If you’re interested in starting a rare US gold collection, one course of action is to focus on “early gold.” This refers to coins struck between the years 1796 and 1834. Many collectors choose to specialize further, collecting early gold by type, date or denomination. If you choose to collect by type, you’ll seek out [...]
When you talk to a coin collector, you will find out that they are always in search of truly rare and unique specimens. Rare coins come in many different forms, from those that are simply so old that few remain to those minted in years where supplies were cut short or those that were struck [...]
All over the world, people are trying to come up with the perfect hedge against the unknown. Thousands of specialty investment funds have sprung up, but they have been unable to deliver the kinds of results that their promotional materials promised. Except for a rare few, in 2009 most hedging operations lost money. Fortunately, there [...]