Because Logic Works Like That.

Roy, make sure you are including shipping costs, and the time it has taken. Dont rush into it so fast. You got lucky with the large cent. Congrats, but let it happen naturally. Let the deals come to you. Because sometimes what you think is a good deal might not be. You have to factor everything

I've never bought any gold with the thought of selling it for profit -- so take this with a grain of salt -- I feel that those tiny little bits of gold are novelty items. So you have to ask yourself who will buy it from you. They aren't scarce.

1 gram=15.4 grains. 1 oz troy=479 grains. so 1 grain gold=$2.40 and 1 grain silver=3.3 cents. These are today's prices in US$ .

So clearly for silver, the markup on these tiny things is nothing short of ludicrous. You could get 2 silver dimes (nearly 69 grains of silver) and have money left over for one $3 silver grain "bar".

Read this
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Bullion-Inv...26045/g.html

nss-52 -- that is one great article. Nothing like those photos to show just how tiny those things are.

If you want silly small amounts of gold just because you want to own some gold, get a fanam. It's basically the same thing as a 5 grain bar, except actual old money (not a random made-up bar), and probably cheaper.
A lot of countries made 1/25 ounce, 1 gram, and even 0.5 gram gold bullion as well; those should also be pretty affordable, without being a silly bar. (And then there's the Lady Penrhyn coin of Cook Islands, which at 0.12 grams [about 2 grains] is the smallest modern gold coin ever.)

I'm planning to get a Byzantine tremissis as my first gold ($150), but I might yet find something cheaper. But it won't be a bar.

Nice article NSS!! Thanks!