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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Buy Gold Bars: The Size Decision

February 15th, 2010 Posted in Gold, Gold Bars, Gold Investing
Feb, 15 2010

When you’re choosing to buy gold bars, one of the first decisions you have to make is the size of the bars that you buy. Bars come in sizes from nuggets all the way up to one thousand ounce bricks of bullion. You can buy any size and have it stored in a vault or delivered to your home, but the most convenient and simple size for you to buy will depend largely on your gold investing goals and needs. Here’s some information that will help you decide.

For one thing, you definitely have to figure out how portable you want your gold investment to be. Obviously the smaller bars – or even bullion coins – are going to be much easier to move than their massive bullion counterparts. However, even these small bars can become difficult to move if you get too many of them. You may want to have some of your investment in a portable form and the rest of it consolidated into larger bars for more convenience.

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What to Know When You Are Buying Gold Bars

February 12th, 2010 Posted in Gold, Gold Bars, Gold Investing, Gold Prices
Feb, 12 2010

Choosing to depend on gold as an investment for your future can be a reliable and profitable method. Many people do not realize it, but buying gold bars is an excellent choice for investment, no matter how big of an investment you want to make. However, if you are considering the idea of the gold bar, then there are certain things you will need to know. This way, you can go into the investment well informed and ready to make sure that your future is secure.

Gold has continued to be a source of wealth, dating back thousands of years. The reason that gold is used to back the country’s money is because it is valuable and it holds its value. Unlike the stock market, government bonds, and paper money, gold continues to be valuable no matter what may be happening in the economy.

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