Will the gold market survive the atomic-scale personal manufacturing future?

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Re: Will the gold market survive the atomic-scale personal manufacturing future?

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MachineGhost wrote:
Libertarian666 wrote: You've lost me. Why would 3D nanoprinting affect the value of a bullion gold coin?
No intrinsic value beyond the gold atoms?  Unlike natural diamonds which have flaws to tell them apart from synthetic, how are you going to tell a bar of nanosynthetic gold bullion apart from the genuine article?  With gold coins -- especially [semi]numismatic -- there's intrinsic value beyond just the gold atoms.
There isn't any such thing as nanosynthetic gold bullion. Other than that, I see your point. :P
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