Seeing as it’s now the 19th in Japan, it looks like 7/11 have put up their page for the card: 7net.omni7.jp/detail/2110592183
Their listing includes another picture, showing an exclusive ‘純金11g’ (11g pure gold) mark on the card border: img.omni7.jp/co/productimage/0001/product/83/2110592183/image/4521329191034_1_sub1_el.jpg
They list the release date as December 22nd, and limit orders to 5 cards per person.
…just incase anyone was really thinking of spending upwards of $10k on it.
Well, that’s the news I was hoping for the least. Not taking in-store orders. I have the cash, and have no way of transferring this to card. I /was/ going to buy it as well =\ .
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. So far, close to none here on the forum is willing to buy it. If almost no one buys it, it might indeed become very rare for the select few that do buy it.
I’m almost hoping they’ve made let’s say 50 copies because they were expecting a big sale, and then only a handful are actually purchasing it…
…which lowers the price, partially refunding the persons that have bought it, making it low enough for me to buy it. 
Dream on Kevin, dream on. 
From that picture we can at least say it isn’t 24 karat for the entire 11 gram card. The plants of the card are still green, and green gold is partially silver.
Greetz,
Quuador
I’ve sent them an email asking if they’ll release production numbers after the reservation period. They never respond to emails, but maybe they will this time, who knows.
If the price point were lower, I think this would attract a larger pool of buyers.
This card reminds me somewhat of the distributor promos, or cards that are rare but have little to no demand. Also, this is a base set pikachu, which is probably the most reprinted artwork in the hobby.
It would be nice to see quality photos of the actual card. That might push someone to buy.
The colours will most likely be printed on, with ink
Hmm, good point. I hadn’t thought of something so obvious. 
Greetz,
Quuador
Worth $500USD MAX. There is roughly $400USD worth of gold used to produce one. Sorry if I offend anyone but this card is priced at an unreasonable price.
It is, but that makes me want it more.
The problem I have with this investment is that it feels more like Pokemon promoting this gold shop that would make the card more than anything. Considering that Pokemon Center sells posters that are limited to 50, it feels quite weird that they do not put any limits on such an expensive rare item. With no info on the gold karat, if they would release any info on how many they have produced, and the overall final product picture, I would be really wary of purchasing this, especially with the guaranteed fact you will be taxed if customs realize you are importing gold into the country. It would be a general pain to move this around and it’s very easy for people to know its worth something (since it will be in gold i.e. reselling may result in theft during postage). Also, if they put production numbers on these products, it would devalue the gold products that have later numbers i.e. production copy #1 would be worth way more than copy #92. I feel that the most people would pay for this would be a couple hundred more if it’s really scarce, but would generally pay less than retail if it’s widely sold. Also, if they do another copy in gold for another card in the future, it may also affect the future value of this card.
anyways, that’s my two cents.
One of the things that I do like about the card is the “trophy-like” case. I really do love seeing cards in their original casing even though we know the importance of authentication and stuff. However I have to agree with a lot of people here that without the number prints its hard to say. I would rather invest 2k in a trophy card that has already been established, but then again, as collectors, we all have that one type of card we kill for 
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Math doesn’t add up on it being 11 grams of gold unless it isn’t pure 24k or it is just plated over something else. Is it just a thick plating? Or are the dimensions smaller?
Pokemon card dimensions are 0.0304 cm x 6.3 cm x 8.8 cm. Volume = 1.69 cm^3
Gold is 19.2 g/cm^3 which would put a 24 karat gold card at proper dimensions somewhere around 32.65 grams. This has been said to be 11 grams which would mean it is 1/3 as thick (doubtful as gold that thin would bend SOOOO easy, even at full card thickness it would be very bendy).
The reason I was thinking about all of this is because I have had 1g gold bars in the past and they are so tiny and thin, I was shocked when I saw this thing was only going to be 11 grams. I knew pure gold of those dimensions would have to be heavier. Here is a cool $2k gold piece actually worth its weight in gold that I was pondering about in relation to this card. Valcambi Combibar
No offense cause absolutely true. They could hit the secondary market for less than the 2000.
You lost me on this comment.
Are you saying that at gold value today this has 2000usd in gold?
Just to clarify, I totally agree with M in saying this is a terrible investment item and the thought of spending 2000 on this card is absurd.
My jab was more to do with saying that no card is ever worth 2000 dollars, because it was a dumb statement to make on this forum.
its on pokemon center as well
TBH, I actually liked the ‘solid gold’ reshiram and zekrom cards they released I think… on the 15th anniversary?
They seemed more special.
How about this evil master plan: convince everyone else that the card is worthless and then buy a copy for yourself, making it the only one in existence. 
I wonder if they would sell a lot more and make more profit if they had put it up for let’s say 550; 200 above the 18 karat gold price. Now almost no one buys it, but if it would have been a tad less and more affordable they might even make more profit because of the big sales they’d make.
Guess we’ll never know, though.
Greetz,
Quuador
Just in case anyone’s missed it, the pokemon center page gives more info. It is 24 karat gold. If anyone can tell me how much that would be worth, without the added benefit of it being pokemon then please let me know. If I can get enough money on my card in time for the close of preorders, I will be buying one.
