I seem to have acquired a few proofs despite setting out as a bullion man 😳

hgm 2.8% krugs or 2.3% for 12-15 if you have big pockets
https://www.hattongardenmetals.com/buy/full-krugerrand-1oz

Ordered Monday night ,got it this morning.

Also worth noting for H&B if you don't want the sale calls...  don't register with your actual number. I couldn't think of any good reason they should have mine when I registered and I remain undisturbed. Only ever give the details you absolutely have to give on any registration form. Use fake details for the rest.

I ordered from them twice last year and haven't had so much as an email from them, let alone any letters. 🤔

£310 - £299 = £11 saved. Count the pennies and the pounds look after themselves! 😃

Just bought one. It would be rude not to! 😉

Just ordered, but there was a problem after paying on the website... payment was taken, but the order didn't appear on my account.
Called their free-phone number and the sales team sorted eveything in a few minutes. I have to say, their customer service is excellent.
 
Now to find some other members of my family to purchase a coin...  

2021 Sovereign for £299 at Harrington & Byrne. 2% on spot as I type.

Thank you - just bought the last one, great price and another different coin to my collection

5g Pamp at hattongardenmetals for 218

QUITE right! - POUND COST averaging! 👌😉

Yer I told her to buy little and often. It’s hard though as prices have fallen and gold is tempting.

seems to be "waking up" - probably with respect to $1.9 trillion injection! 

Yer I told her to buy little and often. It’s hard though as prices have fallen and gold is tempting.

Rather than invest £10k maybe invest £5k now. Then invest more as time goes by??? Impossible to advise on as nobody knows the future or they’d be billionaires.