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<p>[QUOTE="mkoenig, post: 1114717, member: 28164"]Just recently sold all my bullion, and kept all my eagles, maples, halves, and real coins. If they aren't from the mint they can't legally be called coins and are called rounds. (may be some gov marketing scheme who knows)</p><p><br /></p><p>It really depends on what you want them for. If you want them for security in case of dollar collapse like many people are (me myself im not sure) I'd consider going with coins like the american silver eagle. The US seized gold in the early 1930's</p><p><a href="http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-confiscation.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-confiscation.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-confiscation.html</a> and they didn't seize coins just bullion, if things got real bad they might even seize silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>all paranoia aside i don't think we need to worry about these things so bullion or bars are cheaper as you don't have to pay some minting premium. I just sold a dozen or so 5 oz Englehard</p><p> [ATTACH]111987.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>That's a nice hunk of metal if you want to pick up 5 oz bars[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mkoenig, post: 1114717, member: 28164"]Just recently sold all my bullion, and kept all my eagles, maples, halves, and real coins. If they aren't from the mint they can't legally be called coins and are called rounds. (may be some gov marketing scheme who knows) It really depends on what you want them for. If you want them for security in case of dollar collapse like many people are (me myself im not sure) I'd consider going with coins like the american silver eagle. The US seized gold in the early 1930's [URL]http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-confiscation.html[/URL] and they didn't seize coins just bullion, if things got real bad they might even seize silver. all paranoia aside i don't think we need to worry about these things so bullion or bars are cheaper as you don't have to pay some minting premium. I just sold a dozen or so 5 oz Englehard [ATTACH]111987.vB[/ATTACH] That's a nice hunk of metal if you want to pick up 5 oz bars[/QUOTE]
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