# Selling gold in Japan?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-gold-in-japan/600036>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 18, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-gold-in-japan/600036 "2011-10-18T14:22:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThisOneGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@ThisOneGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisOneGuy)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-gold-in-japan/600036/1 "2011-10-18T14:22:54Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-gold-in-japan/600036/2 "2011-10-18T15:26:55Z")

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In Japan, Friday is called 金曜日, or ‘Gold Day.’

Sadly that is the extent of my knowledge regarding this matter.