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Message:: [QUOTE="doug444, post: 2677263, member: 38849"]These aren't old, but in central Ohio, they're readily available at 2% over spot, proof or uncirc.  I bought three $5 gold commems this week, and the guy delivered them, they're still on my desk, $315 each.  Nobody wants them:  the various U.S. $5 pieces, 1990s to present, out of 3-coin sets produced by the Mint, which never sold very enthusiastically, except the Jackie Robinson. Sovereigns are OK, note that there are some VERY rare dates among the South African and Australian sovereigns.  But down the road, the average amateur buyer will shy away from them.  I do not buy foreign gold bullion, don't have any, not even Canadian gold maples. Australia sovereigns, several years ago, in Krause:1920-S, $150,000 at auction;1922-S, $17,000;1923-S, $13,000;1926-S, $17,000.The "M" (Melbourne) and "P" (Perth) mints are much more common.  "S" is the Sydney mint.  I suppose they have been counterfeited, just like everything else of value. South Africa sovereign, 1924-SA, $5,000. ==========I like the $5 gold commems because they're pictured right in the Redbook.[/QUOTE]