When you toss a coin you have a fifty, fifty chance that it will come up either heads or tails. When it comes to investing one should buy gold coins as investing should not be a hit or miss affair and should not be left to a flip of a coin. Paper money is good for day-to-day purchase but there is no real value in it apart from what is printed on the face of the notes. A twenty-dollar will never be worth more than twenty dollars.
Gold and silver coins on the other hand have shown over time that they actually increase in value. The fact that world demand for silver is exceeding annual production, and has been every year since 1990 just goes to show why it is not only holding but increasing in value.
As an investment product, both gold and silver is available in coin or ingot form. As ingots they are cast into a convenient size and shape, but I prefer the coins as the coins themselves go up in value over time as well. As an investment coins are better than cash in the bank because it is too easy to withdraw and spend the cash.
