Pretty sure it is by weight. The Canadian gov certainly isn't selling the $50 coin for $50.captainspoke wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2025 3:19 am A curiosity question: Some gold coins are legitimate legal tender in their respective countries--eg, the canadian maple leaf is $50 canadian. So if you bring such coins into japan, is it the face value of the coin that is important, or its value by weight?
Funny aside: for a while the US mint was selling $1 coins for face value, shipping included. People bought them with credit cards, collected miles&points, then cashed them in at banks.
Speaking of rare metal/gem investments, seems diamonds are not as hot as they use to be. I have seen a number of similar articles as the one below over the last couple years.
Diamond prices worldwide continue to decline amid a global luxury market slowdown and competition from lab-grown alternatives.
The Guardian, citing data from jewelry analytics firm Tenoris, reported that the cost of a one-carat natural diamond dropped by 26.7 percent, declining from a peak of $6,819 in May 2022 to $3,923.83 last month.
Tenoris, which tracks diamond prices at shops throughout the United States, also found that the cost of synthetic diamonds had tumbled nearly 74 percent from $3,310 in January 2020 to $892 in December.
https://www.newsweek.com/diamond-price- ... my-2021386