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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 166190, member: 3011&quot;]I think current year American gold eagles and maple leafs are less likely to be counterfeited and much easier to buy and sell for prices close to spot.&nbsp; The chance that government agents are going to go door to door in America searching houses for gold coins is something I rank pretty close to zero probability.&nbsp; The last time gold was confiscated, it was done as coins passed through the banking system and not through searches and seizures.&nbsp; Since the conficsation of gold at this point would be interpreted by the market as an admission that Federal Reserve Notes and Treasury bonds were completely worthless, it probably isn&#039;t on the top ten list of responses to a financial emergency where the idea is to restore confidence, not initiate panic.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I wanted to make a bulk purchase, I&#039;d do it through a local coin dealer and pay cash instead of ordering online, which just isn&#039;t as safe in my opinion and maybe not the way to go for what you are trying to accomplish.&nbsp; The dealer may also be able to hunt down some circulated $20 gold Liberties that have been authenticated and ususally don&#039;t sell at a large premium, particularly if the dealer knew you wanted to buy a meaningful amount.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A little different would be to invest in gold by buying the GLD ETF.&nbsp; The stock trades on the NYSE but the gold is stored in London, so it isn&#039;t easy to confiscate.&nbsp; Also, I think Scotiabank in Canada lets you buy physical gold coins and they will store them for you.&nbsp; And fidelitrade.com lets you buy gold stored in the Comex warehouses in various amounts.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never dealt with either organization so I can&#039;t vouch for their service.&nbsp; But there are many ways to own gold.&nbsp; If you plan to invest a significant amount of money, spreading it around seems safer than keeping all of the gold in one form in one place.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, don&#039;t completely ignore silver coins.&nbsp; Rolls of silver eagles might fit into your program.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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