The Difference between Gold Bullion Coins and Numismatic Gold Coins

As a gold investor, you might be interested in including some gold coins in your portfolio.  However, SOME gold coins are a better investment than OTHERS.  That is why I’m going to explain the difference between gold bullion coins and numismatic gold coins.

 

What Are Gold Bullion Coins?

A bullion coin is struck from gold, silver, platinum, or palladium.  We will be focusing on gold bullion coins in this post.  Although some carry a face value of legal tender (currency), they are now usually minted as an investment or for collectors rather than to be used in day-to-day commerce as they were up until the early 20th century. 

Its real value, however, is its troy weight and what the current gold market value is, which has nothing to do with its face value.  Gold bullion coins come in several sizes and weights.  We’ll discuss this in detail in the next post, where I will list the most popular gold bullion coins worldwide. 

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Health and Medical Benefits of Silver: Part Three – Colloidal Silver

Part Three of a Three-Part Series

 

In the last blog post, we talked about some of the current traditional uses of silver in the health and medical community.

Before concluding this introductory 3-part discussion about the health and medical benefits of silver, I would be remiss if I didn’t talk about colloidal silver.  It is a controversial topic, and I’m not offering any opinions about it.  I’m just sharing documented information that is currently available.

Regardless of your opinion regarding medicinal colloidal silver, it’s important to know how popular the use of colloidal silver is, which therefore increases the usage of silver and, as an investor, can affect your portfolio!  The more silver is used, the more it will be worth.

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Silver Rounds and Silver Bags: Two Unconventional Ways to Invest in Silver

In a recent post I explained the difference between pure silver, sterling silver, coin silver, junk silver, and silver plating.   Now that silver prices are on the verge of soaring, let’s begin talking about the different ways to invest in silver.  In this post you’ll learn about two unconventional silver investments: silver rounds and silver bags.

 

Silver Rounds

Silver rounds look like coins but have no value as legal tender.  They are manufactured at private mints, and the silver content is usually .999 fine.   While buying silver coins can be very enjoyable, you will be paying far more than the silver content for them and it is ultimately more challenging to make a good profit from them.  However, if you purchase one-ounce pure silver rounds, they can be easily traded and will cost much less.  The prices fluctuate based on the current spot silver price.  If you’re not familiar with that term, read the post about spot gold prices.  It’s the same thing.

You can buy silver rounds from coin dealers or directly from the mint itself.  For example, the Northwest Territorial Mint has both silver bars and silver rounds available that are produced for Pan American Silver.

 

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