On Franklin Sanders’ website you will find the following Ten Commandments of Gold & Silver Buying. If you are interested in investing in precious metals, it is worth keeping a copy of them.
Ten Commandments of Buying Gold & Silver:
I. Always take delivery
II. Never buy premium if you can avoid it.
III. Buy bullion for business, numismatics for fun.
IV. Buy silver first, then gold.
V. Buy small gold first, then large.
VI. Never buy exotic coins or modern rarities or anything you don’t understand.
VII. Know your dealer.
VIII. What governments can’t find, they can’t steal.
IX. Never swap bullion coins for U.S. $20 gold pieces.
X. Never break the law.
On the web:
http://www.the-moneychanger.com/commandments.phtml