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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1048742, member: 26030&quot;]A few positive points for gold buffalos over gold eagles&nbsp; ... </p><p><br /></p><p>1. many dealers sell the gold buffalos in the stiff mylar sheeting as they came from the mint ... </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; i think this helps with avoiding counterfeit coins ... </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; the biggest risk you take in buying gold coins (in my opinion) is buying a counterfeit</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; (b.t.w. if doing an internet order you will need to ask when you buy them if they are still in the mint mylar packaging)</p><p>Not that mylar sheeting can&#039;t be counterfeited too, but it&#039;s one more layer of security.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. the mylar sheeting helps keep the coins pristine and mark free (no fingerprints from careless handling)</p><p><br /></p><p>3. the yearly mintage on the buffalos is lower than the eagles ... so you have the potential rarity kicker 20 years down the road</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (in 2009 the gold buffalo mintage was 200,000 ... in 2009 the gold eagle mintage was nearly 1.5 million)</p><p><br /></p><p>4. the series mintage on the buffalos is WELL LOWER than the eagles ... </p><p>(buffs only minted for 5 years, eagles minted for 25 years)</p><p>(as of 2009 series mintage on the buffs is about 900,000 ... on the eagles closer to 15 million)</p><p>(so as a type coin the mintage on the buffalo is much much lower)</p><p><br /></p><p>The cost of the buffalo is can range $15 to $40 more than the AGE (1 to 2 percent)&nbsp; ... </p><p>but i think that the factors above outweigh that premium </p><p><br /></p><p>I actually have been buying a Gold Buffalo every year ... so I have the full set</p><p>2006 - 2010 ... it&#039;s a cool idea if someday an album came out for Gold Buffs</p><p>However I would probably end up hurting their grade if i album&#039;d them</p><p>Still that would be a cool thing to open up and see.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]103040.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]103041.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you do decide on buying Buffalos, I still recommend getting at least one Gold Eagle coin for your archive as they are beautiful coins to look at.&nbsp; In terms of sheer beauty ... i probably like the Gold Eagle more.&nbsp; It&#039;s just hard to beat that old St Gaudens Liberty design. I actually own more Gold Eagles than Gold Buffalos ... but still worry sometimes that i might have a counterfeit in my batch (something I dont worry about with the Buffs).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also you can consider buying at least 1 proof of each coin from the USMint as that condition really brings out the stunning beauty of these coins and it&#039;s fun to show the proofs to people that no nothing about gold coins (even though you do pay a premium for that condition).&nbsp; It&#039;s great to have one or two gold proofs leaning up against your computer screen to admire all day (while the rest of your archive sits tucked away in a bank safe deposit box).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://mindstar.com/1999.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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