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Message:: [QUOTE="medoraman, post: 8659351, member: 26302"]I would say [USER=26550]@mpcusa[/USER] list is still applicable. What happens is when PM is "boring", premiums come down and I have had the chance to buy all three at melt. I never did because I simply do not like those coins very much, but I could have bought them at that, (along with restrike Austrian, Mexican, and a couple of others). However, this only happens in a "boring" market. Today it would not be true, because I see premiums as very high due to economic stress. What I love has been buying old US gold, or more unusual world gold coins, near melt. I get collecting enjoyment in the meantime, and also get gold exposure. For not much of a premium, (usually), you can get an AU Napolean Bonaparte gold coin. To me, that is a lot cooler than a Maple or something else struck last year. Sure, for a gold investment I could be wasting money on any premium over the cheapest price I could buy gold, but I don't care. I view that as money well spent for my pleasure in the meantime. I do the same with platinum, mainly buying proof American Eagles. Again, don't care, I like the coins much more this way.[/QUOTE]