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    Isle of Man 1/2 oz Gold Cat Crown

    Where could I find these Isle of man gold cat coins in Australia? Any size but 1/2 oz gold preferred. Does anyone know if they come in bullion form?
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    An ounce of gold or an ounce of platinum?

    Its very hard to find 1/2 oz platinum coins in Australia so its one or the other?.
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    An ounce of gold or an ounce of platinum?

    I have a difficult choice to make should I buy a 1 oz gold coin or a 1oz platinum coin. I currently have some of both metals. But I'm not sure which is better to buy at this time?
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    Would You Own An ISIS Coin? Gold, Silver & Copper ISIS Currency

    If any australian dealer had them for sale would you buy them. Or would there dark orgin put you off. Actually I think the designs are nice. Would have been better to have had some details in english on them eg weight, fineness etc. I do wonder who is minting them or would they be localally...
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    Design for 2015 panda released

    Would it be possiable to engrave or stamp the metal, fineness and weight in same location as 2014 on these new 2015 pandas? I.e done by a third party. If this was done well would it reduce or increase its value. Also would this fix the gst issue as well.
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    Design for 2015 panda released

    Will the lack of fineness and weight have an impact on purchasing them in australia? Also selling these 2015 pandas at a later stage will be harder as they will need to be weighed and XRF before the transaction is completed. Would these new panda be a good investment compaired to the older...
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    Removing a gold bar from the certicard.

    I intend to remove a 5 gram gold bar from its certicard so it can be used in a jewelery item. Will removing it from its certificate reduce its resale value or make it hard to sell later? I hope to get at least spot for the bar when sold. In the past I had used valcambi combibar 1 gram units...
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    Release of 2015 panda coins.

    Does anyone know when the gold and silver bullion 2015 panda coins will be released? I read thats its normally end of september each year.
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    USD and Gold.

    Something I dont understand with the relationship between the price of gold and the value of the USD. Why is ithe USD strengthening so fast when things are just not that good. They say its rising because of possiable interest rate rises in the US however it will take many years to even rise to...
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    Intrinsic Tender 0.10 XAU

    As the 0.10 XAU bullion round has now been released. In the end it was a rather nice round worth buying atleast one. Are there any future plans for 0.25 XAU or 0.5 XAU bullion rounds?
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    Purchases of good and services with precious metals in melbourne.

    Has anyone ever successfully made a direct purchase of goods or services in a shop using either bullion coins or bullion bars? Eg paying for lunch in a cafe or paying for a dental check up etc. If you have successfully done this please post your experance and the type of business it was.
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    Buying 2014 silver mexican libertad bullion coins online from the USA.

    I have had great difficulty in purchasing a number of 2014 Silver mexican libertad bullion coins through any bullion dealers in Australia. Recently I was advised by a Bullion Dealer in australia to consider buying via ebay or international bullion dealer. As im only after a single coin of the...
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    Why does everyone allways recommend buying property?

    Yes I have a fairly reasonable investment in PM all of it aquired in the last 2 years. The other 70% of my assets is simply term deposits and savings accounts. So that I can access the money quickly. My biggest problem with all investing is not the savings but earning the income not only to...
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    Why does everyone allways recommend buying property?

    That is fine but the assumption there is the price of the house allways rises. It also assumes you will allways have continuous income. Niether are allways correct as shown by the GFC around the world. Unlike some people I have had period of over 12 months without income a few times in my life...
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    Why does everyone allways recommend buying property?

    I find the whole idea of taking on a massive debt just to buy a home when I could rent one for half the cost of buying one rather odd. Id rather use the cost difference to simply build up reserves of cash and invest in PM or other investments. Im a single man who would need to rent or buy on...
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    2015 Chinese Pandas no longer display weight on reverse

    This is interesting. Will this change make these popular coins harder to buy from dealers in australia? If they are going to metric will the coins be a different size eg 1gram, 5grams, 10,grams, 50 grams etc. Is there anything official from china online regarding the change or the 2015 design?
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    Buying Gold and Silver coins on Ebay

    Hi I have considered buying some gold and silver coins on ebay. However I do have some big concerns about fakes and seller who might not ship at all even after paying. What can one do to protect yourself from issues buying via ebay?
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    Silver and Gold investment issues.

    I just gave a rough estimate of my holdings so I didnt need to disclose publically the value or actual OZ. It was more to give people an idea of what I held currently. On another persons comment regarding the platinum. I was intending to purchase fractional platinum coins not bars. However it...
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    Intrinsic Tender 0.10 XAU

    Does anyone know if the proposed Intrinsic Tender Gold round 0.10 XAU will be produced soon? This gold round was mentioned on this site back in May 2014 for a July 2014 release however its now well into august it seems to have been cancelled for now.
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    2014 Mexican Libertads Bullion coins.

    Thanks I will look out for them sounds like they will be out around the same time as perth mint coins.
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