If you are reading this, you likely have some level of interest in investments. With today’s financial markets, gold and silver are about as safe of an investment as you can make. Gold and silver hold their value and provide easier liquidity than most investments. There is much less risk involved, and greater potential for return. Rare coins are a unique investment – you get two investments in one asset – the metal value and more importantly the numismatic (rarity) value, which tends to increase over time.
Bullion can be a great way to protect your money. You are buying solid gold or silver, and it is sold at the spot prices plus a small premium. Your money is safe as long as you take possession of the product (we STRONGLY recommend against any company that does not allow you to take possession of your gold/silver. These are called leveraging companies and often have extremely high hidden fees).
However, as an investment, plain gold or silver bullion is not always too promising. In 2013, the trend is moving toward coins. Why? Because, in addition to owning pieces of solid gold or silver, you are owning a piece of history and something RARE. The value of coins typically increases with time as less of them become available on the open market. For instance, the Ben Franklin Half Dollars are 90% silver coins that were only minted from 1948-1963. A 1953-S Franklin half dollar in Mint State 66 condition with full bell lines recently sold for $69,000 at the Bowers & Merena rarities sale!
In January 2013, a record-breaking 7.5 million ounces of silver coins were sold. In Mid-January, the US Mint was forced to suspend sales of the one ounce American Eagle silver coins because the entire inventory sold out within TWO weeks! The average among 49 analysts polled by Bloomberg forecast a price of $40.25 an ounce for silver, a 28% rise for the year.
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