Gold has always held a tremendous fascination for humanity. Its beauty, rarity and durability combine to give it a timeless appeal and great value. Here are four gold coins to how to buy them. Gold coins, like all coins, are hand-held pieces of history. They outshine virtually all other coins because their main component is so coveted, so admired and so prized. Many U.S. gold coins rank high on collectors’ lists. 1795 Draped Bust $5 Small Eagle coin (PCGS) The history of gold is to rise in price dramatically and then abruptly retreat. The gold market historically has been shattered by volatili ..read more

Bitcoin vs. gold. That's the question everyone wants to be answered. What will coin collecting look like in 2041? Here's an ultimate crystal ball prediction. Crypto followers say that Bitcoin facilitates payment better. But gold is a currency that preserves purchasing power. So where will gold and cryptocurrency be in 2041? Bitcoin is relatively new, and gold has served humanity for 5,000 years. Thinking many years into the future can be all at once frightening and exhilarating. Attempting to look ahead 20 years from when this was published in June 2021 may seem like a fanciful notion. But if ..read more

By Michael Fuljenz My associate, Jerry Jordan, ordered numerous rare coins and bullion bars for educational purposes from the Wish platform over the past two years. Thankfully, these coins and bars were very cheap, but they were all obvious fakes from Chinese vendors, and all were delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Jerry and I have sent the items received from previous orders to the National Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force and its leader, Doug Davis, in order to further educate law enforcement. I taught counterfeit detection courses for the American Numismatic Association and served on the N ..read more

By Steve Voynick Palladium has hung around as platinum’s “little brother” for a long time. Although it shares the same silvery-white color, it has never enjoyed platinum’s glamour, name recognition, and value. But now it appears that the “little brother” has suddenly grown up. The four major precious investment metals—gold, silver, platinum, and palladium—have all performed well over the past five years. Silver has doubled in value, while the prices of gold and platinum have nearly doubled. But the standout has been palladium. In February 2016, palladium sold for $500 per troy ounce. Today, in ..read more

By R.W. Julian When the 1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagle was sold at auction in 2002 for $7.59 million plus a $20 re-monetization fee, there was widespread speculation in the numismatic world as to the buyer. Numerous names and entities were floated as candidates for the honor, including the Mint itself, but in the end no one guessed correctly. The buyer turned out to be Stuart Weitzman, the iconic fashion footwear manufacturer and entrepreneur. The present owner is selling this great rarity at Sotheby’s in June 2021 along with two other special items: a plate block of the famous 1918 Inverted ..read more

By James Passin The chain, thank God! the chain is broken, Its severed links may do us harm; But the Grand Fiat has been spoken, And free forever is the arm. -“Admonition” by James Madison Bell- Twenty-two percent of all U.S. dollars in circulation were printed last year in 2020. This unrelenting monetary expansion has driven up the price of all financial assets to ridiculous levels and has set the stage for the Era of Hyperinflation. The devaluation of U.S. dollars against Bitcoin (“BTC”) is but one manifestation of the corrupt inflationist monetary policies that continue to enrich monopoly t ..read more

By Michael Fuljenz Whenever financial, political, or other world events lead to a continued increase in the buying of gold and silver bullion coins for diversification or as a form of financial insurance, we often see a bull market in rare coins follow in about six to 18 months. That’s because many of those new precious metals buyers become exposed by leading rare coin dealers to classic rare coins. Experience shows that about 10% to 20% of these new bullion coin buyers start collecting and investing in rare coins, and that provides a significant new demand for the limited universe of rare coi ..read more

Gold has always held a tremendous fascination for humanity. Its beauty, rarity and durability combine to give it a timeless appeal and great value. Here are four gold coins to how to buy them. Gold coins, like all coins, are hand-held pieces of history. They outshine virtually all other coins because their main component is so coveted, so admired and so prized. Many U.S. gold coins rank high on collectors’ lists. 1795 Draped Bust $5 Small Eagle coin (PCGS) The history of gold is to rise in price dramatically and then abruptly retreat. The gold market historically has been shattered by volatili ..read more

By Donn Pearlman There is an exciting future for the coin hobby, and that future is not too distant. The United States Mint is releasing this year in 2021 new “tail’s side” designs on American Eagle silver and gold bullion coins. These are the first major changes in the reverse designs since these precious metal coin programs began in 1986. The mid-year design changes have prompted a big surge in related promotions by numismatic marketers and a big surge, at least temporarily, in retail prices for 2021-dated American Eagles. A little farther down the road next year, we’ll start to see results ..read more

By Michael Fuljenz My associate, Jerry Jordan, ordered numerous rare coins and bullion bars for educational purposes from the Wish platform over the past two years. Thankfully, these coins and bars were very cheap, but they were all obvious fakes from Chinese vendors, and all were delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Jerry and I have sent the items received from previous orders to the National Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force and its leader, Doug Davis, in order to further educate law enforcement. I taught counterfeit detection courses for the American Numismatic Association and served on the N ..read more