Which Would You Choose?

Looks more orange than gold. I personally like the Canadian Maple leafs color and purity best. I remember Krugerrands being popular in the 80's.

 

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Shouldn’t .9999 fine gold look exactly the same regardless of who makes it?

I mean .9999 fine gold is .9999 fine gold.

I can’t imagine that .00001 non-gold alloy would actually affect the color.

 

I don’t trust Chinese Pandas.

Ever since I got a 1 oz Chinese silver Panda that weighed 31.04 grams instead of 31.1 grams I’ve stayed away from any PMs coming from China.

It’s true that .06 grams isn’t much under at all but it’s the principle of the matter. Every other country puts a tiny bit of extra silver to make sure that when they guarantee 1 troy oz that that’s what it is and not a milligram less.

My guess is China does it on purpose. If they save .06 grams an ounce they save 6 grams for every 100 pandas minted. Considering they probably make millions of them that is hundreds of pounds of silver they are robbing people of.

Oh and before anyone says it: This is before China switched to the 30 gram standard and was still advertising them as 1 troy ounce not 30 grams like they do now.

 

I don't like the coin and i don't like their politics.

I'm a US .999 guy, so I like buffaloes, maples, and then AGE's, pre 1933 in that order. I don't fool with the other stuff.

I would like to get a 50 Peso though

 

krugers are .999 now?

 

No but Canadian Gold Maple Leafs are.

I was asking him why he preferred .9999 fine gold Maple Leafs over other .9999 fine gold bullion coins like the Australian Kangaroo and British Britannia.

 

in my mind just a little less obscure.

 

I also collect rocks so the Australian Gold Nugget sound good.

 

Could be the reason...one of them...that I'm not an investor, but BUY AMERICAN is my mantra, and wouldn't consider anything else, least of all the Panda.

 

I trust Australian bullion 100%.

A few months ago I even had a “featured” article on CT proving that Australian bullion is the heaviest, on average, of all the different countries I tested. Granted I only tested about 20 samples of each country but it did help me get an idea of what’s going on.

For example:

On average a 1 troy oz American Silver Eagle ended up weighing 31.18 grams.

The Australian Kangaroos ended up weighing on average 31.25 grams.

Both are slightly more than a troy oz but it seems the Australians clear the margin by the most.

Whereas Chinese Pandas didn’t even have 1 full troy oz.

 

What does AGE stand for?

 

American Gold Eagle

 

I agree, which ever is closest to spot. Gold is gold, assuming all are .999 or better. Unless, of course, your into the artistic value.

 

Usually gold bars are the closest to spot.

 

Hands down, sells easier and for more moola, at least that's been my experience! Gold is gold but for resale, go with US!

 

They still are

 

maples are usually one of the lowest price 999 coins out there

 

What do politics have to do with it ? you dont live there or keep a summer
home there do you....LOL

 

it's an ugly coin from a country with an ugly history. Canadian and US gold for me