Having earned a certain amount of money, many think about how not to lose it, but to increase it. Someone keeps bundles of notes at home, someone buys securities or opens deposits. But there is a certain group of people who are interested in investment coins.
Banknotes of such a plan contain precious metals and are issued, as a rule, for a specific event. Therefore, they are of value, both due to the content of silver (gold), and in connection with a certain collection component.
Investment coins that can be bought in our country can be issued by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation or by foreign issuers. For example, today you can buy the Tuvalu dollar with the image of a white shark, issued by Australia. It contains 31 grams of silver, has a diameter of 40.6 mm. In total, 2,000 of these coins were issued globally, which increases their value in the future. Today, such an investment needs to spend about 3.7 thousand rubles.
Coin franc Rwanda from the series “Zodiac Signs”, issued by Germany, has a slightly different value. It costs about 9500 rubles and contains 93.3 grams of 999 silver. The product has gilding and diamonds weighing 0.002 grams each (4 pcs.). The total release amounted to 10 thousand pieces.
Investment coins are issued by the CIS countries. For example, Belarus issued silver Belarusian rubles with a total of 5,000 copies depicting a squirrel. The coin weighs 31.06 grams, contains 999 silver and a red Swarovski crystal (eye squirrel). You can buy such a cute little thing for 2.2 thousand rubles. Some advanced users buy such products as a gift, which is a truly valuable work of art and a good investment.
If you have 2,500,000 rubles, then you can afford investment gold coins weighing 1,000 grams. Such a remarkable emission was made by the state of Liberia, releasing the products “Apostle Paul” and “Apostle Peter”. And among the Russian samples you can find quite affordable copies. Including:
- a coin in denomination of 50 rubles. "George the Victorious", weighing about 7.8 grams, 999 samples for 15,950 rubles;
- a coin in denomination of 25 rubles. "Signs of the Zodiac", weight 3.11 grams, 999 samples for 6300 rubles .;
- coins with a face value of 50 rubles. Sochi 2014, weighing about 7.8 grams (the current price is 19950 rubles);
Investment coins are of great value, so you need to think about the conditions for their storage in a timely manner, and possibly insurance. If you don’t have the opportunity to ensure security, it is better to open a “metal account” for which you can purchase a certain amount of precious metals in virtual form. In this case, the collection component of the investment, of course, disappears.
Investment coins are sold by large banks (Sberbank, etc.). They can buy some copies back at set prices, which may be lower than the selling price. Therefore, investing in precious metal coins that are designed to provide life is not recommended, because You can lose on the difference in exchange rates, if you have to urgently hand over the coin back. Otherwise, such investments are almost ideal in the long run.