Perhaps NOT what they expected would happen. US Mint Sells Record 63,500 Ounces Of Gold In One Day http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-17/us-mint-sells-record-63500-ounces-gold-one-day
Gold becomes more delicious as its price drops. This is how little a drop can last. This is how fast you have to act to pick the bottom.
From the original Bloomberg article, (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...s-of-gold-coins-soar-after-futures-slump.html) there is a link to the following video interview: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/china-has-enormous-appetite-for-gold-P1lyHOY_Tki~c2N84P~lcQ.html This interview is a classic in understatement. People were running across the lawn when Perth Mint opened their gates on Monday morning!! The overly large, faster ones were in training with the Essendon Football club. :lol: Must have been where James Hird was on Monday. (Its a Melbourne thing.) But "running" into the mint in Perth!!! Running, damn it!!
Bullion Baron made front page at maxkeiser.com again... http://maxkeiser.com/2013/04/19/2-hour-wait-to-buy-gold-in-sydney/