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Cladiator
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Would you pay $500 for a 3.1 gram gold bullion coin? Not me. It blows my mind that people regularly shell out that kind of money for the 1/10th ounce gold Buffalo's on eBay. That works out to over $5,000 per ounce.
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But, as I find small gold to be annoying, I don't think I would have actually done it even if I had the resources.
Price: $164.95
Mint: Sold Out
Hurts, don't it??
Shoulda, coulda backed the semi-truck, horse trailer, and motor home up to that speeding train as it was leaving the station!
Rather than now, as the Buffalo prices continue to RISE.
Miles
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No, but at that price I am tempted to sell a couple.
I knew it would happen.
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But would you buy a high grade $2.50 lib for $500? Or a nice AU58 Seated Dollar? Whats the difference here? People routinely spend $500+ on an AG 1916-D dime. That coin has about $1.15 worth of metal in it, and has a mintage of over 260,000.
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<< <i>No way! >>
But would you buy a high grade $2.50 lib for $500? Or a nice AU58 Seated Dollar? Whats the difference here? People routinely spend $500+ on an AG 1916-D dime. That coin has about $1.15 worth of metal in it, and has a mintage of over 260,000. >>
The OP specifically refered to a "3.1 gram gold bullion coin". Obviously, a rare coin would be worth much more than melt.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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<< <i>No way! >>
But would you buy a high grade $2.50 lib for $500? Or a nice AU58 Seated Dollar? Whats the difference here? People routinely spend $500+ on an AG 1916-D dime. That coin has about $1.15 worth of metal in it, and has a mintage of over 260,000. >>
The OP specifically refered to a "3.1 gram gold bullion coin". Obviously, a rare coin would be worth much more than melt. >>
A 1998 1/10th panda is a 3.1 gram gold bullion coin. Its a rare coin. Its worth much more than melt.
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<< <i>No way! >>
But would you buy a high grade $2.50 lib for $500? Or a nice AU58 Seated Dollar? Whats the difference here? People routinely spend $500+ on an AG 1916-D dime. That coin has about $1.15 worth of metal in it, and has a mintage of over 260,000. >>
The OP specifically refered to a "3.1 gram gold bullion coin". Obviously, a rare coin would be worth much more than melt. >>
A 1998 1/10th panda is a 3.1 gram gold bullion coin. Its a rare coin. Its worth much more than melt. >>
If it's worth much more than melt, it's not really a bullion coin. To me, a bullion coin is worth melt or a small premium over melt.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Just as "proof" is not a grade, but rather a method of manufacture, a bullion coin is defined by the way/reason it was issued, not by the premium it gets years down the road.
To me, the ultimate definition of a bullion coin would be: Any coin produced by a government that contains a specific amount of precious metal intended to be purchased for such precious metal as an investment, and not intended to be circulated at the nominal token face value assigned to it at time of issue.
Now, this could apply to commemoratives as well as NCLT coins such as eagles, maples, K-rands, etc. However, if the 1998 panda 1/10th bullion coin was issued in 1998 as a bullion coin, and at the time had a very tiny premium over melt.....does it somehow not qualify as a bullion coin 11 years later when collectors realize how rare this item is? Its still the same coin....made at the time for the same reason as any other bullion coin has ever been made. I dont see how it ceases to be a bullion coin simply because it now demands a 3-4x melt premium. Its just a really valuable bullion coin now.
<< <i>"If it's worth much more than melt, it's not really a bullion coin. To me, a bullion coin is worth melt or a small premium over melt."
Just as "proof" is not a grade, but rather a method of manufacture, a bullion coin is defined by the way/reason it was issued, not by the premium it gets years down the road. >>
By this definition, all Trade dollars are bullion coins. They were issued as a way for the silver mines to convert their silver bullion to coin form for export to China. Let's just agree to disagree.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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