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 10 Troy oz Ounce Pure SILVER BUFFALO Bar Bullion RARE $649.95 End Date: Friday Mar-9-2012 19:58:32 PST Buy It Now for only: $649.95 |
 10 OUNCE SILVER BAR 999 FINE SILVER BUFFALO DESIGN BY SOUTHERN COINS SCPM $425.00 End Date: Wednesday Feb-29-2012 8:59:27 PST |
 LOT OF 100 FIVE GRAM INDIAN BUFFALO GOLD BARS REPLICA $249.95 End Date: Monday Mar-19-2012 14:58:32 PDT Buy It Now for only: $249.95 |
 Lot of 50 999 Fine Silver American Buffalo 1 gram Bars Pure Solid Bullion NEW $175.00 End Date: Sunday Feb-26-2012 10:49:48 PST Buy It Now for only: $250.00 |
 Lot of 50 999 Fine Silver American Buffalo 1 gram Bars Pure Solid Bullion NEW $175.00 End Date: Tuesday Mar-20-2012 11:53:34 PDT Buy It Now for only: $175.00 |
 4 1oz SILVER bullion bars EAGLE SUNSHINE MINT BUFFALO 999 $157.00 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 20:22:05 PST |
 Brilliant 25g PAMP SUISSE Gold Bar w 1 oz 9999 FINE Buffalo Round $155.50 (2 Bids) End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 19:05:31 PST |
 2 FREE ROUNDS7 1 Kilo COPPER Bars W+L LibertyBuffaloEagleMorganLakotaPeace $159.99 End Date: Friday Mar-2-2012 18:29:29 PST Buy It Now for only: $159.99 |
 LOT OF 50 TEN GRAMS AMERICAN BUFFALO GOLD BARS REPLICA $159.95 End Date: Monday Mar-19-2012 14:58:33 PDT Buy It Now for only: $159.95 |
 LOT OF 50 FIVE GRAM INDIAN BUFFALO GOLD BARS REPLICA $149.95 End Date: Monday Mar-19-2012 14:58:33 PDT Buy It Now for only: $149.95 |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $148.99 End Date: Friday Mar-2-2012 13:57:54 PST Buy It Now for only: $148.99 |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $139.99 End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 12:36:18 PST |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $139.99 End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 21:14:20 PST |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $139.99 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 7:15:49 PST |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $139.99 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 22:20:19 PST |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $139.99 End Date: Sunday Feb-26-2012 12:24:12 PST |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $139.99 End Date: Sunday Feb-26-2012 19:19:16 PST |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $139.99 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 7:28:10 PST |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $139.99 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 19:56:35 PST |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $139.99 End Date: Tuesday Feb-28-2012 7:46:16 PST |
 6 Mix 1 Kilo Copper Bullion Bar Morgan Buffalo Eagle Indian Libertys 132 POUND $139.99 End Date: Tuesday Feb-28-2012 20:01:29 PST |
 Lot of 50X 1 gram silver buffalo bar 999 fine bullion one pure solid gm $138.99 End Date: Saturday Mar-10-2012 19:07:27 PST Buy It Now for only: $138.99 |
 TEN One Lb Copper Bullion Bars NEW THICK STYLE BUFFALO DESIGN Fast Shipping $119.99 End Date: Thursday Mar-8-2012 15:32:44 PST Buy It Now for only: $119.99 |
 1 New DIGITAL ScaIe Weigh SOLID GOLD BULLION 999 American Buffalo Coins Bars AU $119.99 End Date: Friday Mar-16-2012 10:18:50 PDT Buy It Now for only: $119.99 |
 BUFFALO BISON BI CENTENNIAL SILVER ART BAR A9877 $117.88 End Date: Thursday Mar-1-2012 5:05:36 PST Buy It Now for only: $117.88 |
 lot 100X 1 gram zinc buffalo bullion bar 999 fine RARE $109.99 End Date: Wednesday Mar-14-2012 15:24:23 PDT Buy It Now for only: $109.99 |
 lot of 100X1 gram aluminum buffalo bar 999fine bullion $109.99 End Date: Wednesday Mar-14-2012 16:06:08 PDT Buy It Now for only: $109.99 |
 BISON BUFFALO BI CENTENNIAL SILVER ART BAR 1 TROY OUNCE MADISON MINT C1033 $107.88 End Date: Sunday Mar-11-2012 7:30:22 PDT Buy It Now for only: $107.88 |
 BISON BUFFALO BI CENTENNIAL SILVER ART BAR A9559 $107.77 End Date: Wednesday Mar-21-2012 8:28:56 PDT Buy It Now for only: $107.77 |
 lot of 10X 1 4 troy oz niobium buffalo bar 999 fine pure solid bullion $105.00 End Date: Tuesday Mar-13-2012 11:23:56 PDT Buy It Now for only: $105.00 |
 Wholesale LOT OF 8 5 GRAM 999 Silver BUFFALO Bars $99.90 End Date: Sunday Mar-18-2012 21:58:33 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.90 |
 Lot of 10 1 TROY OZ 999 FINE TITANIUM American BUFFALO BAR FREE SHIPPING one $99.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-29-2012 11:49:44 PST Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 1 GRAM PURE999PALLADIUM BUFFALO ART BAR $95.95 End Date: Sunday Mar-18-2012 8:45:06 PDT Buy It Now for only: $95.95 |
 lot of 20X 1 troy oz copper buffalo bar 999 fine pure solid bullion $97.99 End Date: Tuesday Mar-6-2012 12:55:37 PST Buy It Now for only: $97.99 |
 BUFFALO BISON 999 SILVER ART BAR 1 TROY OUNCE C0607 $97.88 End Date: Saturday Feb-25-2012 7:26:15 PST Buy It Now for only: $97.88 |
 USSC 1974 NORTH AMERICAN BUFFALO SILVER ART BAR A6032 $97.77 End Date: Saturday Mar-3-2012 15:23:11 PST Buy It Now for only: $97.77 |
 Beautiful 1 Gram IRON Bar x 100 999 fine bullion Buffalo design 100 grams $88.88 End Date: Thursday Mar-8-2012 18:01:32 PST Buy It Now for only: $88.88 |
 8 1 POUND 2012Copper Bars BUFFALO INDIAN MORGAN EAGLE BELL ST GAUDENS+LIBERTY $89.99 End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 21:14:21 PST |
 8 1 POUND 2012Copper Bars BUFFALO INDIAN MORGAN EAGLE BELL ST GAUDENS+LIBERTY $89.99 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 7:15:53 PST |
 8 1 POUND 2012Copper Bars BUFFALO INDIAN MORGAN EAGLE BELL ST GAUDENS+LIBERTY $89.99 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 22:20:18 PST |
 8 1 POUND 2012Copper Bars BUFFALO INDIAN MORGAN EAGLE BELL ST GAUDENS+LIBERTY $89.99 End Date: Sunday Feb-26-2012 12:24:12 PST |
 8 1 POUND 2012Copper Bars BUFFALO INDIAN MORGAN EAGLE BELL ST GAUDENS+LIBERTY $89.99 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 7:28:09 PST |
 8 1 POUND 2012Copper Bars BUFFALO INDIAN MORGAN EAGLE BELL ST GAUDENS+LIBERTY $89.99 End Date: Tuesday Feb-28-2012 7:46:16 PST |
 8 1 POUND2012Copper Bars BUFFALO INDIAN MORGAN EAGLE BELL ST GAUDENS LIBERTYS $89.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-29-2012 12:15:40 PST Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 LOT OF 2 BUFFALO 1 OUNCE SILVER BARS $90.00 End Date: Tuesday Mar-13-2012 10:01:22 PDT Buy It Now for only: $90.00 |
 1 New DIGITAL ScaIe Weigh SOLID GOLD BULLION 999 American Buffalo Coins Bars AU $89.99 End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 16:13:02 PST Buy It Now for only: $149.99 |
 BISON BUFFALO CENTENNIAL 999 SILVER ART BAR 1 TROY OUNCE C0371 $89.88 End Date: Wednesday Mar-14-2012 7:45:23 PDT Buy It Now for only: $89.88 |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 14:13:12 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 17:09:17 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 8:18:49 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 8:21:03 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Saturday Feb-25-2012 14:12:20 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Saturday Feb-25-2012 17:08:43 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Sunday Feb-26-2012 8:18:22 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 14:12:45 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 17:07:48 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 17:08:11 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Tuesday Feb-28-2012 8:17:58 PST |
 10 1 Pound 999 Copper Bars Buffalo Design 16 AVDP ozs NEW $89.00 End Date: Tuesday Feb-28-2012 8:19:59 PST |
 FOSTER 1 OZ 999 RARE SILVER ART BAR BUFFALO 1970 PROSPECTOR LT B $85.77 End Date: Thursday Mar-22-2012 9:08:31 PDT Buy It Now for only: $85.77 |
 FOSTER 1 OZ 999 SILVER ART BAR BUFFALO 1970 $85.77 End Date: Wednesday Mar-21-2012 19:35:35 PDT Buy It Now for only: $85.77 |
 LOT OF 100 X 1 GRAM GERMAN SILVER BUFFALO BAR BULLION $84.99 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 6:44:14 PST Buy It Now for only: $84.99 |
 FOSTER BUFFALO PROOF SILVER BAR RARE FC 26 $84.99 End Date: Thursday Mar-1-2012 13:18:05 PST Buy It Now for only: $84.99 |
 12 HALF 1 2 Pound Copper Bars MORGAN BUFFALO INDIAN EAGLE WALKING+LADY LIBERTY $79.99 End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 21:14:20 PST |
 12 HALF 1 2 Pound Copper Bars MORGAN BUFFALO INDIAN EAGLE WALKING+LADY LIBERTY $79.99 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 7:15:50 PST |
 12 HALF 1 2 Pound Copper Bars MORGAN BUFFALO INDIAN EAGLE WALKING+LADY LIBERTY $79.99 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 22:20:19 PST |
 12 HALF 1 2 Pound Copper Bars MORGAN BUFFALO INDIAN EAGLE WALKING+LADY LIBERTY $79.99 End Date: Sunday Feb-26-2012 12:24:13 PST |
 12 HALF 1 2 Pound Copper Bars MORGAN BUFFALO INDIAN EAGLE WALKING+LADY LIBERTY $79.99 End Date: Sunday Feb-26-2012 19:19:16 PST |
 12 HALF 1 2 Pound Copper Bars MORGAN BUFFALO INDIAN EAGLE WALKING+LADY LIBERTY $79.99 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 7:28:09 PST |
 12 HALF 1 2 Pound Copper Bars MORGAN BUFFALO INDIAN EAGLE WALKING+LADY LIBERTY $79.99 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 19:56:35 PST |
 12 HALF 1 2 Pound Copper Bars MORGAN BUFFALO INDIAN EAGLE WALKING+LADY LIBERTY $79.99 End Date: Tuesday Feb-28-2012 7:46:16 PST |
 12 HALF 1 2 Pound Copper Bars MORGAN BUFFALO INDIAN EAGLE WALKING+LADY LIBERTY $79.99 End Date: Tuesday Feb-28-2012 20:01:29 PST |
 SILVER 2 Troy oz 999 Fine BUFFALO ROUND and MORGAN BAR $84.50 End Date: Monday Mar-19-2012 19:16:51 PDT Buy It Now for only: $84.50 |
 LOT X 10 1 TROY OZ TITANIUM 999 FINE RARE BUFFALO BULLION BAR $79.99 End Date: Saturday Mar-3-2012 6:58:30 PST Buy It Now for only: $79.99 |
 Buffalo Bill left facing 1oz Silver Art Bar $79.97 End Date: Saturday Mar-10-2012 4:17:32 PST Buy It Now for only: $79.97 |
 Buffalo Bill right facing 1oz Silver Art Bar $79.97 End Date: Saturday Mar-10-2012 4:18:54 PST Buy It Now for only: $79.97 |
 Buffalo Bi Centennial 1776 1976 1oz Silver Art Bar $79.97 End Date: Sunday Mar-11-2012 7:47:40 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.97 |
 1OZ999 RARE DETAILED SILVER BUFFALO BISON BAR BI CENTENNIAL + GOLD $79.95 End Date: Tuesday Feb-28-2012 18:23:09 PST Buy It Now for only: $79.95 |
 Coca Cola 75th Anniversary 999 fine silver art bar Buffalo NY 000613 $74.95 End Date: Wednesday Feb-29-2012 17:57:19 PST |
 lot of 100X 1 gram titanium buffalo bar 999 fine pure one solid bullion $77.95 End Date: Tuesday Mar-13-2012 8:21:55 PDT Buy It Now for only: $77.95 |
 BUFFALO PURE SILVER BARS TWO TROY OUNCES 999 FINE SILVER $75.89 (6 Bids) End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 20:45:39 PST |
 Five Different Buffalo Design Metal Bullion Bars w Display Case Unique Gift Idea $65.44 End Date: Tuesday Mar-20-2012 5:25:57 PDT Buy It Now for only: $65.44 |
 1970 1oz Buffalo Silver Art Bar Foster Inc Walla Walla $75.00 End Date: Monday Mar-5-2012 8:43:14 PST Buy It Now for only: $75.00 |
 6 1 POUND COPPER BULLION BARS BUFFALO MORGAN INDIAN EAGLE WALKINGLADY LIBERTY $69.99 End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 21:14:21 PST |
 6 1 POUND COPPER BULLION BARS BUFFALO MORGAN INDIAN EAGLE WALKINGLADY LIBERTY $69.99 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 7:15:49 PST |
 6 1 POUND COPPER BULLION BARS BUFFALO MORGAN INDIAN EAGLE WALKINGLADY LIBERTY $69.99 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 22:20:17 PST |
 6 1 POUND COPPER BULLION BARS BUFFALO MORGAN INDIAN EAGLE WALKINGLADY LIBERTY $69.99 End Date: Sunday Feb-26-2012 12:24:12 PST |
 6 1 POUND COPPER BULLION BARS BUFFALO MORGAN INDIAN EAGLE WALKINGLADY LIBERTY $69.99 End Date: Sunday Feb-26-2012 19:19:16 PST |
 6 1 POUND COPPER BULLION BARS BUFFALO MORGAN INDIAN EAGLE WALKINGLADY LIBERTY $69.99 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 7:28:10 PST |
 6 1 POUND COPPER BULLION BARS BUFFALO MORGAN INDIAN EAGLE WALKINGLADY LIBERTY $69.99 End Date: Monday Feb-27-2012 19:56:35 PST |
 6 1 POUND COPPER BULLION BARS BUFFALO MORGAN INDIAN EAGLE WALKINGLADY LIBERTY $69.99 End Date: Tuesday Feb-28-2012 7:46:19 PST |
 6 1 POUND COPPER BULLION BARS BUFFALO MORGAN INDIAN EAGLE WALKINGLADY LIBERTY $69.99 End Date: Tuesday Feb-28-2012 20:01:29 PST |
 6 1 POUND2011 COPPER BULLION INGOTS BARS BUFFALO MORGAN INDIAN EAGLE LIBERTYS $69.99 End Date: Thursday Mar-8-2012 15:23:24 PST Buy It Now for only: $69.99 |
 2 Troy Ounce Fine Silve 1 Engelhard Sealed Bar And 1 Buffalo Silver Round 999 $71.17 (4 Bids) End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 17:07:05 PST |
 BUFFALO 1 Troy Ounce 999 Silver BAR $68.50 End Date: Thursday Mar-15-2012 15:20:15 PDT Buy It Now for only: $68.50 |
 BUFFALO PURE SILVER BARS TWO TROY OUNCES 999 FINE SILVER $73.00 (13 Bids) End Date: Sunday Feb-26-2012 0:15:22 PST |
 10 Half Pound BUFFALO BISON 999 Fine Copper Bullion Ingot Bars 8oz Each USA $65.99 End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 12:36:18 PST |
 10 Half Pound BUFFALO BISON 999 Fine Copper Bullion Ingot Bars 8oz Each USA $65.99 End Date: Thursday Feb-23-2012 21:14:20 PST |
 10 Half Pound BUFFALO BISON 999 Fine Copper Bullion Ingot Bars 8oz Each USA $65.99 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 7:15:49 PST |
 10 Half Pound BUFFALO BISON 999 Fine Copper Bullion Ingot Bars 8oz Each USA $65.99 End Date: Friday Feb-24-2012 22:20:18 PST |
Whats the best advice to start investing and buying gold?
Whats the best way to start? Is it better to buy bullion bars or coins? Does it matter what kind of coins? For example, Gold American Eagles over American Buffalos?
Why does the face value of an American Eagle 1oz. is $50 when gold is worth almost $900, and the same thing with the rest of the American Eagle coins?
As with any other investment, you'll need to look at this around your current and expected life circumstances: do you already have money in the bank, 3-6 months worth? Do you have high interest debt that you should pay back before making investments? Are you saving for any near term large purchases, like a car or house? Are you well insured against most common hazards, with car insurance, homeowners or renters insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, and life insurance (if you have dependents)? All of these core considerations may take precedence over gold - or any other - investments.
Most investment advisors suggest that one's investments in precious metals - in all forms, including the stocks of the companies that mine them, be kept to 5-10% of one's investable assets, and that's not a bad guide for most individuals.
Given that, in part as noted in the wisdom of some of the other answer-ers to this question:
* Coins have some advantages over bars, primarily because coin buyers usually don't require that their gold content be re-evaluated (assayed) when they are bought and sold.
* You might consider any of the following in your mix of gold investments:
1. A small amount of physical gold, usually in the form of coins purchased from bullion dealers (monex.com, kitco.com, blanchardonline.com, etc.), coin dealers, or from trusted sellers on eBay.
Some foreign buyers only want .999 fine gold coins, and only some American coins, like the Buffalo coins, offer that fineness. Other US gold coins - with the same amount of total gold content - may be only .916 or .900 fine (91.6% or 90% gold, with the rest of its metal content consisting of an alloy metal like copper or silver) for instance, and for that reason might be in somewhat less demand from outside of the US, although a large fraction of US buyers may not care one whit about this. But for the most part, any well-recognized gold coin, from a US Eagle or Buffalo to a Canadian Maple Leaf, Austrian Philharmonic, or South African Krugerrand, to name just a few of the main options, is a reasonable choice.
2. Certificates for overseas storage of gold, from companies like GoldMoney.com or the Perth Mint.
3. Shares in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), like Street Tracks Gold Shares (ticker symbol "GLD"), that represent a part ownership of a big pile of securely-stored gold and track the gold price. These trade just like stocks.
4. Shares in mutual funds that own stock in companies that mine gold.
Here's one reputable mutual fund complex with two gold-oriented mutual funds that allows you to do so with just $100 up front and $50 a month:
http://www.usfunds.com/docs/html/abc_pla...
That way, you won't try to "time" the market: if gold mining companies' shares drop, you'll buy more shares, and if they rise, you'll buy less, until you've allocated whatever amount you wish. As well, they can do the work of picking stocks which, if you haven't studied the sector, might take you some time to learn to the point of comfortably making your own investment decisions.
Here's a comprehensive list of other gold-oriented mutual funds available to US investors:
http://www.eaglewing.com/fundlist.html
5. A diversified portfolio of individual companies that explore for, build reserves of, or mine gold. To do this, you'll need to do a considerable amount of homework, or find a trusted investment adviser who knows this sector well.
Before buying *any* gold, figure out why you want to own it. What makes the gold price go up? What factors (like increases in the amount of central bank sales of gold, or increases in the value of the dollar against other currencies) are often - at least recently - associated with it going down?
If you're buying physical gold as disaster insurance, for instance, against the possibility of widespread bank failures or hyperinflation, you'll need to figure out a) whether you can stand holding it if its price should decline, even sharply, in the next couple of years and b) where you can safely store it.
If you're buying gold as an investment, you'll want to have some idea about why you're buying it now, what prices you'll sell at, why and when you expect those prices to be realized, under what specific circumstances you'll consider selling, and how much you'll sell. Note that when you buy and sell anything - gold or stocks - you'll take a haircut when both buying and selling, in the way of commissions and buy/sell spreads, so you might need to make 5-15% on various forms of gold-related investments just to break even.
Some background: we do know that gold went from $35 per Troy ounce in 1973 - when its price stopped being fixed by the US Government - to (briefly) $850 in 1980, down to around $250 at a couple of points around 2001-03, up to $1050 recently, and is around $880 today, as of this writing.
These aren't inflation-adjusted prices; roughly speaking, the $850 peak in 1980 corresponded to about $2,200 per Troy ounce in today's dollars, which means that the gold price today is less than half the 1980 peak.
We also know that, over extremely long periods of time, gold has roughly retained its purchasing power in goods, but that there are periods, sometimes long ones, where it is a very good investment and periods where it has been a very poor one. Those experiences even vary by country, as in cases where a nation's currency rapidly loses value due to capital flight, high inflation, or even hyperinflation.
Finally, we know that the gold price is volatile: even during its run-up from $35 to $850 over a 7-year period in the late 1970s, there was one case where it fell from $200 to $100 within about a one-year period from 1973-74, if memory serves.
As for the best time to invest, you might read what investment "experts" think about what will happen to the gold price and the prices of individual, or indexes of, gold-oriented stocks by continuing to read articles at these websites:
http://www.kitco.com
(see the links in the "Contributed Commentaries" section, about mid-way down the home page)
http://www.321gold.com
(see the links at top, under "Gold Silver $$$")
But be advised: there are as many opinions as experts, and they are often contradictory 
. For that reason, you might consider making your purchases of physical gold or gold stocks gradually, spaced apart by a month or two over a longer-term period. Once again, setting up automatic monthly dollar-cost investing into a gold-oriented mutual fund is a terrific automatic way to do this. That way, you aren't tempted to buy more when prices are rising and stop buying, or sell out of panic, when prices are falling.
Finally, as someone else astutely observed, the face value of a coin is pretty much irrelevant to its gold content or the metal value of that content.
There is one exception: some coins are legal tender at their face value, and this gives buyers some rather far-fetched downside protection. For instance there are some Canadian $100 legal tender gold coins, with about 50-60% gold content, that are worth about $200 in gold melt value today. If the price of gold were to plummet more than 50% from present levels (i.e. below about $400-$450 per Troy ounce), those coins would still be legal tender at $100 Canadian dollars, so you would have protection against these coins falling further in value, if gold were to then fall even further below that level. But that's a somewhat improbable scenario, and is mentioned here mostly for completeness.