Numismatic Coins

Additional investment opportunities can be found in numismatic coins, especially those minted by the US from 1795 through 1933. Produced in a variety of denominations and weights, the standard was the "eagle" - a gold coin with a $10 face value and an eagle on the reverse. Consequently a half-eagle was five dollars, a quarter-eagle, $2.50, and, when introduced after the California gold rush, a double eagle was $20. Emblematic of the abundant natural resources discovered in the movement west by the young nation, gold coins are also history in your pocket – sought keenly and well worth owning for their value as gold, for their historical meaning, for their relative scarcity for having survived the 1933 gold confiscation, and for the art of their design. Investors like to hold some of these coins as insurance against a repeat of the 1933 "confiscation," which permitted coins of numismatic value to remain in private hands. In a rising gold market, they usually appreciate faster than gold in commodity bullion form. These coins are graded from VF to MS66.