{"product_id":"5-south-dakota-goldback","title":"5 South Dakota Goldback | Aurum Gold Foil Note (24k)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"5 South Dakota Goldback showing Industria walking through harvest fields with a basket of corn\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/8833\/6978\/files\/description-web_26e9f7cd-99db-4241-b782-503cd07d09b8.png?v=1763378677\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSouth Dakota now sells more than $10 billion of agricultural produce in a typical recent year, and it is one of the top US producers of corn, soybeans and wheat. The 5 Goldback puts that on a note: Industria, in her first Goldback appearance, walking a farm at harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndustria means Industry, and she is not posed. She walks through the fields with one hand holding her hat and the other arm looped through a basket of corn, her sundress caught by a warm late summer breeze. She is smiling as she runs her hand along the leaves of the corn stalks beside her, heading towards a cornucopia piled with the harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting is filled in properly rather than sketched:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorn, honey, hay, wheat, sunflowers, pumpkins and more surround her.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrain silos stand behind, one being filled by an auger and painted with the Stars and Stripes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe inscription reads \u003cstrong\u003e“Abound in Good Works”\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe design came out of the artist's travels across the South Dakota plains along Interstate 90, near Rapid City. That country has a hard settler and homesteader history: crops that failed, neighbours who gave up, and those who kept working eventually taking in abundant harvests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sunflowers.\u003c\/strong\u003e Grown now for oil, birdseed and eating, with a long medicinal history behind them, they stand here for hard work earning credibility. They ask the viewer to stand tall and pay obeisance to the source of their blessings, as the flower turns to the sun each day. They also carry the idea of increase: more abundance, and seed to plant for the harvests after this one. Look towards light and truth, and teach the next generation to do the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe honey.\u003c\/strong\u003e Honey is the result of many generations of labour, and a long-standing symbol of working together and of hard work paying off. The honey bee is South Dakota's state insect, and its pollination is what lets plants set fruit at all; without it the world would starve. The note invites you to work as the bees do, using the spirit of industry to bring on the next harvest while still enjoying the present one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho this note suits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 1\/200 troy oz the 5 holds five times the gold of a 1 while staying an everyday purchase. It is the middle of the range, and the denomination most people settle on once they have handled a 1 and want more weight without a large jump in outlay. It also works well as a gift: the harvest imagery reads clearly to someone who knows nothing about gold, and the note is large enough to display properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe honest limitation is the same one that applies across the format. 0.005 troy oz is a small amount of metal and the premium over the gold price is substantial, so a Britannia, a Sovereign or a cast bar will beat this note on gold per pound without any argument. Buy the 5 for what it is: fractional gold you can actually hold, in a design worth looking at.\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_a5b801d6-4a48-4079-ad1c-f8ae388c4ace.png?v=1763378677\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContains 1\/200 troy oz (0.005 oz) of 24-carat gold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrade: (U) Crisp Uncirculated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal content: 0.005 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 13.01 cm (2.56 in x 5.125 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManufactured in the USA.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"The full South Dakota Goldback series laid out side by side\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/8833\/6978\/files\/2023-south-dakota-series-front_06c6d35e-b553-4972-a1cf-b7db8206aba9.png?v=1763378678\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe South Dakota Series\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach denomination carries its own original artwork and a proportional quantity of 24-carat gold. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/south-dakota-goldbacks\"\u003eView all South Dakota Goldbacks\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":52049549885778,"sku":"GBSD05","price":34.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/8833\/6978\/files\/SD24-Front-5GB.png?v=1763378743","url":"https:\/\/yardmint.com\/products\/5-south-dakota-goldback","provider":"The Yard Mint","version":"1.0","type":"link"}