Investing in Precious Metals

Coins. Bars. Digital.

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4 More Than Just Metal 7 Why Invest in Precious Metals? 8 Investing in 10 Investing in 12 Investing in 14 Capital Gains Tax (CGT) Explained 14 VAT on Precious Metals Explained 16 Invest in your future 18 Why Invest with The ? 19 Bullion 20 Bullion Bars 21 Digital Precious Metals 22 Gold for Pensions 23 Safe Storage 24 Buy-back Service 25 Account Management 26 Live Pricing 27 Secure Delivery 28 Getting Started 29 Commemorative Coins 30 Customer Testimonials More Than Just Metal

The Royal Mint is one of the oldest This unrivalled legacy underpins our and most prestigious organisations bullion offering and today The Royal in the world. For 1,100 years we Mint combines modern production have produced coins for monarchs techniques with time-honoured and governments – coins that are quality assurance in equal measure. trusted and respected wherever Our coins are verified by the Trial of they are presented. Governed by the Pyx, an exacting quality control great minds like Sir Isaac Newton process dating back to the thirteenth and home to some of the finest century, which today draws on the engravers to have ever worked on latest in assay technology. As a British coinage, our reputation for customer you can be sure that every quality, accuracy and integrity has item we produce meets the exact been earned over centuries. specification we promise, with our bullion coins and bars available in 999.9 fine gold, 999.5 fine platinum and both 999.9 and 999 fine silver.

4 No matter whether you’re saving for retirement, a deposit for a house or just putting something aside for a rainy day, bullion can be included as part of a balanced investment portfolio. As the manufacturer of UK bullion coins, The Royal Mint is uniquely placed to offer an exceptional service to our customers. Invest with confidence knowing that, thanks to their unrivalled reputation, our bullion bars and coins are a store of wealth trusted by banks and intermediaries all over the world.

Nicola Howell, Chief Commercial Officer

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Why Invest in Precious Metals?

The three most popular precious metals to invest in are gold, silver and platinum.

Gold is so rare that the Silver is considered a One of the rarest world pours more steel store of value, but is also precious metals, like in an hour than it has widely used in industry. silver, platinum is also an poured gold in all of You’ll find it in batteries industrial metal. The main recorded history. and solar panel cells for driver for demand is its example. use in the manufacture of catalytic convertors.

Investing in precious metals can:

• Generate long-term returns – between 2009 and 2019, the price of gold rose from £621 to £1,093 per troy ounce, an increase of 76% • Provide a safe haven during times of economic uncertainty • Outperform fiat currencies – precious metals are liquid assets with no credit risk • Enhance the overall performance of your portfolio – the lack of correlation to other assets means that adding precious metals to your portfolio can reduce volatility and balance risk

7 Investing in Gold

An Investment Worth Making

Investing in gold is an age-old When it comes to investing, spreading practice. Consider this: if you’d bought risk helps to avoid overexposure to £55 of gold every month for 18 years any one particular asset class. Many from 2002, you would have over experts, including the World Gold £28,000 of gold by 2020. Compare Council suggest putting around 2–10% that with putting the same amount of your portfolio into a safe haven into a 3% cash ISA – £15,700 – or investment such as gold. simply setting it aside with no interest at all – £11,880*.

Why gold?

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