- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Norwegian Krone Code: NOK Ask: 8,108.46 Bid: 8,102.81
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Lithuanian Litas Code: LTL Ask: 3,322.96 Bid: 3,320.65
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Israeli Shekel Code: ILS Ask: 4,415.11 Bid: 4,412.04
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Hungarian Forint Code: HUF Ask: 301,554.79 Bid: 301,344.82
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Danish Krone Code: DKK Ask: 7,175.08 Bid: 7,170.08
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Yemeni Rial Code: YER Ask: 299,849.25 Bid: 299,656.21
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Tunisian Dinar Code: TND Ask: 2,296.18 Bid: 2,294.71
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Syrian Pound Code: SYP Ask: 135,850.67 Bid: 135,763.21
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Somali Shilling Code: SOS Ask: 2,023,133.60 Bid: 2,021,831.16
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Sudanese Pound Code: SDG Ask: 6,160.19 Bid: 6,156.22
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Qatari Riyal Code: QAR Ask: 5,088.24 Bid: 5,084.97
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Omani Rial Code: OMR Ask: 537.37 Bid: 537.02
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Mauritanian Ougiya Code: MRO Ask: 365,359.85 Bid: 365,124.64
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Moroccan Dirham Code: MAD Ask: 11,962.69 Bid: 11,954.99
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Libyan Dinar Code: LYD Ask: 1,780.75 Bid: 1,779.60
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Lebanese Pound Code: LBP Ask: 2,101,393.52 Bid: 2,100,040.69
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Jordanian Dinar Code: JOD Ask: 990.49 Bid: 989.85
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Iraqi Dinar Code: IQD Ask: 1,601,216.66 Bid: 1,600,185.84
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Algerian Dinar Code: DZD Ask: 110,648.24 Bid: 110,577.00
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Djiboutian Franc Code: DJF Ask: 251,077.45 Bid: 250,915.81
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Bahraini Dinar Code: BHD Ask: 526.47 Bid: 526.13
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Czech Koruna Code: CZK Ask: 31,404.36 Bid: 31,386.55
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Polish Zloty Code: PLN Ask: 5,051.18 Bid: 5,048.36
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Code: Ask: 0.00 Bid: 0.00
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Swiss Franc Code: CHF Ask: 1,504.60 Bid: 1,502.87
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Indian Rupee Code: INR Ask: 83,522.37 Bid: 83,456.56
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Philippine Peso Code: PHP Ask: 73,355.28 Bid: 73,312.53
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Argentine Peso Code: ARS Ask: 5,417.80 Bid: 5,397.51
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Euro Code: EUR Ask: 1,237.57 Bid: 1,235.99
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Mexican Peso Code: MXN Ask: 22,895.42 Bid: 22,864.94
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: United States Dollar Code: USD Ask: 1,715.04 Bid: 1,714.04
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Canadian Dollar Code: CAD Ask: 1,733.39 Bid: 1,714.21
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Indonesian Rupiah Code: IDR Ask: 15,123,791.85 Bid: 15,114,978.45
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Peruvian Nuevo Sol Code: PEN Ask: 4,678.45 Bid: 4,675.72
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Colombian Peso Code: COP Ask: 3,754,390.59 Bid: 3,739,947.34
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Kuwaiti Dinar Code: KWD Ask: 467.86 Bid: 466.73
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Singapore Dollar Code: SGD Ask: 2,131.10 Bid: 2,129.86
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Brazilian Real Code: BRL Ask: 2,945.92 Bid: 2,927.06
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Hong Kong Dollar Code: HKD Ask: 13,365.98 Bid: 13,271.12
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: New Zealand Dollar Code: NZD Ask: 2,090.29 Bid: 2,089.07
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Rand Code: ZAR Ask: 13,741.74 Bid: 13,562.33
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Yuan Renminbi Code: CNY Ask: 10,900.27 Bid: 10,876.77
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Yen Code: JPY Ask: 134,064.55 Bid: 133,935.00
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Swedish Krona Code: SEK Ask: 10,947.26 Bid: 10,940.88
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Australian Dollar Code: AUD Ask: 1,628.60 Bid: 1,626.79
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Pound Sterling Code: GBP Ask: 1,066.41 Bid: 1,064.93
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Malaysian Ringgit Code: MYR Ask: 5,263.11 Bid: 5,260.04
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Vanuatu Vatu Code: VUV Ask: 159,927.33 Bid: 159,834.13
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Producer index Code: PROD IDX Ask: 74.16 Bid: 74.16
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Russian ruble Code: RUB Ask: 132.63 Bid: 132.63
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Vietnamese dong Code: VND Ask: 1,841,196.88 Bid: 1,841,196.88
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Egyptian pound Code: EGP Ask: 994.64 Bid: 994.64
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Consumer index Code: CONS IDX Ask: 48.27 Bid: 48.27
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Turkish lira Code: TRY Ask: 0.10 Bid: 0.10
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: UAE dirham Code: AED Ask: 850.82 Bid: 850.82
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: G5 currency index Code: G5 CCY Ask: 78.26 Bid: 78.26
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Saudi riyal Code: SAR Ask: 735.19 Bid: 735.19
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Korean won Code: KRW Ask: 107,409.78 Bid: 107,409.78
- GOLD PRICE PER TROY OZ: Thai baht Code: THB Ask: 4,452.10 Bid: 4,452.10
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Drawbacks and Benefits of Owning Rare Gold Coins
10/3/11
Rare gold coins are an excellent investment option for investors who are looking for both functionality and enjoyment in their investments. Rare gold coins offer the value retention gold is known for as well as the excitement of collecting numismatic coins.
There is a number of advantages to owning rare gold coins. A brief accounting of each perk follows, as well the main disadvantage of investing in rare gold coins.
Advantages of Owning Rare Gold Coins
Return on Investment (ROI)
Rare gold coins have an unvarnished track record of producing excellent long-term value and performance for their owners. The cause of this performance is self-evident: nobody mints rare gold coins anymore. In fact, the last rare gold coin was minted more than 75 years ago. This has resulted in a shortage of rare gold coins on the market, even as demand goes up in the face of our current economic instability. With low supply and high demand, the value of gold coins is skyrocketing.
Security and Privacy
Many Americans who value financial privacy purchase rare gold coins because their purchase and sale is exempt from 1099-B reporting. In fact, these transactions are confidential and leave virtually no paper trail.
Intrinsic Value
Unlike other assets (such as paper currencies and stocks) that eventually devalue, rare gold coins will always carry an intrinsic value. No matter what happens to the price of gold, the gold content of a rare gold coin ensures that it will always maintain some measure of its value.
Gold Confiscation Protection
In 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt confiscated all private holdings of gold bullion. However, rare coins were exempt from this seizure.
As collectibles, rare gold coins were exempt (and remain to this day) from seizure under the executive order allowing for the confiscation of gold bullion. In any future seizure of gold bullion, rare gold coins would again be exempt.
Portfolio Diversification
Many financial practitioners and theorists recommend that an investment portfolio contain between 10 and 20 percent tangible assets in order to maintain portfolio diversification. Because rare gold coins tend to be negatively correlated to traditional paper assets (meaning as one increases in value the other decreases), they are an effective way to diversity a financial portfolio.
Disadvantage of Owning Rare Gold Coins
Additional Expenses
Because of their rarity, the value of a numismatic coin is more than its intrinsic value. Purchasing a rare gold coin incurs costs and premiums that are higher than the value of the gold content.
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