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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1035688, member: 39&quot;]Hmm, depends on what &quot;product&quot; you buy. The bottom line is, bullion gold coins are VAT exempt while many collector coins are not. The exemption applies to <i>(quote from the directive)</i> &quot;gold coins of a purity equal to or greater than 900 thousandths and minted after 1800, which are or have been legal tender in the country of origin, and are normally sold at a price which does not exceed the open market value of the gold contained in the coins by more than 80 %&quot; ...</p><p><br /></p><p>For those who are interested in the details, this is the full text of the Council Directive:</p><p><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:347:0001:0118:EN:PDF" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:347:0001:0118:EN:PDF" rel="nofollow">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:347:0001:0118:EN:PDF</a></p><p>A list of coins that meet these criteria is published every year; this is the list for 2010:</p><p><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:289:0012:0025:EN:PDF" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:289:0012:0025:EN:PDF" rel="nofollow">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:289:0012:0025:EN:PDF</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned in that document, a gold coin which is not listed there may still meet the exemption criteria.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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