Grappling7155 to Canada · 7 months agoMint unveils single mine gold coin sourced in northern Ont.northernontario.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkMint unveils single mine gold coin sourced in northern Ont.northernontario.ctvnews.caGrappling7155 to Canada · 7 months agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareWiseThatlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoI don’t understand the point of making a coin that has ~$3500 worth of gold in it, and then giving it an official face value of $50.
minus-squareanachronist@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoGoldbugs have a lot of nostalgia for the Gilded Age, so they put the face value it where it would have been in 1896.
I don’t understand the point of making a coin that has ~$3500 worth of gold in it, and then giving it an official face value of $50.
Goldbugs have a lot of nostalgia for the Gilded Age, so they put the face value it where it would have been in 1896.