Fancy a chunk? No, it's not chocolate... It's a solid gold bar you can break up (and could be the future of money if there's economic meltdown)
By Damien Gayle, Daily Mail, 21 December 2012.
By Damien Gayle, Daily Mail, 21 December 2012.
With Christmas coming, sales of chocolate gold coins have no doubt soared as parents get ready to fill their little ones' stockings with edible treasure. But wealthy individuals worried about what the New Year could bring are instead stocking up on gold chocolate bars.
Gold chocolate bar: The gold Combibar can easily be broken into one gram pieces to be
used as money.
Swiss refinery Valcambi has been selling its CombiBar to private investors in Switzerland, Austria and Germany who are worried about a return of Weimar Republic-style hyperinflation. The size of a credit card, the 50g gold CombiBars are easily be broken into one gram pieces to be used as money in times of crisis…
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