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Bill Haynes has been a precious metals bullion dealer since 1973. A graduate of the University of Colorado with a BS in Finance, Bill has devoted most of his business career to educating investors as to importance of owning gold and silver bullion as protection against currency debasement.

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Thinking of Buying Gold? Krugerrands
[Investing:Retirement-Planning] Investors buying gold bullion rarely can do better than Krugerrands, the best known gold bullion coins in the world. Some 42 million have been minted since 1967, and an active secondary market exists for Krugerrands, making them easy to buy and to sell.

Thinking of Buying Gold? - Gold Eagles
[Investing] If you are thinking of buying gold and end up with 1-oz American Eagle coins, it would be difficult for anyone to say that you could have done better. These U.S. Mint products have become the most popular one-ounce bullion coins in the world.

Perth Mint Lunar Series Gold Snakes Sell Out
[Investing] The year 2001 one-ounce Gold Snakes, the sixth coin in The Perth Mint Lunar Series, became the third coin in the Series to reach the 30,000-coin production cap that the Mint set for the one-ounce Lunar Series gold coins. If precious metals prices are headed higher, as many metals analysts assert, the one-ounce Lunar Series coins could do very well.

Buying Cheap Gold
[Investing] Considering that gold is trading north of $600, one has to ask how it is possible to buy cheap gold. After all, in late 2005 gold traded at $460, and in 2001 gold traded below $300. What we are talking about is buying low-premium gold bullion coins, favorites of seasoned gold bullion investors.

New U.S. Mint Buffalo Coins' Packaging a Nightmare
[Investing] When the U.S. Mint announced it was adding a .9999 gold bullion coin to its line of gold coins, it looked like a "golden opportunity" for the Mint to capture a big chunk of 24-karat gold coin market. However, on release of the new Buffalo gold coin, the Mint's golden opportunity has turned into a nightmare at the retail level.

Congress Approves .9999 Fine Gold Coins
[News-and-Society] New .9999 fine (24 karat) 1-oz legal tender $50 gold coins will be added to the U.S. Mint's line of gold bullion coins in 2006 when President Bush signs into law a bill that Congress passed in December. The legislation calls for the Mint to have the coins ready to distribute by June 2006, but the coins may be ready before then.

Gold Topping $500 Really is a Big Deal
[Investing] As gold topped $500, the news became front-page across the country, and radio and TV financial programs led off talking about the price of gold. Invariably, all noted that gold had reached nearly a two-decade high. Yet we doubt that any of the reporters assigned to the story really grasped the importance of gold topping $500.

Royal Canadian Mint Introduces Palladium Maple Leaf Coins
[Investing] In early November, the Royal Canadian Mint struck for the first time legal tender palladium coins. The Royal Canadian Mint is one of the world's premier mints, and the Palladium Maple Leafs ad to the Mint's stellar line of coins.

Perth Mint Releases 2006 Year of the Dog
[Investing] The 2006 Year of the Dog, the 11th gold coin in The Perth Mint’s 12-coin Lunar Series, has been released and is now immediately available for delivery. The Series is growing in popularity with coin collectors worldwide.

Gold and Silver Maple Leafs Get New Packaging
[Investing] Gold Maple Leafs and Silver Maple Leafs are receiving packaging makeovers, changes clearly mandated by investor disfavor with packaging that the Royal Canadian Mint has used since the coins were introduced. Gold Maple Leafs debuted in 1979, Silver Maple Leafs in 1988. The changes appear to be good moves, which should increase sales of Silver Maple Leafs and help keep Gold Maple Leafs the preferred pure (.9999 fine) gold bullion coins.

New U.S. Mint Coins a Golden Opportunity
[Investing] New U.S. Mint 24-karat gold coins may be an opportunity for the Mint to capture a bigger share of the $2.4 billion gold bullion coin market, says a 32-year veteran of the gold bullion industry. The U.S. Mint's Gold Eagles are the world's best selling 22-karat gold coins...