Your dollars are designed to lose value. Here’s why:
Dollars are fiat currency.
Most modern currencies today are fiat, including the US dollar. Fiat currencies get their value from the faith and fear of a government, and more of the currency can be created at will. Creating more of the currency reduces its scarcity, helping to drive its debasement, or loss of value over time.
Inflation erodes dollar value.
Increasing the supply of fiat currency means there’s more currency competing for the same goods and services, resulting in the natural market forces of rising prices. This inflation on the price of goods means your money no longer buys as much, or loss of its purchasing power.
The system ensures the result.
Governments around the world use monetary policy tools to try and maintain the inflation of their currency to about 2% a year. If it’s too high, they work to lower it. If it’s too low, they work to raise it.
If you’ve heard someone older than you reminiscing about the comically cheap prices of goods in the past, that’s the result of generational debasement and inflation. This is also why the common wisdom is to move dollars into harder or appreciating assets, like real estate, the stock market, precious metals, and Bitcoin.
This is sound money. It’s designed to preserve value.
Instead of being made out of paper, we made cash out of gold. Throughout human history, gold has largely been the preferred sound money instrument. Today, gold is one of the largest asset classes in the world.
The supply of gold rises slowly because it has to be mined out of the ground. Although it is a metal, it does not rust or corrode. It has practical utility in technology. It’s universally valued today, and has been by humans for thousands of years. Gold is the quintessential sound money instrument.
Gold acts as a hedge against inflation, or a way to store economic value that resists the predictable debasement of fiat currencies. Because the purchasing power of fiat reliably decreases over time, the market price of hedges like gold tend to go up. The price of gold, as measured in dollars, is subject to the same constant inflationary pressures.
Secure by design.
Our mint developed proprietary technology adapted from currency printers and the semiconductor industry. It’s the only one in the world capable of making these bills, and it uses the same anti-counterfeiting measures that protect modern currencies.
Most banknotes or collectibles have one serial number to verify it as authentic. In an industry first, we use dual-factor serialization: the bill itself and a FIPS-compliant Certificate of Authenticity.
Both unique serials can be quickly checked together to determine if the bill is genuine, just like a username and password.
Developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the US Government, the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) set a high bar for document security.
Practical. Useful.
Gold has been valued for all of human history and increased its purchasing power with time. This long-term stability has granted gold a safe-haven status.
At the end of the day, these bills are beautiful pieces of gold. Should you need to extract the metal, standard fire assay techniques from any jeweler will easily return the bullion.
Value exchange
People love gold. With fractional gold bills, you’re set with an easily divisible system for exchanging goods and services.
Legal tender*
In some US states, the law recognizes gold and silver as legal tender. Federally this is not the case, but it does not preclude barter.
Dollar cost average
Getting started in gold is as easy as buying one bill. And if it’s in your budget, you can repeat this over time, spreading out your cost basis.
Clearly valuable,
plain and simple.
MetalMark bills prominently feature a big number on both sides, which is the bill’s denomination — or the amount of gold it contains — as measured in milligrams.
We’ve thoughtfully chosen denominations conducive to stacking gold over time, while still being practical for everyday barter. And they’re just plain pretty.
Explore details
A bold denomination that shows how much 999 pure 24-karat gold is in the bill, measured in milligrams.
Massively intricate golden linework, guillochés, and other trade secret design elements create nigh insurmountable hurdles for bad actors.
Indica designed to evoke curiosity and convey deeper meaning in the art. The closer you look, the more you'll see.
A bold denomination that shows how much 999 pure 24-karat gold is in the bill, measured in milligrams.
Massively intricate golden linework, guillochés, and other trade secret design elements create nigh insurmountable hurdles for bad actors.
Indica designed to evoke curiosity and convey deeper meaning in the art. The closer you look, the more you'll see.
Beauty to hold.
And behold.
Part of the allure of gold is its physical beauty, but never before has gold been able to be atomically deposited to create rich designs with incredible fidelity. You can’t carve or bend gold to this level of detail and high precision.
Every bill is a beautiful work of art, delivering a new aesthetic experience in every kind of light. This is art on the gold standard.
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FAQ
These aren’t NFTs or just JPGs on the internet. We make real, physical, collectible art printed with 999 pure 24-karat gold at a caliber shared by authentic government bank notes.
We ship these straight to your door, no digital wallet required.
Despite sharing a similar form factor, boldly designed denominations, and intricate security features, MetalMark assets are not federally-recognized legal tender.
As golden collectibles with intrinsic value, however, they have trading and market value. Some US states recognize gold as a voluntary currency, meaning if both parties agree, they can legally conduct commerce with gold.
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The flexible polymer protecting the asset has been engineered to last virtually indefinitely, and won’t yellow or crack with time.
The gold in each asset is naturally resistant to oxidation, and, coupled with the polymer, will never rust, tarnish, or discolor. You can expect each asset to remain like new even after years of storage or exposure to air.
Metalmark is a family of butterflies, so named due to the metallic markings found on their wings. We find inspiration not only in the surface beauty of these butterflies, but more deeply in their transformative journey to achieve that beauty.
With MetalMark, we’re making beautiful, intrinsically valuable assets to help transform the functional nature of collectibles, as well as expand what fractional gold can be.
Space is limited, but we’re always on the lookout for amazing artists and brands to help push the boundaries of what fractional gold can be. Drop us a line at partner@mtlmrk.com.
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