Gold Coins Shortage

Gold coins run out worldwide

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GOLD DEALERS are running empty worldwide. A sudden surge in gold-investment demand has cleaned out their stock.

Many of the most popular gold coins just aren't available. Gold refineries are booked solid for all of next month in a bid to catch up.

New gold buyers, meantime, are being turned away. And that might prove a real pity if the gold price keeps rising as supplies get squeezed even tighter. Gold just leapt from its lowest price of the year, sparking a wave of demand that traditional gold-dealers can't meet.

• "Due to unprecedented demand," says the US Mint, "our inventories have been depleted." Its sales of American Eagle gold coins are now strictly limited to "authorized purchasers" only.
• Kitco Inc., one of the largest gold dealers in the US and Canada, warns its customers to expect "delays in processing and shipping" of gold bullion products.
• Over in Germany, the same story – a surge in gold investment demand, but not enough gold in stock to meet it. "Prolonged waiting times for over-the-counter cash sales," says Pro Aurum in Munich. "This will surely continue..."

Even in India – the world's No.1 market for physical gold – bullion banks report a huge shortage of gold for sale.

"People are thronging gold shops fearing a further price escalation," says a dealer in Hyderabad. "There is a brisk buying activity...In the past four days, retail sales have almost doubled."

Of course, this gold squeeze worldwide is forcing up prices. India's gold dealers are now paying twice the premium charged in July to secure new imported supplies.

"In Turkey – I kid you not – premiums are up $35 above spot price," says a broker in London. "There's a lack of scrap metal around."

Back in the United States, private investors – even those buying the most common gold coins, like Canadian Maples or South African Krugerrands – must now pay an extra 2% compared with last week, because supplies are so tight.

Struggling to meet this sudden jump in demand, "metal refiners are booked solid through September," says a senior dealer in London – heart of the world's 24-hour professional market.

To make the gold coins and small bars sold to retail investors, furnaces will melt down large, 400-ounce bars – guaranteed 99.5% pure – bought from bullion dealers like him in the world's wholesale gold market.

That adds extra costs to each ounce – costs finally paid by gold-buyers like you. Even before this global gold squeeze began in August, gold coins and small bars were priced from 1%–5% above the actual value of the gold they contain.

Plus, there's no guarantee these new coins and gold bars will reach your local gold dealer. "Demand is up and premiums are rising throughout the globe," as another dealer in London has told us.

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