If dealers who adjust prices to their liking are finding willing buyers, then why is this not honest market value? If some buyers are able to negotiate lower prices that those sellers are willing to accept, that is also honest market value, to those parties.

Therefore, instead of one fixed price for any given thing, there is a price range from low to high.

1/10 oz gold, whether it’s Canadian Maple Leafs, US Eagles, UK Brittanias, Chinese Pandas or Krugerrands, being the smallest of the bullion coins and therefore, the simplest for those on a budget who want some gold, command more of a price premium, per small amount, above ‘spot’ market price than do the larger coins. This is for the generic bullion coin, regardless of date. Some dates with lower production can carry even higher premiums, but that gets into the area of numismatics and outside the area of pure bullion.

eBay is the best place to see the free market value principle at work, as on eBay, the buyer has 100% control over the price he/she is willing to pay. The seller, if the listing is auction-style with no reserve, does not have full control. Once the item is listed, the seller must accept the final bid price, even if it represents a loss. As gold bullion is an active and fiercely competetive market, it is exceedingly rare for an item to sell ‘too cheap’. So the prices you will see on eBay for 1/10 oz bullion coins are pretty much indicative of the right value range. And on eBay right now, it’s between $ 150 and $ 160.

Multiply that era 10 and you can see that the premium for these small coins is well above that for the one small amount, which are in the range of $ 1360-$ 1430.

I learned that Canada has issued some 1/20 oz gold. Those are going in the $ 85-$ 95 range. That works out to $ 1700 to $ 1900 per small amount. That’s a very large premium. Whoever is buying those just wants to own a small piece of gold and has very small chance of making a profit on one, unless the world goes perfectly to hell and gold hits $ 5000, in which case their one small bit of gold will be worth $ 250, and will not be likely to improve their lot in life to a significant degree.

You could sell a part of your gold (1 coin at a time, or whatever) at regular intervals, say each week or each month. That way if it keeps going down, you’re getting some money out at today’s relatively higher price. If it goes back up, you’ll still have some left to sell at the higher price. Excellent luck.

It’s NOT just gold. From your link “”Starting Jan. 1, 2012, Form 1099s will become a means of reporting to the Internal Revenue Service the buys of all goods and services by small businesses and self-employed people that exceed $ 600 all through a calendar year.”" Now look at this closely. ALL GOODS / SERVICES EXCEEDING $ 600. What small business or self-employed person DOESN’T spend more than $ 600 hundreds of era a year? Everything from buying inventory to hiring contractors, now has to have YET ANOTHER tax form added to the pile.
http://www.articlesbase.com/taxes-articles/the-hideous-side-of-obamacare-1099s-galore-2860227.html
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/health-care/3454-obamacare-contains-crippling-changes-to-tax-code

Then there’s the other 17 new taxes on the middle class & small business in 0bamacare
http://brendabowers.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/18-new-taxes-slipped-into-obamacare-bill/