Most Famous Bullion Coins: Napoléon (6/15)
No.6: 20 Francs Napoléon Gold Coin The first Gold Napoléons were struck on March 28, 1803. These coins feature the portrait of Napoléon I on the obverse. The Napoléon Gold […]
Most Famous Bullion Coins: Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle (5/15)
No.5: Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt sought to beautify American coinage. For that purpose, he asked Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign the Double Eagle. Augustus Saint-Gaudens died in […]
Most Famous Bullion Coins: Double Eagle (4/15)
No.4 Double Eagle and Liberty Head Double Eagle In 1795, two years after the opening of the first U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), they produced an American coin named eagle. It had […]
Most Famous Bullion Coins: Guilder (3/15)
No.3: 10 Guilder Gold Coin The 10 Guilder Gold Coin, also known as the “10 Dutch Guilder”, was first minted in 1818. It was the official currency of the Netherlands […]
Most Famous Bullion Coins: Ruble (2/15)
No.2: 5 Ruble Gold Coin The Russian imperial ruble was the main currency unit of the Russian Empire from 1584 to 1922. Therefore, there are many kinds of 5 Golden […]
Most Famous Bullion Coins: Sovereign (1/15)
As commercial exchanges flourished, metal currencies gradually became more and more important, starting from antiquity. In addition, many countries use gold to produce coins to promote its commercial use and […]
Why Should You Invest in Gold?
Stock markets, life insurance, real estate… there are many ways to invest. But today, we are going to talk about one type of investment, gold. You may ask, why invest […]
The manufacturing process of coins
Money, especially coinage, has been an important part of society for thousands of years. We use it to buy various commodities on a daily basis or simply as a collectible, […]
In Which Metal Should You Invest?
Californium Between 20 and 27 million dollars per gram: Californium 252 is the most expensive metal in the world! It is also the heaviest chemical element on Earth. When transformed, […]
Gold and Venezuela: a Matter of Survival
Economic context The economy of Venezuela is highly dependent on oil export revenues, which account for about 90% of its total export revenues. Therefore, the fall in oil prices in […]
Real Estate or Bullion Gold: Where to Invest?
Bullion gold: a safe investment in times of crisis The subprime crisis in 2008 eroded the secure investment image of the real estate sector. In fact, the value of bullion […]
Safe Haven Currencies in Times of Crisis
The economic crisis of 2008 taught us that in the event of a failure from one of the states which share a common currency, it impacts the assets of individual […]
The World’s Largest Gold Reserve
Who has the biggest gold reserve in the world? For some people, gold is an overvalued metal. For most of them however, this precious metal has a very defined value. […]
Numismatic Glossary: Guide for Beginners 2
Last time we learned many terms to define a coin and its so called “anatomy”. But now it’s time to dig deeper into numismatic secrets. If you want to expand your […]
Glossary of Numismatics: Guide for Beginners
Knowing what the obverse and reverse of a coin is is good, but not enough to call yourself a proper numismatist! In fact, it takes a lot of research to […]