Have you seen the DRTV commercial for the buffalo nickel coated with 31 milligrams of pure gold? It normally sells for $50, but you can buy it for just $19.95. Wow!
31 milligrams is 31/1000th of a gram. There are 31.1 grams in a troy ounce. Gold, at the moment, is $1,213 a troy ounce, or about $39 a gram. 31 milligrams of gold is worth $1.21.
That means if you leap at the offer on TV, you get a nickel and $1.21, $1.26 for your $19.95 plus s & h. I wonder what a wooden nickel is worth today.
Anyway, call now, operators are standing by and chuckling.