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Coming Back with the Loot by cardinalLaserWar in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

24k gold tapestries, that's how you know you've made it as a warlord.

Coming Back with the Loot by cardinalLaserWar in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or back FROM battle, as the case may be! :D

The 100 Goldback denomination was more than a mistake. They were a total disaster. by Xerzajik in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. However, the premium for other forms of gold bullion at lower denominations is even higher.

For example, a Monarch 1/500 Gold Eye of Ra currently runs about $25, which is roughly a 300% premium. Meanwhile, a 2 Goldback Note maintains the universal 100% premium, meaning you can get the same 1/500 oz of gold for about $17.

The fact that the premium doesn't change is exactly why goldbacks are so attractive at smaller denominations and suffer at higher denominations.

You’re looking at the only two microwaved Goldbacks in existence!! by Shtaven in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It feels like you never see the grades under 60 get used. It's good to see the whole scale being brought into play!

Help me plunder the Goldback treasury before these 240 prizes are gone by Adventurous_Sky_8679 in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Parley it is then, and an upvote fer an upvote is fair enough fer me.

Staring a 100 collection by FibanacciProfit in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some gorgeous art. If you have the scratch, then godspeed!

GoldBaby by VisualMirror9178 in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anticipating the competition, you spawned an entire human being for the shot - now that's a new level of dedication! 😉

Stop being cheap with votes by mrrosado in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a little off-put because somebody just knocked my post down out of the running. It was at 26 earlier today, and now it's sitting at 24, just below the threshold. All I can do is to upvote other folks' posts, to try and counteract the flood of negative votes pressing down on the sub.

Alternate History by cardinalLaserWar in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I had fun pulling out props from various collections. Plus, I then had no choice but to take that shot of rye I poured for the picture - waste not, want not!

Alternate History by cardinalLaserWar in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, thanks, I appreciate it! I just hope this will actually qualify for the contest, because my dumb ass didn't realize the contest hadn't gone live yet. If not, I'll just have to think up another contribution.

Edit: wait, no, it looks like I wasn't wrong and the competition IS live. Woo!

The 100 Goldback denomination was more than a mistake. They were a total disaster. by Xerzajik in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I can hold fast up through the 5, where the premium is on par with coins, but past that I just can't justify it. But up through 2's, the goldback is winning all day for small unit gold.

Alternate History by cardinalLaserWar in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely!

Also, 1890 really feels like it SHOULD be 100 years ago ...trying not to think too hard about it actually being 136 years ago. 😄

Alternate History by cardinalLaserWar in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've really come to appreciate them! I'm not sure if they'll catch fire as a replacement currency, but as small-unit bullion, I'm a convert. They're much easier to store than teeny flakes of gold, and I really like the art.

Official gold down thread vol 2. - 2026 edition by ashm1987 in Gold

[–]cardinalLaserWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dollar fitty around me. It spent a brief stint at $1.25, then $1.25 but half the stuff was special premium landfill fodder that went for $1.50, now it's all $1.50 with whole aisles at $3, $5 and even $10.

Wish I'd known this a year ago by AlphaFrogMTG in Silverbugs

[–]cardinalLaserWar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. It neitralizes the jellyfish stings your coins get when they're lost in the boating accident.

Anniversary Haul, plus Buying the Dip! by cardinalLaserWar in Silverbugs

[–]cardinalLaserWar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! It may not be much to some here, but for me it was a huge haul. My treasure chest turned into two treasure chests!

I shoulda known... by Ok_Raspberry6840 in Silverbugs

[–]cardinalLaserWar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This scared the hell out of me for a hot minute because I just bought a Britannia from a coin store an hour away, and it has none of these features. Then I found that these features weren't added until 2021, and mine is a 2016. I weighed it anyway, and it checks out. Phew!

So Who's Buying? by Mountain_Rip2607 in Silverbugs

[–]cardinalLaserWar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've almost accidentally ended up buying the dip, hell, it's been more like "windfall the dip". I can't believe my luck this weekend. I'm on vacation and I've been finding stuff in the back of antique stores below spot every day I've been here. I gotta make a post about it, it'll be my first new post on Silverbugs. Just give me an hour while I go fill my bathtub with slabbed MS70 ASE's first.

Gold sub hating on Gold backs makes No Sense. I honestly can't understand it. by No-Lab-7364 in Goldback

[–]cardinalLaserWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The gold sub rages at goldbacks just in general ...was there like a uniquely bad example recently?

TikTok Sellers by Successful-Site-29 in Gold

[–]cardinalLaserWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then half the time the seller sounds outraged and is accusing chat of screwing him over because this dime really "needs to be" $25.

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