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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 504917, member: 15062&quot;]:kewl: Although there is a &quot;value&quot; imprinted on the Mint&#039;s bullion coins, <u>nowhere</u> in the Mint&#039;s advertising do they refer to any of the bullion coins by their &quot;face value&quot;.&nbsp; They are only referred to by their bullion weight.&nbsp; Furthermore, their selling cost is totally independent of the &quot;value&quot; imprinted on them.&nbsp; The only reasons that they have been given a &quot;value&quot; is so they can move across national borders without the taxation that would be imposed on strictly bullion pieces, and to appeal to collectors who are more likely to collect something called a coin as opposed to bullion.</p><p><br /></p><p>:loud:Coins have a fixed value which is imprinted on them.&nbsp; This value is guaranteed by the issuer regardless of what they&#039;re made from.&nbsp; Bullion &quot;coins&quot; may have a token value imprinted on them but their true value is based solely on the intrinsic value of the metals from which they are made.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>:thumb:If you want to pay a 50% premium for gold bullion that someone calls a coin, please go right ahead and do so.&nbsp; I&#039;ll stick to collecting real working coinage, and bullion at spot plus 3 to 5%</p><p><br /></p><p>:whistle:Finally, real pre-1933, St.Gaudens&#039; coins are available for the same price or less.&nbsp; If I were going to drop that kind of money on a gold coin, I&#039;d get the real deal instead of something that just looks like it.&nbsp; High relief? Small size?&nbsp; Looks like a game token.&nbsp; I&#039;m not impressed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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