Rare Mint State Gold Coins: The #1 Performer

1970-2011 Rare Coin Index Results

Tracking the last 41 years, a highly respected Mint State Rare Gold Coin Index identifies that rare mint state gold coins outperformed a generic gold coin index, a 3000 Coin Index as a whole, gold bullion and a return of 5% a year. Based on a number of factors, including the results found in the respected 3000 Coin Index, we recommend rare mint state gold coins.

While individual rare coin performance may vary, in my opinion, the results indicate that better condition grades, rarity and a market maker strategy are all important factors in rare coin performance over the long-term. Other experts I respect concur. Furthermore, the coin indices we reviewed do not swap coins in and out like major stock indices do.

When one studies the performance of collections and sets of coins put together over generations by famous collectors like Eliasberg, Pittman and Bareford, the research is further validated. Set building provided diversification and set premiums for some sets during bull market conditions. Articles on these famous collectors and their strategies are available free from your account representative. Please call for a free copy.

Our Select 4 Top Recommendations:

Many of the coins among our Select 4 top recommendations have fared very well among the coins tracked in the major rare coin indexes over the last 41 years. In some select cases, prices for certain coins recommended in our Select 4 have appreciated over 100 times during that span.

Type II & III Liberty Double Eagles The Type II and Type III Liberty Double Eagles are among the most popular, and in some select cases some of the most rare, of all United States gold coins. The Type II $20 Liberty Double Eagles (1866-1876) were the first United States $20 gold coins to bear the motto: "In God We Trust."	Indian Head Gold Coins The second area in our Select Four comprises four Indian Head gold coins minted periodically from 1854-1933. The coins recommended in this area are the $3 Indian Princess, the $10 Indian Eagle, the $5 Indian Half Eagle and the $2.50 Indian Quarter Eagle.
Select Gold Commemoratives While the 1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition Quarter Eagle and the 1926 Sesquicentennial Independence Quarter Eagle commemorate distinctly different events in U.S. history, they are the only two gold commemorative Quarter Eagles in U.S. history.	$25 Gold American Eagles As the first $25 gold coin ever minted in United States history, the $25 Gold Eagle is a cornerstone coin among Select Four recommendations, and due to its relative rarity among Gold Eagles,has already distinguished itself among collectors as a "modern day rarity."