Gold casts of Mandela's hands sell for $10m in Bitcoin

 

Gold casts of the hands of former South African President Nelson Mandela have sold for $10m (£7m) in bitcoin, reports Bloomberg News.

The set of four casts weigh 20 pounds and are made of 99.999 pure gold, reports cryptocurrency news site CCN.

A Canadian entrepreneur is selling the hands to cryptocurrency company, Arbitrade.

Chairman Len Schutzman told Bloomberg Mr Mandela's gold hands' real value is one of publicity.

BBC

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