A Hong Kong jewellery manufacturer, Chow Tai Fook, is offering a carefully-crafted golden dragon as part of its collection ushering in the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar (2012 to us Westerners). They’ve combined the two dates into a sculpture depicting a dragon with its body forming the shape of the numbers ‘2012’.
InventorSpot reports:
Official measurements in Hong Kong state that one tael is equivalent to 37.79936375 grams, so the nine-tael statue weighs about 12 ounces. With gold currently priced at around $1,700 per ounce, the statue’s worth as bullion would be $20,400.
There’s more at the link.
I have to admit, that’s a pretty artistic dragon . . . and perhaps a worthwhile investment, too (depending on the purchase price – and if one can afford it), given the rate at which precious metals are increasing in value!
Peter
Yep, one EXPENSIVE investment… but it's pretty nice too!