When I was child my family would often vacation in Idaho and Wyoming during the summertime. Both are very beautiful places especially in the mountains near Yellowstone National Park. I recall being amazed by all of the natural beauty and the spectacle of the geysers in Yellowstone. However, one of my favorite things about those trips was being mesmerized by all of the wild animals from elk, moose, bears, and especially the bison (buffalo) that roam in large herds throughout the park.
The Silver Gold Stackers Community has an ongoing challenge to share twelve items you would like to receive from your secret Santa (or under the tree,) it's called the Twelve Days of Christmas challenge. I'm currently up to day four, and today's has a lot to do with my introduction. This is the Gold Buffalo Aurum note that contains 1000 mg (1 gram) of gold deposited into the note itself. So unlike your typical fiat currency, this note contains one gram of pure gold!
And for those of you who know me, I'm a sucker for animal related silver and gold!
From SD Bullion
The design on the gold note was inspired by the 1901 Lewis and Clark $10 note bearing the image of a buffalo. The Lewis and Clark expedition was the first US exploration to the Pacific Ocean in the early 1800's. Incidentally Meriwether Lewis is a distant cousin of mine, so I also wouldn't mind the currency below from Santa either. However, because the going price on one of these in very fine condition is over three thousand dollars, that's not likely to happen! I would be thrilled to just get the gold note and it comes and a much less hefty price tag, around $139 on eBay.
From eBay.com
Isn't that old US currency note awesome? I wish they would return Liberty to all American currency as was done for more than 100 years, but even a bison and two intrepid American explorers is so much better than what we have today. Just my usual rant about the state of our sad American currency these days...
American Bison
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The American plains bison used to roam all over most of North America, and into Canada and even Mexico. However, during the American expansions westward the bison fell victim to slaughter by the millions. Their hides were prized and very valuable commercially, and many others were killed simply for sport. By the late 1800's there were only 541 individual left. At that point someone decided it might be a good idea to stop killing them.
Since that time they have rebounded in number to over 150,000 but many are actually hybrids with domestic cattle. There are only about 20,000 genetically "pure" animals left in far spread herds in the United States. There are ongoing efforts to increase their numbers but they will likely never be fully reintroduced to their former habitats. Bison can carry diseases that can affect cattle, so ranchers are very opposed to having the animals roaming the plains once again. Then again the ranchers also oppose the reintroduction of wolves and jaguars which were native to most of the United States before being slaughtered as well.
In the wild bison may seem docile and relatively harmless. Nothing could be further from the truth, they are very big, strong, unpredictable creatures and have known to attack with little or no provocation often with fatal outcomes. In nature very few predators will even dare hunt a bison, usually only bears or wolf packs and they generally try to pick off the young calves. The adults are much more dangerous. So if you come across one in the wild best to keep your distance because being gored by a bison will seriously ruin your day.
Now you see why I like animal related gold and silver, it's a lot of fun just to see and talk about the animals themselves. That will just about wrap up my fourth day of Christmas wish list. I would love to have one of these gold buffalo Aurums! If you have any comments or questions please feel free to leave them below. I want to thank everyone here on Hive for all of your support and friendship. I always have a great time posting here in the Hive ecosystem! I hope you all have a great day today!
Disclaimer:
I am not a financial advisor and this is not financial advice. Please do your own research before investing your hard earned money in any project or commodity.
References:
https://sdbullion.com/1-gram-aurum-gold-buffalo-note-24k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison
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