Where can I buy gold and silver bars, coins and bullions?
Exactly, what is a bullion? Is it like a coin? I was wondering where online I can buy gold and silver bars and coins. Would I physically owned them? Or would they sit on a vault somewhere? Also, how can I make sure that the gold or silver I buy is real and not fake? Thanks. When someone speaks of gold bullion they are reffering to the actual pure metal. Depending on the country, gold, when used in coins and jewelry has variable purity. But bullion is as pure gold as you can get. For instance, you cannot buy 24K gold in jewerly in the USA (only 18K I believe) but you can in Europe. First you should ask yourself whether you want to buy physical gold and silver. Here are the drawbacks. You will pay a spread or increased price when you buy and you will have to sell at a discount when you sell. There are so many places to buy coins and bullion from but you will have to pay on average 5-10% to buy and sell each way. That is not good. And yes some places will store it in a vault for you for a
