Should You Buy Fractional Gold?

Should you buy fractional gold coins? Seems like a simple question of cost, but there's more to it.

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[Fineonee]

If I didn’t buy fractional I’d have far less gold. I think as long as your stack continues to grow you’re on the right path

[lawterian]

In Europe, it's far more common to see ownership of grams rather than fractional or whole troy ounces, easier to trade here. As an update, the 1G bars were well received by family this Christmas, it kickstarted some interest in owning physical assets other than real estate.

[labby]

I'm not in a position to buy full 1 troy oz. coins all the time, so fractional gold serves my purposes for the time being. This was the way that I was able to get into gold to start with, and I'm grateful that you taught me that. Before I found your channel, I thought gold ownership was beyond my reach.

[tmjlong]

I like fractional. I believe it will have a much greater buying pool in the future and of course now as well. 5-20 years from now the fractional will be very valuable options for acquiring.

[THECRANKYONE]

I really don't understand why there is a conversation by so many about premiums. By the time we will "need" to use gold as or for "currency", premiums won't make a darn bit of difference. Things will not be as we know them now. Period. There may be some discouraged by talk of "losing" premiums in fractionals. I think that is sad. All I have is fractionals in gold and even some in silver. Some is better than none, right? Good video. Stay Cranky! 😠👍

[michaelwatt]

It makes sense to buy fractional if that is all you can periodically buy. IMO, I wouldn't worry all that much about the premiums if you are planning to hold for a couple of years or more. It is likely that the price of gold in the not-too-distant future will rise enough for you to more than recover the cost of the premium.

[enasdad]

I’m buying fractional every week. I’m not responsible enough to save fiat. My philosophy is, premiums don’t really matter when you are not going to sell.

[jl]

I buy 1/4 ounce Eagles, Maples, or Philharmonics. I have about 11 ounces accumulated so far. I have paused purchases waiting a for a dip. I also have to pay off some charges I made during Christmas. Purchasing fractional gold makes sense to me because it's what I can afford on a regular basis. Maybe going forward, I will wait 3 or 4 months and then purchase a Buffalo. My other affordable option is to buy 10 gram bars. To me, it's just another type of savings plan.

[jessec]

Halfway to finishing a roll of 1/4 ounce coins. Once that’s finished, I’ll go back to 1 ounce coins to finish that tube slowly. But I truly believe the 1/4 is becoming and will be the best weight to have once gold continues to become more expensive

[TheQuickSilver]

I found that when you're selling privately (I mean person to person and not on eBay) you can move fractional gold more easily. At least that was the case when I had to sell, I had to move the one ounce coins at a shop. When you're selling to a dealer you're better off with one ounce coins, there's no question about that.

[RNDLL]

My first gold purchase was a 2024 1/4oz Eagle, just to get the stack started. I plan on purchasing 1/4oz monthly this year, although I will probably switch to Maples or Britannias because of the premium issue with AGEs.

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[hdcsp]

How nice it must be to able to afford 1oz or more per purchase. Most of us can't so fractional is our ticket into the game. I'm quite sure we all are aware of the premiums...some gold is better than no gold in my book.

[SiVisPacem_ParaBellum]

To throw it out there, pre33 gold for fractional. Yes its marginally under on gold content BUT the premium for the numismatic value of the $5 half-eagle will hold much stronger than the premium of the 1/4 oz Eagle for example.

[wasillastacker]

Just ordered my first quarter ounce gold eagle from SD bullion this weekend it's the first 22 karat gold in my stack. Thank you for your insight as usual

[ivestring]

I buy fractional gold, but not Eagles or such. I like buying coins from all other countries, France, Germany, Italy, Colombia, etc, and they are mostly fractional. Oh, and pre 33 coins USA too. Yes, I pay more, but it's a fun collection, not trying to "invest" although it is still gold and an expensive way to save. For me, it's all for the enjoyment of a variety of gold. I'm not selling, it goes to the family when I kick off.

[bigdaddyhoffman]

Hey and a good Saturday morning 2 is 1. Just wanted to let you know I really enjoyed this one and reading all the comments was even better. You have some good people here. Thanks for another fine Fractional Gold Video Sir.. Oh yeah, now I'll be pushing fractional gold in the shop today...lol. Life is Bless

[northernprep]

Here in the Uk I have sovereigns as my fractional gold, and a few 1/4 oz Britannia's but wont be looking to buy anything under 1 oz now because of the premiums.I would rather wait and save to purchase the 1oz coin.Of course if the price goes up I could lose out, but I figure over time that will even itself out.As always good content, thank you.

[glenh]

Buy fractional gold if that is your only option. Stay away from silver.

[Onionpatchkid]

For fractionals, I stack the old world European coins like Ducats, Francs, and British Sovereigns. They aren't popular for most Americans and I typically buy them at melt+$8. I've bought quite a few at just melt value which means ZERO premum! They come in .1107, .1867, and .2354 ounce sizes. The only issue is they aren't all that recognizable to Americans but they are at your LCS so they are easy to sell. I haven't sold any yet but the LCS will typically buy them back at melt. It's a pretty affordable way to stack gold IMO.

[johndunn]

The biggest thing preventing me from getting larger fractionals is my budget. After all my bills and necessities and cash investments are out of the way, I've only got about 300 or so dollars every month to use for everything else, sometimes a bit more, more often a lot less. That doesn't give me much opportunity to get a big stack of quarter ounces or better, but what i can do is get 1/10th oz of gold, or a couple 5 ounce silver bars a month while not living like a monk for a few months to get the same amount. Yeah the premium is worse on the smaller stuff, but I'm not looking to sell any of it in the foreseeable future so I'll probably be breaking even when i do unless there's a massive crash in the market when i retire that doesn't recover