What's your No. 1 Gold coin for capital growth potential?

[Divmad]

....assuming a flat Au price. i.e. a relative appreciation candidate in the long term.

[RacerCool]

I would guess any well known coin would be a good one. I would lean toward Eagles, Libertads, and Pandas.

 

[Jvw]

Britannia oriental border, Perth Dragon Bars, Mexican Pesos?

[bft6969]

 I don't have any # 1 in particular but here's a few from my collection I like .

[Zhorro]

The next coin in the Royal Mint's Great Engraver series.  The gold 2oz version will sell out in two minutes and will immediately appear on eBay at 4 or 5 times the issue price!

[Gordon]

I think that the plain edge sovereigns will do well in years to come

[Frenchie]

These one maybe ?  😁

[Divmad]

Gordon, what are the plain edge Sovereigns? Newbie here.

[ilovesilverireallydo]

6 minutes ago, Divmad said:

Gordon, what are the plain edge Sovereigns? Newbie here.

most sovereigns have a "milled" edge - little grooves. Plain edges have no milling

[richatthecroft]

8 minutes ago, Frenchie said:

These one maybe ?  😁

Both of these coins are the top answer of the Authors question- the 2014 Britannia is one to always keep- the Una is the cash-cow gateway to being able to buy some stunning coins 👍

[richatthecroft]

10 minutes ago, Divmad said:

Gordon, what are the plain edge Sovereigns? Newbie here.

 

[Divmad]

5 minutes ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

most sovereigns have a "milled" edge - little grooves. Plain edges have no milling

Sorry, I didn't realise that Gordon was having a bit of fun. I thought I'd missed some new variation on the sovs.

[Roy]

It has to be the early Queen's Beasts 1oz?

+- £990 at release and £1850+ now. Not bad for 4 years.

 

 

[Stuntman]

Some stunning coins posted above.  I would be delighted to own any of them.  Well done to their owners!

However, in answer to the OP's question - the trouble is, the capital appreciation on some of those coins has already occurred.  For example, how much would you need to spend TODAY in order to buy that 2 oz gold Una, and therefore how much further appreciation potential in percentage terms does it have?

So I think you need to sniff out the sort of coins which are currently underappreciated.  This will then depend on how popular they become in the future.

In terms of low mintages, I think the 3 Oriental Border Britannias are in with a shout, but then again they are relatively generic.

I think the ship as already partially sailed on the early QBs (Lion, Griffin, Dragon) but there may be some further upside potential in some of the others, perhaps the Falcon or the Yale for their quirkiness.

Another nice, low mintage, one-off design is the 2018 Two Dragons coin, which again might be a bit of a sleeper.

I like the Royal Arms coin design too, but this looks as being an annual release and so will have limited additional upside potential.

The ship hasn't entirely sailed yet on the 2017 Quintuple Sovereign either - and that's an absolutely stunning coin.

 

[Stuntman]

6 hours ago, Divmad said:

Sorry, I didn't realise that Gordon was having a bit of fun. I thought I'd missed some new variation on the sovs.

Divmad - no, it really is a different coin. There are/were a few specific sovereigns released that have a plain edge, as shown in the picture.

Some collectors will want them in their collection as it's a different type or variety of coin.  I'm not interested in them personally, but plenty of people are.

[Divmad]

Where do I find out these plain edged Sovereign issues, Stuntman, (or Gordon)? Eager to devour new information about Sovereigns and Britannias.

[Martlet]

With hourly adverts on BBC news for the Red Cross anniversary, those would have been good to pickup (all "awaiting stock" currently).

[Stuntman]

21 hours ago, Divmad said:

Where do I find out these plain edged Sovereign issues, Stuntman, (or Gordon)? Eager to devour new information about Sovereigns and Britannias.

Just google 'strike on the day plain edge sovereign' or something similar.  The second item that comes back is this link to a blog on the Chards website, for example:

https://www.chards.co.uk/blog/2017-200-anniversary-strike-on-the-day-sovereign/112

[Murph]

fotm coins like most modern strikes aren't exactly a good long term investment.  Yes, you can make a quick profit riding the initial wave, if you're so inclined but I wouldn't hold onto them for too long if you're just in it for profit.

[NorthEast]

My Germania Mint first year issue 1 oz gold coin has the best potential to increase in premiums I believe over time. That or my komsco gold collection.