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bamademo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:16 PM Original message |
How do you buy gold? |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. bulliondirect.com nt |
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existentialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. buying gold |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Most coin dealers will have some bullion coins in stock. nm |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Do you know any pirates? They usually have gold. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yeah, but they charge an arm and a leg! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. GROAN!!! |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Make that an arrrrrrrrrrrrm and a leg! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. oy. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. You can also check for coin shows - most fair-sized cities have them fairly regularly |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. There's that company that's sponsoring the Air America Cruise. n/t |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Be very careful on buying pre-1933 US gold coins. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. What are $20.00 Gold Liberty coins from the 1880s bringing these days? |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Depends on the date, mintmark and condition. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I saw in some of her papers that they had a rating of MS-61 or MS-62 - |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Are those MS-61, 62 coins in "slabs"? |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. No, they are not hermetically sealed. They are in plastic but not sealed. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I just checked up on FAMC |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. She bought them back in the early 1990s. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. The first "slabs" came out in 1986 |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. If they are mint state, the are worth much more. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
64. There never really was a ban on owning US gold coins |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. The problem with the Redbook |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You are correct. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. There is magic in the two C's of the "CC" mintmark. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. That's one of the reasons why CC's are so popular |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Haven't been there yet, but I have a recent silver 1oz minted... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Speaking of CC coins |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. You can buy it |
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SaveOurDemocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. What about American Eagle gold coins? |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. To tell you the truth |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. The problem with Krugerrands is that they fell out of favor |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Vienna Philharmonics- my personal preference. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've been very happy with Monex- |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. There are private vault companies |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Honestly, I don't trust them either. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. Do you remember aprox. what that amount was? n/t |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. 10,000 is what comes to mind, although, honestly I don't remember. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. The problem isn't so much buying it |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Just make sure you are buying at the right time, gold broke it's |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. wait until it goes DOWN in price..don't buy it NOW !! |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Agree, it's probably not the optimum time to buy- |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I've been saying that for 2 years now... |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's a little late to get on that wagon, IMO. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I disagree with you DZ |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. You're "hoping" gold goes to over $1,000.00 an ounce? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. And why is that? |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Because they are an asshole? n/t |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I have to tell ya... |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. So far, so good. |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:09 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. I got mine so who cares. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Fuck "progressive," let's try reality based survival. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Because I am not looking gleefully forward to more economic difficulty, that's why. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Dream on- and must you begrudge those of us who saw this coming? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. It's not the price of gold that is causing the difficulty |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
59. I'm thinking $1200, maybe $1500, think of inflation |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. You may actually do better looking into gold mining stocks. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. NG is looking fairly promising- |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. used to own some years ago. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Barricks is now involved, so I am thinking about it, along with some energy stocks. |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
39. Now is the time to be SELLING gold... |
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dasmarian (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. this is very incorrect |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Yep & yup. n/t |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
68. Buy low, sell high, right? |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Well, I seem to remember lots of people saying, "Now is the time to be selling" |
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dasmarian (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. ugh geez who would actualy buy bullion |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. Personally, I wouldn't buy gold at a pawn shop |
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catchnrelease (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. Coin dealer |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
46. eBay. nt |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
65. I bought silver |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
67. You should buy both solid gold to keep in your basement , and gold certificates through a broker |
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