Coins of the world

How do you go about purchasing gold coins?

The treasury website offers 1oz gold coins for sale.
Gold dealers tell me that the treasury sells only something called “proof” coins which are more expensive.
Can anyone help with this confusion?
Jim Crow. What the heel are you talking about?

It depends a bit on why you are buying gold coins. Proof coins are more expensive because they are intended as collectibles. The regular “business strike” coins are intended primarily as bullion.
If you are buying bullion and don’t care about the … Continue Reading