Why Collect Bullion Coin?

There are many advantages to owning a bullion coin:

1. Many investor often purchase bullion coin as a hedge against inflation as gold prices often move inversely with the stock market.

2. Bullion coin are also one of the investment tools, where their value increases as gold value increases, or when that particular bullion coin is rare and most sought after by collectors.

3. Bullion coins are hot collector item as most series that are minted often features beautiful design, and quite a few of the series like the Chinese Gold Panda have designs that changes every year. The Canadian Maple Leaf series even includes variation of the designs including the coloured maple leaf and the holographic enhanced version. Bullion coins also tend to be rare with most series having mintages that are less than 10,000.

However note that collecting bullion coin for investment and collecting it for its collectible value differs considerably, an investor who collects bullion coins only for its inherent gold/silver value would buy only coins that carries a lower premium, refrained from purchasing any proof or rare coins as they demand a high market price due to is additional collectible value, also the condition of the coin does not matter too much as the coin is only valued for its precious metal content. On the other hand, a numismatists that collects bullion coin as a collectible would search for rare coins or any special issue (proof version etc.), and extra care would be taken to preserve the condition of the coin.