What About Those Coins They Sell on TV?
If you are new to gold and silver coins, you may wonder about the coins sold on TV on shopping channels like HSN. Below is a typical presentation for a US silver eagle coin that aired earlier this year. The product being offered is a one ounce standard bullion version of a silver eagle produced by the US Mint. The coin is offered for a total of about $105 with shipping included. You may ask - Is this a coin I should buy? On this blog, it is not our purpose to make specific investment recommendations or offer investment advice. Instead, the goal here is to provide quality information and resources so that someone new to gold and silver can better make those decisions for themselves. With that in mind, we will examine this coin as offered by HSN and provide some information and resources you can use to assess if this kind of coin would be of interest to you. This silver eagle is the standard bullion version of the coin produced by the US Mint as noted above. The US Mint does not sell thi...