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information by Deutsche Bundesbank, the trade in gold coins is not even subject to the German federal nancial supervisory agency (BaFin), although gold can very well constitute an investment. The company Securitas Au
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rum S.L. wants to enter precisely this “market niche”. The company was founded by the two Germans Dieter Scheppeit and Dirk H. Oelrich in the Spanish city of Barcelona. Securitas Aurum is an e-commerce company and sells many famous gold coins directly to customers via its website. But more on that later. Let us talk some more about the fascination of gold.
Gold and silver coins have been used as currency for several thousands of years.
In times of crisis, these coins were often the only pos
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sibility for average citizens to protect the funds they worked hard for and saved from ination, i.e. paper currency depreciation, which has shaken money and capital markets in periodic regularity to date – exactly as it is the case at the moment!Precious metals can be purchased in the physical form of bars or coins; the latter can be classied as so-called bullion coins (the value of the raw material is decisive) and collector’s coins (the value of the raw material comes second). Although bullion coins have the same value as the raw material and are a bit more expensive than metal bars, they are generally more widespread and popular worldwide. Before 1967, the British “Sov
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ereign”, the French “Napoleon” as well as the Austrian “Ducats” and “Krones” – just to name a few – served the purpose of gold investment and payment transac
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tions. The introduction of the South African Krugerrand in 1967 marked a coin whose main purpose was to serve as gold investment and not as means of payment. The modern gold investment coins encompass: the Kruger
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rand (South Africa), the Maple Leaf (Canada), the Vi
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enna Philharmonic Orchestra (Austria), the Nugget (or the kangaroo from Australia), the Panda (China) and the American Eagle (USA). All of them can also be ob
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tained from Securitas Aurum. The Britannia (England) has become less important due to the current mini-edi
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tions, the Lunar-series (Australia) are on the way up. All other series, motifs and special coins generally tend to become collector’s coins (small editions, beautiful and changing motifs, in “mint state” = additional charges). These coins cannot be obtained from Securitas Aurum. The popular DM and euros coins can also be classied as collector’s coins. The issue price of these coins was the current gold price, however, the one-time editions and the “relatively” low numbers of pieces lead to ad
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ditional charges, which often signicantly exceed the value of the raw material.The level of familiarity and the popularity of a coin as well as its availability uctuate considerably depending on the respective continent and country. Thus, Mexico coins the “Libertad” in gold and in silver. The global is
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sue of the gold Libertad is higher than that of the Bri
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tannia (England), however, it is hardly known or wide
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spread in Germany. The silver Libertad, on the contrary, can be obtained in Germany without any problems.
Gold has never become worthless in the past few thousand years and has always maintained its purchasing power, which is something no single
share, currency or certicate can claim.
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