Bullion Coins

Bullion Coins Overview

Bullion is the pure form of a precious metal such as gold, silver, platinum or palladium, from which bullion coin are made. Usually these coins bought and kept as a store of value or an investment.

Bullion coins are usually available in gold and silver. South African Krugerrand and the Swiss Vreneli are only made from gold bullion. The American Eagles are available in silver, gold and platinum. Canadian Maple Leaf coins are available in silver, gold, platinum and palladium. Mexican Libertad coins are available in gold and silver.

Bullion coins sell with a premium over the spot price of the precious metal due to the costs associated with manufacture, storage and distribution of the coins. This premium depends on type of coin, the coin weight, and the precious metal. Premium for the smaller coins (1/20 oz, 1/10-oz, 1/4 oz or 1/2 oz) is always higher than the premium for 1-oz coins. The premium for the 1-oz rounds is usually lower than the premium for 1-oz coins.

The premium for any 1-oz coin is always higher then the premium for the larger products like 10-oz or 100-oz bullion bars.

Gold Bullion Coins

Gold coins are the most popular among bullion coins. There are a lot of gold coins available on the market: South African Gold Krugerrand coin, Canadian Gold Maple Leaf, Mexican Gold Libertad, American Gold Eagle, Australian Kangaroo, Austrian Philharmonic, Australian Lunar Series and American Buffalo.

Most gold coins, issued around the world, are denominated in troy ounces and are normally issued in 4 sizes, containing specified weights of fine gold: 1-oz, 1/2-oz, 1/4-oz, 1/10-oz. The 1-oz gold coins have the lowest premium over spot gold price.

The gold purities of gold coins vary; they can contain 99.99%, 99.9%, 91.67% or 90% of pure gold.

Gold bullion coins are very good addition to your portfolio of bullion products.

Silver Bullion Coins

Silver coins is a very good investment and are not too expensive to buy compared to gold bullion coins.

All silver bullion coins made from pure silver refined to 99 percent or better.

The advantage of silver coins is that people recognize them and trust them compared to rounds and bars. Silver bullion coins are easy to collect, inexpensive and expected to increase in value over the coming years as the world silver shortage continues.

Silver coins are very liquid and can be sold easily anytime. American Silver Eagles, Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Bullion Coins and Mexican Silver Libertad coins are the most popular coins among precious metals investors and collectors.

You can read more about silver coins on Wikipedia and Silver Institute sites.

American Eagle Bullion Coins

American Eagle coins are the most known bullion coins in the world. These coins are issued since 1986 (gold and silver bullion coins). Platinum Eagle coins issued since 1997. American Eagle gold and platinum bullion coins are produced in follow sizes: 1-oz, 1/2-oz, 1/4- oz, 1/10-oz. American Eagle silver bullion coin is only available in the 1-oz size.

Platinum Bullion Coins

Platinum Coins are very popular these days because the price of platinum bullion is rising. There are not many different platinum bullion coins in the world. You can buy American Eagle Platinum coins, the Canadian Maple Leaf bullion Platinum coins, the Australian Platinum Koala coins, British Platinum Britannia coins and the Russian Ballet coins.

The best way to buy platinum coins is going online: try Ebay and the largest online bullion dealers.

Palladium Coins

Palladium Coins is another option to diversify your investment in precious metals. Palladium Bullion coins are very popular last years but they can be hard to find, especially if you want to buy early and low mintage issues for your collection.

The most known palladium coin is 1-oz Canadian Palladium Maple Leaf coin minted by the Royal Canadian Mint since 2005 but other palladium coins like 100 and 200 Escudos from Portugal, Statue of Liberty from France, Wilhelm Tell from Switzerland and palladium coin produced in Russia (historical and Ballerina series) are also well known and popular investment option. You can find some useful information about palladium and palladium coins on Wikipedia.

Buying Bullion Coins

You can easily buy gold, platinum, palladium and silver coins from local or online sources.

Check your local gold and silver dealers, coin shops or jewelry shops. Online auctions like Ebay offers the good opportunity to find bullion coins for sale. Check also Amazon, APMEX and COMEX.

You should always try to buy bullion coins with the lowest premium over spot price and the lowest additional fees (shipping, handling and so on).

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