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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 24794782, member: 112&quot;]Then choose something different because Prussian 20 Mark gold isn&#039;t going to be it, unless you&#039;re counting on the spot price of gold steadily increasing and using that to meet the investment side of your goal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I say that because of your first comment. There&#039;s a reason they can be picked up close to melt, it&#039;s because the market considers them to be basically a bullion coin, and it always has. And in all likelihood always will. In other words a coin that doesn&#039;t have any numismatic value to speak of.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not really. High MS grades are the only ones that stand much of a chance of increasing in value. Low MS and circ examples are basically bullion coins. About the only possible exceptions are scarce and or rare examples. And as you said yourself, there aren&#039;t many if any.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same kind of thing is true of US gold coins. Even today, you can buy circ and low MS US gold in cleanly graded NGC and or PCGS slabs for a small premium over melt. Because they too are considered to be bullion coins. And that&#039;s with the US coin market and the world coin market both being strongly bullish at the present time. But it was still the same in bear markets too.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact the world coin market, and particularly world gold coins that have numismatic value, have been steadily increasing in value for 20 years now - with no down turns. That&#039;s something that has never happened before in any coin market ! But I don&#039;t know how much longer it can last. The exceptions of course are bullion coins - they follow the spot price. Whether it goes up or down they do the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>Netherlands gold ducats for example, that I used to buy for $150 to $300, routinely sell for up to a $1000 today. And it&#039;s not just them, it&#039;s pretty much across the board. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you wish to buy for a collection&#039;s sake, buy because you like the coins and don&#039;t care about investment - take your pick ! Any and all will suffice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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