Local pawn shop outfits here have coins and such for sale for 4-5% markup.
Is this the best way to get some?
If you believe the price of gold is going to rise;
The thing to do is to buy gold futures on the commodities market...If you are
long on gold (you are taking the position that gold is going up),...and it does indeed go up,...for every contract in gold that you hold,...and gold rises in value,...for every penny that gold goes up, you will make 50 dollars.
If you believe the price of gold is going to drop;
You go
short,... and for every contract you are short in gold,... and gold drops in value,... for every penny that gold drops,...you will make 50 dollars.
HOWEVERIf you are long in gold and the price goes down,...you will
lose 50 dollars;
If you are short gold and the price goes up,...for every penny that it rises, you lose 50 dollars.
However risky these transactions are,..if you get it right, you will become rich in short order.