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    She has 5 bars, though, so wouldn’t that be $500,000? Half a million is almost enough for a so called “starter home”

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      There are places in the world you could live an easy life for quite a long while on US$500,000.

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        Oh for sure. Keep working, throw it in a low-risk low-yield index and use the interest to supplement your income. A modest 5% return gives you an extra 25k a year.

        But as others have pointed out, the real problem comes from the awkward questions that come from trying to convert the gold into cash.

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      At current exchange rates, 50oz of gold would sell for $201,050. It would be a good down payment on a starter home, but less than half the total cost of ownership.