Taking a trip to Japan, and it just hurts to change dollars into yen at 76/$. However, have some gold coins (Maple Leafs, Eagles, Kugerrands) that I bought back around $400/oz to diversify my survivalist portfolio. Gold is down a bit from the peak, but still way up since I bought it, so it doesn’t feel like I would be taking a loss to sell, unlike buying yen at the current rate. Purely an emotional thing.
I know that in the US, I could take it down to a coin shop and get a few percent under SPOT. Is it the same in Japan? Perhaps one of our J-dopers has some knowledge in this area? Just asking for opinions, hence IMHO.