Have a nice evening.
It happened to me, although I'm not very precise on the value or I don't set a very big role for silver. I also like aluminum coins, mainly circulating coins, and I hate circus silver sold as collector's medals and tokens.
A long time ago, I wanted a rectangle 1 Pa anga - Tupou IV coin in my collection ( I love FAO coins for their depth of story)
a colleague SWAP chose an old silver coin for it , for me definitely cheaper so maybe in the middle of the price "Pa anga".
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces28351.html
I refused in principle -even though it was convenient for me already in principle, I will not exchange an old medieval honest silver coin for a piece of cheap metal.
Why: it's in the brain's head that way, given our history, it can't be taken otherwise!
Example: After the disintegration of Austria-Hungarian monarchy after the First World War , Vienna as the capital of the monarchy lost the coming winter period suppliers of goods, coal, food - there was famine and paper money, and copper had no value ,bank checks worthof millions.
But for the silver crown of Francis Joseph II -You could buy bread for your children , for gold coins also meat and everything for winter survival.
It just always worked in history and even today I get beer in the desert for a quality silver coin . But for our paper money, the beer seller would recommend that I wipe it off the back......
,, so for me it's in the subconscious and the psyche,,
Ivan