The price of gold has been setting new highs in recent days as pretty much every major currency around the world looks shaky. Gold dispensing ATMs may be a gimmick today, but one has to wonder if gold may not be making a comeback as the world’s favorite and most desired currency. Story via
AFP/Yahoo News:
There’s no mistaking what’s in this vending machine. The well-heeled in the Gulf can now grab “gold to go” from a hotel lobby in the United Arab Emirates, when the need for a quick ingot strikes.
On Thursday, a day after its inauguration, the shiny machine attracted spectators of many different nationalities who gathered to watch whenever an enthusiast was struck with the urge to splurge on a bar of the precious metal.
Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace Hotel became the first place outside Germany to install “gold to go, the world’s first gold vending machine,” said a statement from Ex Oriente Lux AG, the German company behind the vending machine.
“In addition to one-gram, five-gram and 10-gram bars of gold, the machine also dispenses gold coins,” it added…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u7NpURkw1w
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