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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 442341, member: 15062&quot;]If you&#039;re looking to buy gold or silver coins, you have three choices - the US Mint <a href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10001&amp;catalogId=10001" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10001&amp;catalogId=10001" rel="nofollow">http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10001&amp;catalogId=10001</a> , a dealer (check Google or your local phonebook) or ebay.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you buy from the mint or a dealer, you&#039;re going to pay a price from a few to several percent over the current spot price of the metal.&nbsp; If you buy on ebay you can sometimes get a bargain, but you really have to know what you&#039;re doing, as there are many crooks doing the selling.</p><p><br /></p><p>You need to decide whether you want collectable coins, or bullion coins.&nbsp; Collectable coins should be obtained only in the highest possible grade that you can come up with.&nbsp; Anything less would be considered bullion (worth it&#039;s metalic weight only) except for the really rare coins.&nbsp; High grade collectable or rare coins will appreciate in price; bullion coins will only be worth somewhere around the spot price of the metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>If your goal is to have a collection then that&#039;s all there is to it.&nbsp; If you are planning to sell at a profit some time in the future, dealers will pay you from a few to several percent less than the spot price.&nbsp; You can get spot price, or a little more on ebay.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The wise thing is to read up on what&#039;s available, who has what you&#039;re looking for and the general pricing structure for the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember, there&#039;s no guarantee that the price of gold or silver are going to go up.&nbsp; Gold has been bouncing up and down in the $800&#039;s lately with silver in the $11-12 range.&nbsp; In the recent past gold was as high as $1000 briefly and silver was $18, but I don&#039;t think those numbers will be reached again soon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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