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I personally have mixed emotions about prooflike gold coins. Due to the fact that gold is a soft metal, the surfaces tend to easily pick up marks, nicks and scratches and these tend to be strongly amplified by deep, reflective fields. Unless a Prooflike gold coin is a Gem, it tends to have a scruffy appearance and may have compromised eye appeal as a result.
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Typically, collectors will use an adequate reference book to find the note they want. Then, they look through the many price lists they might have to find a dealer who offers the same note in an acceptable condition for an acceptable price. Lots of dealers put parts of their price lists in Bank Note Reporter ads. The collector then either calls or faxes the dealer with a credit card number or send a check in the mail.
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Whatever method you try to clean a coin, it's best to test it on a non-valuable coin of similar metal first. That way if a certain method does have bad effects, you'll find out before you ruin a valuable coin. I discovered this much to my chagrin when cleaning a batch of 1943 steel pennies in an acid solution. I'll never know if it would have worked, because I had the pennies in a galvanized steel container and the acid, combined with the galvanization, fused the pennies into one worthless chunk.
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While obsolete gold coins are primarily collected for their numismatic value, gold bullion coins today derive their value from the metal (gold) content - and as such are viewed by some investors as a "hedge" against inflation or a store of value. South Africa introduced the Krugerrand in 1967 to cater to this market; this was the reason for its convenient and memorable gold content�exactly one troy ounce. It was the first modern, low premium (i.e. priced only slightly above the bullion value of the gold) bullion gold coin. Bullion coins are also produced in fractions of an ounce � typically half ounce, quarter ounce, and one-tenth ounce. Bullion coins do not carry a meaningful face value, as their value is mainly dictated by their troy weight and the current market price of the precious metal. (If a face value is minted on the coin, it is done for legal or other reasons and it is nearly always significantly less than the actual value of the coin.) Gold has an international currency code of XAU under ISO 4217.
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Gold May Gain in London on Inflation Concern, Weaker Dollar

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:23:51 +0000
Gold, little changed in London, may gain as higher U.S. consumer prices and a declining dollar buoy the appeal of the metal as a hedge against inflation and further weakness in the global economy.
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China A-shares end morning mixed; China Life tumbles on profit ...Forbes, NY - 1 hour agoZhongjin Gold Co Ltd (SHA 600489) slipped 0.75 yuan to 116.20, while Shandong Gold-Mining Co Ltd (SHA 600547) advanced 2.01 yuan to 20.80. ...China

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:16:05 +0100
Macon Telegraph, GA -Several major mining companies, including AngloGold Ahsanti Ltd., Gold Fields Ltd. and Harmony Gold Mining Co., were forced to halt operations Friday ...

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$5 Million+ Jupiter Collection to be Featured at Long Beach

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:30:30 +0000
Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries’ upcoming Long Beach Currency Signature Auction, to be held September 17-19, 2008, will be anchored by the impressive Jupiter Collection.
“The collection contains a total of fifty-nine Large Size Type Notes and 11 Small Size High Denomination Notes, as well as a partial pack of twenty-five Large Size Federal ...]