How often do you take your Goldbacks out to admire them?
A. Multiple times per day.
B. Daily
C. 1-3 Times Per Month
D. Whenever I leave a tip or buy a product or service.
E. NEVER! These beauties stay locked up in a safe.
F. We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious.
I decided to give all four of my main vendors a price check. I won't reveal who these vendors are, as I am not trying to start a pissing contest. At the end of the day, they all have something to offer. This is just a pricing comparison nothing more. (This is the total cost including shipping, sales tax and CC charges.)
The product: 6ea Idaho 1/4 Goldbacks
Vendor A: $19.99
Vendor B: $18.90
Vendor C: $17.89
Vendor D: $14.18
As you can see, there is a pretty good range of costs between vendors. I'm making a purchase today, from vendor D. I've purchased from them before and like the rest of the vendors on the list, I have had zero problems with them.
Values are in USD.
What's your favorite Goldback denomination?
1/4 • 1/2 •1 • 2 • 5 • 10 • 25 • 50 • 100
Drop your answer + why below 👇 (We love seeing collections!)
All I had to do was sign up and give them my shipping address
Edit: added link to clear up confusion
I've always ordered from Defy, but I wanted some DC goldbacks along with the Florida 1/4ths. Ordered from apmex, and they wrap every single goldback in plastic! Florida 1/4ths are nice though.
Well I’m sure I’m too late to this party for the 250th competition, but that must have been cool for those that won, but I still want to join the group.
I heard about Goldbacks for the first time when I went to but a silver eagle yesterday and they were giving a Goldback away with purchase. I was clueless yesterday, I’m hooked today. I love it all… The looks, the art, the thought of owning gold, the shine and just the over all concept. The firefighter salary won’t let me buy too much but I’m going to make a collection a little at a time.
Also I’m in Illinois so not a friendly state for this but still going to try to get business I know to sign up. Try to do my part to grow the concept and network.
So here is a picture of my first Goldback purchase I drove an hour to my nearest dealer on my birthday to pick up today. It’s a good start as I learn more about the notes.
Do you like keeping your Goldback purchases on a regular schedule? Well we've got you covered! With this monthly subscription box you'll receive a varied selection of physical Goldbacks delivered right to your door. Just select the amount that you wish to receive and leave the rest to us.
We'll hand select a variety of different states and denominations to keep your collection well rounded and growing. You may receive a combination of different Goldbacks with either classic artwork or the modern style, small denominations or large, alpha or non-alpha. The surprise is half the fun!
No matter which Goldbacks you receive they will match the dollar amount you selected, based on Goldback MAP price (~3.4% off daily exchange rate) at the time our trade desk places the wholesale order, which occurs around the 5th of each month. This ensures you receive the lowest possible price for Goldacks anywhere. We then prepare and ship the contents directly to you around the 15th of each month.
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I was already excited for the mail to arrive today, as I would be receiving my North Dakota Alpha 1 Goldback with low serial # (AA01575). There were two packages from Quiver when I got home. One contained my Goldback (paid for with Goldbacks), the other contained a hand written congratulations note for reaching Gold Status, more mailers, and a Graded (non colorized) DC Goldback (#62198)! Just in time for the 4th of July! Totally makes up for waking up to a flat tire today... lol! Thank you Quiver! You all combine both class and quality in one total package!!! Next stop Platinum Membership! Happy Semiquincentennial everyone!
She has arrived. Very beautiful, will put her into circulation one day, but for now she will be going into the Vault. Dont want to let go of her just yet.
This was a fun little thought experiment I did. This would be what each gold back would be worth if they had intrinsic value based off a 1oz gold coin worth $50
1,000 gb (1oz) -$50
100gb (1/10 oz)- $5
50gb (1/20 oz) -$2.50
25gb (1/40 oz) -$1.25
10gb (1/100 oz)- .50¢
5gb (1/200 oz) -.25¢
2gb(1/500 oz) - .10¢
1gb (1/1000 oz) -.05¢
1/2 gb(1/2000 oz) .025¢
1/4gb(1/4000 oz) .0125¢
$1 (1 oz American silver eagle) = 20gb
If the us minimum wage ($7.25) followed the gold standard. We would be making roughly 145 gb an hour
I feel for all of you that had some awesome informative posts that got slammed by the "but but but the premiums" crowd and therefore didn't make the upvote cutoff. It appeared as long as it was just a "look how pretty this is" type of post the "but the premiums" crowd left it alone ... but as soon as it was a "here is why Goldbacks are a good thing to own" type of post you could literally watch the comments rise and the "upvotes" vanish ... I saw one post that was very informative and showed Goldbacks in a positive light that had 18 upvotes and withing a few hours it only had 2 upvotes. BUT the comments went from like 10 to 50
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Also, I wish that reddit had a way to make contests like this one was not be a violation of their arbitrary "rules"..
HOWEVER.. I got mine!!! and THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!
And it is the FIRST non-Alpha Florida GB I own
We were digging through the new California Limited Early Release materials and noticed this Utah 3 Goldback image included too.
Not sure if this was intentional or an early preview… but it looks freaking awesome. Love the cherry red.
California LER is officially out now, and apparently Utah may be waiting in the pocket
🤩🤩🤩
I was not at all expecting this surfer design, especially with the color but I’m really digging it. It’s not all over, just a faint hue which is nice for someone who is usually against painted/print gold bullion.
Can’t wait to see what the rest of them look like. As a Californian I’m hoping we get a Prospector and an Actress or Director of some sort. Would be cool to see the founding industries of the state symbolized on these.
What designs are you all hoping for?
The fact that these can be done at all is incredible. Comparably sized bars costs 2.5x - 4x the price. This is what $1.94 buys:
Gotta love the folks at DefyTheGrid.com. Shipping is fast and customer service is fantastic. This is my 3rd order and once again, no disappointments at all!
Normally we would never post someone's order but /thedude5777 had replied to our previous post and said it was ok to update. So to keep everyone abreat of the deal, we received their 7.25 Goldbacks the other day and shipped out the 1/2 silver lunar snake the next day. The silver was confirmed delivered and all is well. Couldn't be easier!
Swapped a few stragglers for the new California Limited Early Release on Quiver.org this morning. Super easy swap.