Classic European gold coinage is an overlooked but extremely promising sector of today's gold market. We highly recommend European gold coins as an intelligent alternative to modern gold bullion for those customers seeking low-priced "bulk gold." We also offer unusual and extremely high-quality European and World Gold coins for collectors and investors. Much of the information you need in order to learn more about this historical and fascinating sector of the gold market appears within.

Among savvy investors, European gold coins are recognized as one of the most advantageous ways to invest in "bulk" gold. Gold coins like British Sovereign "Kings", French 20 franc "Lucky" Angels, and German "Wilhelm II" Gold 20 Marks, to name only a few, offer all of the benefits of gold modern bullion, plus the added leverage to the gold market that comes only with scarce, collectible gold coins.

The provisions of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 and the Executive Orders and banking laws of 1933, which originally demonetized and confiscated all outstanding gold coin in the United States, prohibited the individual possession of gold bullion (or any other recognizable use of gold as a store of value). However, they ... permitted the retention of gold coins of "recognizable numismatic value." Failure of the original legislation to define adequately what constituted recognizable numismatic value caused considerable confusion for some years, but in general, the parts of the gold regulations concerning numismatics were not rigidly enforced - at least not to the point of harassing collectors of gold coins.

In 1954, the Treasury Department recognized at last that the time had come to legitimize the numismatic gold market. Consequently, an amendment was made to the Gold regulations, to the effect that all gold coins minted prior to 1933 would subsequently be presumed to be rare and of recognized special value to collectors, without the necessity of further specific determinations by the Treasury. All U.S. gold coins and the vast majority of foreign gold coins were thus freed from the overhanging threat of confiscation...

At Republic Trading, we offer classic European gold coins from many countries, including France, England, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy, in addition to the Nordic countries and Czarist Russia. In addition we have access to spectacular specimens from South America and many other regions around the globe. Minted primarily from the early 1800s to the 1930s, these coins were used heavily as currency during the time of their issuance, so specimens surviving in uncirculated or mint state condition today are relatively scarce to rare. We hand-select each of our gold coins for quality and eye-appeal. Whether you are building a gold coin collection, a gold-related investment portfolio or are just concerned with your financial welfare, International gold coins are an excellent value at today's price levels, offering many benefits that newly minted modern bullion coins simply do not.