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<p>[QUOTE="myownprivy, post: 3631755, member: 84588"]As posted gold keeps falling and falling and falling. It's lost $25 so far today and might drop back below $1400.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, I hear you that you think $5.99 is a good deal right now. However, just be aware that if you buy this Maple for $6 over spot you can sell it back for $13 under spot. So there's a spread of about $19. Therefore, it stops being such a great deal because so many places undervalue it to do secondary market damage. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, there's a chance that when buying a random year 1 ounce Maple you will get a flawless coin. If that's the case, this is a great deal. However, 1 ounce gold coins for me are just not something I take a chance on. I might take a chance on random year whatever silver bullion, but I don't roll the dice when spending $1400. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, I LOVE Maples, as everyone knows. They are the most beautiful gold bullion coin in the world. They are also the second most traded in the United States and often the first in the rest of the world. In addition, they feature the best security features of any gold bullion coin and are therefore the least subject to counterfeiting, and, most importantly, the least subject to suspicion or hassle when reselling due to being the most easily authenticated. Having said all of that, that applies to 2015 and later Gold Maples. These are the ones that feature the privy mark, the radial lines, and the DNA technology. So, buying a random year might get you a 2014 with just the privy mark but no radial line, or it might get you a 20-year-old Maple with no security features. That's not a chance I'd want to take.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="myownprivy, post: 3631755, member: 84588"]As posted gold keeps falling and falling and falling. It's lost $25 so far today and might drop back below $1400. Secondly, I hear you that you think $5.99 is a good deal right now. However, just be aware that if you buy this Maple for $6 over spot you can sell it back for $13 under spot. So there's a spread of about $19. Therefore, it stops being such a great deal because so many places undervalue it to do secondary market damage. Of course, there's a chance that when buying a random year 1 ounce Maple you will get a flawless coin. If that's the case, this is a great deal. However, 1 ounce gold coins for me are just not something I take a chance on. I might take a chance on random year whatever silver bullion, but I don't roll the dice when spending $1400. Lastly, I LOVE Maples, as everyone knows. They are the most beautiful gold bullion coin in the world. They are also the second most traded in the United States and often the first in the rest of the world. In addition, they feature the best security features of any gold bullion coin and are therefore the least subject to counterfeiting, and, most importantly, the least subject to suspicion or hassle when reselling due to being the most easily authenticated. Having said all of that, that applies to 2015 and later Gold Maples. These are the ones that feature the privy mark, the radial lines, and the DNA technology. So, buying a random year might get you a 2014 with just the privy mark but no radial line, or it might get you a 20-year-old Maple with no security features. That's not a chance I'd want to take.[/QUOTE]
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