About 10 years ago I was looking for alternative investments. I bought gold bullion at Blanchard. I recently went to sell them and found they were worth A LOT LESS. I talked to other brokers and they told me I overpaid for them originally and I will never get back the money I paid for them. I believed the line that these were valuable coins with great growth potential. Do not buy from Blanchard. They are just salesmen trying to screw you out of money.