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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 2463250, member: 24544&quot;]Mostly reiterating what others have said, but I do find your cautious approach very reassuring.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, you are taking two different and distinct ideas and mixing them together.&nbsp; I would encourage you to keep them separate.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want some precious medal in your portfolio then I think old U.S. coins with no numismatic value, junk silver/gold, is a good way to get it.&nbsp; Be aware that you will have storage costs associated with physical gold that you won&#039;t have with paper gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are interested in gold coins with numismatic value because you think you might be interested in collecting these coins good for you.&nbsp; But I would encourage you to think about this collection as totally and completely separate from any investment or retirement portfolio.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I am sure there are many people who start off doing the first and move into the second as they catch the collecting bug.&nbsp; But I certainly know that keeping my hobbies separate from my investments helps keep my bias and overspending in check.&nbsp; It&#039;s much to easy to rationalize numismatic coin purchases because it&#039;s an &#039;investment&#039;.&nbsp; For me, collecting coins is a hobby, I use spending money only, and if I woke up tomorrow and all my coins were worthless I would not bat an eyelash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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