Jaja, Gold wird nie ne Währung werden... tztztz... es wird bald richtig spannend

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Royal Mints To Promote Use Of Gold Dinar

SHAH ALAM, July 28 (Bernama) -- The Royal Mint of Malaysia, producer of Malaysia`s Gold Dinar, will approach Lembaga Tabung Haji, Bank Islam Malaysia, Bank Pertanian Malaysia and Bank Rakyat next month under its promotion drive to offer them Gold Dinar as an alternative way to save.

Separate presentations would be held for each of these organisations starting from Aug 1 with Tabung Haji, said The Royal Mint managing director, Datuk Megat Wahab Megat Abu Bakar.

He said the acceptance of the Gold Dinar as savings depends on the public`s response to the coins. The Gold Dinar would be offered to the public from next month.

Speaking to Bernama after the launching of the Gold Dinar as an optional salary scheme to Royal Mint`s employees here Monday, Megat Wahab expressed optimism that the public would widely accept the coins.

"Based on the optional salary scheme, we have a 50 percent success rate," he said pointing to half of Royal Mint`s 110 employees who chosed to receive a portion of their salary in gold dinar.

Royal Mint is the first organisation in the world in 1,400 years, to offer its employees the option to accept the gold dinar as part of their salary.

On the advantage of the Gold Dinar as a form of saving, he said gold, as a commodity has a stable value and serves as a good hedge against fluctuation of a currency.

The gold dinar produces by Royal Mint, the country`s sole minter of coins, currently comes in the denominations of one Dinar and a quarter Dinar, each valued around RM181 and RM52 respectively.

Megat Wahab said the half dinar and two Dinar coins would be offered in August, followed by the four Dinar in September.

Royal Mint`s Gold Dinar is minted in accordance with the standard of Caliph Umar Al-Khattab where the weight of one Dinar is set at 4.25 grams with gold purity of 91.7 percent, widely known as 22-carat.

On the promotion of its Gold Dinar to other Islamic countries, Megat Wahab said all the five denominations of the coins would be showcased during the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting in October this year.

Earlier. Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin, a director of Royal Mint Exchange (a subsidiary of Royal Mint) told a press conference after presenting the Gold Dinar to representatives of Royal Mint that the Gold Dinar would not replace the Malaysian ringgit and sen as the country`s legal tender.

Awang Adek, who is also Tenaga Nasional Bhd`s chairman said:"This is not a currency and not a legal tender. It is just a commodity."

The move by Royal Mint to offer the Gold Dinar as an optional salary scheme to its staff is the first step for a wider usage of the coins among the private sector in the country, he said.
He said the potential usage of the Gold Dinar was not limited as it could be used as payment of international trading, tithe, dowry and even possibly utility bills.

BERNAMA

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