A multimetallic buying binge has resulted in a shortage of physical precious metals for the U.S. Mint and its downstream dealers. A phone call to Kitco on Wednesday confirmed that conversion of silver pools to physical delivery would command an eleven-dollar premium per ounce over spot. Luckily, there are paper equivalents whose expense ratios are much more favorable than the aforementioned premium. Figures and Commentary Using our Ticksift platform, we consider the following three exchange traded funds (ETFs): GLDM (SPDR Gold Trust), SLV (iShares Silver Trust), and CPER (United States Copper Index Fund).