In this post, we’re going to discuss French gold coins, in particular the 20 Franc gold rooster, and why I believe these coins are a great deal and worth stacking. also well discuss some basic history surrounding the coins and the French Mint. Generally speaking, I’m not a big fan when buying numismatic coins, or coins…
In this post, I want to talk about the next few years, stacking gold and silver and what prices we could see. In particular, I will discuss the worst-case scenario, the best-case scenario and the most likely scenarios in terms of silver and gold’s price and what could drive them there. The Best-Case Scenario: To…
Welcome to Common Sense Finance. In this post I want to discuss liquidity with selling precious metals. In particular, I want to discuss an article I found from the WSJ around Costco gold bars and the issues allegedly people were having selling these gold bars back. Later in the post, we’ll discuss tax implications with…
Written 5/3/2024 In this post, I want to discuss Platinum Price and whether Platinum bullion is a good option to buy this year. Just to give some general background on Platinum, Platinum is one of the world’s scarcest major metals and it’s used primarily to produce automotive catalytic converters. Also, platinum is used in petroleum…
In this post, I am going to discuss both Silver and Gold Mexican Libertads, why they are so expensive and whether it’s something you may want to buy if you stack gold and silver bullion. If you’ve ever scrolled through an online Bullion dealer site or gone to a coin shop, you probably noticed that…
Should you buy Zombucks? What Are Zombucks? Zombucks are essentially silver and copper rounds as well as silver notes that are Apocalyptic themed. So hence the name “Zom” for Zombie and “bucks”. Now to give some examples of rounds they produce, they mint coins such as the Pandamonium, which is based on the popular Chinese Panda…
In this post I want to talk about 4 factors that have influenced Gold’s price so far and how these factors will continue to influence the price in 2024. What other factors do you think will strongly drive gold’s price this year?
Three Reasons Why Gold and Silver Protect Us: (1) Economic Conditions. There are cracks forming in our economy and what’s more troubling is that it looks like things could get even worse. I believe we’re in the eye of the storm or a better analogy would be the calm before the storm because we really haven’t…
In today’s post I want to talk about one issue that has been talked about in stacking circles and continues to get attention, and that’s whether the government can and will confiscate your precious metals. So, my belief is pretty simple, yes, they can, but I do not believe they will. And my reasoning is…
In today’s post, I want to talk about why US dollars are not money, and actually gold and silver are. Now, Money is typically defined as a store of value (meaning it can be saved), unit of account (meaning its used to value goods and services) and medium of exchange (meaning people can use it…
