Pros and Cons of American Silver Eagles

I just wanted to share thoughts and hopefully get some feedback from the community regarding American Silver Eagles and their place in your stack.

When I first started stacking, I almost exclusively went with ASE. They are a coin I still like, but haven't purchased in some time. I will try to outline my pros and cons below:

Pros:

• ASE is probably the world's most recognized silver coin. If SHTF I think this will be a go-to coin, as it's trusted and recognized by many people.

• The coin itself is beautiful

• Premiums are reasonable

Cons:

• While I noted above that it is a beautiful coin, and it is, the coin itself essentially stays the same design year-after-year, except for the date. For me this becomes a bit tiresome, which is partially why I'm drawn to other government coins, such as the Lunar series, that are updated yearly.

• Because the designs stay pretty consistent, their values may not go up as much over the years beyond the spot price of silver. I know there are exceptions to this, such as the 1996 coin.

• While the premiums, depending on where you buy, are typically responsible, do these premiums outweigh being able to buy more silver? For example, buying a generic round that has lower premiums allow you to buy more silver.

Does the stacker community have any input on the ASE?