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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Your rich uncle dies and leaves you $10 million (tax free). Would you invest any of that in precious metals (I assume so otherwise you wouldn't be on this forum). What percentage of that inheritance would you invest inn precious metals. What percentage in gold versus other metals? Take physical possession or not? If so, where/how do you store it?
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Pillar of the Community
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If anything I would invest in Pre 1933 US gold coinage.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would put together one heck of a US and World type set and then invest the rest in the market. Ok, who am I kidding, I would spend it all on coins! Morgan Proof Date Set anyone? I guess I would have to build a custom storage solution to protect and display all of these coins too. New house!
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United States
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I'd do at least 10% each in gold and silver. Physical possession of course. House and car and then invest.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't know if I could handle that much. I have found that after the challenge is taken away from pursuit, a hobby can grow dull. Pay off the house, then spend a lot of time deciding what to keep and where the rest would go. I am sure there would be some coins and insulators and guns bought. Some would go into PM as inflation proof value.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
730 Posts |
Here's the original thought behind this post simplified.....What percentage of your investment monies do you feel should be invested in precious metals?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd invest in a few kilos of silver and maybe half a kilo of gold.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No, I would not invest any of it in silver or gold bullion.
I would cross a whole lot of coins off my want list tho.
Mostly in my Type Coin albums.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll say I would invest up to 5% directly in precious metals (though in actuality it would probably be up to 10%). Mostly in gold, not much in silver just for the sheer volume of space that would require. I would go for diversity of product, leaning towards bullion value over numismatic value (i.e. I would get only a handful of common or semi-key American Eagles, along with foreign coins like Pandas, Libertads and Philharmonics). I would also buy into American Platinum Eagles and other platinum and palladium coins. From an investment perspective, I would consider classic coins primarily for their intrinsic/metal value because numismatic value is too hard to predict in the long run (as if metal value is any easier).
I would not buy any bars or ingots unless I had a lot of money left over, and even then I would probably go back and buy more coins. They're just nicer to look at and presumably would hold their value better.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Between 5% and 10% is the recommended fraction of your assets in precious metals. I would acquire only numismatic coins from the classic era, for appreciation. To ensure ability to sell quickly, if needed, they should all be chosen for the widest market, meaning no $10,000 rarities.
Storage would be on- or off-site, I've no idea what $500,000 to $1,000,000 in moderate-priced coinage would look like.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Invest? If I have 10 M the only thing I'm investing in is a chauffeur, a great car, wonderful food, and lots of plane tickets.
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United States
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I'd do about 15% in gold and silver (mostly gold due to storage), 30% or so in markets, 20% in a nice classic coin collection (high grade Morgan's, etc.), 20% towards a house, car, bills etc, and. The final 15% I'd invest into my Roth IRA, 401K and overall retirement. You can never have enough assets and diversification.
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United States
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The final 15% I'd invest into my Roth IRA, 401K and overall retirement. As far as I know, only earned income can be put in a 401K or IRA, but maybe things have changed? I'd probably put 10% into pre-33 gold coins (both US and foreign), and the rest in a mixture of tangible and financial assets. This would include stocks, bonds, collectibles, real estate (main and 2nd home), as and would be as widely diversified as possible. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I can give you an investment professional level of advice to this question:
This advice is not from me; it was advised to me by a licensed professional investment advisor.
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"A balanced retirement portfolio should include up to around 5% of your total worth in the area of artworks, stamps, coins or precious metals."
If you wish to invest all of that 5% in gold only, that is OK, and is enirely up to you.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My dads financial advisor is also a family friend. He gave me a one on one for free and told me as I get older to gradually invest in a Roth IRA as it is already taxed initially and that I should do 10-15 percent in my coins or precious metals. I trust this guy as I have known him my entire life and has made my dad quite a substantial sum of money over the years well over 6 figures. Half is luck and half is knowledge
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I think 10-15% sounds good, taking possession and mostly gold for the aforementioned storage and security requirements. Small denomination bullion coins and small bars for ease of selling in the future and maybe a couple of excellent US gold coins to top it off. After that, pay off debt, new car, finish building my house debt-free, IRA and diversify the rest in other assets. I think diversity is a huge part of it. I'm not going to tell you how I'd store it.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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12/28/2016 11:46 pm
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Posted 12/28/2016 11:52 am
