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Message:: [QUOTE="Rono, post: 344900, member: 6492"]JIMV and JMC, You both make good points and as admitted, my pm investing primer was designed for investing types with 401 type monies. I agree fully with not trusting uncle.  Cripes, I'm a 'nam vet - do you really think I have an misconceptions about putting faith in my government?  Nah, I don't trust them a bit and personally prefer the real stuff to paper.  My problem is that much of my 'ready' money is in the form of retirement accounts, so securities of one form or another are about it unless you want to get serious about red tape.    Now, to answer the orginal question, I'd very carefully check the prices for world fractionals as compared to American Eagle fractionals.  AE's have a huge bloody premium.  Krugerrand's and Mexican Pesos are cheaper on the margin.  Around the edges, if you can swing 1/5 sizes, I believe you'll find that British Sovereigns, Franch 20 Franc and Swiss 20's are cheaper than the equivalent in an AGE.   Note that bullion in ingot/bar form would also be cheaper - say 1/10 oz. ingots. Now this all pertains to someone wanting to simply buy bullion and doesn't really have much of anything to do with collecting coins. For silver, in this same situation, I'd be going for circulated pre-1964 US common. just some thoughts, rono[/QUOTE]