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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phubanks, post: 836672, member: 23286&quot;]most of you are missing the point ... </p><p><br /></p><p>to buy a BULLION high mintage 1/2 oz gold coin (like a $25 american eagle) it costs around $616 right now (retail price from dealers)</p><p><br /></p><p>to buy a low mintage (4,000 to 10,000 total) 1/2 oz first spouse gold coin it costs $716 (sales price from the US Mint)</p><p><br /></p><p>So it&#039;s only $100 difference.&nbsp; If you buy a first spouse and gold goes up a little more ... you can melt the damn thing down and get your money out.</p><p><br /></p><p>So there is VERY LITTLE RISK.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look I dont know if the darn thing will go up a lot in value over time ... maybe ... maybe not. But your talking about a low risk way to take a shot.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s sort of like buying a $1 lottery ticket on a bill that you can spend anytime for 90 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally think most of the first spouses are ugly ... the exceptions are the liberty versions that use old coin designs from the 1800&#039;s ... so this is where I would take my shot on potential future value</p><p><br /></p><p>if that potential value never comes, you still have a coin that sells for not too far from the melt down value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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