Why I’m Buying 1/10 Ounce Gold Coins Right Now

Added: 2026-05-18

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[00:00:14]There's a bunch of gold. There's a bunch of gold sizes. There's a bunch of different mints. And it's hard to decide sometimes when you're getting into to figuring out what is the best gold coin and best gold coin size for you. And for me personally, what's happened is last year I was able to snag up a quarter ounce of gold every single month. My income uh provided for it and and that's what I was able to do. I was even able to snag up a couple of half ounces.

[00:00:43]Income has changed. Life has changed.

[00:00:45]Things have happened. And I've been kicked down to the 110 ounce. And and I don't have any problem with it to to be honest with you guys cuz last year these were about 800 bucks and right now these are about 500 bucks. So they're not too far off. And that just kind of goes to show what's happening with inflation and the the the depreciation of the dollar and the rise in price of gold and in precious metals. And so that's kind of why I'm a believer in gold is I've seen it real time right here just in the last year. Um I've seen what's been able to happen. And I've been able to dollar cost average and lower my average entry into gold. But now I've been thinking about, well, what am I going to be able to afford every single month no matter what and be able to stay disciplined, grow my cash reserves for emergencies, and stay comfortable and be able to buy gold every single month. And for me, it's been the 110 ounce. And I've kind of vowed to myself and vowed to this channel that at least at the bare minimum for the rest of the year, I'm going to grab a 110 gold eagle every single month. because that's what fits into my budget. That's what I can do. I mean, sure, I could probably spring for a a quarter ounce. Um, but but to be honest, it would be stretching it. We're talking almost three times the price of a 110 ounce right now. And so, I get a lot of beginners that ask me, they're getting into stacking and they wonder, well, well, what should I stack? What's a good coin to stack? And my recommendation is always the gold American Eagle. And then and then the next question is really depends on your budget is is looks on how much are you willing or able not really willing how much are you able to comfortably spend every single month and that really will determine on the size coin that you're able to get. And I think that the Eagles make it easy because they come in these fractional sizes. You got the 110 ounce, you got the quarter ounce, and then you got these half ounces. And of course you have the 1 oz. But if you're able to buy 1 oz gold coins on the regular, you're probably not watching this channel.

[00:02:37]you're probably on a different level because I'm not able to do that. I just am not. It's a we're talking over 4,000 nearly $5,000 a coin on the 1 oz. So, so at the very most a half ounce is the most I think I'm going to be able to spring for here going forward. Uh but still we're talking, you know, 2500 bucks almost for a half ounce gold eagle. You know, give or take a couple hundred bucks, especially in today's market with the way things are fluctuating. Today is May 11th, 2026. I think we're sitting at about 4,700 bucks uh an ounce on gold. So So yeah, you're you're going to be close to 2500 bucks on on a gold eagle, half ounce, give or take. Again, 100 bucks, 200 bucks. So that's where we're at price-wise, and it's just too much for me to to be able to spend every single month. And some people say, "Well, why don't you just save and and grab one of those instead of uh grabbing a 110 every single month?" Is because I like to stay consistent. For me personally, and for my goals, I like to stay consistent. And I like to buy once a month, every single month at the very least for my core stack. And then I sprinkle in some collectibles and things like that here and there. I'm kind of taking a break from the collectibles right now. I got to build up my core stack. And I'm really liking again these 110 sizes. I have a couple different ones here. Got this absolutely beautiful cucra. And it got me thinking because I was looking online that you can get the random mint years for for about 30 bucks, 40 bucks cheaper than you can if you want to select like a gold eagle. So, I'm going to still stay consistent with grabbing my 110 gold eagle every single month.

[00:04:10]But, I might sprinkle in a random mint 110 ounce here and there because if I get a cucumber, I'd be stoked. I love the cucur. I would love to have one of these out of a slab just just to be able to look at it a little closer. I love these capsules to be honest. I love popping these coins in capsules. So, so I love the slabs, don't get me wrong, but I like I like having the capsules as well. Um, and that got me honestly thinking I'm going to make a video on it here pretty soon, probably in the next few days about my 1909 250 Indian. Some of the season stackers are saying I might have messed up by not getting one of these in a slab. So, let me know down in the comments below. Do I need to send this out for grading and get it slabed? I guess there's a lot of fakes out there. So, um, you know, they say if you're going to get something that has some numismatic value, uh, be sure to get one that's in a slab. So, I'm still learning every day myself.

[00:05:00]And, uh, so, so let me know down in the comments below. Did I make a mistake by getting a loose random year? 1909 250 Indian hit. I did get a random year and I ended up getting a 1909 and so I'm really stoked on that to be honest with you guys. So, I was I was happy with this and I love this coin. I take it out and look at it all the time. So, I'm really stoked on that. But but um yeah, angel coins right here. One0 angels.

[00:05:23]Absolutely stunning coins right here. These are the first year issue of the angel design from Isle of Man from my understanding.

[00:05:32]And so they ended up uh Isle of Man ended up going over to 24 karat. I have some of their stuff uh from later on years and it's 24 karat. And I I knew when I got the I said the color looks off and sure enough, yep, they are u they are 21 or 22 karat. That's interesting. A little fun fact to know about the angel coins. Before I believe it was 1988, uh they were a mixed alloy.

[00:05:54]So that's cool. But like I said, I'm loving these 110 ounces. And for beginners, the reason I think that they're good for beginners is cuz it's not a whole lot of money. I mean, it's it's it's you're going to spend 500 bucks, over 500 bucks for an eagle.

[00:06:07]You'll spend maybe a little less than that for a random year. Um and random mint coin. Like I said, I'll probably end up getting one of those, especially here for the channel. We'll try it out.

[00:06:16]We'll see what we end up getting. I think that would be cool because there are some other mints that make some really beautiful 24 karat 110 ounces.

[00:06:24]So, so maybe we'll try that. We'll do the little lottery instead of me buying another collectible this month. We'll maybe grab a random year 110 ounce gold coin um online and we'll see we'll see what we end up getting. But we're still going to stick with the Eagles. We I that's like that's my vow and my promise to you guys here on the channel is is no matter what I'll grab one 10 ounce gold American Eagle every single month for the rest of this year. And and and that's just kind of what we're going to do. We're going to stay disciplined. I got to stay away from the collectibles and uh stay away from expensive Italian food. Those are my kryptonites right there is that expensive Italian food and those gold collectibles. So I guess it could be worse. Um I mean I live in downtown. I got neighbors that are that are alcoholics. I could see them going out and spending I don't want to say they're alcoholics but they go out and spend hundreds of dollars uh you know a day on on alcohol and and food and I just I'd rather spend it on gold right now. I'm not in that type of financial position to be doing that and splurging.

[00:07:22]But teach their own listen to each their own. Uh you know do what you want to do.

[00:07:26]I read the other day that it's something like less than 1% of the population is stacking gold which is just shocking to me to be honest with you. It's like people are willing to work day in day out for dollars which is what we have to do. That's what we get paid in. But they don't really understand how those dollars work. They don't really understand how to put those dollars to work. And and it's really interesting to me to be honest with you how to store your wealth. You don't just want to throw c I mean this is my opinion. I'm not a financial advisor. I'm not a tax guy or anything like that. This is just me speaking and from historical evidence that you wouldn't want to just throw your cash into a drawer for for 20 years or 30 years. You would want to invest it. You want to put it to work somehow.

[00:08:08]And historically, gold has been that safe haven. It just really has been. You put your money into something like these gold eagles. It's safe. It's it's pretty darn safe. I mean, central banks around the world are buying and storing up gold like we've never seen before. And there's a reason for that. And that kind of leads me to my next point of why I stack gold more than silver. It's because central banks aren't storing silver. They're just not. It's an industrial metal. I understand that.

[00:08:33]It's got its usage. There's going to be a huge demand for it later on. But I think it it's kind of in its own lane.

[00:08:39]It really is. It's not necessarily like gold. Gold seems to be behaving differently right now. People, and when I say people, I think nations are moving away from the US dollar and they're looking for something safe to put their their earnings into. And gold has always been that thing. It just is. Um I was uh listening to to a video the other day and an analyst was speaking and he said a lot of hot money seems to have gone over to oil. You know, when there's a conflict like this that's happening, a lot of that hot money goes over to oil and goes over to what they can make a quick buck on, but after all is said and done, they're going to want to store that quick buck uh in something that they know is historically safe, and that's gold. And so I think that there is I I agree with what I've been hearing is I think that there is going to be another run on gold here pretty soon.

[00:09:23]It's real confusing, but if you look into things called like Elliot waves and things like that and if you look at the chart of gold and what has happened, you can see that essentially it's gearing up and this is just based on analytics that it's gearing up for another run. And that run should outpace the last high point which I think was like what 55 5600 bucks. So theoretically based on the analytics, we should be entering into another bull run. I would say once the conflict is all settled, but who knows how long that all takes, right?

[00:09:50]But once it is all settled, we should be heading into another bull run for gold and it should surpass 5,600 bucks. I made a prediction video at the uh about November of last year saying I think gold is going to be entering in and and reaching the $6,000 mark by the end of this year. And I still stand by that. I really do. And I think it's going to enter in to the 7,000 mark uh by the end of 2027. That's why I have no problem with my gold collectibles. I think I'm going to end up pretty much the the premiums that I paid on those are all going to get washed out as the price of gold goes up. And that's what I've seen.

[00:10:23]I've been able to see that with some of my cool collectible gold bars from Pamp and stuff that the the premium gets wiped out and then I end up having this really cool collectible gold bar for for less than melt. Essentially, that's what ends up happening and that's what's been happening and it's happening quick. It's happening in less than like 36 months, which is insane. There's not a lot of investments that you can buy or invest in or I don't really see gold as an investment. But let's just play it as it is for for a second, but there's not many things that you can can put your money into and then in 36 months you're beyond in the green. I mean, it's it's it's just pretty interesting what has happened here. And again, that is new.

[00:10:59]It's not something normal that we've seen with gold in the past. It has always been a storage of wealth and it always has consistently had its price floors, but we've never seen anything like this before. We never seen anything to where we could have just put bought a coin for for 800 and something bucks last year and now it's worth over 1,200 bucks. And that's been the reality with gold. And I think it's just people are coming late to the party. Um it's just that this generation is kind of sort of coming late to the party and realizing um wait hold on what's going on with our money. It seems like we're making more and more each year, but we're able to buy less and less. And so, they're starting to investigate. They're starting to to get wise, let's say. And they're starting to understand, okay, maybe I need to start investing. And what can I invest in? And I think that's why the hobby for numismatics is going to grow. I think gold stacking is going to be growing here in the next 5 to 10 years. I really do. I think the entire industry is about to explode because people are getting sick and tired of working harder and being able to buy less each and each year. That's just kind of what's happening. I live here in Southern California. Things aren't expensive. I mean, and nothing really seems to make sense. You fast food workers are getting 25 bucks an hour.

[00:12:03]When I was growing up, it was like a $7 uh, you know, an hour job. And the reason is cuz everything is so expensive. They wouldn't be able to survive. We wouldn't be able to serve the community if that wasn't the case.

[00:12:13]And since that is the case and that is the reality, then everything else therefore has to get more and more expensive. and it just kind of trickles down and that ends up eroding the dollar value here at least in Southern California. And I've been able to see it real time. It's uh you know, your dollar is buying less and less each year. So, if you have any savings, it's smart to put it into something trustworthy like gold. And again, I'm not a financial adviser. I'm just a stacker. And that's when I've been able to witness and see real time that, hey, if I'm going to work for these dollars, I'm going to make sure my budget is right. Going to make sure my bills are paid. But anything extra, I would like to put it into gold because it seems like that's the the safe bet to do instead of it's either that or I'm going to continue to work for these dollars not understanding what they are and what uh how it all plays into to my life and and I think that's foolish. So, don't do that. If you're a beginner here and you're you're watching and learning on how to stack gold and how to build your stack, remember, we don't build our stacks overnight. We build them over time.

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