Why Our Clients Own Rare Coins…
Rare Coins are a timeless, beautiful, and tangible links to our history. Most often they highlight significant national symbols and historic events. Undeniably, rare coins are miniature works of art that remind us of our heritage and allow us to travel back in time hundreds f years. The satisfaction of owning something from a bygone era certainly makes investing in rare coins unique.
Rare coins are private and portable wealth that you can see and feel each time you hold one in your hand. They are an ideal choice for prudent investors and have proven to be excellent long-term performers, in addition to a superb hedge.
They can also be useful in reducing volatility in an investment portfolio, since they tend to move in the opposite direction of many traditional investments. Furthermore, rare coins often move independently of bullion prices, since a very small part of their worth is derived from their intrinsic value.
Rare coins also offer simplified wealth transfer. Estate planning professionals recommend bullion and rare coins as an efficient and discreet method of transferring wealth to the next generation.
Unlike stocks and other paper investments, rare coins will always be valuable. There is simply too broad of a base of collectors and investors who own and want to own these desirable items. In addition, there is little evidence of sudden price shift, as there are in other markets, with fundamentally rare and desirable coins. A rare coin’s value is not highly correlated with precious metals prices either so they offer diversity within your precious metals portfolio.
It is well known that a carefully chosen selection of rare coins can show substantial appreciation over time. With a growing base of investors and collectors, these coins are only becoming more rare and desirable. The supply is fixed and the demand fundamentals are extraordinary.