Coin shops say they're swimming in so much silver and gold that they're having to limit purchases

Silver coins are seen right before being melted to produce silver bars at the Austrian Gold and Silver Refinery in Vienna.

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• Spot prices for silver and gold are stabilizing after a rocky stretch of record gains and losses.
• The market volatility has caused headaches for local coin shops that typically buy precious metals.
• "If you do this wrong, you run out of capital really fast," one shop told Business Insider.

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