The price of gold has reached unprecedented heights in response to the weakened performance of economies around the world.

In response to this and the diminishing confidence that consumers have in their own currencies, a number of ATMs that dispense gold in exchange for currency have been appearing in a number of locations around the world.

These gold dispensing ATMs are updated every 10 minutes based on the real-time spot price of gold. However, there are no plans as yet to include facilities in these ATMs that will enable people to reciprocally exchange their gold for cash if the need arises.

Analysts say that the market for this kind of investment is limited. Whether this is true, we will just have to wait and see.

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