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Message:: [QUOTE="RGJohn777, post: 925033, member: 22102"]One calls them "First Spouse"....  ###Manufactured by the U.S. Mint, they contain precisely 1/2 ounce of 24 K(  .9999) gold.They are immediately identifiable on sight. They are easy to buy and sell because any darn fool may see what they are and what they are worth at 'melt' (bullion value). They command no such premium as do American Gold Eagles, Maple Leafs, or Kruggerands, so rather than paying a premium to acquire them, then being subjected to an indecent discount when selling, one more-or-less buys and sells at melt. ('Melt' means spot price multiplied by gold content so in this case exactly one-half of spot equals 'melt'.) This past week gold traded at $1260 an ounce ( troy, of course). Therefor the melt value of a First Spouse is $630. One must expect to pay a premium. The game is to pay the smallest premium. The mint will sell you one today for just under $800 shipped. Others are for sale on EBay and other places with widely varying prices. On this site I would expect to to see offers to sell at $650 or so including insured postal delivery. As Victor or I could tell you, shipping ain't cheap so that so-called 'premium' you're paying is hardly making us rich.### Grains, mills (sic, the word is 'mils'), and the most of the other links you've posted are indicators of deceit, duplicity, and the attempt to exploit the ignorance and credulity of the unwary. Blow'em off.[/QUOTE]