Had a bit of a surprise this morning! Been collecting every piece of gold I ever found for great many years now. Old chains, old rings, bits here and there ... and I melted it all in one piece (made a mess but no gold was lost!). Weighted it this morning, 1/2 inch thick and about 2 inches diameter ... mostly 14K gold, it weighs 4.3 ounces! Gold overs around $5000 USD/ounce (24K) today ...
Then the coin, in 2016, the year of the dragon for Chinese astrology, so the Canadian Mint made this coin (they make so many of them, check out their WWW site, Canadian Mint), the size of a 50 cents (USD) piece. It has a face value of $8 (CD) ... had never seen an $8 coin! The number 8 represents luck/prosperity etc. to the Chinese. Don't spend that $8 in the corner store, it's worth over $30 (CAD) to get it through the Mint!