Earlier this month we reported that some investors have started to feel less gloomy about holding gold. However, gold prices fell by more than 1 per cent to the lowest price in nearly six years on Tuesday, pressured by expectations that the US will raise interest rates in December, and as the dollar rose and stocks rebounded from losses suffered after Friday's attacks in Paris.
Nevertheless, gold coins with the weight of history behind them have a singular appeal to investors because they have behaved differently to global markets.