U.S. ONE DOLLAR COIN

AMERICA 1972 ONE DOLLAR EISENHOWER COIN

5 RUPEE PLUS COIN - 2007

This is a controversial coin that was banned by the government of India following the controversy surrounding coins of 1 rupee and 2 rupee coins with similar symbols on them. Due to this reason, this coin became rare and the price of this coin shoot up to 600 Rs to 1000 Rs.

Many coin sellers offered me this coin for less than 500 Rs. I also wanted this coin to be in my collection. But one of my coin dealer told me that don't buy this coin from the coin market for extra premium. I asked him what is the reason? He said me that "in 2011, Govt will release the same coin which was minted during 2007 for circulation. That time the market value of the coin will be only just 5 Rs. If you buy this coin now for Rs 600, then you will lose 595 after several years." He gave me a good advice at a right time.

Many existing coin collectors and new coin collectors may not know this fact. So, please don't buy this coin for as of now. It is better idea to wait for some more time to add this coin to your collection.

Investing in antique coins

WHY INVEST in numismatics? Compare investments made in the stock market and mutual funds with investments made in numismatics. The darling of Indian stock market – Reliance Industries with a market cap of over Rs.1, 64,000-crore was once selling at Rs.3, 252. But it touched a low of Rs.930! How is going to compensate the loss? The returns of mutual funds are also bleak.

• Investment in the PPF (Public Provident Fund) needs a 15-year wait.
• At the Post Office (Kisan Vikas Patra) you need to wait for eight years and seven months.
• National Savings Certificate needs six years to return your funds with interest.
• The RBI bonds’ tenure is six years.

Have you ever invested in coins and waited for six to eight years. You know the mind-boggling potential of returns on investments in numismatics. To believe yourself you need to search the website on archive coins. Also see the examples:

• In 2005 a George V gold Rs.15 coin was sold for $600.
• In 2008, similar coin was sold for $2600.
• That is in a matter of three years it realized $2000 profit!!
• A William gold one mohur was sold for $600 in 2003.
• A similar coin was sold for $2488 in 2007.
• That means a neat profit of $1800 in four years.
• Similar instances are aplenty. Do your homework.
• Search the above website for all values.

A few hundred thousand to a few hundred lakhs can be invested in numismatics. The US laws suggest that one can park 25 per cent on one’s earning in numismatics!!

You can specialise in

• Ancient Indian coins (Gandhara, Magadha etc)
• Indian classic gold coins
• British India gold mohurs
• Patterns and specimens
• Silver one rupee (1835-1947)
• The Presidency collections
• Native State collection
• The options are unlimited!!!

For the market movements of classic Indian gold coins of the Kushans, Guptas and the Moghuls keep watching the auctions of www.cngcoins.com. Other auction houses that regularly come up with India collection is Baldwin’s and Spinks.

The ebay website is another well-known site for one and all.

Buy with confidence, read and learn about each and every coin, store all information you gather about your coin, including scans of the coins. Attend all exhibitions.

Source: http://www.merinews.com/article/investing-in-antique-coins/15709618.shtml

COSTLIEST 2 RUPEE COIN

1992 – LAND-VITAL RESOURCE

The rarest coin issued by the Republic of India , as far as I know, is a 2 Rupee coin issued in 1992 by the Calcutta Mint to commemorate 'Land Vital Resource'. The coin is minted in Copper Nickel Alloy. The mintage of this coin is assumed to be less than 500. The Krause does not mention this coin.

However, one can find this coin listed in the commemoratives issued by the Calcutta Mint in its official website. It was issued as part of awareness campaign for conservation and promotion of scientific management of land resources. The coin was released by the then Honourable Minister for Agriculture, Mr.Sharad Pawar on 18-11-1992 during the National Resources Conservation Week which falls from 15th November to 21st of November.

This coin is one of the rarest coins issued by the Republic of India. The mintage of this coin is assumed to be less than 500.

WORLD’S LARGEST GOLD COIN

The world’s largest and most expensive gold coin, the “Canadian Gold Maple Leaf” goes on auction at Vienna’s Dorotheum on June 25th. The coin made of 99.999% pure gold weighs 100 kilograms, is approximately 50 cm in diameter, about 3 cm thick and was minted in Canada in 2007

The world record-breaking coin, which is also listed in the current edition of the Guinness Book of Records, bears the image of Queen Elizabeth II, the official head of state of Canada on one side and three map.

The coin is worth about 2 million euro (U.S. $ 3.2 million)le leafs the national symbol of Canada on the other.

COIN FOR YOUR COLLECTIONS

For Sale:

1) Rajendra Prasad 5 Rs coin - 40 Rs
2) Rabindranath Tagore 5 Rs coin - 40 Rs
3) RBI 75 years 5 Rs coin - 40 Rs
4) RBI 75 years 5 Rs coin - 20 Rs
5) Homi Bhabha 10 Rs coin - 40 Rs
6) 60 Years of Commonwealth 5 Rs coin - 40 Rs

If you are interested to buy the above mentioned coins, please mail me to soselva@gmail.com

Rare Coin Investments Vs. the Stock Market

There are many reasons why rare coins are better then stocks. But, I have found and pinpointed the top two reasons why rare coins are better. I feel that investing is useless if there is no potential in the investment. But many investments that have potential are usually riskier then other investments. So, even if an investment had potential, it may not be worth it if it was too volatile. This is where rare coin investments steps into the picture.

The first reason why coins are better then stocks is because of stability. There are many investment vehicles out there that can yield some hefty returns. But with all investments, the investor/investment manager has to weed out all the bad investments. They have to cut off as much risk as possible. If we look at coins, we can see that it is a very stable investment. Coins are not as volatile as stocks. It doesn't go up and down by the minute. Its' movements are a lot slower then stocks, but their movements are very predictable. The predictability is what makes it more stable. Because we know when it goes up and down, we can make confident decisions without risk or heavy losses. I don't think we can find any other investment that is more stable then coins.

There is an inverse relationship between risk and returns. The returns tend to be lower when you cut off the risks. Some of the safest investments aren't really worth it anymore because of their low returns. To counter this, investors usually diversify their portfolios. This allows them to cut off risk while improving their returns. But, with stocks, you have to buy enough of each stock to profit. And, you have to buy a lot of many different stocks to diversify. This is extremely costly and messy. With coins, you can buy just about any investment coin you like. You can easily diversify your portfolio by buying a different coin specimen each time you buy a coin. Your returns are never cut short, and you never lay too many eggs in one basket.

The second reason why coins are better then stocks is potential. The right coin never stops going up in value. This has been proven (so far) in historical coin reports. It's not like stocks where they can stop going up in value. And then the company has to split their stocks so that it can continually go up in value. But, if the CEO doesn't know when to do this, or does this at the wrong time, the stock may never make anymore sizeable gains. Furthermore, regardless if the stock splits or not, it doesn't mean that the stock will continually rise in value. The stock can easily go down in value because of bad or false news. And after this, the stock may take forever to recover. Or worse yet, it may never recover at all. Coins on the other hand, can never lose their value because of bad news. Their performance depends mainly on supply and demand. And with the ever diminishing supply, some coins never see a down turn because of weakened demand. At the very most, they might stay stagnant for a short period of time. They will continue to rise again after demand strengthens.

The unique characteristics of rare coins makes it the perfect investment. Furthermore, I don't think there is any other investment that can be diversified any further then coins. You could buy one example of each investment coin and never run out of coins to buy. It's ultra safe, it yields extremely high returns, and its' diversification easiness makes it an investor's dream. If you have not looked into coins before, now is the time to do so.