Two Gold Maple Leafs - Keep Or Sell?

Yes, they are stuck with their gold. Gold doesn't pay dividends like an investment in stocks, because gold isn't an investment, it's a hedge. So, why not own both? Gold, a physical asset that holds value, and a performing stock, an electronic investment that builds value in dollars.

You guys have it all wrong, wrong and wrong.

Gold, stocks, they are different asset classes.

keeping that mind, they move in different cycles,, different trends, and sometimes they move in lock step, sometimes they diverge and sometimes you want to own one and sell the other.

so trying to compare the two is like trying to compare apples and oranges.

ALSO, one must view asset classes over many time frames, in all fairness, a VERY LONG time frame, as in years, decades, would show you that both gold and equities have had great runs and returns.

Yet, as I mentioned above, there are times when it made sense to NOT own equities nor gold but bonds instead, and sometimes they ALL run higher together... There is a time to be in markets, in certain assets and times not to be in them but rather sell them or just sit in cash.

in the case of the OP, he has really nothing to loose, he got the coins at no cost to him. He can either sit on them and ride out wild moves or he can just cash in now, either way the OP is ahead.