I'm a fucking Republican, but I'll talk to you about coins. I used to buy silver for both collection and stacking. In 2017 I converted the majority of my silver to gold. Unless the silver coin is highly collectable, It's recommend focusing on gold even though it's much more expensive, you'll be happy you did. The Lunar series from the Perth mint is worth collecting in both gold and silver variety.
I hope this helps.
It's okay I got what I needed for Christmas. I'm thinking gold too. Silver doesn't move much in value.
I did the Gold American Eagle coin for his wedding gift. He's Republican, a vet and that had the daddy eagle flying to the nest with the mom and two babies plus something to do with Reagan. It made him tear up, score! To continue the theme, when he has kids, I need a single eagle on the coin.
But I'm going to need something for father and child to collect. Go back to his birthday and move forward and start with the child's birthday and add every year. The Christmas coin is kind of fun but that doesn't cover birthdays. Lunar is kind of cute. I really like those pandas. They've been going on for a long time. I remember those from the 80's.