The Singapore International Coin Fair (SICF) 2013 (www.sgcoinfair.com) took place on March 29th – 31st, held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Level 1 – Hall A, which is located within the world-class Marina Bay Sands integrated resort. It is organised by Panda America (www.pandaamerica.com).
We recently met a Chinese Panda silver coin enthusiastic and manage to have an interview with him. Nicknamed the Pandaman, FS Yip discussed with InvestSilverMalaysia.com his views and opinions on investing in Chinese Panda silver coins.
Q: Hi FS Yip. Can you share with us your early days in investing in Silver? What brings you into investing silver?
Hi KH. Between 2009 and 2010, I read about silver investment from Robert Kiyosaki’s book. However, during that time, I was clueless about how to buy physical silver or even paper silver!
I asked my family members and friends but they all have no clues on how to invest in silver. Finally, in October 2011, I’ve found a thread in Lowyat.net on investing physical silver. Since then, I have been consistently buying and selling physical silver.
Q: Of all silver coins in the market now, it is noticeable that you have particular interest in Chinese Panda. Please share with us, what ignites your interest in the coin?
My first purchase was 1oz Chinese Silver Panda 2011. I was offered a good price that time. Thereafter, just like many, I started buying all sort of silver coin like Canadian Maple Leaf, Australian Kookaburra, Perth Mint Lunar etc.
^ FS Yip started off with 2011 Chinese Panda
After comparing the details and handicrafts of many silver coins, I had my target set on Silver Pandas. Not only they are nicely crafted, they are also a popular investment choice in China, US, Europe and Australia!
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Perth Mint’s 2012 line up. Among all, the lunar dragon for gold and silver is the most anticipated.
One of the most anticipated silver bullion by Perth Mint will be releasing this coming 1st September. You would have guessed it right, the fifth animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac, the 2012 dragon lunar.
Of all animal in the Chinese zodiac, dragon has always been the favorite. It is also the best selling animal for Lunar Series 1.
In this post, we will be looking into information and facts on what you should know about the lunar series.
When it comes to precious metal investment in coins format, it is recommended that we invest in bullion coins. Bullion coin is a coin struck from gold, silver, platinum or palladium. Generally, investment grade bullion coins have purity of not less than 0.9 fineness. For silver, it is recommended to buy fineness with triple 9 (0.999) or more.
Although bullion coins usually have legal tender in their country of origin, its legal tender value are ignorable as it is valued lower than the actual metal price. For instance, 1 oz of American Eagle silver has a legal tender of USD$ 1 value. Would you like to trade it with my RM3.00?
There are plenty of different bullion coins in the market. In this post, we will discuss the top five favourites for Malaysia.
Top five silver bullion coins for Malaysia are:
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