As an alternative to investing in gold through the purchase of gold bullion bars, gold bullion coins offer another way to own pure gold bullion that is easy to buy, hold, divide and trade. Gold bullion coins are issued by government mints and are legal tender in the country in which they are produced, and thus, the coins' face value, metal purity and metal content associated with your gold coin investment are guaranteed. Most modern gold bullion coin issues contain exactly 1-oz, ½-oz, ¼-oz or 1/10-oz of pure gold in each coin, while older issues contain other fractional amounts of pure gold. As a result, older issue gold bullion coins tend to be more difficult to price
