A bullion coin is a coin struck in gold and held as a store of value or an investment, rather than used in day-to-day trading. Investment coins are coins that are in most cases led to 1800, with a purity of 900/1000, and is or was a legal tender in the country of origin. Bullion coins are generally available in gold and silver, with the exception of Krugerrands, and the Swiss Vreneli only in gold. The American Eagle Series is available in gold, silver and platinum, and the Canadian Maple Leaf series is available in gold, silver, platinum and palladium as well. Gold coins are also usually in different weights. These are typically multiples or fractions of an ounce, but some gold coins are produced in very limited quantities in kilograms and even more difficult.
Gold bullion bars come in many sizes. Purchased from private providers for private property that you pay usually similar to the transaction of gold coins.
Gold bullion can be everything to weigh a few ounces. But under the strict supervision of precious integrity – 1 kg and 100 grams (about 3 kg) bars are sometimes adopted by the participants in the professional gold market in Zurich and New York. There is usually a premium in those places, because London is the world’s largest physical gold market to buy bullion.
Buy gold bullion now is cheaper and easier than ever before. And there is still a long way the safest way to own gold. Unlike jewelry, or numismatic coins, gold has no artistic component in its value. Some people do not understand why, without the artistic component is a relatively useless material like gold, such a high value. To understand that you need to understand the monetary role of gold.