Is Your Financial Future Something You Can Touch?

March 12th, 2010 Posted in Gold, Gold Bars, Gold Coins, Gold Investing, Gold Prices
Mar, 12 2010

When it comes to you finances, how much of your wealth can you reach out and touch?  You might be able to touch your home or your car, but what else can you lay hands on readily?  Your stocks are just bits of paper, and the money in your wallet is hardly any better.  They don’t have inherent value, and they are backed by little more than corporate promises.

Gold, on the other hand, is a form of financial stability you can touch.  Gold is an asset you can hold in your hand, put in your pocket, and carry with you wherever you go.  While you can keep stock certificates printed out at home, it’s not the same as a solid gold coin or bar.

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Why Invest in Gold

March 9th, 2010 Posted in Gold, Gold Bars, Gold Coins, Gold Investing, Gold Prices
Mar, 09 2010

Are you looking for a solid way to invest a bunch of money? Do you have money sunk into an avenue that you no longer have faith in, such as real estate or IRAs? Maybe you just need a way to diversify your portfolio and give it some solid strength. If you said yes to any of the above, then gold is a probably an area you should look in to.

Why do people invest in gold? For one, gold is a steady market, unlike stocks. Stocks fluctuate on a minute to minute basis and can be up one minute and drastically fall the next. Gold does not do that. Gold may go down slightly on one day, but probably only a single digit or less. Stocks have had bad days where they lose 30 – 40 % of their value!

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The Worth of Gold Coins

March 6th, 2010 Posted in Coin Collecting, Gold, Gold Coins, Gold Investing
Mar, 06 2010

Ever since Pharaoh walked Ancient Egypt, gold coins have been in high demand in human civilization.  Of course back then, gold was considered a luxury, or even a gift, rather than for investment strategies.  In Ancient Egypt, the best investment plan you could hope for was to be buried alive with your husband!

Nevertheless, gifts of gold continued to be circulated, all the way until the days of King Croesus, who issued the first official gold coin release.  These were the first coins standardized for purity and content and made not for collecting, but for general distribution throughout the land.  Eventually gold became currency because of its exceptional qualities and wide production.

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Buying Gold Coins Offers Three Ways to Gain Value

March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Coin Collecting, Gold, Gold Coins, Gold Investing, Gold Prices
Mar, 03 2010

When you purchase investment types, you are ideally looking to maximize your chances of seeing a high return over time.  While stock investments certainly offer this potential, they come with a very high level of risk as well.  As many experienced and inexperienced investors alike learned recently, economic turmoil can quickly reduce or even destroy your savings and your net worth.  Buying gold coins is an excellent way to avoid many of these risks while gaining a product that has multiple means of offering profits over time.

While the only way to see an increase in the value of paper money is to gain interest so that you acquire more of it, the rules of dealing with gold coins are different.  Every gold coin holds a certain amount of value due to the gold that comprises it and the demand for this precious metal all over the world.  Buying gold coins also entails purchasing coins that will have a stated face value.  This means that the coins will never be worth less than this amount in the country that issued them.  Last, gold coins can gain value when they become rare or hard to get.  Whether you have a coin that was struck with a rare error or simply one that is hard to come by, the value will certainly be much higher than the face value.

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What is the Value of Gold American Eagle Coins?

February 28th, 2010 Posted in American Eagle Gold Coins, Coin Collecting, Gold, Gold Coins, Gold Investing, Gold Prices
Feb, 28 2010

Gold American Eagle coins are a series of collectable coins minted by U.S. Mint and issued by the federal government.  The composition of the coin is 91.67% pure gold, with minor silver and copper content.  This coin was originally released in the 1986 and has continued to this day.  Augustus Saint-Gaudens designed the front image of the coin; the coin depicts an image of Lady Liberty holding an olive branch and a torch—two very patriotic symbols, and important to American culture.

On the reverse side of the coin, we see an eagle soaring above its nest, bringing an olive branch to its mate and hatchlings.  The reverse image was designed by Miley Busiek.  Besides the images, what makes this coin unique?  It is a gold coin officially authorized by the U.S. government.  It is guaranteed to have the exact amount of gold content.  It comes in multiple sizes including one tenth of an ounce, one fourth of an ounce, one-half of an ounce and one ounce.

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