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1 Oz. American Buffalo Gold Coin

The American Buffalo gold coin, also known as a gold buffalo, is a 24-karat bullion coin first offered for sale by the United States Mint on June 22, 2006. The coin follows the greatly admired design of the Indian Head nickel and has gained its nickname from the American Bison on the reverse side of the design. This was the first time ever that the United States Government has minted pure (.9999) 24-karat gold coins for the public. The coin has a legal tender (face) value of $50. The obverse (front) of the coin depicts a Native American, whom Fraser said he created as a mixture of the features of three chiefs from different American Indian tribes, Big Tree, Iron Tail, and Two Moons, who posed as models for him to sketch. Atop a mound of dirt on the reverse (back) of the coin stands an American Bison, which commonly are referred to as buffalo. The animal depicted on the reverse is believed by most to be the bison named Black Diamond, who lived in the New York City Central Park Zoo during the 1910s. It is said that Fraser had to have someone distract the buffalo while he sneaked to a position beside it to draw. Otherwise, the buffalo would turn to face him and Fraser couldn’t get the profile he wanted.

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1 Oz. Austrian Philharmonic Gold Coin

First Struck by the Austrian Mint in 1989, the Vienna Philharmonic Coin was the first gold bullion coin to be denominated in Euro Currency. The Austrian Philharmonic gold coin is the best-selling gold bullion coin in Europe. During the peak of the worldwide financial crisis in 2008, more Philharmonics were sold worldwide than either U.S. Eagles or Krugerrands. The Vienna Philharmonic is struck in pure gold 999.9 fine (24 karats). The design on the obverse of the coin depicts the great organ in the Golden Hall in Vienna’s Musikverein, the concert hall of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The face value in Euros, the weight, alloy purity and year of issue are also inscribed on this side of the coin.

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1 Oz. Pamp Suisse Gold Bar

The “Gold Dream” PAMP Suisse gold bars are produced in Switzerland to exacting standards to insure that you receive the precise one ounce, 99.99% pure gold you ordered. Produits Artistiques de Métaux Précieux is a gold refinery based at Castel Saint Pietro, in Switzerland. Originally established in 1977, today it is one of the world’s premier gold refiners and a brand recognized worldwide as a guarantee of excellence and sound provenance. The distinctive “Gold Dream” PAMP Suisse trademark is accepted by gold wholesalers and traders worldwide making these gold bars easy to sell in years to come. PAMP products are accredited as Good Delivery by the Swiss National Bank and the London Bullion Market Association. Each “Gold Dream” Swiss bar is individually registered, sealed in a protective holder along with its official “Assay Certificate” that guarantees the fineness of 99.99% pure gold and the one troy ounce content.

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1 Oz. Gold South African Krugerrand

The Krugerrand is a South African gold coin, first minted in 1967 in order to help market South African gold. The coins have legal tender status in South Africa but are not actually intended to be used as currency, which is a reason it is regarded as being one of the world’s medal-coins. The South African Krugerrand was the first gold coin to contain precisely one ounce of fine gold. By bestowing legal tender status upon the coin, Krugerrands could be owned by citizens of the United States, which at that time prohibited private ownership of bullion but allowed ownership of foreign coins. However, due to the policy of apartheid in South Africa, the Krugerrand gold coin was declared illegal to import in many Western countries during the 1970s and 1980s until that system was lifted between 1990 and 1994. Since the Krugerrand is minted from gold alloy that is 91.67 percent pure (22 karats), the actual weight of a “one ounce” coin is 1.0909 ounces (33.93 g). The remainder of the coin’s mass is made up of copper (2.826 grams), giving the Krugerrand a more orange appearance than silver-alloyed gold coins. Alloys are used to make gold coins harder and more durable, so they can resist scratches and dents during handling. The Krugerrand gets its name from the fact that the obverse shows the face of Paul Kruger, a prominent Boer resistance leader against the British and eventually the fifth, and last president of the old South African Republic holding that office for four terms. The reverse depicts a springbok antelope, one of the national symbols of South Africa that was designed by Coert Steynberg and used on the reverse of the earlier 5 shilling South African coinage for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. The name “South Africa” and the gold content are inscribed in both Afrikaans and English.

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1 oz. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf

The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf is the official bullion gold coin of Canada and is produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. The brainchild of Walter Ott, it is the purest gold coin of regular issue in the world, with a gold content of .9999 millesimal fineness (24 carats). That is, it contains virtually no base metals at all – only gold exclusively from gold mines in Canada. Coins minted between 1979 and 1981 have gold content of .999. The coin was first introduced in 1979. At that time, the only available bullion coin was the Krugerrand, which was not widely available because of an economic boycott of apartheid-era South Africa. The coin is guaranteed to contain the stated amount (in troy ounces) of .9999 fine gold (24 carat). The coins have legal tender status in Canada, but as is often the case with bullion coins, the face values of these coins are purely symbolic and are much lower than their true value.

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1 oz. American Gold Eagle

The American Gold Eagle is an official gold bullion coin of the United States. It was first released by the United States Mint in 1986. It is guaranteed to contain the stated amount (in troy ounces) of pure gold, which by law must come from sources in America, with an additional alloy of silver and copper to produce a more wear-resistant coin of .9167 fine gold (22 karat, which had long been the crown gold English standard for gold coins). It is authorized by the United States Congress and is backed by the United States Mint for weight and content. The obverse design features a rendition of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ full length figure of Lady Liberty with flowing hair, holding a torch in her right hand and an olive branch in her left, with the Capitol building in the left background. The reverse design, by sculptor Miley Busiek, features a male eagle carrying an olive branch flying above a nest containing a female eagle and her hatchlings. The market value of the American Eagle coins is generally about equal to the market value of their gold content, not their face value.

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