Diamond Gold Coins
If you buy gold bullion coins for the purpose of investment, it is best to stick to the regular brilliant uncirculated coins as their premiums are generally the lowest. If you buy proof coins, you will already have to pay an additional collectibility premium. That is fine for numismatists but not for investors who want ... Continue reading
Gold Bullion Jewelry
Few gold buyers are familiar with the idea of buying gold bullion jewelry. When buying gold bullion, smaller investors usually prefer to buy gold coins whereas larger-scale (and especially institutional investors like banks, funds etc.) investors tend to prefer gold bars. The reason for this is simple. It costs more to produce small gold bars ... Continue reading
Precious Metals IRA – what to include?
While some of our American readers may already own a precious metals IRA, others may not be familiar with that form of investment yet. The basic laws that stipulate the rules and regulations for precious metals IRA’s can be found on the website of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The most important thing that you ... Continue reading
How to handle coins properly?
When people begin collecting precious metal coins, receiving the shipment of your first order is a very special moment. It is very tempting to hold your new gold coins in your hands and perhaps even pass them around to the hands of your partner and children. That’s why it is so important for newbie precious ... Continue reading
Olympic Gold Medals
When people think of gold medals as opposed to gold coins, the Olympic gold medals usually come to mind first. However, it has been quite a long time that the gold medals for the winners of the Olympic sports events were made out of solid gold. More on that later in the article. At the ... Continue reading
Rare US gold coins
One thing that coin buyers take for granted these days is that one year’s issue of a coin differs from another year’s issue only by the year of mintage. That was not always the case in the past. In fact, many historic US gold coins have special rare versions that differ from the standard version ... Continue reading
Russian Ballerina palladium coins
The recent market introduction of the American Palladium Eagles is undoubtedly a sign that palladium as a precious metal is becoming more attractive to investors. That’s why it might be interesting for our readers to hear about a historic palladium coin series. The Russian Ballerina palladium coins are not only beautiful to look at but ... Continue reading
The Fort Knox gold reserves
Anyone who spends some time researching precious metals who hear the term “Fort Knox” at one point or another, often in combination with the term “gold reserves”. So what is Fort Knox you may be wondering? Fort Knox is a United States Army post that includes a fortified vault building whose official name is the ... Continue reading
New 2018 coin designs
Now that it is already 2018, it’s time to have a look at the new 2018 coin designs for those bullion coins that change their reverse design each year. Of all the bullion coins listed on our site, this concerns the Australian Kangaroos, the Australian Lunar coins, the Chinese Panda coins, the British Lunar coins ... Continue reading
Bitcoin vs. Gold 2018
Most people who read this are probably aware of the fact that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are surging at the moment whereas the prices of precious metals hardly budge. Will this trend continue in 2018? This short article is meant to give you my perspective on this issue. Keep in mind that I’m not an expert ... Continue reading
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