{"id":234,"date":"2010-04-14T11:45:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T18:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldcoinsrare.com\/?p=234"},"modified":"2010-04-14T11:45:10","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T18:45:10","slug":"performance-of-bullion-and-numismatic-coins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/performance-of-bullion-and-numismatic-coins\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance of Bullion and Numismatic Coins"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one can deny that we are currently experiencing a gold bull market.\u00c2\u00a0 The spot price of gold has been increasing for the past nine years.\u00c2\u00a0 It came off a low of $272 per ounce in 2001 to where it sits today at $1,158 per ounce.\u00c2\u00a0 The following graph depicts the percentage increases per year for the last nine years and gives an average.\u00c2\u00a0 The average gain for the last nine years is 17.1%.\u00c2\u00a0 Not bad at all.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone would be happy to get 17.1% per year for nine years straight.\u00c2\u00a0 Since this blog is about owning rare gold coins<\/a> let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s look at what numismatic\/U.S. rare gold coins have done in that same time frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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USD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2001<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2.5%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2002<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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24.7%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2003<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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19.6%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2004<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5.2%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2005<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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18.2%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2006<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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22.8%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2007<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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31.4%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2008<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5.8%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2009<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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23.9%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Average<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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17.1%<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I took the most common mint state 64 grade $20 Saint Gaudens<\/a> to achieve a very easy to understand baseline figure.\u00c2\u00a0 Over the past nine years that coin has achieved an average appreciation of 31.8% per year.\u00c2\u00a0 This is almost twice what bullion did over the same time frame.\u00c2\u00a0 Who wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t love to get 31.8% per year return on their money?\u00c2\u00a0 In addition, most better dated coins have performed even better.<\/p>\n

For a better dated coin I randomly chose a 1903P $20 Liberty<\/a> in mint state 64 condition, and found that over the same time frame it had appreciated an average of 39.8%.\u00c2\u00a0 That is 8% better per year on average for the last nine years.\u00c2\u00a0 That is great.<\/p>\n

What this has shown is that during this bull market thus far, it is better to own numismatic gold coins than it is to own bullion based strictly on performance.\u00c2\u00a0 It is even better to own rarer issues as displayed by performance.\u00c2\u00a0 It is commonly known in the industry that the rarer the issue the more potential for growth there is.\u00c2\u00a0 It should be noted that past performance is no indication of future performance and that you should do your own due diligence when investing in anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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