Gold Canadian Maple Leaf 1oz-Random Years Two (2) Coins US $2,611.98 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 0:15:43 PDT Add to watch list

1865 MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 4:08:20 PDT Add to watch list

1865 MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 4:08:22 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO 1865 US $6.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 4:08:30 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO 1865 US $3.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 4:08:33 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MEXICAN GOLD PESO US $9.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 4:08:36 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MEXICAN GOLD PESO US $6.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 4:08:38 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MEXICAN GOLD PESO US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 4:33:21 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO 1865 US $3.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 5:40:19 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MEXICAN GOLD PESO US $9.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 5:42:43 PDT Add to watch list

1865 MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO US $5.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 6:10:43 PDT Add to watch list

1865 MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 6:27:36 PDT Add to watch list

1907 FRENCH 20 FRANCS ROOSTER GOLD COIN NO RESERVE US $221.01 (9 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 7:09:00 PDT Add to watch list

1977 $100 GOLD COIN OF LIBERIA!!! US $260.00 (8 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 8:19:01 PDT Add to watch list

1978 JAMAICA $100 PROOF GOLD COIN!!! US $325.00 (7 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 8:31:43 PDT Add to watch list

Beautiful 1980 1/10th oz Krugerrand Gold Coin US $130.00 (10 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 10:08:01 PDT Add to watch list

Beautiful 1980 1/10th oz Krugerrand Gold Coin US $127.50 (5 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 10:09:32 PDT Add to watch list

Beautiful 1980 1/10th oz Krugerrand Gold Coin US $127.50 (8 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 10:12:38 PDT Add to watch list

1978 1oz. gold Krugerrand US $1,140.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 10:19:06 PDT Add to watch list

1982 1 oz Gold Krugerrand Coin fine US $1,175.00 (9 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 10:30:33 PDT Add to watch list

2010 Canadian Maple Gold 1/10 Oz BU Coin .9999 US $134.55 (17 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 10:53:11 PDT Add to watch list

HALF PAHLAVI 1359 900 PURE GOLD COIN 4.08 GRAMS US $179.00 End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 11:13:27 PDT Add to watch list

GOLD 1945, MEXICO , 2-1/2-PESO - .0603 OZS , BU US $70.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 12:16:16 PDT Add to watch list

GOLD 1955, MEXICO , 5-PESO - .1206 OZS , BU US $136.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 12:19:06 PDT Add to watch list

1/10 0Z Kruggerand South Africa Gold Coin US $159.00 End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 12:48:49 PDT Add to watch list

GOLD - SINGAPORE , 1986 , 1/10-OZ GOLD , UNC US $114.99 (2 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 12:56:55 PDT Add to watch list

1978 1 oz Gold Krugerrand Coin fine US $1,170.10 (14 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 13:08:59 PDT Add to watch list

GOLD - SWITZERLAND , 1947B , 20-FRANCS , B.U. US $222.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 13:13:13 PDT Add to watch list

(1) Australian Kangaroo 1/10 oz Gold Coin No Res RARE! US $103.33 (3 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 13:59:52 PDT Add to watch list

LARGE 1915 AUSTRIA 100 C. GOLD COIN 33.8 gr..98oz PURE US $1,026.00 (5 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 14:12:53 PDT Add to watch list

1976 OLYMPICS CANADA 22KT $100 GOLD COIN US $510.00 (12 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 14:58:18 PDT Add to watch list

CHINA - 1982 HSIEN FENG ZHEN KU QIAN 10oz .999 GOLD US $28,999.00 End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 15:03:43 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO 1865 US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 17:24:01 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MEXICAN GOLD PESO US $9.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 17:36:18 PDT Add to watch list

middle eastern gold coin .999 fine gold bullion coin US $45.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 17:41:05 PDT Add to watch list

1865 MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 18:06:06 PDT Add to watch list

1982 1/10 OZ GOLD SOUTH AFRICA KRUGERRAND CHOICE BU US $106.50 (10 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 18:10:01 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO 1865 US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 18:15:50 PDT Add to watch list

1945 DOS PESOS 1.666 GRAM 90% PURE GOLD MEXICAN COIN. US $71.00 (12 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 18:25:41 PDT Add to watch list

1865 MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO US $3.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 18:29:35 PDT Add to watch list

1865 MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PIECE US $9.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 18:29:37 PDT Add to watch list

MINI MEXICAN GOLD PESO US $6.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 18:29:42 PDT Add to watch list

2009 Canada $5 Gold Maple 1/10 Oz 24k Coin Sealed MINT US $100.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 18:35:59 PDT Add to watch list

1/4 Ounce .999 Gold 1982 South Africa Kruerrand US $297.55 (7 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 18:47:51 PDT Add to watch list

1911 BRITISH SOVEREIGN GOLD COIN (nearly 1/4 oz.) US $260.09 (8 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 19:00:58 PDT Add to watch list

1/4 Ounce .999 Gold 1982 South Africa Kruerrand US $300.55 (8 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 19:01:16 PDT Add to watch list

1865 MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 19:06:06 PDT Add to watch list

1865 MINI MAXIMILLIAN GOLD PESO US $9.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 19:22:41 PDT Add to watch list

2001 China 1 ounce oz GOLD Panda 500 yuan sealed US $1,125.00 (9 Bids) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 19:32:18 PDT Add to watch list

KRUGERRAND 1978 GOLD TOKEN IN COIN FLIP US $0.01 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Mar-16-2010 19:33:47 PDT Add to watch list

All types of precious metals such as gold or silver when taken as bulk are known as bullion. Such bullion metals are usually very rare and as a result, they become more valuable. Such valuable bullion metals are used to mint out precious coins which instead of being used as a method of exchange in day to day commerce, are stored as an investment by coin collectors. A bullion coin is defined by its purity and gold content rather than its actual face value.

There are many nations that have started minting such bullion coins such as America, Australia, France and China along with others. However, the most famous of all the bullion coins is the one that was minted in South African called the Krugerrand. Such bullion coins are not issued as legal tender because the value of the gold used to mint such coins keeps fluctuating day by day and so it tends to be much higher than the face value imprinted on the coin. For instance, although the Gold Maple Leaf bullion coin minted by the Royal Canadian Mint has a face value of $50, it is valued at $737 as bullion. It is not only gold bullion coins that are in demand, but even certain silver bullion coins such as the US Silver Eagles which have been almost impossible to obtain at reasonable rates because of the rising price of silver.

All types of bullion coins are available in gold and silver, the only exceptions being the Krugerrand and the Swiss Vreneli which are only available in gold. The American Eagle and the Canadian Maple Leaf are the only bullion coins that are available in gold, silver and also platinum. While most bullion coins are available in multiples of troy ounces, there are still a few that are produced in limited weights of kilograms.