2010 1/10 Austrailian Kangaroo $15 Gold Coin .9999 Pur US $199.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 23:21:22 PDT Add to watch list

2010 1/10 Austrailian Lunar Tiger $15 Gold Coin .9999 US $207.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 23:24:49 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $1,175.00 (10 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:26 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $1,009.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:28 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:31 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:33 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:36 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:38 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:40 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:43 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:46 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:48 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:50 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:52 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:55 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:03:57 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:04:00 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:04:02 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:04:04 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:04:06 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:04:09 PDT Add to watch list

1oz gold.999 coins KRUGERRAND MAPLE KANGAROO EAGLE US $999.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:04:11 PDT Add to watch list

SCARCE 1994 50 Yuan 1/2 Oz. Chinese Gold Panda US $1,299.00 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 6:59:25 PDT Add to watch list

2009 1/10 Ounce Gold From Australia-999 Fine US $132.50 (7 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 9:27:32 PDT Add to watch list

1981 1oz Proof Like Gold Kruggerand Bullion Coin US $1,599.00 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 11:43:18 PDT Add to watch list

1978 KRUGERRAND 1 OZ OF FINE GOLD US $1,261.09 (13 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 12:22:37 PDT Add to watch list

1865 MEXICO GOLD COIN IN MS ?CONDITION NO RESERVE !!! US $12.50 (6 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 12:36:13 PDT Add to watch list

Gold Maple Leaf 1979 1 oz. Canadian coin US $1,225.02 (21 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 12:57:02 PDT Add to watch list

2000 1/20 Oz Gold maple Leaf Coin .9999 pure Choice UNC US $56.00 (13 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 13:04:10 PDT Add to watch list

1978 KRUGERRAND 1 OZ OF FINE GOLD US $1,275.05 (13 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 14:45:36 PDT Add to watch list

Authentic RUSSIAN GOLD 5 ROUBLES 1899 Pendant US $275.00 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 15:07:34 PDT Add to watch list

1 OUNCE PURE GOLD KRUGERRAND BULLION . US $1,225.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 15:18:23 PDT Add to watch list

1 OUNCE PURE GOLD KRUGERRAND BULLION . US $1,255.00 (5 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 15:26:35 PDT Add to watch list

5 (FIVE) Grams 999.9 FINE GOLD Sealed and Certified US $57.00 (4 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 15:30:42 PDT Add to watch list

1945 Genuine Dos Peso Gold Coin Mounted 14K Fancy Ring US $295.00 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 16:06:26 PDT Add to watch list

.900 GOLD 9.95gr PHILIPPINES PROOF COIN BULLION US $158.05 (6 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 16:59:50 PDT Add to watch list

LOT OF (5) 1985 1 OUNCE CANADIAN MAPLE LEAF GOLD COINS US $5,100.00 (22 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 17:50:00 PDT Add to watch list

Mexico - 1955 Cinco Pesos (5 Pesos) Gold Coin US $107.50 (11 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 17:59:37 PDT Add to watch list

1/10 Ounce Gold South African Krugerrand US $145.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 18:00:24 PDT Add to watch list

Rare Gold Coin Half Sovereign 1986 UK Proof 1 Day, NR! US $12.27 (5 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 18:05:53 PDT Add to watch list

2009 1/10 Ounce Austria Philharmonic 10 Euro Gold Coins US $1,699.00 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 18:30:12 PDT Add to watch list

1984 1/10 Ounce Kruggerrand South Africa Gold Coin US $169.00 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 18:33:29 PDT Add to watch list

MEXICAN 50 PESO GOLD COIN UNCIRCULATED US $1,432.09 (2 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 18:38:01 PDT Add to watch list

(3) 1/10 oz Gold Krugerrands US $370.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 18:38:36 PDT Add to watch list

1986 1/20 oz gold angel, rare, christmas pack very nice US $2.25 (3 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 19:02:47 PDT Add to watch list

1917 Mexico Gold 10 Pesos Coin .241 Troy OZ Bullion; BU US $315.00 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 19:14:42 PDT Add to watch list

1983 GOLD PANDA US $0.75 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 19:14:52 PDT Add to watch list

1 oz. krugerrand in gold bezel 40.51 grams US $1,034.00 (4 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 19:45:13 PDT Add to watch list

1989 ISLE OF MAN 1/25 OZ GOLD PERSIAN CAT W/14K BEZEL US $84.99 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 19:56:41 PDT Add to watch list

LOT OF (4) AUSTRIAN 100 CORONA MINT STATE GOLD COINS US $910.00 (3 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 20:03:01 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.