If you were holding all the gold mined since the beginning of time

Bear · May 26, 2009 10:30AM

You would have one heck of a rupture.

blu62vette · May 26, 2009 10:33AM

That would aggravate a hernia.

TwoSides2aCoin · May 26, 2009 10:35AM

I'm still trying to figure out how to afford that giant Canadian coin so I can put it around my girlfriend's neck. Maybe that would slow her down

JungleFever · May 26, 2009 10:48AM

if all the gold ever mined was weighed, it would amount to between 140,000 and 160,000 tons. That would be a cube of approximately 62 feet on a side. A cubic inch of gold weighs 11.06 oz.

I've read things like this for years, the numbers don't change much. Don't know if it's true. I buy ounces, the above would also be 280-320 million POUNDS. 44 billion ounces. Enough for each human to have 7 Gold Eagles!<BR style="DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left">

Bear · May 26, 2009 10:50AM

Can you imagine turning all of the gold into one giant coin?

leothelyon · May 26, 2009 11:18AM

<< <i>Can you imagine turning all of the gold into one giant coin? >>

Me thinks Bear has been hitting the honey a little heavyly lately......eh?

Leo

Bear · May 26, 2009 11:36AM

Methink, hick, you are, hick, exaggerating.

SanctionII · May 26, 2009 11:37AM

If all of that gold was minted into s single coin and the coin was submitted to PCGS for slabbing, I wonder what the slabbing fee, shipping costs and insurance costs [both ways] would be?

I wonder how much the cost of the raw materials and labor and general overhead to make the plastic slab and insert would be?

I wonder what the supplemental PCGS worker's comp premium would be for the time period that the coin was in house and being processed by PCGS worker bees?

I wonder how the slabbed coin would be handled under insurance coverage for it if it was dropped accidentally [hopefully not on someone's toes]?

Hmm. A gold coin of such size just makes me wonder.

ndgoflo · May 26, 2009 11:53AM

I watched a show about gold on the History Channel a few weeks ago, they claimed that all of the gold ever mined would amount to an ingot the size of the base of the Statue of Liberty.

BigAl · May 26, 2009 12:46PM

...you would not be able to payoff the national debt

Bear · May 26, 2009 12:50PM

I could write a check today and pay off the National debt.

Of course..................the check might not be entirely good.

bestmr · May 26, 2009 12:53PM

....you also would be too old to enjoy all your gold.

Dropdaflag · May 27, 2009 12:02AM

You would be the owner of a lot of worthless yellow mineral from the ground. Remember gold did not come into existence with value. People had to find uses for it in all aspects of manufacture. If no one else had any, then this would never occur.

StubbyMcNumbthumbs · May 27, 2009 12:17AM

<< <i>If all of that gold was minted into s single coin and the coin was submitted to PCGS for slabbing, I wonder what the slabbing fee, shipping costs and insurance costs [both ways] would be?

I wonder how much the cost of the raw materials and labor and general overhead to make the plastic slab and insert would be?

I wonder what the supplemental PCGS worker's comp premium would be for the time period that the coin was in house and being processed by PCGS worker bees?

I wonder how the slabbed coin would be handled under insurance coverage for it if it was dropped accidentally [hopefully not on someone's toes]?

Hmm. A gold coin of such size just makes me wonder. >>

It would be special for just a short time.

Within a month, fake ones in giant fake slabs would be pouring out of China ... and WITHOUT the 10ft high "COPY" stamp, as shown in the Ebay auction photos.

ambro51 · May 27, 2009 1:01AM

....I wonder how much gold exists under the sea? Just a matter of time before some huge motherlode is discovered, and a method to mine it.

TwoSides2aCoin · May 27, 2009 1:05AM

I'd be paving streets with it. Then street people would be rich and we'd all be happier.

If you were holding all the gold mined since the beginning of time

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