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<p>[QUOTE="LEG END, post: 944979, member: 26139"]<b>seems to be little value above bullion content in US Uncirculated issues.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>It seems that bullion value is about all you can wring out of most US issues. There was that 2008 thing, with a limited mintage, that drives secondary market values, but I see lots of early 1900's gold for little above spot. Now, once gold gets to $2000 and really massive melting to make Chinese jewelry begins, and some issues vanish altogether, then it may pay. But by that time, who will spend a thousand on a half ounce uncirculated when most of us cannot afford a collection anymore. Kinda crazy to collect issues that are pretty much all the same as one another; Panda, Krugerrand, Maple Leaf, or whatever mint makes them, All just an ounce of gold, ready to melt for recreational use.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LEG END, post: 944979, member: 26139"][b]seems to be little value above bullion content in US Uncirculated issues.[/b] It seems that bullion value is about all you can wring out of most US issues. There was that 2008 thing, with a limited mintage, that drives secondary market values, but I see lots of early 1900's gold for little above spot. Now, once gold gets to $2000 and really massive melting to make Chinese jewelry begins, and some issues vanish altogether, then it may pay. But by that time, who will spend a thousand on a half ounce uncirculated when most of us cannot afford a collection anymore. Kinda crazy to collect issues that are pretty much all the same as one another; Panda, Krugerrand, Maple Leaf, or whatever mint makes them, All just an ounce of gold, ready to melt for recreational use.[/QUOTE]
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