The tiniest gold coins

[Corydoras]

1 troy grain:
http://goldfortomorrow.com/1troygrainau.html
$3.95

The same mint does 5 grains and 1 gram coins as well.
http://goldfortomorrow.com/index.html

The troy ounce is 480 grains, so their one-grain coins are $1896/ounce.
Not a good buy.

 

[ARealConservative]

1 troy grain:
http://goldfortomorrow.com/1troygrainau.html
$3.95

The same mint does 5 grains and 1 gram coins as well.
http://goldfortomorrow.com/index.html

The troy ounce is 480 grains, so their one-grain coins are $1896/ounce.
Not a good buy.

lol, I guess some people want to own gold without paying for it.

Here is a slightly better deal from ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...item=350034689224&_trksid=p3984.cWON.m313.lVI

Three 5 grain coins sold for 43.85 shipped.

 

[acptulsa]

The smallest the U.S. ever issued were gold dollars. Of course, this was back when the dollar was usually an ounce of, what was it, 97 fine (if I recall correctly) silver. The gold dollars weren't much smaller than a dime. Even so, they weren't nearly as popular as silver dollars as a dollar was too much money to be easier to lose than a dime.

Today you'd need a microscope to see a dollar's worth of gold.

 

[Banana]

If you think this is small, wait until they come out with atomic coin!

 

[Sandra]

Wouldn't smaller denominations of gold be a better barter size?

 

[acptulsa]

If an atom of gold costs more than a dollar, can the dollar be considered worthless yet?

 

[Banana]

If an atom of gold costs more than a dollar, can the dollar be considered worthless yet?

Nah. Ben will just insist that gold shot up in price. He'll keeping shouting this until he's blue in face, even as a neutron of gold costs more than dollar.


(Yes, I know that a neutron is same for any element but this is a strictly an exercise in hyperbole)

 

[ARealConservative]

Wouldn't smaller denominations of gold be a better barter size?

sort of.

Until you drop about 10 rice size pieces of metal on the counter and try to pick them up.

 

[Sandra]

sort of.

Until you drop about 10 rice size pieces of metal on the counter and try to pick them up.

If you lick your finger they will stick.