Massive gold bar in New Taipei City Gold Museum now worth NT$1B+

Massive gold bar in New Taipei City Gold Museum now worth NT$1B+

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International gold price has reached an all-time high of around US$4,600, largely fueled by protests in Iran. In Taiwan, the retail price is now NT$18,200 per mace, or 3.75g. That brings the massive gold bar housed in the New Taipei City Gold Museum, at a little over 220kg, to a valuation of just under NT$1.04 billion.

This is the most coveted piece at the New Taipei City Gold Museum. It’s easy to see why. As gold prices continue to skyrocket, this massive gold ingot has reached yet another high in market valuation.

- The gold price has reached an all-time high!

- It’s not just worth one billion. The gold itself feels really nice to the touch.

International gold price continued upward, fueled by Iran’s Protests. According to the museum, a gram of gold is now an all-time high of NT$4,718. At 220.3kg, the museum’s most treasured gold ingot is now worth just under NT$1.04 billion. It’s the second time for its market value to exceed NT$1 billion, and also the highest of all time.

Lin Wen-chung
New Taipei City Gold Museum director
Recent visitors have really taken an interest in our gold amid skyrocketing gold prices. That said, we still hope that members of the public can focus on Jinguashi’s once-glorious financial history when visiting.

According to the museum’s records, the gold ingot was last worth over NT$1 billion on Dec. 25 last year, at just over NT$1.01 billion. After 19 days, it’s now reached another record high of just under NT$1.04 billion. That’s more than ten times since the piece moved in from the central bank in 2004, at NT$97 million, making for an astonishing return on investment.

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國際金價飆漲! 黃金博物館"大金磚"身價飆破十億

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受到最近伊朗暴動影響，國際金價屢創新高，飆上每盎司4，600美元的歷史天價，國內銀樓黃金牌價也攻上每錢新台幣18，200元的新天價，這使得新北黃金博物館內，重達兩百多公斤的大金磚，價值飆破10億，來到10.39億，創下歷史新高。

遊客嘴上說好想帶回家，但眼前這塊梯形大金磚，可是新北黃金博物館鎮館之寶，哪能隨便帶走。加上近日金價持續走高，現在這塊金磚的價值，已經來到新高。

“現在金價最高點!”

“不要說十億，光金子摸起來就很舒服”

受到近日伊朗暴動影響，國際金價屢創新高，黃金博物館館方顯示，每公克金價來到新高的4718元，而博物館內的重達220.3公斤的大金磚，價值飆破10.39億，不但是第二次突破十億大關，更是有史以來最高價。

[[新北市立黃金博物館長林文中]]
“遊客其實近期來，對這個金價波動一直調漲的部分，那對我們的黃金其實特別有興趣，但我們還是希望說民眾來，可以把關注的焦點，回到我們金瓜石這邊，曾經的輝煌財經歷史。”

根據黃金博物館資料顯示，大金磚價值上次突破十億，是在去年12月25號，當時是10.12億元，如今相隔19天後再創新高的10.38億元，也讓大金磚的價值，從最一開始2004年的9700多萬元，飆到現在破10.38億，整整翻了十倍多，相當驚人。

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