Your views on 1/10 gold coins?

[Ravinella]

However, for the same money as a modern quarter sovereign, you can easily buy a Victorian shield half sovereign. In my opinion a much much better buy, and will keep it's value much better than the modern stuff.  

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Bang on and as straightforward as HT says.................It has to be my medication but I cant get my head round some of the other views on this one.............all about opinions I know but am totally with HT on this........Good Luck.............

[neo4516]

I am thinking of getting a 1/10 but not sure which is a better choice a Philharmonic or Krugerrand? Both are not a bad price or for a little more 3 X  Heraeus 1 gram

[richo]

Coin over bar every time. (In my humble opinion)

[Silveraddict90]

I agree, you should go for a 1/10 coin. Which one is up to you, I'd personally go for the Philharmonic. 

[bongobill]

I like 1/10 oz coins. I'd rather have ten smaller coins than one larger 1 oz coin.  Yes the premium is inevitably higher but they keep that generally, and there seems to be extra liquidity and if you need to just move a small amount into cash rather than trying to shift a grand at a time. Plus not everybody has a few grand to splurge on ounces of gold at a time. Personally I'm terrible at frittering away cash rather than saving, so sometimes its better for me just to spend a spare £100 or so on a 1/10 or if I try and save it toward a larger coin I'll end up dipping into it for random crap and get nowhere. I actually like 1/10 Britannia's and Britannia's in general as they are more aesthetically pleasing to me, more so than Sovereigns as I am not keen on the rosy copper coloured gold. Also I like the look of 'more' coins rather than just one big one.

Edited August 7, 2016 by bongobill

[neo4516]

14 minutes ago, bongobill said:

I like 1/10 oz coins. I'd rather have ten smaller coins than one larger 1 oz coin.  Yes the premium is inevitably higher but there seems to be extra liquidity and if you need to just move a small amount into cash rather than trying to shift a grand at a time. Plus not everybody has a few grand to splurge on ounces of gold at a time. Personally I'm terrible at frittering away cash rather than saving, so sometimes its better for me just to spend a spare £100 or so on a 1/10 or if I try and save it toward a larger coin I'll end up dipping into it for random crap and get nowhere. I actually like 1/10 Britannia's and Britannia's in general as they are more aesthetically pleasing to me, more so than Sovereigns as I am not keen on the rosy copper coloured gold. Also I like the look of 'more' coins rather than just one big one.

You are so right I am thinking of making a large silver order from a online place and everytime just add a 1/10 gold one in. And also if I ever want to get some little bit of cash from gold in years to come I would either have to sell a whole oz coin but with 1/10 yiu can sell smaller parts. And I also like the feeling of having 10 coins! What about 1/25 Philharmonic they seem well priced.

[SpacedMarine]

Its gold at the end of the day!I like the restrike ducats as they have really low premiums.

[One10thOf420]

what are peoples thought on this now? 1/10 brit or 1/2 sov?

[Stuntman]

Currently this same question is being discussed here:

 

[Bill289]

I do like the Tenth Ounce platinum and gold coins for my budget 

[adamantio999]

Not for me. I bouth one of them last year. Being used to quarter oucnes, the tenth ounce feels so small between my fingers that doesn't give me any satisfaction. 🤣 I'll just stick with full oz and 1/4 oz.

[Vini]

I think 1/10 is to small for stackers but good as a gift.

[RoughDog]

1/10 gold.  Look nice in my opinion.  Great for selling to a person, bad for selling to a dealer.

Plenty of people don't seem to mind adding a small amount of gold such as a 1/10 ounce to their stack.

Dealers give you same price as a lower premium coin such as a 1 ounce coin.  Dealers don't seem to pay premiums.

 

[GoldenGriffin]

The smallest coin minted (that I know of) in my collection is the 1 gram panda, which is incredibly small and difficult to see the design.

I have 1/10th oz gold proof Britannia's as part of the 3 coin set and at the time, I thought, why bother, but now I've come to accept them and like them (they grow on you), but I personally wouldn't want anything smaller (with exception to the 1 x 1g panda), but I may have to buy smaller if gold becomes too expensive.

Edited March 9, 2022 by GoldenGriffin

[Stu]

On 09/03/2022 at 18:59, GoldenGriffin said:

The smallest coin minted (that I know of) in my collection is the 1 gram panda, which is incredibly small and difficult to see the design.

I have 1/10th oz gold proof Britannia's as part of the 3 coin set and at the time, I thought, why bother, but now I've come to accept them and like them (they grow on you), but I personally wouldn't want anything smaller (with exception to the 1 x 1g panda), but I may have to buy smaller if gold becomes too expensive.

I saw the Krugerrand did a special proof set recently which had amongst others a 1/50 Troy oz gold coin which is close to half a gram I believe? Not sure you could see it without a magnifier however. 
I don’t mind the 1/10. Much has been said in the earlier posts, they hold their premium, very liquid and there is a lot of variety. 

[Midasfrog]

1/10ths are a nice size to collect and have a good demand for resale plus hold their premium . I like the 1/10th Krugerrand

I bet that 1/50th Krug looks tiny 😀 I have a 1/40th Proof Britannia and cant see that without a magnifier 😂😂

[SilverStorm]

I'm not against 1/10 oz size coins, but I do prefer the standard 1oz variety.   Currently I'm nearing my limit on buying the 1oz, due to the sharp increase in spot price.  If spot price continues to sky rocket, I will scale down my purchase to either half oz or 1/4 oz.  

[trozau]

Personally, my most preferred size is the 1 troz. 1/4 troz is the ideal size. 1/10 troz is the least size I have acquired. My favorite 1/10 troz acquisition is the 1/10 troz gold Vault Protector.