Gold is now functional. Physical bills for your safe or wallet, made with a precise amount of real, 24-karat gold. Verifiably secure, and undeniably gorgeous. This is the MetalMark Standard.
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Real gold bills.
MetalMark mints certified gold bills in a familiar banknote form. Like other banknotes, they’re flexible, fit in wallets, and represent value.
Unlike other banknotes, they have intrinsic value thanks to being made with 24-karat gold — not paper — and enjoy the same advantages as other gold investments.
Intrinsic value
Paper currency and most collectibles are worth what others will pay. MetalMark bills are made with gold, granting them a base intrinsic value.
Inflation hedge
Your money is worth less every year. Historically, gold has kept its value and grown, giving it safe-haven status with investors.
Limited supply
Gold is exclusively made in epic, cosmic events like neutron stars collapsing into a supernova. It can’t be made in a lab, like diamonds.
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.
But wait, there’s more!
A colossal name in fantasy illustration, an inspiration to generations of creators, and a uniquely American artistic legacy. Frank Frazetta’s iconic catalog is being adapted in gold for the very first time.
We’re thrilled and honored to announce our first collaboration with Frazetta Girls, bringing select legendary works from Frank Frazetta’s catalog to life in 24-karat gold. These extremely limited edition prints will be dropped towards the end of 2024, and when they’re gone, they’re gone for good.
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.
We’re rapidly working with the world’s best artists to translate their original works into these one-of-a-kind, golden prints. We’re expecting to launch at the end of 2024.
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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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