Whats Your Favorite Fraction When Buying Gold Coins.

Like the 1/10 oz
Easy to purchase
Can buy one or two a month with out draining the entire account
Easier to trade or sell for fast cash
like to collect them from different countries - Australia, Austria, Canada, China, South Africa, United States

There are other countries that produce gold coins, but these are the most widely available

If I'm after pure gold then absolutely the 1 ounce coins. In fact all the pure gold coins I own are 1 ounce. I don't understand why people would pay the premium for the smaller sizes when you're not likely to get back any of the premiums when you eventually sell. Sure it's more money to buy a one ounce coin but just be patient while you save up more money and pray the gold prices doesn't jump up while you're saving up! :)

Given the premiums on the smaller size coins I would say you're much better off buying the old European gold coins. At least with a sovereign, 20 Franc, etc. you're still getting a easily recognized amount of gold plus you get the history of the coin actually being used as legal tender back in the day.

I like classic (pre-1933) U.S. $10 Eagles. They have almost 0.500 troy ounces of pure gold and are a very nice size.