Blogs — Coins

Is the Indian stock market over-valued? The answer may vary, depending on who you ask, and whether they are invested or holding cash. However, it is worth asking if it is the stock market going up, or is it money that is going down.Consider gold – historically used as a currency, it is now an ‘asset-class’ – an asset class that has been on fire for the past year. However, gold is not an investment; it is merely a store of value – something self-evident to anyone from 500 BC to 1945 AD. When we say ‘gold prices are up’,...

Over the past few months, I have noticed an increasing interest in silver (and gold) coins – from collectors, and investors who dabble in collectibles. The reason is obvious – silver price is up by almost 35% over the past year. Moreover, some investor-collectors I know like to park some of their equity market gains in antique-bullion coins. There are some commonalities between the equity market and collectibles – sound research is one of them. For instance, consider three seemingly identical coins in the image above – silver rupees from different years 1938, 1943 and 1944. To a layperson, they...