The 2011 American Eagle gold coin is now available and ready for delivery! Not only do these coins shimmer with the most exquisite beauty that gold coinage offers, but also you can rest assured with these coins as part of your investment portfolio, that you have made a sensible decision to purchase them. Even beyond the immediate thrill of owning gold coinage, the tactile pleasure of running them through your fingers, you can count on your coins as a safe investment that will continue to appreciate in value as time goes on.

These coins, re-issued in 1986, re-vivify the gorgeous design by artist August Saint-Gaudens, originally produce for $20 coins under the Roosevelt administration in the early part of the 20th century.

The U.S. prints these coins with a guarantee that they are made of 91.67% gold. The reverse side of the coin displays the percentage of pure gold the coin contains along with its weight. The coins each measure exactly 32.7 mm in diameter and weight precisely one Troy Ounce. In terms of legal tender, or in other words, their worth in symbolic legal tender, each coin represents 50 American dollars. Do not be surprised, however, that these coins will fetch quite a bit more than that in the eyes of investors and collectors. The longer you hold on to the coins, the higher they will increase in collection value.

Coins always make a good investment option for those interested in precious metals. Because they do actually work as legal tender, even if for some freak reason the bottom should fall from the precious metal market, the coins will retain at least the value for which you purchase them in legal tender. For this reason, you can never actually lose money from such an investment. Some investors refer to this factor as a “hedge,” or one of several ways in which you can invest in the stock market but simultaneously protect yourself from taking any unnecessary risks of losing your money.

Another advantage to investing in these coins is that, because the U.S. government mints them, when you go to trade or invest them, you do not need to pay the extra money to contract the services of an assayer to guarantee to your potential buyer the authenticity of your coins. Most buyers will immediately understand and trust their value. Additionally, as long as you buy and sell these coins in small enough quantities, under current law, you do not have to pay income tax on them.