Saturday, I took my wife to my favorite coin shop ( ok, the only coin shop I’ve ever been to ) to take a look at a bit of gold. Naturally we had to hit the ATM first, since coin shops only accept cash. The margins are apparently pretty thin, so credit cards will destroy [...]
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Having a cash savings account / emergency fund is sound financial advice. Anyone who knows anything about money will tell you so - and I won’t disagree. You absolutely must have cash on hand for emergencies - once any high-interest credit card debt is paid off, of course. What I do want to talk [...]
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Remember the Silver and Gold Eagle Sale just a few days ago where I picked up some precious metals on the cheap? Well they came in yesterday, and I took a few pictures with my Olympus digital camera. Please keep in mind I am horrible with a camera, and can barely work the one [...]
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I jumped on an American Eagle discount - both Gold and Silver eagles were on sale. I purchased 3 1 oz Silver Eagle coins for $16.75 each, and 1 1/10 oz Gold Eagle coin for $97. The spot price of silver is in the mid $19 range right now, so I got a great discount [...]
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I just read this post about gold’s run, and I have to say I’m still in awe. Gold, though unable to do anything or create money, is on an amazing run. $986.70 for a single ounce of the shiny yellow stuff - wow. Even though it’s come so far, I think we’re still quite a [...]
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Nothing can increase in price forever without some corrections along the way. One has to wonder if that day of correction is coming for Silver. After all, the spot price of silver sits at $18.71 per ounce as of right now - that’s up from as low as $11.75 per ounce in [...]
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About 2 weeks ago I made an odd spontaneous purchase. Littleton coins had a special deal on American Silver Eagle coins - just $15.95 per coin, limit 5. I went ahead and placed an order for 3 coins. Luckily for me the website timed out during my order, and it resulted in a double [...]
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What in the world are First Spouse Gold Coins? Basically what they sound like. Released by the US Mint, these coins will commemorate each US First Lady. For the few presidents that weren’t married when they entered office, Lady Liberty will take the place of the spouse.
If you’ll notice, they didn’t [...]
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