How to select or buy a 1/2 ounce gold coin?.

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  1. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    based on $730.00 per ounce for gold and $838.00 for platinum. so the half ounce gold will be worth $365.00 for gold and $419.00 for platinum.

    current offered from u.s.mint were:

    spouse gold proof - $549.95
    spouse gold unc - $524.95
    dolley madison proof - $529.95
    dolley madison unc - $509.95

    eagle gold proof - $534.95
    eagle gold unc - $509.95

    buffalo gold proof - $549.95
    buffalo gold unc - $524.95

    bullion gold unc - $408.00 or plus
    bullion platinum unc - $460.00 or plus

    eagle platinum proof - $599.95
    eagle platinum unc - $569.95

    swiss rectangular bar unc -
    chinese panda proof -
    chinese panda unc -
    canadian maple leaf proof -
    canadian maple leaf unc -
    and other foreign gold -

    well, which one you like to buy?. and why? or why you choose platinum instead?. and why?. or you choose a foreign gold and why?.

    other consideration might be fineness such as .900,.917,.999,.9999 or face value like 200.00, 100.00, 50.00 and so forth. or design such as eagle, buffalo, liberty,panda etc. seriously speaking, it is hard to find one. anyway, just choose the one you like. maybe that is the right answer.
     
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  3. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    i chose one before

    i bought some 1/2 oz. american eagle (w) unc gold coin before. and now i am planning to acquire some 1/2 oz. american buffalo unc gold coin. my relatives bought swiss rectangular gold bar before. i don't like it. by the way, i also got 2 pc of jefferson's liberty gold. chinese panda is beautiful but very expensive.
     
  4. TheNoost

    TheNoost huldufolk

    I'd buy the ones closest to spot, if i was buying right now.
     
  5. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    to TheNoost

    near spot is good. but right now the dealers charges very high premium too. example, the silver bullion eagle. the dealers charges around $4.00 to $5.00 premium instead of $2.00 before.
     
  6. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    pricing from a dealer

    i got one price from a dealer. that is for american eagle bullion unc 1/2 oz. gold. based on $730.00 per ounce or $365.00 per 1/2 oz. the guy is selling $465.00. that is $100.00 over spot. in that case, i would rather buy directly from the u.s. mint. because the (w) mint mark is much rarer. and the bullion coin mintage is quite high. no numismatic value at all.
     
  7. TheNoost

    TheNoost huldufolk

    Yeah, I know.:headbang: even pawn shops trying to sell 90% junk for 14X face.
    www.libertycoinservice.com
    figures the % markup over spot for different countries bulion coins.
     
  8. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    gold & platinum up

    as of this writing, gold 745.30 platinum 850.00, silver 9.61. hopefully keep on rising. so that mint products will look like cheap.
     
  9. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    nothing

    it looks like nothing to shop on the mint last change items. those good stuffs sold out not even starting to sell date. who bought them?. the mint itself. the insiders, some powerful dealers?.
     
  10. holz

    holz holz

    If your buying half oz buy the Buffalo.

    I always liked your Mintage stats. Now try mine:
    I started a new post yesterday about no more fractional Bullion Proof and the Unc "W". I wish somebody from 2006 was still with us to confirm this. If the above is true, true, true...
    1). Buffalo tenth,Quater,Half Oz. will be a one year issue/type coin.
    2). Everybody LOVES the Buffalo coins.
    3). The half Mintage Pr 1,576 +6720 4-set Unc 2,245+4,775 4-set
    4). The special 08 New year set has the Unc half in it not sure if its in the numbers.
    5). The one Oz Unc Buff and Platinum will be gone.
     
  11. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    bullion coins still produce

    all bullion gold and platinum coins bearing no mint mark are still produce by the mint. that include all sizes.

    silver proof and unc with w mint mark and silver unc without w mint mark still continue.
     
  12. holz

    holz holz

    UNC "W" and Proof

    All AGE proofs will still be produced.
    1 Oz UNC 'W" AGE
    1 Oz Proof Buffalo
    1 Oz Proof Platinum
     
  13. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    to holz

    now you got it......
     
  14. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    buy some

    i finally decided to buy some of the last chance offered from the mint. also i plan to purchase some 2008 gold and platinum.
     
  15. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    bullion 1/2 ounce

    you can buy this bullion 1/2 ounce gold coin for $435.50 at nw terr. mint. but you can not choose the date.
     
  16. coinsider007

    coinsider007 gold digger

    i bought one set of american buffalo (w) proof and one set of american eagle (w) proof. i plan to buy some half ounce proof.
     
  17. CentDime

    CentDime Coin Hoarder

    The buffalo proof should do well down the road, it appears the mintages will be very low for proof coins.

    The 1/10 could be 18,000
    The 1/4 could be 13,000
    The 1/2 could be 13,000 And
    the one ounce 19,500

    The lowest mintage modern proof gold commemorative is 21,840.
    All of the gold eagle proof have higher mintages than the buffalo gold proof, I think the 2008 will as well.

    The only modern proof gold with a lower mintage I think is the 1 ounce reverse gold Eagle at 10,000

    Also the one ounce proof buffalo will probably be the long-term key coin to the Buffalo one ounce proof series that will continue.

    So all four buffalo proof look like great coins to own, and besides it is a great design to own.

    The UNC buffalo 1/4 looks like it will be at about 10,000 mintage which is also low. When compared to other low mintage modern gold there are a few more that are lower so I am not sure how it will stack up as the proof buffalo do. Either way though I expect prices for these coins all to rise over time and unless the mint makes more of the fractionals these will hold an important place for modern proof coins.

    PS The only coins lower mintage than the gold though are the platinum and we all know how low those are.
     
  18. coinsider007

    coinsider007 gold digger

    to CentDime. yes, those were really low. but i still like unciruclated. more like a general circulated coin. also silver is better than gold and platinum. and gold is better than platinum.
     
  19. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    we have 14 half ounce gold coins to choose from the mint:

    spouses gold proof and uncircualted - 8 coin
    american eagle gold proof, uncirculated, & bullion - 3 coin
    american buffalo gold proof, uncirculated, & bullion - 3 coin

    all these are still available direct from the u.s. mint.
     
  20. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    can't control it. i still bought 12 pieces of 1/2 ounce american buffalo bullion gold. half in proof and half in uncirculated.
     
  21. elaine 1970

    elaine 1970 material girl

    current figures for 1/2 ounce gold:

    american buffalo (w) unc - 8,475

    american buffalo (w) proof - 10,274

    american eagle (w) proof - 11,645

    american eagle bullion unc - 50,000

    jackson spouse proof - 4,804

    jackson spouse unc - 2,780

    q.adams spouse proof - 4,915

    q adams spouse unc - 2,805

    monroe spouse proof - 7362

    monroe spouse unc - 4,255

    madison spouse proof - 18,355

    madison spouse unc - 12,541
     
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