Protect against inflation with Britannia gold coins and bars

With UK inflation at a 40-year high and expected to rise even higher, interest in physical gold is surging once again. And The Royal Mint’s Britannia gold coins and bars offer an accessible and affordable way to buy.

Britannia gold bars
(Image credit: © The Royal Mint)

Gold is regarded as the ultimate protection against inflation. No wonder it’s in demand with investors now. The price of the precious metal, trading at around $1,670 an ounce at the end of October, could rise above $2,000 in the months to come according to some experts, including Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale. The popularity of accessible gold investments such as The Royal Mint’s Britannia gold bullion coins and bars is rising accordingly.

The argument for investing in gold during periods of high inflation is a longstanding one. Unlike cash, which central banks can increase the supply of as they see fit, gold is a physical entity that is in limited supply; it therefore holds its purchasing power when the money supply is increasing, and inflation is rising. Gold prices can fall in value as well as rise – and they do – but the investment has a good long-term track record of holding its value against other goods during periods of uncertainty.

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