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I think they look pretty cool, and my wife LOVES bottles like that. How much are they worth? Any advice for buying some? I like the bottles like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-OZ-999-SI...em5af18dd5fcOne thing I'm wondering is why they are so cheap. Is the mount of gold negligible? Thanks for any info Edited by Broseph
05/23/2013 10:44 am
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They usually have almost no gold in them, that is why they are so cheap. Notice how it says "traces" of 24k? Don't pay too much for them, IMO no more than 50c-$1/ each (if that), but if you like the way they look, I understand that they could kind of replace gold on a low budget like mine. EDIT: Mind you, this guy has been successful selling them for $7! http://www.ebay.com/itm/GOLD-SHAVIN...t_321wt_1161Edited by noahs-numismatics
05/23/2013 10:52 am
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So each flake is only marbled with gold?
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Lets put it this way 1 ounce of gold can be flattened out to cover and entire tennis court.
With these vials you are looking at at best $0.10 in actual gold
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I see.
How about with the silver bars and whatnot? What would be a good price on the listing?
1 OZ Johnson Matthey SEALED BRAND NEW SOLID .999 fine Silver Bar
2 0.5 gram (weight) GOLD HGE 22k mini 20$ St. Gaudens coins (What are these?)
20 Gold flake vials with traces of 24k Gold
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No, the gold is quite pure. It has to be pure to achieve that effect. But no, there's not much of it in there at all. One of gold's unique properties is its extreme malleability. That means a piece of pure gold can be beaten down into a flatter, thinner sheet than an equivalent sized piece of any other metal. One gram of gold (currently worth about $44) can cover an area of about 1 square metre, or 10 square feet. Each of those bottles will contain only a few square centimetres of gold, or a tiny fraction of a gram. Or look at it another way: gold is very, very dense - much denser than whatever fluid might be in those bottles. If there was any mass to the gold flakes at all, they would sink like a pile of stones, settling down to the bottom of the bottle very, very quickly rather than float and drift around for ages before finally sinking, as this stuff has the tendency to do. Edit; must type quicker.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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This eBayer, mirrorimages2012 knows how to make a profit!
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They are great mixed with paint , I have one of my motorcycles painted with black paint mixed with gold flakes.
Came out great and really shined in the sunlight.
The bottle is worth more than the gold.
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05/23/2013 11:46 am
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$9? wow... They are much cheaper on ebay, even with free shipping. |
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I guess that's the same type of gold flake you sometimes find in Smirnoff Vodka.
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If I needed to buy something gold for my wife, I'd go with a 1/4oz or 1/10oz American Eagle, Canadian Maple Leaf, South African Krugerrand or Chinese
Panda. The Panda will cost a little more than the others, but a 1/4oz coin will go around $380-ish and a 1/10oz coin will go around $170-ish.
These aren't trinkets or stocking stuffers, but you'll have something that will have and retain value (within the context of however the gold market fares).
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Definitely. A nice Taittinger champagne bottle would work fine for the 1/10oz coins, but you'd need a real wide-necked bottle for a 1/4oz coins. You'd
probably have to use a half gallon liquor bottle for those, but filling one of those bottles up with fractional gold coins would be an ambitious objective.
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look at how teensy the bottles are! Hardly anything. Low density, tiny bottles - its probably got micrograms at best. But pretty, I suppose. You cand uy bags of goldflakes I beieve - then buy some bottles seperately. Probably cheaper.
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