Is it worth investing in precious coins?

Since money is the universal equivalent of goods and serve as a measure of value, facilitates the exchange of one commodity for another, in themselves the real value they have, if not backed by gold. Consequently, in the first place is important, not the nominal value of money, expressed in figures, but their real purchasing power. From this point of view issued by the Bank of Russia memorable and precious coins investment can be regarded not only as a means of payment, but as a commodity that has its own value. Subject to such coins as inside our country and abroad. For the first time in the internal market coin investment goods were offered to citizens in 1996. For these coins, unlike the collection of samples, there is no liquidity problem. Gold gold coin, silver coin "Sobol" gold coin "George", as well as many other similar coins are used legally as a means of payment throughout the Russian Federation. Very important advantage of the investment in bullion coins can be called that, in accordance with the Tax Code, committed with the operation shall not be subject to VAT. Treatment as they are at prices that are as close to the value contained in the coins of precious metals. Demand for gold, platinum, palladium and silver from the beginning of the crisis grew steadily throughout the world, although the prices times adjusted. The relatively weak growth of quotations of gold in the midst of the crisis can be attributed to significant sales of stock by national banks to maintain and restore the economy. Prices in our country on the jewelry for the winter 2008-2009. increased relative to pre-crisis period, almost two-fold. The predominance of this way of investing money population is typical for periods of crisis the Russian economy. Most likely, for many it is the most accessible of the known ways to save money, but the jewelry does not represent high artistic and historical value, the sale will close or even equal to the price of the same scrap metal, and this is a serious loss of value. Substantial profits and the owners received NMR (unallocated metal accounts). Inflationary expectations, the overall uncertainty in the currency markets in late 2010 and pessimistic forecasts about the U.S. economy continued to push the precious metal up to new price highs. Maybe many memorable unheard of in the midst of the crisis calls for buying gold bullion as the most stable and reliable investment tool. However, the limitations established by law for transactions in gold bullion, are not conducive to massive proliferation of such investments. Collectible Precious coins are of interest primarily for coin collectors. Market for collectors' items is very specific, and similar investments are subject to risks, not typical for other investments. Liquidity collectible coins is low enough, so consider them as an investment vehicle has meaning only for a very long-term investments. We estimate the investment coins in terms of attractiveness as an object of investing money today. A great advantage is their high liquidity, the ability to use as legal tender. Risk on investments in coins is minimal. Must take into account that the growth in the sector of precious metals can significantly slow down the restoration of real sector, although long-term perspective of price, is likely to be positive. Thus, investment coins much higher investment attractiveness than collectible coins (which the value of the coin is primarily evaluated based on artistic merit rather than by weight as in bullion coins). Kochetkov, Stanislav