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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 1885511, member: 31286&quot;]I have bought raw coins (but not raw gold), and mostly I&#039;ve made out well enough by finding gradable coins that weren&#039;t certified.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t do it anymore.&nbsp; It just seems like raw gold coins, being as pricey as they are now - most people who have raw coins for sale must have already discovered they&#039;re&nbsp; not gradable.&nbsp; I suppose for large coins, common dates post 1880, maybe that isn&#039;t the case since the premium for certification is lower for them.&nbsp; It depends on whether you&#039;re mostly looking to buy gold or coins that have collector value, i.e. numismatic significance of some kind (or you&#039;re expert enough to pick out the winners - I&#039;m not, I just got lucky a few times).&nbsp; It&#039;s pretty different.&nbsp; If I was looking to buy gold coins just to hold gold, I wouldn&#039;t mind buying raw pieces at all.&nbsp; I might buy them in bulk even, from a reputable dealer - cleaned gold coins are cheap and don&#039;t have much if any collector value, but their gold value is intact and comes pre-measured.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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