Fraud of some gold dealers in buying quarter coins from the people
According to Iran EconomistThe gold and coin market is one of the markets that people have invested in in the past few years; At the same time, the price of gold in the global and especially the domestic markets has been increasing and fluctuating. Last year, in order to shrink the price bubble of coins, the central bank launched the release of Bahar Azadi quarters, and many people bought quarter coins through this action of the central bank and the commodity exchange.
This action of the central bank also prevented the bubble of quarter coins from increasing, now nearly five months have passed since the release of quarter coins in the commodity exchange, people contacted the reporter. Iran is an economist have announced that some guilds buy quarter coins minted by the central bank three to four million tomans lower than the market price, and in response they claim that the coins offered in the commodity exchange are of lower quality and value and these quarter coins are comparable with quarter coins Common in the market is different.
One of the audience in this case to the reporter Iran is an economist He said: In order to give a coin as a gift, in the past few days, I went to a gold shop to convert a quarter coin (purchased on the commodity exchange) into two one-gram coins, but this gold shop said that the quarter coin that the Central Bank sold in the stock exchange is worth about 6 million. Tomans, while the price of a quarter coin was more than 10 million Tomans.
This contact added: This gold shop claimed that it had a lot of 6 million Toman quarter coins (Central Bank) and at the same time, it sold one of these quarter coins to a customer for 6 million Tomans and sealed the coin on the spot. It is not known whether this coin is real.
According to Iran EconomistThis claim is made by some goldsmiths while this issue is not correct, because Bahar Azadi minted gold coins (Banki) are of all caliber and specific weight, and this issue has caused abuse by some goldsmiths, and some may even attempt to sell fake coins. as original coins.
“Mohammed Keshti Arai”, a gold market activist and former vice president of the Tehran Gold and Jewelry Union, told the Iran Economist reporter about this: “We have advised the buyers of coins and gold many times to go to authorized guilds with business licenses to buy and sell gold.” And if there is a violation, refer to Etahideh.
He stated: Normally, the price of a quarter coin in the gold market is different, and this is related to the quarter coins that were minted in 2006 and before.
Keshti Arai said: The price of quarter coins that were minted before 2006 is lower than the coins that were minted after this year, and because the demand for buying quarters of coins that were minted after 2006 is higher, the prices are naturally higher.
He emphasized: Regardless of the minting year, the coins minted in the commodity exchange and by the Central Bank are standard in terms of denomination and weight, and their denomination is defined in the country.
The former vice president of the Tehran Jewelry Union stated: that some guilds buy the quarter coins offered in the commodity exchange at a lower price is a violation, and people who encounter this situation should inform the union about the violation in order to deal with them accordingly. These people take place.