{"product_id":"25-arizona-goldback","title":"25 Arizona Goldback - Alpha Edition (α) | Aurum Gold Foil Note (24k)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"25 Arizona Goldback Alpha Edition artwork: a woman with a lantern and map in the Superstition Mountains\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/8833\/6978\/files\/description-web_2b9f8a47-1737-4604-9c93-112c79f2d5fd.png?v=1763378753\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople have been walking into the Superstition Mountains after the Lost Dutchman Mine for over a century. Nobody has produced it. The 25 Arizona is about the walking, not the gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe virtue is \u003cem\u003eTenacitas\u003c\/em\u003e — Tenacity — and the setting is the country around Weavers Needle. At the centre a woman presses on through rough wilderness with a lantern in one hand and a map covered in cryptic markings in the other. She stands for every seeker who has gone looking for a mine said to hold riches nobody has ever counted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo details carry the legend:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA horse skull in the foreground, pointing back to the earliest chapter of the story, when the Peralta family was ambushed and lost their pack animals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Peralta Stone, a real artefact cut with strange symbols that some believe encode the location of the mine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inscription runs along the bottom: \u003cstrong\u003e“Lost things shape those who search.”\u003c\/strong\u003e It is the most honest line on any note in the series, and the only one that treats not finding the thing as the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an Alpha Edition note, identified by the small α symbol beside the mintage date on the note itself — not by the serial number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho this note suits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 25 holds 1\/40 of a troy ounce of 24-carat gold. It is a step up in both size and weight, and it is where the series stops being a curiosity and starts being a meaningful piece of gold in note form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a display note. The larger format gives the artwork room, and the Lost Dutchman story is the sort a piece earns its place in a frame on. Set-builders tend to buy it once the smaller denominations are already in hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe candid part: the outlay is real, the Alpha premium sits on top of the usual Goldback premium, and none of that premium is gold. Priced by the gram, a Britannia, a Sovereign or a cast bar wins and will keep winning. Buy the 25 for the object and the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eUK buyer notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYard Mint supplies Goldbacks from UK stock. They are treated as VAT-exempt investment-gold wafers, so there is no VAT to add at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoldbacks are not UK legal tender. They can be bought, owned, sold, collected and voluntarily exchanged where both parties agree, but no UK business is required to accept one. They also do not share the Capital Gains Tax exemption that applies to Britannias and post-1837 Sovereigns, which are sterling currency. VAT and CGT are separate questions with different answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResale depends on the gold price, the condition of the note and buyer demand at the time. A collector premium is not guaranteed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is general information, not personal tax or investment advice. Tax treatment depends on current rules and individual circumstances.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Specifications\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/8833\/6978\/files\/Specifications-web_bd868e9e-aa57-432a-b5df-57139e09c3cb.png?v=1763378753\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContains 1\/40 troy oz (0.025 oz) of 24-carat gold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrade: (U) Crisp Uncirculated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition: Alpha (α)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal content: 0.025 troy oz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePurity: .999\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 0.10 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize: 6.5 cm x 15.55 cm (2.56 in x 6.125 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManufactured in the USA.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"The full Arizona Goldback series shown side by side\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/8833\/6978\/files\/Arizona_Group_b1014096-018d-4725-ab02-044572733812.png?v=1763378754\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Arizona Series\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach denomination carries its own original artwork and a proportional quantity of 24-carat gold. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/arizona-goldbacks\"\u003eView all Arizona Goldbacks\u003c\/a\u003e, read the \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/insights\/arizona-goldbacks-uk-collector-guide\"\u003eArizona collector guide\u003c\/a\u003e, or \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/goldbacks\"\u003ebrowse every Goldback series\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Yard Mint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52049550901586,"sku":"GBAZALPHA25","price":172.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/8833\/6978\/files\/Arizona_25_A_Front.png?v=1763378776","url":"https:\/\/yardmint.com\/products\/25-arizona-goldback","provider":"The Yard Mint","version":"1.0","type":"link"}