To purchase gold coins used to be a fairly straight forward undertaking, but the meltdown of the world economy seems to have changed all that.The New York Post has reported that although the price of gold, along with other commodities, has come under pressure - i.e. the price has decreased, the worldwide demand for gold coins has increased.

This has led to people being willing to pay a 10 to 15% premium on the spot price of 1oz of gold just to get their hands on the gold coins. The reason for this is that since the day man discovered gold, the metal has been considered a safe investment in times of uncertainty.

And boy, are we slap bang in the middle of uncertainty. What does the future hold? What are the prospects for inflation, the future value of paper investments, and what about ever increasing Government debt? Add to that the potential for change in Washington as Obama steps into the US presidency and a host of European Union countries officially now in recession, and who knows where we go from here?

So bars for sale near me 's a good time to purchase gold coins and indulge in a spot of wealth preservation. Added to that is the fact that as the demand for physical gold grows, logic says that the recent downwards trend of the gold price should reverse, which in turn should boost the value of cold coins such as the Krugerrand, Maple Leaf and American Eagle.

The question that remains is: How to buy gold coins when their supply seems to be drying up. The somewhat surprising answer is - buy gold coins online at the big auction sites. Not only are there a boat load of gold coins for sale online but if you are patient you can pick gold coins up without having to pay that 10 - 15% premium mentioned earlier - and that is a bargain!
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