Gold Bullion
Take physical delivery of your precious metals and buy gold coins today. Gold Bullion Coins track the spot price of gold making it very easy to monitor the value of your investment. Bullion Coins are the most popular and liquid coin on the market. The three most popular and widely traded Gold Bullion Coins are the Canadian Maple Leaf, the American Eagle, and the Austrian Philharmonic gold Coins. The international gold coins and gold bars within our inventory are guaranteed by the mint of that respective nation for the coin’s purity and weight. You can contact a Platinum Gold Coins’ account executive with any notes or questions you may have at 1-855-655-GOLD.
Precious Metals are an ideal asset to own given the uncertain economic and geopolitical conditions we currently face. Whether or not you are adding gold bullion to an investment portfolio, or preparing for retirement by setting up a gold IRA, precious metals such as Gold, Silver Platinum and Palladium have proven to be a secured investment. If you are asking yourself “Where can I buy gold?” Our gold inventory consists of American Buffalo Gold Coins, American Eagle Gold Coins, Austrian Philharmonic Gold Coins, Mexican 50 Peso Gold Coins, Canadian Maple Leaf Gold Coins, South African Krugerrand Gold Coins, Chinese Panda Gold Coins, Pamp Suisse Gold Bars, Credit Suisse Gold Bars, World Gold Coins, Indian Head Gold Coins, Liberty Head Gold Coins, Saint Gaudens Gold Coins, and Gold Proof Coins.
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American Buffalo Gold Bullion Coin
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American Eagle Gold Bullion Coin
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Austrian Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin
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Canadian Maple Leaf Gold Bullion Coin
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Krugerrand Gold Bullion Coin
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Chinese Panda Gold Bullion Coin
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Pamp Suisse Gold Bullion Bar
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Credit Suisse Gold Bullion Bar 1oz
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Johnson Matthey Gold Bullion Bar
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Gold Bullion were used to buy and sell goods dating as far back to the times of early Egypt. In 2000 B.C. The French described gold bullion as the blood of trade. In these times gold bullion were valued by weight and then broken down and melted into smaller gold bullion chunks. Gold bullion were used to pay taxes to kings more than they were actually used as currency among the civilization. The original gold bullion weren’t designed until 600 years before Christ in what was is now West Turkey. Gold bullion were created from electrum, discovered in the region’s river. These gold bullion were designed with an Animal head like a bear on one side and the seal of the empire on the backside. These gold bullion weighed approximately anywhere from ½ oz to 1/20th oz ranging in different sizes. It is said that King Croseus discovered these gold bullion. And hence, the gold bullion process started.
The Greeks shortly found out about what the Turks were doing with Gold bullion and they started making their own gold bullion across the Aegean Sea. Philip the 2nd started procuring gold coin mines all the way into present day Bulgaria. Capturing what was said to be one of the largest spoils or war in history, his son Alexander the Great, conquered the Persian Empire to sit on a massive mountain of gold bullion. It was a battle of history and a huge transfer of wealth from the Persians to the Greeks. It is said that King Alexander recovered over seven hundred thousand ounces of gold bullion. The worth of those gold bullion today would be worth approximately 1 billion dollars. These Kings used their spoils of gold bullion to pay their men that battled for them. Greek gold bullion were minted differently with the head of the king instead of animals likes the Turks used on their gold bullion. The Roman Empire used gold bullion to compensate their massive armies. Their gold coins had the emperor’s head on the front. Roman gold coins weighed about 1/4th of and ounce. Special gold bullion weighed up to a pound; these super gold bullion were used for economic trade and payment to political leaders of the empire. A roman soldier was paid one of the smaller gold bullion each month. One of these gold bullion would buy ninety kilos of wine or two hundred pounds of bread. Gold bullion weighing 1/7th of and oz were introduced after 300 B.C. as the supply of gold bullion diminished.
The Romans minted and produced gold bullion on a scale never seen before, a scale so large it compared to the production levels of modern times. From 200 to 400 AD many millions of gold bullion were minted and distributed to all corners of the Roman Empire. The extent of this mass production of buying Gold bullion can be visualized all throughout Europe, most notably in British Museums. Through the use of Gold bullion, the Roman Empire was able to spread a sense of unity throughout Europe. After the fall of the Roman Empire, it took gold bullion nearly a thousand years to resurface as a widespread form of currency. It was Solidus gold bullion that survived as the main form of Gold bullion in the Mediterranean region, which were minted by Byzantine Emperors in Constantinople as numismatic gold bullion.
The Gold bullion of the Byzantine Empire circulated until Venice rose to power with its notorious gold bullion. They were admired by all men and were noted as the most beautiful gold bullion by most historians. Around this time there was a shortage of gold coins as the foundation of gold was debased. Around 1100 the gold bullion were only not as fine approximately equaling six carat gold today. The emperor at the time Comenus tried to restore the integrity of their new gold bullion; however these gold bullion never really achieved regal status, as gold coin supplies were still diminished.
Gold bullion were created by the rulers of the Islamic Empire, in 700 A.D. African Dinar Gold bullion were initially created in Syria, Iraq, and Tripoli. They were designed and decorated with beautiful designs but they could not include images of human on the Gold bullion as a result of Islamic religious traditions. A couple hundred years later a significant degree of economic expansion and trade in southern Italy brought gold bullion from the Islamic world to Europe. Around 1230 AD, gold bullion were being minted in Italy using the gold that had been transferred out of the African economy. It wasn’t long after that Venice became the main market for gold, opening up a gold mint in late 1200 AD. The following year gold bullion such as the Ducat were minted. These coins quickly grew to symbolize power and prestige for the next half millennia, becoming the next most widely circulated gold bullion since the time of the Roman Empire.
New supplies of gold were found in Hungarian mines in the late 1300’s. Everyone in Europe was creating and buying gold coins. The French king was said to be producing approximately 350 thousand troy ounces of gold bullion. In the British Museum in London England you can visit over twenty-five types of gold bullion from the early Europeans of the thirteenth century. The trade of gold bullion trade shifted around 1500, when shipments started moving from West Africa. New shipments of gold started shifting to America, and gold coins production followed. Around 1457, Portugal issued new gold bullion made from gold from Africa. Henry VII made the first sovereign gold bullion in 1489.
Soon after, a lot of the gold was exported to England, the Netherlands, and Venice in the form of Gold crowns. These gold crowns were then minted into gold bullion fir local use. There was a new trend forming in Silver, and Silver coins soon took the limelight as the primary form of currency in the 16th and 17th century. In an effort to restore the prestige of gold’s debasement by her father Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I launched the Angel gold bullion. Gold discoveries in Brazil around 1 would soon after allow gold bullion to once again be mass produced, allowing for gold to replace silver as the primary currency. There were many gold coins that were minted in South America but ended up in England where they were typically re-minted into Guineas.
The flood of gold on the market correlated with the over-pricing of gold bullion in terms of silver. Traders started to put on arbitrage trades where they were buying gold bullion that were about to be minted while simultaneously selling silver being shipped to China or India that was valued at higher prices. Isaac Newton “the master of the mint” set the price of gold bullion at 4.35 pounds per oz, which stayed there for hundreds of years. He didn’t know it but he accidentally but Great Brittan on the gold standard. Gold bullion were in major circulation until WWI broke out in 1914. Gold bullion haven’t been really widely used since the Roman Empire.
In 1816, the gold bullion that took the place of the gold coins of Guinea, marked the point when the gold bullion standard became official. These were call sovereign coins which weighed about ¼ of an ounce. Gold bullion had their last good run in the gold rush of 1948 in the U.S. and Australia. Gold bullion were minted by the boatloads around 1850, and by 1900 most countries across the world were all using gold coins as the standard of currency. Britain and Australia were buying Sovereign Gold Coins, The U.S. were buying American Eagle Gold Coins, Germany was buying Mark Gold Coins, Russia was buying Rouble Gold Coins, Austria was buying Crown Gold Coins, Hungary was buying Florin Gold Coins, and the French were buying Napoleon gold coins. All together they accounted for about 418 million troy ounces of gold. When World War II happened, the production process for gold coins came to a halt around the world and most gold coins were recalled. During the Great Depression, in 1933, every gold coin was called in across America, and the gold standard was over.
