@Grappling7155@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 9 months agoMint unveils single mine gold coin sourced in northern Ont.northernontario.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square22arrow-up160
arrow-up160external-linkMint unveils single mine gold coin sourced in northern Ont.northernontario.ctvnews.ca@Grappling7155@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 9 months agomessage-square22
minus-square@WiseThat@lemmy.calinkfedilink11•9 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-square@anachronist@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 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.