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A German businessman opens gold vending machines in European airports.Frankfurt -- Tired of buying perfume, chocolates or wine for your spouse while flying home? Looking for a special and safe investment in these turbulent times?
Passengers who clear security at Frankfurt airport and fear inflation more than flying could soon find an answer with a machine that doles out a bright, shining answer: gold.
"The reaction by Asian people was fantastic," gold dealer Thomas Geissler told AFP after his company, TG Gold-Super-Markt, tested a prototype dubbed "Gold to Go" in the airport's main hall earlier in June.
"A guy was delighted to get a piece of gold to bring back to his wife."
Geissler hopes to have a working model up and running within three months in a shopping area beyond the x-ray machines where check-in stress evaporates and passengers can kick back.

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