To: Follies who wrote (177868 ) 9/7/2021 9:08:14 PM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217752 RE <<Interesting that Pandas are both 30 grams and 1 ounce >> it is 30gm. The missing 0.1gm making up the troy oz is a close-enough-for-officialdom-work seigniorage charge. :0))) The seignorage presumably goes towards funding for the Greater-good Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Lifehttps://greatergood.berkeley.edu Common-prosperity 'Common Prosperity': Why Xi Jinping Wants It for China, What ...https://www.bloomberg.com › news › articles › what-co... by way of Marx' dialectic Dialectic - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dialectic generated Dual-circulation strategy Dual circulation - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dual_circulation which would pivot off of the China Rejuvenation China's national rejuvenation a historical inevitability: Xihttps://www.aa.com.tr › asia-pacific › china-s-national-r... and leverage enabling China 5G / IoT / A.I. / 2025 China unveils plan to transform manufacturing sector with ...https://www.scmp.com › Economy › China Economy all strung and threaded together by Belt & Road Belt and Road Initiative - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Belt_and_Road_Initiati... and protected by Underwater Great Wall Great Underwater Wall - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Great_Underwater_Wall to ensure realisation of the Chinese Dream Chinese Dream - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chinese_Dream all per diligence People's War People's war - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › People's_war and Protracted Struggle Protracted Struggle and the Working Classhttps://www.marxists.org › history › erol › cpb-protracted I think I got above right. Most folks on the street know the script better than I. Or the seignorage just ends up w/ the Mint. But we should not begrudge because the pandas have a solid track record for numismatic gain that way outperforms gold itself. I tend to buy panda / lesser bullion (eagles, buffalos, maple, koala, nugget, krugrands, etc etc) in a mix of 1:1 in some years and 9:1 in others. 1:1 for years of gold bull, because more pandas are minted out of the authorised mintage and therefore lesser gain in the future. 9:1 during years when gold is trash, because something like 25K pandas are minted out of the 600K (1-oz / 30gm versions) authorised and the numismatic zoom prove to be substantial in after market, even as all bullion are bought at spot + ~3.5% in the year that they are issued. everything is a game. Re <<Sometime before TEOTWAWKI prices will be quoted globally in grams only >> Should contemplation-inducing TeoTwawKi happen, and folks have sight of mood-altering Darkest Interregnum, gold might not get quoted at all for a price is meaningless when the goods go unobtainium.