Website to check bullon value of gold and silver coins

Quote from CoolBeans : while you can purchase a gold "stock" and long term capital gains will be 15%.

Capital gains on what? Paper IOU's that tracks a commodity that's supposedly undergone fair price discovery by the big league paper players on a global exchange?

Why own a Bugatti when you can just pay someone to write you a contract that you own part of the rear tail light.

And anyone knows that owning gold means you're highly prone to boating accidents or robbery during transport.

Also, coinflation tracks the price of coins, not really bullion. The other two are for numismatic coins and bullion.

The price of physical metal varies from dealer to dealer and premiums increase as spot price falls and supply tightens (and vice versa). The US Mint sold the highest number of silver eagles ever in the month of Sept, 2011...just to give you an idea of the demand.

Now I need a shot of Goldschlager...