{"id":10170,"date":"2011-10-31T01:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T08:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/?page_id=10170"},"modified":"2013-01-31T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T22:50:18","slug":"howtobuygold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/howtobuygold\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Buy Gold Coins &#8211; Gold Bullion &#038; Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today?s marketplace there is a wide variety of products available to those who<br \/>\nwant the security and profit potential of gold. If you are contemplating an investment<br \/>\nin gold, you should give the same careful thought to your options as you would to<br \/>\nany other important financial decision.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, to truly benefit from the unsurpassed security of owning gold, you<br \/>\nshould understand that the only way to accomplish this objective is to own physical<br \/>\ngold. Other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/goldcoin_investment.asp\">gold investments<\/a>, such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs), gold mining<br \/>\nshares and gold accounts provide investors with exposure to movements in the price<br \/>\nof gold, but do not provide the security that only physical gold can provide.<\/p>\n<p>In order to buy gold you need to understand that there are two types to choose from.<\/p>\n<h2>Bullion Coins and Bars<\/h2>\n<p>Individuals can select from a broad array of gold bullion coins issued by governments<br \/>\naround the globe. Examples are the Gold American Buffalo, the Gold American Eagle,<br \/>\nthe Canadian Gold Maple Leaf, the Austrian Philharmonic, the South African Krugerrand<br \/>\nand several others.<\/p>\n<p>The current market value of a bullion coin is determined by the value of its gold<br \/>\ncontent, plus a premium that varies between coins, dealers and market conditions.<br \/>\nThese bullion coins are most commonly available in 1\/20, 1\/10, 1\/4, 1\/2 and 1 ounce<br \/>\nsizes. One should be aware that the premium tends to be higher for smaller sizes.<\/p>\n<p>Gold bars are also available in a wide assortment of weights and sizes, ranging<br \/>\nfrom as small as one gram to 400 troy ounces (the size of the internationally traded<br \/>\nLondon Good Delivery bar). For individuals looking to take physical delivery of<br \/>\ntheir gold, the 400-ounce bars lack the convenience, portability and practicality<br \/>\nof coins and smaller bars. Gold bars are manufactured by literally dozens of internationally<br \/>\nrecognized refiners around the world.<\/p>\n<h2>Rare Gold Coins: The Best Way to Own Gold<\/h2>\n<p>Rare gold coins are considered by many to be the best way to own gold because they<br \/>\noffer many important advantages in addition to the intrinsic value of gold, here are the three most popular:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\">Rare gold coins<\/a> offer the advantage of increased profit potential over gold bullion<br \/>\ncoins and bars due to their quality and scarcity. Whereas literally millions of<br \/>\nnew gold bullion coins and bars are minted and manufactured each year, no one is<br \/>\nmaking any new rare coins! The most common rare gold coins have surviving populations<br \/>\nin the thousands, as opposed to the tens of millions of gold bullion coins which<br \/>\nexist on the market.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Rare gold coins also offer enhanced protection against government restrictions on<br \/>\nprivate gold ownership. In 1933, the President put forth an executive order to confiscate<br \/>\nprivately owned gold and outlaw the private ownership of gold. But it specifically<br \/>\nexempts numismatic rare coins from its provisions.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Many who value their privacy also acquire US rare coins due to their status as<br \/>\na collectable that allows purchase and sale of them without 1099-B reporting to<br \/>\nthe IRS by the coin broker\/dealer. These transactions are confidential.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For an expanded overview of the two types read <a href=\"bullion.asp\">bullion<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/newsite\/rare_gold_coins.asp\"><br \/>\ngrowth gold\/U.S. rare gold coins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Buy Gold from ITM Trading Inc.<\/h2>\n<p>ITM Trading?s professional precious metals consultants can help you select which<br \/>\ngold products are right for your circumstances. Using your goals, risk tolerances<br \/>\nand budget parameters, we can provide you with the information that you need to<br \/>\nmake an informed decision.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have made a decision about your gold purchase, your ITM Trading consultant<br \/>\nwill connect you to our Trading Department, which has successfully processed thousands<br \/>\nof rare coin and bullion transactions for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure complete accuracy, all pertinent information, including the coins you<br \/>\nwill be acquiring, the designated name for ownership of the coins, and the address<br \/>\nfor shipment of your purchase will be verified via a recorded conference call with<br \/>\nour trading department. ITM will then generate an invoice based on that information.<br \/>\nWe accept three forms of payment, bank wire, cashiers check or personal check. For<br \/>\nyour protection your coins will arrive registered and insured via United States<br \/>\nPostal Service, and will require a signature at the time of delivery.<\/p>\n<p>It?s that simple! Call ITM Trading at 1-888-696-4653 to speak to one of our Precious<br \/>\nMetals Consultants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to buy gold coins, bars, and gold bullion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1207],"tags":[63,139,244,741,742],"class_list":["post-10170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-gold-coins","tag-archive","tag-gold-bars","tag-how-to-buy-gold","tag-bold-bullion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10170"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12904,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170\/revisions\/12904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}