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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2819981, member: 10461"]French 20-francs (Swiss, too.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Three years ago, I bought the French "Angel" 20-franc piece shown below quite near spot price and sent it off to PCGS. Was delighted with the outcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't buy one from a sight-unseen "random date" wholesale offer from the big bullion sellers. While you might do OK with those, and you're likely to get one closer to spot that way, you're also likely to get generic quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pick your piece carefully and use auction bidding or Best Offer to get a selected coin as close to the spot price as you can. It might take several tries. Of course you can expect to pay <i>some</i> premium over spot - especially if you're buying an already-slabbed piece. (I bought the one below raw, as mentioned.)</p><p><br /></p><p>You won't be able to buy <i>at</i> melt price unless you're very lucky- and then you can't be choosy. For spot price, you <i>might</i> be able to get polished or damaged ex-jewelry pieces, but I say pay a modest premium for something nicer. There is enough generic gold out there that you can cherrypick a nice one for not too much premium over bullion price.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Box%20of%2020/France-20francsAngel-030000-frame-v2.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2819981, member: 10461"]French 20-francs (Swiss, too.) Three years ago, I bought the French "Angel" 20-franc piece shown below quite near spot price and sent it off to PCGS. Was delighted with the outcome. Don't buy one from a sight-unseen "random date" wholesale offer from the big bullion sellers. While you might do OK with those, and you're likely to get one closer to spot that way, you're also likely to get generic quality. Pick your piece carefully and use auction bidding or Best Offer to get a selected coin as close to the spot price as you can. It might take several tries. Of course you can expect to pay [I]some[/I] premium over spot - especially if you're buying an already-slabbed piece. (I bought the one below raw, as mentioned.) You won't be able to buy [I]at[/I] melt price unless you're very lucky- and then you can't be choosy. For spot price, you [I]might[/I] be able to get polished or damaged ex-jewelry pieces, but I say pay a modest premium for something nicer. There is enough generic gold out there that you can cherrypick a nice one for not too much premium over bullion price. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Box%20of%2020/France-20francsAngel-030000-frame-v2.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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