Nelson Mandela’s Golden Hands

in #gold6 years ago (edited)

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Nelson Mandela is one of the most well known and loved political leader and philanthropist. He actually won the Nobel Peace prize which is one the highest honors to be achieved. You can read more about Nelson Mandela here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

Most people have heard of Nelson Mandela, but few know that his hands were once cast in PURE GOLD! This was so exciting for me to learn about and yet again shows that when it counts.... humans always use gold.

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https://wuzupnigeria.com/madiba-lives-on-nelson-mandelas-golden-hands-sell-for-10-million-in-bitcoin/

Nelson Mandela’s gold hands are a whopping 20 LBS of pure gold. According to the article I read pure gold was indeed used, unlike many ‘gold’ items I have written about here on Steemit. See: https://steemit.com/olympics/@goldmatters/how-much-gold-are-in-the-pyeongchang-olympic-gold-medals

This means these gold hands could have been Menē gold hands, had Menē existed a few years ago!

At todays gold prices the hands have a metal value of around $416,000 USD

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https://www.goldmoney.com/research/live-prices-and-charts

The hands sold for $10,000,000 at the PDAC conference in March of 2018. The same PDAC conference that Goldmoney attended:

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Because the gold hands sold for ten million dollars , they actually would NOT have been one of the Menē items Goldmoney had displayed at PDAC:

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Menē never has a more that 20% fee over spot price.

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There is another interesting fact about Mandela’s gold hands and their new owner. They paid for these pure gold hands...

IN BITCOIN!

You can use bitcoin or other crypto to buy THESE 24 karat gold hands from Menē:

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They are part of the the Menē Charm collection of all 24 karat gold or platinum charms sold transparently by weight.

For $5 in Menē 24k investment jewelry credit sign up here in 30 seconds: http://Mene.com/invite/JrT26p

Nelson Mandela did incredible things in his life, and nothing could be more appropriate than casting his hands in pure gold, that will last forever as a tribute to his massive accomplishments.

Thanks for reading everyone!

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I would pay a premium to see this gold hand wherever it may be. I read his book sometimes ago, he is my idol, and a standard for leadership on African continent.

I have to share this with my friends on Facebook.

Live on the great Madiba!

Did you know about the gold hands? It is so cool!!!

No, You told me about his golden hand.

I read his book 'The Long Walk To Freedom' when hand is raised and folded in that manner- it is ANC salute. During the apartheid struggle in his country, that is how to salute other comrades.

It is more than a golden hand, it is almost a important as freedom of the people of South Africa. It sights can trigger awesome memory in people that understand the cost of freedom.

Damn! Someone should play Freedom by Akon. It is all I need to listen to right now.

TWENTY... That should say "a whopping 20 LBS of pure gold"

Yes! You are right! Lol major typo. Will fix, thanks for pointing that out. I blame @goldfashioned for sleeping in and not checking my work :)

This is an amazing content have been hearing of Nekson Mandela story since i was small, i know he is a great hero of africa and also a great leader. Thanks to @goldmatters for expressing new story have never heard about him i really love this post.
The golden hand is awesome great research from you @goldmatters thanks for the inspiration sharing, i have learnt so many things from you.

Thank you frank, happy to share this amazing story with you!

It was so interesting which some Africans that have not heard about this to share from it i have share it on my facebook page...thanks more @goldmatters may God continue to increase your wisdom and understanding cheers...

Great to hear! Happy to share this info

I had never heard of this story before you mentioned it! I cannot believe someone paid such a premium for the hands! I would pay a premium for it, but not that much of a premium! haha

Maybe we should create gold hands for @goldmatters and see how much they end up selling for one day! :D

Actually, my hands are already made of gold!

I feel like I should have known this already!! ;)

Nelson Mandela deserved it, in fact his whole body should be cast with pure gold. He is one of our pride in Africa.

Nelson had a golden heart too, I'm glad to see him remembered this way. And much more by the ever gallant @goldmatters... Smile

Also, now I'm singing that band of gold song but replacing the word band with "hand." haha why you do dis to me?

Lol yeah you can substitute anything in there. Just not the “gold” part. Unless you say “Vang “ instead

I'm just glad he did his hands and not his feet lol. That's a LOT of vang!

So so so much Vang

Nelson Mandela is the idol of peace loving people. Good to know that his hands were once cast in PURE GOLD! and new owner paid for this pure gold hands, that's an awesome information and interesting too. Thanks a lot dear friend to provide the valuable information about us. Eagerly waiting for your next Mene episodes.

WOW hand made out of gold now that is cool!

As a musician, i would say your hands are pretty golden! :)

Hi Goldmatters. If Mene had done them the price would be in the region of $50 000. There has to be a mold out their somewhere.

Such a cool story! I was pretty excited to find this out

If there is a golden story I am sure you of all people will find it.

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