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Message:: [QUOTE="tcore, post: 174737, member: 2949"]The Mint does not sell "Uncirculated" American Gold Eagle bullion coins to the public directly (at least the kind that you're probably thinking of) and you can not buy them through their website. Notice that under the descriptions that the Mint gives for the Uncirculated coins they sell on the website, it says that those coins are struck on specially burnished blanks and are a collectible version of the regular bullion coins. If you want to buy the plain bullion AGE's, you have to buy them from a dealer and they will be less that $720 for the one ounce (unless it's a low mintage year, etc.). The other thing to note is that you usually pay a larger percent premium for the smaller denominations than the large ones. So, you may pay a $30 premium over spot for a 1 ounce coin and a $15 premium over spot for a 1/10 oz coin. The $15 premium is a much greater percent of the 1/10 oz coin, than $30 for the 1 oz...make sense? Also, yes, I'd look into other world coins as well to add some interests. I personally just bought a smaller denomination Canada Maple Leaf and I'm really enjoying it. I would also consider older coins (as zaneman mentioned) that you may have to pay just a small premium over spot for. Most of these will be in circulated grades, but they have a lot of numismatic interest too. Good luck![/QUOTE]