I am new to coins and gold coins in specific. What are some of the most common, easy-to-get and smallest gold coins of the world?

Thanks

That's a great question punchy. I really do need to get at least one gold coin in my collection. Anyone? Smallest, most common, not commonly faked?

Something for those of us who like to dream beyond our means...

Perhaps Gold Half-Sovereigns?






Clive.

Numerous countries, China, Canada etc. issue 1/20th oz coins, but when I was in China I saw a 3 Yuan coin commemorating Marco Polo that was even smaller.

If you do not want to pay any premium the cheapest are 20 FF Marianne coins of the later years since they are all restrikes post 1914 going by heart

The so called smallest coins of the world series being peddled around Europe is like 0.5 gram 0.016 ounce of which none may be gold and in the best case half is gold

I'd probably go with the Indian gold Fanam:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?h...6%26catref%3DC6

Heres a 1/10 of a Fanam (tiny):
Item number: 140225331729

There are coins being struck in 1/25 oz and if I remember right, Singapore mint has been striking gold coins in 1gram.

I would have to agree with hus, I just saw one of these for the first time the other day.. and it looked like a little gold nugget.. with a bump on it which was prob the inscription of some sort...

Going smaller then 5 grams does not make much sense since the striking premium and the mailcost will be equal to the gold
That is you pay double price
There are a lot of 1 gram bars going around from Doubai roses to Swissbank bars
They are mostly melted in a plastic on a cardboard otherwise if you sneeze you can go and look for your bar of gold on your knees

Rose of Dubai

http://cgi.ebay.de/ROSE-VON-DUBAI-GOLDBARR...1QQcmdZViewItem

Pamp Suisse has some very nice designs

http://cgi.ebay.de/PAMP-SUISSE-1-GRAMM-GOL...4QQcmdZViewItem

Istanbul

http://cgi.ebay.de/1-GRAMM-GOLD-GOLDBARREN...0QQcmdZViewItem

Gold is one of those areas where bigger truly is better. For coins that were actually used the Indian fanams were probably the smallest, it is possible to find them for about $20.

As far as I know the Fanam's were struck hundreds of years ago and by hand. A lot of people must of lost them as they were so small.

The fanams were struck as monetary instruments, for actual use. These miniature coins struck nowadays are novelties.

What about the Maximillian 10kt gold coin? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...52BSI%26otn%3D4

These things are dirt cheap and basically junk gold, but neat and very tiny.

These are the 10 and 22 milimeter things that are flooding Europe under the name of smallest coins of the world
They are NOT coins they are tokens and some have zero gold in them

I have a Maxmillian token I bought in the 1980s, it looks different than the one you linked, and certainly was not 1/2 inch in diameter, this token was smaller than a 3-cent silver, and was probably about 3-4 mm in diameter.

That 1/10 Fanam looks forlorn inside that huge slab, doesn't it? I suppose having them slabbed makes it a bit harder to lose them!