Virtually every country in the world has at some time made their own gold coins. In the past a lot of these valuable gold coins were essentially used during every day lives as money. At present this type of coins are minted especially for collectors of coins or gold investors. Should you choose to make gold part of your portfolio and would also love a collection that is beautiful to flaunt or enjoy as a fascinating pastime; look no further than starting to collect gold coins.

You might like to start your collection based on recent coins or amass older coins or a mixture of both types. Gold coins are made in assorted values and weights, so you might collect even on a strict budget. Certain net websites or coin retailers will offer to choose a package of these coins originating from various countries and will then send this selection to you. The charge for these packages might be between £500 and £3,000. Within them, the quantity of gold coins you are sent will be dependent upon a number of factors as in: The present gold price; the weight of the gold coins; their rarity and also their carat value.

Chinese Panda gold coins are minted in precise weights; for this coin (the one ounce Panda) it is 31.1036g and with a fineness of 0.999, Pandas are virtually pure gold.

Many places today produce their own gold bullion coinage to compete with the South African gold Krugerrand. Some countries also make special commemorative coins to record the milestone of a special incident or a specific incident itself. Usually, these special commemorative coins can be bought as proof sets, and can be a limited edition, which means that only a specified quantity is issued. This concept enhances the future scarcity appreciation and desirability of these commemorative coins.

One more plus point to investing in these coins ought to be that in many places this will be a no tax way for investment as at this point many countries don’t put tax on these coins whilst they could continue to be paid out as money. Realistically though, a person would need to be crazy to hand over a single sovereign in order to buy a few things costing one pound since they are worth nearly £150 at today’s gold scrap value.

If you commence investing in Chinese Panda gold coins you will need to pay more for coins in extra fine condition. Ordinarily, coins are graded for quality and the value of your Panda gold coins varies dependent on this grade. Your collection of gold coins will in the future need to be graded for condition by an expert anytime you decide to sell the gold coins. It is possible to often obtain uncirculated issues of many recent coins and although you are sure to pay out a little more for these, they should be in faultless condition and can be a sensible expenditure.

When Chinese gold pandas were first introduced they were very successful and were in great demand from coin collectors, people buying coins just for gold value were not interested due to their high price panda mania continued until about 1987 and some coins were selling for over £2000, however the demand for pandas has decreased in recent years, making it hard to get hold of coins minted in certain years. These years make the value of coins produced a lot more than other gold coins of similar weight and size.

Chinese Pandas are available in the same sizes and weights as other gold bullion coins in 1/20, 1/101/4, ½ and1 ounce sizes. They are all made from 24ct gold or .999 fineness and have face values on them in Yauns. One side of the coin has The Temple of Heaven in Beijing, Chinese characters saying Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo which means Peoples Republic of China and the year. If the theme is a commemorative issue this will also be marked on this side. The other side of the coin has different portraits of Pandas depending on the year, except 2001/2002 which shared the same design.

These Chinese panda gold coins are a great addition to any coin collection but if you are just collecting gold coins for their gold content then Chinese Pandas may be a bit too expensive. However due to Pandas becoming harder to buy or find there market price has increased making the panda one of the rare gold coins to collect.