We have written numerous articles warning people not to buy gold bars and gold coins from the internet. We expanded that also to the crypto community and gave given you all some pointers to what you need to pay attention if you do want to buy gold/silver coins as an investment.
A good friend of ours – Jason De G. – bought some gold “bars” that were authenticated and from reputable sources. He bought about 5 of these “bars”, all paid with Bitcoin. He bought them at an auction site and though he didn’t buy from someone who hadn’t bought or sold anything, he thought it would be Ok since the necessary documents and identifiers were present.