PREMIUM CALCULATION

The “premium” for a gold coin is equal to the margin between a coin’s official quotation price, and its value according to gold weight.

This premium may be exprimed in percentage or in euros. Usually positive, it may however be negative concerning some rare listed coins in France.

Of course, the bigger the demand is, the bigger the premium shall be.

The formule to calculate a coin premium is the following:

Premium (%) =  [(coin price – its gold value)/ its gold value]/100

The premium indicator may be crucial if you intend to investment.

Observing the price’s evolution, shows that the coins with the biggest premium are the coins which, usually, arouse the most the spirits… and which prices, as a consequence, rise the most.