Gold has been producing mind boggling returns lately. It seems that it will likely surpass the $4,000 per Troy ounce mark this year, a couple of years ago I never would have even thought that was possible. However, with the world we live in with all of the war and uncertainty the precious metals are going to perform well. Not only gold, but silver as well. There's even some argument that copper may be a wise investment too.
Gold at it's current prices makes investing in it is much more expensive, making the purchase of a full Troy ounce more than many can afford. The solution to problem is smaller size quantities of the metal, which more and more governments and metal dealers are producing. However, the production of these smaller pieces of gold is expensive. That translates to a higher premium price over the actual amount of gold in the item.
The island nation of Niue has jumped on to the bandwagon, also producing smaller coins with less gold. This year they are producing a very small gold coin for 2025. Yes, it's coin, and not a golden bottle cap!
Images from APMEX.com
About the coin:
From numista.com
There are a couple things I love about this coin. First, it's micro gold (very small and more affordable) and second it's Coca-Cola branded. Anything Coke branded usually appreciates in value pretty well over time. At least that has been my experience from the silver Coca-Cola bars I've purchased in the past. There isn't a price out on this 1.2 gram gold coin yet, but it will likely be more than double the price of the gold content. This one I might hold off on buying for the time being, then wait and see if the price drops over next year to find a better price.
However, they're only producing 2,025 of them, so it will be a calculated risk that they won't sell out. It's very possible that they might because of the brand name. We'll find out once they are officially up for sale!
Gold vs Bitcoin
As I mentioned earlier in my post, gold has been on an absolute tear pricewise over the last year. That got me thinking, one year ago gold was under $2,400 per Troy ounce. So if you had bought one Troy ounce a year ago, right now you would be up more than $1,000. Not too bad for a one year return.
From kitco.com
That got me thinking, if I had put $2,400 into BTC last year what would my return on investment look like today? Circled in the chart below you can see a dip last July to just about $55,000. If you were lucky and bought right then and subsequently sold at the all time high over$110,000, you would have doubled your money to $4,800. An even better return than the gold!
From coingecko.com
So BTC looks like it was the better return, assuming you bought and sold just right. Of course you have to remember that BTC can also be much more volatile pricewise, with risk comes the opportunity to win or lose large amounts of money. Personally, I like to invest in both. Gold will always be valuable, and BTC will also likely be valuable but can be much more of a rollercoaster ride! That's all part of the fun in my eyes.
Which one do you rather invest in right now?
Coca-Cola vs Pepsi
Ever since the 1980's there has been big competition between these two beverage producing brands. They use to do blind taste tests and have you choose which one you preferred more. I believe it was Pepsi who went so far as to make commercials of their taste tests. Everyone like Pepsi more in their advertising, no surprise there. The competition between the two has often been referred to as the Cola Wars and persists until today. Although now there are many other competitors in the market.
Personally, when I was younger and actually drank soda, I liked Coke's flavor more. Pepsi always had an antiseptic quality flavor wise to me. The only way I could describe it was taste of the cleaning solution they used on the CPR dummies. That's how it tastes to me, and I think it's just my taste buds, because very few people have the same experience.
Which one do you prefer? Just out of curiosity.
That will wrap up my post for this Monday morning. I hope you enjoyed seeing this cool little coin. I really like it, but when the price is released I'm sure I won't like it nearly as much. Thank you for taking the time to look over my content and please feel free to leave any questions or comments below. I greatly appreciate all of the support from everyone here in the Hive community, you're awesome! Have a great week everyone!
References:
https://www.apmex.com/product/301209/2025-niue-1-gram-gold-coca-cola-bottle-cap-w-box-coa
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia466646.html
https://www.kitco.com/charts/gold
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin
Disclaimer
I am not a financial planner and this isn't financial advice. Please always do your own research before investing your money. You worked hard enough to earn it!
The Coca-Cola and Pepsi brand names are property of their respective companies of ownership.
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