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Thursday, December 11, 2008

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In general, I highly prefer giving bullion coins as gifts for two main reasons. First, bullion is cheaper. I'm usually on a very limited gift budget and expensive rare coins are just not an option for me. Second, unless you are giving a gift to a seasoned coin collector, the average person will not know or deeply appreciate the difference between bullion and numismatics. In introducing someone to the world of gold, bullion is great. Moreover, many bullion coins these days such as American Eagles and Canadian Maple leafs are truly beautiful coins. Get a mint brand new bullion coin and you will be giving away a valuable and beautiful gift.
Buy Chinese silver dollars

The $20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin has been considered by many to be one of the most beautiful coins ever created. In addition to its beauty, investors privately acquire this gold coin which has outperformed gold bullion. This gold coin the Twenty Dollar gold piece also known as the Double Eagle is placed in the portfolios of investors worldwide for privacy and the guarantee that the United States government cannot go back and make anymore of these coins.
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As with stocks, gold investors may base their investment decision partly on, or solely on, technical analysis. Typically, this involves analyzing chart patterns, moving averages, market trends and/or the economic cycle in order to speculate on the future price.
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Canada: Maple Leaf golf coins. Scotiabank is an official distributor of Canadian Maple Leaf gold and silver coins, which are prized as gifts of great beauty and value. The Maple Leaf gold coin is guaranteed by the Government of Canada to contain 99.99% pure gold. There is no bullion coin in the world today that is more pure.
You can buy mint gold eagle coins in our store.

As an aside, it is interesting how poorly high denomination U.S. notes have performed as an investment. Anyone would have fared much, much better by depositing the $500 or $1,000 in even a low-interest savings account in the 1940's or 1950's when these circulated, as the return would have been much higher than on a $500 or $1,000 bill. In fact, the return on $5,000 and $10,000 bills is very poor compared to other investments-yes, even the stock market, where despite the bear market of the last couple of years, $5,000 or $10,000 invested in stocks when these notes were printed would be worth many multiples of what these notes are now worth. The moral is, of course, that if you are "hanging on" to high denomination notes in the hopes that they are a good investment and will be worth much more one day, history is not encouraging.
Buy get Morgan silver dollars for a great investment.

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Gold Lower as Oil Falls Below $44

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:47:51 +0000
Gold moved lower Thursday as the U.S. dollar climbed and oil prices dipped below $44 a barrel to reach toward a four year low.
The dollar benefited from Bank of England and European Central Bank (ECB) interest rate cut announcements. New York silver, gold and platinum futures responded with losses of 0.7 ...]

Perth Mint to Resume Taking Bullion Coin Orders

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:39:10 +0000
The Perth Mint has announced that it will resume taking orders for a popular range of gold and silver bullion coins from 12 January 2009.
The announcement follows an earlier Perth Mint communication advising clients that as a result of unprecedented worldwide demand, it had been forced to close its new order book for gold and ...]

From the Grading Room: 1973-S Dollar on a Copper-Nickel Planchet

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:06:21 +0000
Coins struck accidentally on planchets intended for other issues are known for quite a number of United States coin types, but they are rarely more spectacular than when occurring with dollar coins. This superb gem Eisenhower Dollar was struck at the San Francisco Mint for inclusion in the series of “blue pack” silver-clad dollars offered ...]

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Gold coins are one of the oldest forms of money. The first gold coins in history were coined by the Lydian king Croesus in about 560 BC, not long after the first silver coins were minted by king Pheidon of Argos in about 700 BC. Another ancient one is chinese 6th or 5th BC Ying Yuan
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Does the silver coin pass a magnification check? Although the methods listed above will usually enable you to rule out most fakes (especially the weight test,) sometimes close examination under a strong magnifier settles the matter. Look for silver plating that failed to fill into tiny spots and crevices. Look at the edge of the coin to see if the plating is visible where the rim meets the side; also look between the reeding. Sometimes just looking at the fields under 10x is enough to condemn the silver coin as a fake, because the fields may appear rough, or have spots of copper or other non-silver impurities.
Buy Buffalo gold coins.

A set of high-magnification hand lenses is an invaluable tool for numismatists. However, magnification of 10� and up is only recommended for spotting signs of counterfeiting. Skip Fazzari offers these tips and more.
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South Africa: Krugerrand gold coin. The very first gold bullion coins produced in sizes of exactly one ounce.
You can buy world gold bullion coins in our store.

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Presidential Dollars: Error Coins versus Die Varieties

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:20:00 +0000
The new Presidential dollar series has gotten off to a well publicized, if not messy start. With all the Faceless and Godless dollars being reported, the recent release seems to have generated a lot...



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Quarters for 10 Years to Honor National Parks

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:21:13 +0000
Legislation to create at least 56 newly designed quarters over a ten-year period is now a presidential signature away from law. America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act (H.R.6184) passed in the House of Representatives July 9, 2008 and unexpectedly made its way through the lame duck session of the Senate ...]

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