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Rest in Peace
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 Posted 08/08/2012  6:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list
with IndianGoldEagle. Save until you can buy something worth buying.

I decided on a 'coin hobby' allowance for myself a couple of years ago and I hardly bought anything because I had so much to learn. But I saved and saved. Last month I was able to buy a $20 gold coin which has melt value and numismatic value.
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 Posted 08/08/2012  6:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add M Anden to your friends list
I'm with Macmercury, the 1 gram bars are a great way to get moving (65$ or so at todays prices). Can't go wrong with PAMP, you can always upgrade to the 2.5 grams when you have a little extra (145$ or so). Obviously, the biger the unit the more gold you get for your money. You're not going to have much luck buying gold, that's worth owning, for less.
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 Posted 08/08/2012  7:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add colu41 to your friends list
That's what I was thinking of doin is starting out with a few grains here and there. But thanks everyone. Definitely not buying fractional grams ever again
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 Posted 08/08/2012  8:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DavidUK to your friends list
Bullion soverigns and half-soveriegns are the way to go in my opinion. At about 4 and 8 grams respectively they can be bought for very close to spot without too big an outlay.

I bought many when gold was low and they got me out of a tight spot a few years back, I still have a few more modern ones.

I suppose I timed my purchases quite well because gold was through the floor at the time, I would still considering buying a few more if they release any special ones (the outlay hurts but there is a certain satisfaction in owning them if you didn't overpay)
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 Posted 08/08/2012  9:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add samsnate to your friends list
I know exactly what to do! K here it is. BUY SILVER! HEHE, no no no, I'm not kidding. You see I'm very much like you and I want gold, but cant afford the larger coins to by pass the premiums involved. So what I do is, instead of leaving my fiat in the back doing nothing, I find super great deals when I can on silver and then when I get X amount of silver, I sell the silver and buy the gold with the proceeds. I dont care about the GSR because the silver WAS my savings account. As long as I break even on the the silver when I go to sell, I'm good with it. I also try to time as best as I can to buy gold when its down a bit, but we all know how easy that one is! Hehe. Besides, at least if yer holding silver, you wont miss a big spike with selling advantages at the end. Obviously some others here may see a flaw here and there with the way I do it, but at leas in the end, I still get my gold and always have my silver! JMHO! CHEERS!
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 Posted 08/09/2012  09:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rgathright to your friends list
DITTO to samsnate!
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 Posted 08/09/2012  12:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add colu41 to your friends list
Samsnate I'm in the exact boat you are in. My silver is technically my savings also. And I was also thinking the same to keep getting great deals on silver and flip some for gold but. I just can't justify exchanging say 14oz of silver for barely a 1/4 oz of gold. Lol. You know what I mean? Value is value I understand that but. It's just personal opinion.

In my last post I meant to say a few grams not grains lol. Stupid phone autocorrect
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08/09/2012 12:39 pm
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 Posted 08/10/2012  7:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add colu41 to your friends list
Ok. I might be flipping about $250 worth of my silver. That's melt value so possibly a little more. What would be the best buy with that in gold?
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 Posted 08/10/2012  11:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mkman123 to your friends list
Im getting confused.....1/10th gold for 10 bucks? huh...
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 Posted 08/10/2012  11:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add macmercury to your friends list
I would pick up a 5 grams Pamp Suisse gold bar with just a little more money, maybe about $30-$35 more...

If you can wait till you have around $450? Perhaps a quarter ounce common gold coin.
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 Posted 08/11/2012  3:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add macmercury to your friends list
Here's 2-1g bars I bought not long ago for $64.50 a piece, they are in their assay holder, but is never center within. I was at the ANA show, and saw many different types of gold and silver bars that I will drown this post with . LOL!

New-Interest-In-Gold...

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 Posted 08/11/2012  8:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add colu41 to your friends list
Was looking at the Pamp 2.5 gram bars. They're $7 cheaper per gram than if I bought 1 gram so. I may start with 1 or 2 of those.
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 Posted 08/11/2012  8:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add colu41 to your friends list
Was looking at the Pamp 2.5 gram bars. They're $7 cheaper per gram than if I bought 1 gram so. I may start with 1 or 2 of those.
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 Posted 08/11/2012  11:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinwatch to your friends list
I still say one of the best gold buys right now are $5 US gold commemoratives coins. At .24187 ounces for around $412.00USD it's easily the cheapest price you'll pay for government minted gold.
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 Posted 08/14/2012  7:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ed_B to your friends list

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As long as I break even on the the silver when I go to sell, I'm good with it.

I guess that depends on what you call "break even". One of the primary reasons for owning PMs is that they are a store of value and therefore a hedge against inflation. As dollars get cheaper with time, it takes more of them to buy that oz. of silver or gold. What I call break even is when I maintain my buying power via owning PMs. Because of this, I expect to sell my PMs for more than I paid so that my buying power is the same, if not a little better.
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